<div>Dear All the CONGO and Excellencies</div>
<div> Make a note the E mail has not been sent. It looks like some of this outfit is on loose .. We decided in the CONGO board to monitrr all this activity.We want CONGO effective not hijacked.</div>
<div> Dr Malik Khan <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:14 PM, CONGO WSIS - 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 a brief up date of the preparations to the next meetings of the GAID Strategy Council meeting and its Annual Forum to take place on 18-20 May 2008 in Kuala Lumpur.</span></font></p>
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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">As you noticed, the 6 substantive sessions of the annual Forum, taking place in conjunction with the WCIT 2008, will focus on the two themes of <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Access and Connectivity</span></b> and <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Innovative Funding for ICT4D </span></b>(the tentative sub-themes of the substantive panels are indicated in the attached preliminary program). Two experts groups started to work on line on those two issues; draft outlines and concept papers will be circulated shortly – it would be possible to provide comments at that stage. </span></font></p>
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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">It is expected that the <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Access and connectivity cluster</span></b> would feed into the ITU Summit on Connect Asia, while the <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ICT4D Funding</span></b> cluster would feed into the Follow up Conference on Financing for Development (Doha, 29 November - 2 December 2008). </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 53.25pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><span dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the follow up to the GAID Forum on Youth and ICTs (September 2007, Geneva), note that a Committee of e-Leaders for ICT and Youth might be established within GAID. More information coming soon, but this some of the listserv members might be interested by this initiative. </span></font></span></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a href="mailto:plenary-bounces@wsis-cs.org" target="_blank">plenary-bounces@wsis-cs.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:plenary-bounces@wsis-cs.org" target="_blank">plenary-bounces@wsis-cs.org</a>] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De la part de</span></b> CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé :</span></b> mercredi, 20. février 2008 17:27<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</span></b> <a href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org" target="_blank">plenary@wsis-cs.org</a>; <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>; <a href="mailto:gov@wsis-gov.org" target="_blank">gov@wsis-gov.org</a><br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc :</span></b> 'CONGO - Philippe Dam'<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</span></b> [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: [gaid-discuss] Please save the date:UNDESA-GAID, Annual Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,18 - 20 May 2008</span></font></p>
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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">Find below a recent message from the GAID Secretariat regarding the preparations of the next GAID Global Forum on Access and Connectivity; and innovative Funding Mechanism, to be organised in conjunction with the next meetings of the GAID Strategy Council and Steering Committee (18-20 May 2008). This will also be held in conjunction with the 2008 World Congress on Information Technology.</span></font></p>
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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">Preparations are under way on the basis of the outcomes of the September 2007 Steering Committee meeting (summary available <a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/node/1005" target="_blank">here</a>).</span></font></p>
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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">Note that the designation by the UN Secretary General of the new membership of the GAID Strategy Council and Steering Committee will be announced shortly and that this new membership after rotation will take office in April 2008.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@un-gaid.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@un-gaid.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@un-gaid.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@un-gaid.org</a>] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De la part de</span></b> Sarbuland Khan<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyi :</span></b> jeudi, 14. fivrier 2008 22:37<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">@ :</span></b> <a href="mailto:discuss@un-gaid.org" target="_blank">discuss@un-gaid.org</a><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</span></b> [gaid-discuss] Please save the date: UNDESA-GAID, Annual Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 ? </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">20 May 2008</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><br>Dear Colleageues, <br><br> The<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Global Alliance for ICT and Development </span></b>of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-GAID) is a global multi-stakeholder partnership programme, with the objective to mobilize the human, financial and technical resources required to bridge major gaps in information and communication technology (ICT), infrastructure, services and applications across the world. <br>
<br> The UNDESA-GAID Annual Meeting, to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 18 – 20 May, 2008, aims to bring together partners to help implement a number of ICT projects of significant, catalyzing impact on the development of ICT, infrastructure, services and applications. This year's Annual Meeting will also focus on issues of access and connectivity, particularly for the Asian and Island States, as well as the innovative funding mechanism for the implementation of ICT, infrastructure, services and applications. <br>
<br><b><i><u><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Global Forum on Access and Connectivity; and innovative Funding Mechanism</span></u></i></b> <br><br>The UNDESA-GAID Annual Meeting will bring together the International Telecommunication Union, the World Bank and GAID, in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and experts from civil societies, academia and other regional and international organizations. <br>
