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<strong> <i>FWD</i><br>
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Dear Madam, Sir</strong> <br>
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<strong>What are the opportunities and risks of ‘low-cost devices for
education’ initiatives? What is the way forward? </strong><br>
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UNESCO and infoDev (The World Bank) would like to invite you to
participate in the ‘Low-cost Devices for Education’ meeting taking
place in the ITU, Geneva, Switzerland from 21 22 May 2008. This meeting
will be open to all and will be an opportunity to learn the latest
about numerous devices and share information about applications,
experiences and approaches. More importantly, the event is designed to
request input and invite collaboration in designing a series of
activities (sponsored research, capacity building and outreach, needs
assessments, evaluation tools) to help build consensus around common
sets of practical issues and challenges with regard to low-cost
devices, and to help aid all of our work.<br>
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Partners and stakeholders from international organizations, private
companies, universities, financial institutions, and civil society will
join this event, which will take place alongside the follow-up meetings
on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva. <br>
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The meeting will take be held at the office of the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) on 21 May. Results from this meeting
will be reported on and discussed during the official WSIS consultation
meeting on e-learning (C7) at the ITU, on the afternoon of 22 May.<br>
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The attached draft agenda gives you more details on the objectives of
the meeting and topics of discussion. You may register for these
meetings at<br>
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<a
href="http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=1322&e=MTIxODY1&l=-http--www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs21/edrs.registration.form">http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs21/edrs.registration.form
</a><br>
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Please note that you will need to check two boxes, one for each day:<br>
<ul>
<li>21 May 2008 -Open consultative meeting on low-cost devices for
education (ITU, room B2)</li>
<li>22 May pm - 3rd Facilitation Meeting on Action Line C7
e-learning, including low-cost devices for education (ITU, room A).<br>
</li>
</ul>
Both meetings are open to all stakeholders; we look forward to seeing
you in Geneva soon.<br>
<br>
Yours sincerely,<br>
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<strong>Miriam Nisbet</strong><br>
Director <br>
Information Society Division<br>
Communication and Information Sector</td>
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<strong>Cédric Wachholz</strong><br>
Team Leader<br>
ICT in Education Unit<br>
Education Sector</td>
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