<div>Hi Renate, all</div> <div> </div> <div>Hope this finds you well. As I had noted in my ealier mail to you. It will be good to get CS collaboration in the Global Alliance structured. What have ew learnt so far in this WSIS process? One of them is that when some caucuses lead discussions on ttheir specific thematic areas, stuff got done faster and clearer.</div> <div> </div> <div>It was on that understanding that I had proposed that follow up work with Khan be done in collaboration with the Follow-up caucus. This group, from the work done so far, had shown interest on the issues on the Global Alliance table.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks to CONGO, for the support, the proposals and for giving clear mesages.</div> <div> </div> <div>Best</div> <div> </div> <div>Nnenna<BR><BR><B><I>Renate Bloem <rbloem@ngocongo.org></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px;
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ol {margin-bottom:0cm;} ul {margin-bottom:0cm;} --> </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Further to my previous post on the very next steps towards the Global Alliance setting-up, I would like to bring some more clarification about the on going process. I actually had a telephone conversation with Sarbuland Khan today which ma<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">de</SPAN></FONT> things <FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">somewhat
</SPAN></FONT>clearer.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Latest development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The ‘small group’ for which Sarbuland Khan would like to have some civil society participants as soon as possible will have nothing to <FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">do</SPAN></FONT> with the Global Alliance Steering Committee. Indeed this ‘small group’ is rather an informal group of advisors to support and help UN-DESA develop a business plan towards the establishment of the Global Alliance and its Strategy Council, from now until next June. Participation in this informal advisory
group will therefore not at all automatically<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>include<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>or exclude membership into the future three tier structures of the Global Alliance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As I wrote it on Monday to the Plenary list, UN DESA would like to see that various components and concerns of civil society be represented within this advisory grouping, in particular Youth, Gender, Grassroots and<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>Outreach components involved in the ICT4D framework. This is why I tried to accelerate the process of setting up this informal small group by proposing names of those who strongly expressed their
interest in the Global Alliance over the past weeks and<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">/or</SPAN></FONT> who represent CS groupings mentioned by Mr. Khan.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Strategy Council / Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As for the work and membership to the structures/organs of the Global Alliance, Sarbuland Khan clarified that the Strategy Council will only meet and start its work in Kuala Lumpur at the inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance (19-20 June 2006). -<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">N</SPAN></FONT>omination of CS members to this
main organ in charge of strategic guidance and priority setting must therefore be finalised in this perspective. More details from UN DESA are still needed before we start any more structured and transparent nomination process. Note that the membership to the smaller Global Alliance Steering Committee will emerge from the composition of the Strategy Council. <FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>Sarbuland Khan stressed over and over again that the Global Alliance is open to all who will contribute to the goals of the GA.<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>More information will probably also be given during the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City> meeting on the 15 May.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On-line information</SPAN></FONT></I></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lastly, I was informed that a time table of the next developments will be set up on line very soon, provisionally on the UN ICT Task Force (<A href="http://www.unicttf.org/">www.unicttf.org</A>) to give more detail about the process between now and the inaugural Global Alliance meeting in June. <FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>See also Press release dated 17 April on the site and circulated again today on various lists.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Renata<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2>
</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De la part de</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Renate Bloem</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé :</SPAN></B> lundi 17 avril 2006 22:32<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">CS Plenary</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bureau wsis</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc :</SPAN></B> wsis@ngocongon.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Process for the Global Alliance and letter from President of ECOSOC<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Importance :</SPAN></B>
Haute</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=FR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just returning from a short Easter break here some news: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list:
Ignore">1.<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I received from Sarbuland Khan the request to come up by the end of this beginning week (!!) with some four or five candidate names from CS to help with a Steering Committee or whatever small group; names hopefully from Youth, Gender, Grassroots and Outreach caucuses or components involved or directed towards ICT4D to accelerate MDGs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please reread in this context Sarbuland Khan’s letter circulated on 4 April. As we do not have yet a portal and clear guidelines
concerning the tiers structure for the Global Alliance, I hope we can soon develop a similar process as in the IGF for the establishment of a Strategy Council to assist the Global Alliance to come off the ground.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the meantime, please propose your ideas on above mentioned small group<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To help in this process, and without having contacted yet anybody:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CONGO</SPAN></FONT></st1:country-region></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> would/could propose: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Titi Akinsanmi<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Karen Banks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Michael Gurstein<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Parminder (if he is not serving on the IGF)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CONGO</SPAN></FONT></st1:country-region></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (to help with further outreach and support)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hopefully soon more on all of this (I don’t
like the process neither)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I also received a response letter from the President of ECOSOC concerning CS participation in CSTD, see attached. More information on all preparations for the Information cluster week in may see <A href="http://www.ngocongo.org/">www.ngocongo.org</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Renata<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Renate Bloem</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">President of the Conference of NGOs (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">CONGO</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<BR>11, Avenue de <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Paix">la Paix</st1:PersonName><BR>CH-1202 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place><BR>Tel: +41 22 301 1000<BR>Fax: +41 22 301 2000<BR>E-mil: <A href="mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org">rbloem@ngocongo.org</A><BR>Website: <A href="http://www.ngocongo.org/">www.ngocongo.org</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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