<br>This collaborative effort seeks to involve various stakeholders active in the region, with the aim of supporting affordable connectivity, applications and services to stimulate economic growth, employment and development throughout the region. By having this meeting, partners will build on the progress of countries, which have established an attractive ICT policy and regulatory environment to accommodate the private sector investment required for sustainable network build-out, capacity roll-out and business innovations. These projects will, in turn, trigger a cycle of further investment and development. <br>
<br>The Global Forum on Access and Connectivity; and Innovative Funding Mechanism will have a practical, results-oriented format, including interactive, multi-stakeholder panel discussions, partnership announcements, as well as opportunities for participants to showcase their ICT development projects to potential partners and donors. The Forum will also provide an excellent networking platform for leaders from the public, private and financial sectors to meet and forge new partnerships for the future. <br>
<br>Participants at the Forum will examine key success factors for ICT investment and development and identify areas for collaboration to: <br></span></font><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">7 </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> expand broadband backbone infrastructure and access networks, using innovative business and financing models, such as infrastructure-sharing and demand aggregation among local and regional institutions. This new infrastructure investment includes national and regional interconnectivity initiatives, such as Internet exchange points and rural connectivity projects; <br>
</span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">7 </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> enhance workforce training to support employment and growth in the ICT sector and the overall economy; <br>
</span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">7 </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> stimulate the development of locally-relevant ICT content, applications and services; and <br>
</span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">7 </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><font face="Symbol"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"> </span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> broaden efforts to develop an enabling policy and regulatory environment for investment, including harmonization across regions and sub-regions. <br>
<br><b><i><u><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">New and refurbished PCs </span></u></i></b><br><br>There will also be a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, which will address the initiative being developed under the GAID umbrella of providing 500,000 new and refurbished computers for 10,000 schools, catering for 35 million students by the year 2012. At the recent International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, GAID and CES jointly organized the Technology and Emerging Countries Brainstorming dialogue. We noted that there was tremendous goodwill and willingness to collaborate from all parties present. The supplying parties agreed and were willing to work with the United Nations, through GAID, in a coordinated fashion, to scale up the supply of new and refurbished computers and ensure that the targets are reached. The demand side representatives responded and reiterated their willingness and desire to accept the computers. They agreed to work out the details and to put in place a structure and framework that is consistent in the receiving end at their respective countries. <br>
<br>A concept note is currently being prepared and will be presented to the Strategy Council and Steering Committee of the GAID in Kuala Lumpur. It is expected that a pilot project with a committed multi-stakeholder approach will be developed and be rolled out in the four pilot countries before the end of 2008. <br>
<br><b><i><u><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Private-Public Partnership</span></u></i></b> <br><br>Recognizing the significance of the private-public partnership in the areas of ICT, we are pleased to inform you that Malaysia, representing the Asian continent, will also host the 2008 World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) during that period in Kuala Lumpur. These two meetings, the United Nations Annual GAID Meeting and the WCIT Meeting will bring the possibility of Member States interacting with more than 70 information technology (IT) industry associations that represent over 90 PER CENT Of the world's IT market, together with civil societies, academia and other experts that will provide the crucial cross-cutting and partnership link between ICT, business, policy and society, and discussing and influencing global challenges, such as healthcare, education, digital divide, privacy and security. <br>
<br>The Kuala Lumpur meeting will hear from some of today's greatest minds on how ICT can be used to enable businesses by enhancing competitiveness, enrich economies by enhancing capacity to create and adopt new technologies, and particularly, to empower societies via access to information and knowledge acquisition. <br>
<br>At the Kuala Lumpur meeting, we are inviting all Flagship Partnership Initiatives (FPIs) and Communities Of Expertise (COEs) to showcase and share their activities, plans and best practices with all other FPIs, COEs, High-level Panel of Advisors, Champions Network, Regional Networks, the Strategy Council and the Steering Committee members. You are invited to bring your literatures, brochures and other relevant materials to be distributed during the meetings. The High-level Panel of Advisors and the Regional Networks are also invited to undertake preparatory online discussions and bring their respective and regional perspectives to the discussions in Kuala Lumpur. <br>
<br> Please find attached the tentative programme for the Annual GAID Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. We look forward to your personal commitment and active participation at the meetings. Kindly refer to our website, </span><font color="blue" size="1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: blue"><a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/" target="_blank">http://www.un-gaid.org</a></span></font><span lang="EN-GB">, for more information pertaining to the meetings. <br>
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