<div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: black"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dear All CONGO Board Members and participents</font></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: black"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Greetings </font></font></span><span style="COLOR: black"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Thanks a million for your kind attention. I need you to kindly send this request all those who attended the meetings of CONGO Board . Any body who is interested to have their pictures send must send me one picture name to recognize. We may be able to send you back your picture. We have 116 snaps it comes to a big mega bit no way I can send in E Mail. The suggestion is if you send one snap of yours I will recognize from the individual and group both to send you individually the pictures. We will do our best to accommodate every one.</font></font></span></div>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><span style="COLOR: black"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dr Malik Khan</font></font></span></p><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:27 AM, CONGO - Philippe Dam <<a href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org">wsis@ngocongo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is to inform you about an initiative taken by FAO as part of the WSIS action line follow up on E-Agriculture.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The FAO on-line discussion Forum on Public Private Partnership in Asia will take place between 10 and 28 March 2008 on <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/" target="_blank">www.e-agriculture.org</a>. </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Making e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Asia</span></font></tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><br>
<br><tt><font face="Courier New">Sponsored by Katalyst and FAO. Moderated by Katal</font></tt></span></font><tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">yst, a multi-donor funded</span></font></tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">market development project implemented by Swisscontact, the Swiss Foundation</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">for Technical Cooperation and co-implemented by GTZ-International Services. A</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Global Knowledge Partnership Event. </font></tt><br><br></span></font><font face="Courier New" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/" target="_blank">www.e-agriculture.org</a><tt><font face="Courier New"> </font></tt></span></font><tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">will host a special online forum on the Role of Public</span></font></tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Private Partnerships (PPPs) starting 10 March 2008. </font></tt></span></font><tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Areas which will be</span></font></tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">explored include: The scope of Public Private Partnerships to implement</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">e-Agriculture successfully; Understanding the major & common constraints in</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">PPP based on past experiences and current practices; Suggestions and</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">solutions to overcome the challenges and focus on bringing practical</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">solutions; and the roles of stakeholders: government, private sector, and</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">others. </font></tt><br><br><tt><font face="Courier New">Subject Matter Experts Participating include: </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- M. Asaduzzaman, Research Director, Agriculture and Rural Development,</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">- Amit Dasgupta, General Manager, IBM Global Services India</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Philip DesAutels, Academic Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation </font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">- Naimur Rahman, Director, OneWorld South Asia </font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">- Sunit Shrestha, Director, TNR Institute, Thailand </font></tt><br>
<br><tt><font face="Courier New">Moderated by: </font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">- Manish Pandey, Deputy General Manager of Katalyst </font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">- Michael Riggs, Information Management Specialist, FAO </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Charlotte Masiello-Riome, World Summit on the Information Society</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">Communications Focal Point, e-agriculture and <a href="http://e-agriculture.org/" target="_blank">e-agriculture.org</a> Coordinator </font></tt><br>
<br><tt><font face="Courier New">This Forum is a lead up to the e-Agriculture INDIA 2008 Conference to be held</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">in New Dehli, India 29-31 July 2008. Outcomes will also be reported to the</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">World Summit on the Information Society Follow Up Action meetings to be held</font></tt><br><tt><font face="Courier New">in May 2008. </font></tt></span></font></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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