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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Dear
Philip, <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you for forwarding this document. Even
though I have not been part of the UN-GAID activities, but still as a stakeholder
of the Information Society and post WSIS action lines, I would still like to
suggest the fact that “Software For Humanitarian Social and Economic
Development”, “Software for Public Governance” and in
particular “Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)” is clearly missing
from the UN-GAID business plan and agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With respect to some initiatives in
Pakistan, research was underway on the various costing models for using
software in Telecenters under a World Bank and Government - Universal Service
Funded activity whereby Microsoft proposed US$185 per license (more than the
yearly income of citizens) in Telecenters; it was researched into the fact that
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) costs significantly less almost to US$0 (zero)
licensing costs significantly reducing costs and enabling that fund to further
enhance other badly needed Public and Civic development projects or further
enhance and extend the outreach of the Telecenter initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Apart from helping nations by enabling ICT
Production and Consumption, FOSS provides open and inclusive freedoms to
software copying, modification and redistribution under protective and non-protective
licensing. But money aside, the strongest argument in favor of FOSS versus
proprietary software is that turnkey, commercial systems do little to help
build local technical capacities. FOSS, on the other hand, allows users to
tinker with the technology (software) and learn as they are doing so. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Once I again, I certainly believe that
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) should be a significant part of this
agenda. I would also like to refer the committee working on the Business Plan
to please consult the following important United Nations documents on FOSS with
out neglecting the significant research that United Nations has already put
into this issue and request to make it part of the business plan, neglecting
this would only result in realizing FOSS potential returning to the same issue
at some future point:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>1. UNU-MERIT
policy brief: Open Source and Open Standards: A New Frontier for Economic
Development? </span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>is a United Nations
University Policy Brief that examines the economic benefits of open source and
open standards and outlines some issues that public organizations should
consider in developing policy guidelines in this area. <a
href="http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/pb/unu_pb_2006_01.pdf">http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/pb/unu_pb_2006_01.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>2. General
Assembly 59<sup>th</sup> Session Document Clauses 18-19 on FOSS.</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> <a
href="http://www.unsystem.org/JIU/data/en/work_prog/Prog_work2004en.pdf">http://www.unsystem.org/JIU/data/en/work_prog/Prog_work2004en.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>3. Policies
of United Nations System Organizations towards the Use of Open Source Software
(OSS) In the Secretariats by Louis-Dominique Ouédraogo, Joint Inspection Unit, Geneva
2005.</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This report in the framework of using
information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, to contribute
in raising awareness on the potential role of open source software (OSS) for
the achievement of specific objectives set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
and the Plan of Action adopted in 2003 by the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.unsystem.org/jiu/data/reports/2005/en2005_3.pdf">http://www.unsystem.org/jiu/data/reports/2005/en2005_3.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>4. Free/Open
Source Software (FOSS) and the Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs):</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Roles of Cities and Local Authorities. </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Louis-Dominique Ouédraogo. <a
href="http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/ponentes/Louis_Dominique_Ouedraogo.pdf">http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/ponentes/Louis_Dominique_Ouedraogo.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>5. UNDP-APDIP-International
Open Source Network</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> – IOSN FOSS E-Primers:
<a href="http://www.iosn.net/">http://www.iosn.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>6. Telecenter
Handbook (UNDP <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> & CIS). </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Chapter Section: Telecottage Software Pages 44-48 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A practical guide to establishing a
telecottage as well as a valuable source of experiences and lessons learned, this
report was prepared by members of the telecottage movement. The Hungarian
experience is used as a reference point throughout the report's different
themes and discussions. This publication is intended for ICT professionals, community
development practitioners and public administrators who wish to improve social
services delivery at a local level, and who recognize that telecottages can be
used in service of individual, local and community poverty reduction. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Issued by/Author: UNDP <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>
and the CIS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=DA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Published: June 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=DA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://europeandcis.undp.org/?menu=p_cms/show&content_id=1EADFC88-F203-1EE9-B04E2BCA1E266BB8">http://europeandcis.undp.org/?menu=p_cms/show&content_id=1EADFC88-F203-1EE9-B04E2BCA1E266BB8</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=DA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>7. UNESCO:
</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Since the launch of its free and open-source
software portal in 2001, UNESCO has also been both a practical and ideological
leader in supporting the Free Open-source Software (FOSS) development model. The
development philosophy of FOSS 174 EX/33 – page 9 encourages solidarity, collaboration
and voluntary community work among programmers, librarians, scientists, researchers
and computer users. The portal gives access to local and remote documents as
well as to websites which are hosting the most popular and useful FOSS software
packages in UNESCO’s fields of competence, notably the public sector, higher
education and research environment (<a
href="http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft">www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft</a>);
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Source:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001437/143713e.pdf"><span
lang=EN-US>http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001437/143713e.pdf</span></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also the plan requires further detail on
its mission and particularly the objectives with a transparent timeline
indicating what will be achieved in the short and long-term; and how many funds
will be allocated; and who will be the monitoring bodies for management of transparent
activities. A business plan is only a business plan when the objectives
identified have clearly devised-detailed financial forecasts. Also the
indicators to measure success and impact need to be added.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also ICT-Assistive Technology support through
FOSS for the physically disadvantaged/handicapped is still missing from the
plan. I would also like to suggest that still some expert members from the Free
and Open Source Software movement should be included in the UN-GAID committees
for appropriate expert level advice and direction whether they be from the UN
System, from stakeholder Governments or Civil Society. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I hope my two cents on this topic will be
useful for the concerned and I am available for any further productive input on
afore mentioned issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Regards<br>
-----------------------<br>
Fouad Riaz Bajwa</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><br>
FOSS Advocate & ICT4D Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Member of the Board (for <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>)
SANTEC : Educational Technology for Development <a
href="http://www.santecnetwork.org/">http://www.santecnetwork.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Member BytesForAll Network South Asia <a
href="http://www.bytesforall.net/">http://www.bytesforall.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>General Secretary FOSSFP: Free & Open
Source Software Foundation of Pakistan ® (Secretariat)<br>
URL: <a href="http://www.fossfp.org">www.fossfp.org</a>;</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Disclaimer:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">CONGO</st1:place></st1:country-region> - Philippe Dam<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 30, 2006
4:41 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">plenary@wsis-cs.org</st1:PersonName>;
bureau@wsis-cs.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> 'Renata Bloem'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Final
draft of the business plan of the Global Alliance for ICTs and Development</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Find attached the final draft of the Global Alliance
business plan.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It might be released by the end of this week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Feel free to forward us any comment in this regard.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Philippe Dam<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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line-height:120%'><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'>Philippe Dam<br>
Conference of NGOs (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CONGO</st1:place></st1:country-region>)<br>
Program Officer - WSIS and Human Rights<br>
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w:st="on">Geneva</u1:CITY></u1:PLACE></st1:place></st1:City><br>
Tel: +41 22 301 1000<br>
Fax: +41 22 301 2000<br>
E-mail: </span></font></b><span lang=FR><a href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org"
title="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch"><b><font
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Website: <a href="blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org"
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font-weight:bold'>The Conference of NGOs (<u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region u5_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">CONGO</u1:COUNTRY-REGION></u1:PLACE></st1:country-region></st1:place>)
is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of
NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region u6_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">CONGO</u1:COUNTRY-REGION></u1:PLACE></st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the
world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global
concern. For more information see our website at <a
href="blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org/" target="_blank"
title="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/ http://www.ngocongo.org/">www.ngocongo.org</a></span></font></b><span
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