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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sorry, I forwarded this without stating
the context. I was replying to an email on the plenary list, and forwarded it
not realizing that the original email was never sent to the egov list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is from the deliberations of the
Global Alliance on ICT for Development. IGF and GAID are seen as the two
main post WSIS bodies and therefore their governance may need to be seen in a
common perspective to some extent – as the global governance framework of
the emerging information society. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And asking for annual contributions ‘on
indicative scale’ from members of strategy council and steering committee
is directly equivalent to asking for ‘financial contributions’ from
the members of the IGF MAG – and thereupon, maybe, pulling it into an
implicit criterion for selection. And it is useful to see it in the context where
the African Civil Society for the Information Society is making appeals for pro-active
assistance for ensuring CS participants to attend MAG meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Parminder
[mailto:parminder@itforchange.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 05, 2006
1:47 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">governance@lists.cpsr.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] [WSIS
CS-Plenary] Highlights of GAID Steering Committee</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Going through the discussions summary, the
following comes as a surprise, and alarms me a lot….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>At the Chairman’s proposal, it was agreed that
members of the Strategy Council and Steering Committee be requested to support
the Global Alliance through annual contributions (in cash or in kind),
according to an indicative scale, taking into account the financial constraints
of some members, in particular civil society organizations and developing
countries. (quote ends)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This will then, sooner or later, make the
reverse logic operational as well – the steering committee and strategic
committee membership will begin to include an implicit or explicit criterion of
‘capacity to contribute funds’. And this logic is dangerous in
public policy spaces…. There already is a growing tendency of public
policy meetings and conferences sponsored heavily by interested parties which
of course casts a shadow on the deliberations and outcomes, but to have a UN
anchored public policy body have its governance positions linked to the
criterion of ‘capacity to pay’ is going quite a few steps beyond. I
find any such move very dangerous to the very fiber and structure of our public
life. <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'>GAID needs to decide for itself whether it
is a global public policy body, with important policy influence on ICTD
policies globally, nationally and locally, or it is a non-profit which wants to
challenge energies, goodwill and funds into ICTD activity. And if it is both,
what is it primarily. Because in the latter mandate, it is fine to look around
for funds in this manner, even offering governance positions for the purpose
(though still, discretion is required to see that social responsibility funds
are not used for narrow interests – commercial or otherwise, which in the
long run harms the interests of the targeted group more than they benefit them
immediately). <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'>And if its mandate is the former –
that is mainly policy advice and influence related – GAID needs to be
extra careful that its governance as well as other structures are free from
narrow commercial (or other) interests. And the positions in its governance
structure etc go strictly by the criterions like capacity to contribute
and representative-ness of different stakeholders – more of those who
could with some legitimacy be seen as representing the poor and marginalized
sections (as the UN Secretary General advised during the deliberation, and I
quote form the enclosed document – “</span></font>the Alliance must
keep the interest of the poor and marginalized foremost in mind”. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><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'>Going by the statement of GAID’s
mission given out by the press statement from the UN Secretary General’s
office that announced the launch of GAID, it seems to be oriented more as a
platform for ICTD policy dialogue and advocacy. To quote the press statement
– “</span></font>The mission of the Global Alliance for ICT and
Development will be to facilitate and promote such integration by providing a
platform for an open, inclusive, multi-stakeholder cross-sectoral policy
dialogue on the role of information and communication technology in
development”. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><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'>Of course funds are needed, and
contributions are welcome. But these can not be tied to positions in the
governance structures. We all need to take a clear position on this issue.
There is a great danger in requesting the members of governance bodies to
contribute – this links the membership to contributions, even if
implicitly, and in the long term. The call for contributions should instead be
open – to all those who agree with the stated purpose and polices of GAID
to contribute.<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 will request CS members in these
deliberations to report in more detail on such issues, and their implications,
though I understand the insider-outsider dilemma of participation in such high
level bodies.<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'>And we also need to have a general CS view
on these issues, and keep up a broader engagement with post-WSIS bodies through
these elists, and other associations. This is specifically so because this
group was asked to, and it did, contribute to the process of selection of the
governance structures. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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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>Renate Bloem<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 03, 2006
12:51 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> CS Plenary<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> bureau wsis; governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSIS CS-Plenary]
Highlights of GAID Steering Committee</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><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 style='text-autospace:none'><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 style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please see attached a
brief outline from the Secretariat of the GAID Steering Committee discussion
held 27-28 September in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>.
You will see that the essence for GAID is to provide a distinguished but broad
platform to promote, scale up and accelerate action on initiatives provided by
communities of expertise and some Flagship Partnership Initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><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 style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A summary of the meeting
is being drafted by the Secretariat and will be published shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The statements by
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President of ECOSOC Amb Ali Hachani are
available at </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.un-gaid.org/steering/annan_27sept06.html"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.un-gaid.org/steering/annan_27sept06.html</span></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
and </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.un-gaid.org/steering/hachani_27sept06.html"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.un-gaid.org/steering/hachani_27sept06.html</span></a></span></font><font
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respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Renate Bloem</span></font></b><font size=1
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<b><font color=navy><span style='color:navy;font-weight:bold'>President of the
Conference of NGOs (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">CONGO</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<br>
11, Avenue de la Paix<br>
CH-1202 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place><br>
Tel: +41 22 301 1000<br>
Fax: +41 22 301 2000<br>
E-mail: </span></font></b></span></font><b><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a
href="mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org"><span lang=EN-GB>rbloem@ngocongo.org</span></a></span></font></b><b><font
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Website: </span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=FR
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/"><span lang=EN-GB>www.ngocongo.org</span></a></span></font></b><font
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color:navy;font-weight:bold'>The Conference of NGOs (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">CONGO</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, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">CONGO</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. </span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>For more information see our website at <a
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/">www.ngocongo.org</a></span></font></b><font
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