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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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">here</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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discuss-bounces@un-gaid.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@un-gaid.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>De la part de</span></b> Sarbuland Khan<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> jeudi, 14. février
2008 22:37<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b> discuss@un-gaid.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> [gaid-discuss] Please
save the date: UNDESA-GAID, Annual Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 ? 20 May
2008</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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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'>· </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> 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>
<font face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'>· </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> enhance
workforce training to support employment and growth in the ICT sector and the
overall economy; <br>
<font face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'>· </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> stimulate the
development of locally-relevant ICT content, applications and services;
and <br>
<font face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'>· </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> <font
face=Symbol><span style='font-family:Symbol'> </span></font> 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, <font size=1 color=blue><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:blue'>http://www.un-gaid.org</span></font>,
for more information pertaining to the meetings. <br>
<br>
<br>
With my best regards, <br>
<br>
Sincerely, <br>
<br>
<br>
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