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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN align="center"><STRONG><FONT color=#4c78ae
size=5><FONT color=#70b044>Open Consultations on Financial Mechanisms: Meeting
the Challenges of ICT for Development </FONT></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><FONT color=#4c78ae><FONT color=#70b044>(8-9 October,
Geneva, Switzerland)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></P></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">The financing of information and
communications technologies (ICTs) for development is an important area to
address in the context promoting a more inclusive global information society.
Wider diffusion and better use of ICTs can help to achieve more effectively the
goals outlined in the Millennium Declaration.</SPAN></DIV><BR>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">The WSIS Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society (November 2005) recognizes the scale of the challenge in bridging the
digital divide, which will require adequate and sustainable investments in ICT
infrastructure and services, and capacity building, and transfer of technology
over many years to come. There is a continuous need to evaluate how existing as
well as new financial mechanisms can support greater access and use of ICTs in
developing countries. Following a recommendation by the United Nations Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC), UNGIS is pleased to announce that <EM>Open
Consultations on Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges of ICT for
Development</EM> will take place from 8-9 October 2009 in Geneva,
Switzerland.</SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">These <EM>Open
Consultations</EM> will offer a unique opportunity to review progress, share
views and discuss new approaches at the national, regional and international
level to the financing of ICTs for development. It will give the possibility to
develop a better understanding on the need for future actions to respond to the
part B of the Tunis Agenda. The meeting is intended to serve as a platform for
information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices and
building partnerships. To attend the meeting register <A
href="http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/meetings/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=1000042">http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/meetings/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=1000042</A></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR>Bazlu<BR>_______________________<BR>AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<BR>Chief Executive Officer<BR>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)<BR>&<BR>Member, Strategy Council<BR>UN-Global Alliance
for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<BR> <BR>House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli,
Dhaka-1207 <BR>Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<BR> <BR>Phone:
88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501<BR>01711881647 Fax:
88-02-9138501-105<BR> <BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net">ceo@bnnrc.net</A>, <A
href="mailto:bnnrc@bd.drik.net">bnnrc@bd.drik.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.bnnrc.net">www.bnnrc.net</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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