[governance] TR: Press release: UN appoints new members to the global alliance on ICT

Tue Apr 15 16:08:39 EDT 2008

Dear all, 

Find below the nominations of the UN SG concerning the renewed membership of
the GAID Strategy Council and Steering Committee.

This renewed team will work in the perspective of the GAID Kuala Lumpur
meeting.

Civil Society is highlighted in bold in the Stereing Committee list.

Steering Committee (2008-2009)

1.	Mrs. Gloria Bonder, UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and
Technology in Latin America, Argentina
2.	Mrs. Jennifer Corriero, TakingITGlobal, Canada
3.	Mr. Ramón A. Garza, Índigo Media, Mexico
4.	Mr. Mohsen A. Khalil, World Bank
5.	Mr. Abdul W. Khan, UNESCO
6.	Mr. Thierno Ousmane Sy, Senegal
7.	Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, Egypt
8.	Mr. Craig Barrett, Intel Corporation, United States - Chairman
9.	Mrs. Renate Bloem, Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
10.	Mr. Fust Walter, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation,
Switzerland
11.	H.E. Mr. Maximus Ongkili, Minister of Science, Technology &
Innovation,Malaysia
12.	Mr. Guy Sebban, International Chamber of Commerce
13.	Mr. Carl-Henric Svanberg, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sweden
14.	Dr. Hamadoun Touré, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
15.	Mr. Sha Zukang / Mr. Sarbuland Khan (ex officio)

Strategy Council (2008-2010)

Governments

Private Sector

Civil Society

International Organizations

1.	Afghanistan
2.	Armenia
3.	Azerbaijan
4.	Bahamas
5.	Brazil
6.	Canada
7.	China
8.	Croatia
9.	Cuba
10.	Dominican Republic
11.	Egypt
12.	Finland
13.	France
14.	Gambia
15.	Germany
16.	Ghana 
17.	India
18.	Italy 
19.	Jordan
20.	Lithuania
21.	Madagascar
22.	Mexico 
23.	Nigeria
24.	Pakistan
25.	Qatar
26.	Republic of Korea
27.	Russia
28.	Rwanda
29.	South Africa
30.	Syria
31.	Tunisia
32.	Vietnam

1.	Mr. Ibrahim Adel, Zain, Kuwait
2.	Mr. Roger Cochetti, Computing Technology Industry Association
(CompTIA), United States
3.	Mr. Peter Hellmonds, Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
4.	Mr. Johan F. Khairuddin, Astro Entertainment SDN BHD, Malaysia
5.	Mr. Jeffrey M. Nick, EMC Corporation, United States
6.	Mr. Carlo Ottaviani, STMicroelectronics Foundation, Switzerland
7.	Mrs. Pamela Passman, Microsoft, United States
8.	Mr. Tom Phillips, GSM Association, United Kingdom
9.	Mr. Arthur Reilly, Cisco Systems, United States
10.	Mr. Peter R. Tinoco, Fundación Cisneros, Venezuela/United States
11.	Representative from IBM

1.	Ms. Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Global Knowledge Partnership, Malaysia
2.	Mr. Peter Bruck, World Summit Award, Austria
3.	Ms. Clotilde Fonseca, Fundacion Omar Dengo, Costa Rica
4.	Ms. Qiheng Hu, Internet Society of China
5.	Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, The DAISY Consortium, Japan
6.	Ms. Viola Krebs, ICVolunteers, Switzerland
7.	Mrs. Janet Longmore, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), Canada
8.	Ms. Dorothy Okello, Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), Uganda
9.	Mr. Bazlur Rahman, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC), Bangladesh
10.	Mr. Abdulaziz Sager, Gulf Research Center, Dubai U.A.E.
11.	Mr. Asad U. Shah/Mr. Bradford Kane, International Commission on
Workforce Development, United States
12.	Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change, India

1.	European Commission
2.	Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
3.	International Labour Office (ILO)
4.	International Trade Centre
5.	NABE (International Observatory for Strategic Innovation)
6.	Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
7.	Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
8.	Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (SU/SSC)  UNDP
9.	United Nations: DESA, UNCTAD, DPI, OCHA, UNFIP, Regional Commissions
10.	World Health Organization

>From the recommendation of the civil society recommendation process for the
Strategy Council Membership, it appears that half of our recommended
candidates have been taken in the UN SG recommendation (Ms. Viola Krebs and
Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh).

Best, 

Philippe

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UN appoints new members to the global alliance on ICT

PRESS RELEASE

        UN appoints new members to the global alliance on ICT

United Nations, 09 APRIL The United Nations announced today the 

appointment of new members to the Global Alliance for Information and 

Communications Technology and Development (GAID). 

The new members replace the members of the GAID Steering Committee and 

Strategy Council hosted by the United Nations Department of Economic and 

Social Affairs. The new members will carry on the strategic work towards 

achieving the Millennium Development Goals through ICT policies as laid 

out by the outgoing members.

The new members were selected through international consultation with all 

stakeholder groups to ensure a balance in gender, geographical and 

institutional representation. The new membership was approved by Mr. 

Zukang Sha, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, whose 

Department (UNDESA) oversees the operations of GAID. 

The composition of the Steering Committee has been expanded from 12 to 15 

and the Strategy Council from 60 to 65, with the new members poised to 

reflect the growing interest and recognition of the role of ICT in the 

development and the rising profile of GAID. 

The function of the Steering Committee is to provide overall guidance for 

GAID and to help define the medium and long-term priorities along with the 

Strategy Council, as well as to serve the Under-Secretary-General in an 

advisory capacity. For its part, the Strategy Council plays an active role 

in disseminating the results of policy dialogue to a wider audience and in 

promoting and coordinating further partnerships with GAID.

Gloria Bonder (UNESCO Women, Science and Technology in Latin America), 

Jennifer Corriero (TakingITGlobal), Abdul W. Khan (UNESCO), Thierno 

Ousmane Sy (Government of Senegal), Mohsen Khalil (World Bank), and Ramón 

Garza (Índigo Media) are joining the committee this term. Dr. Craig 

Barrett, Chairman of the Board of Intel, will continue to serve as the 

committee chair through to the Fall of 2009. 

The Strategy Council will be joined by Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahamas, 

Croatia, Gambia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Nigeria, Qatar, Rwanda, Syria, and 

Vietnam as new government members; Ibrahim Adel (Zain), Roger Cochetti 

(CompTIA), Johan F. Khairuddin (Astro plc), Tom Phillips (GSM 

Association), Peter Tinoco (Cisneros), and Jeffrey M. Nick (EMC 

Corporation) are representing private sector entities; Clotide Fonseca 

Quesada (Omar Dengo Foundation), Qiheng Hu (Internet Society of China), 

Viola Krebs (ICVolunteers), Doroth Okello (WOUGNET), Rinalia Abdul Rahim 

(Global Knowledge Partnership), Abdulaziz Sager (Gulf Research Center), 

Parminder Jeet Singh (IT for Change) are representing civil entities. The 

new members representing other international organizations are Patricia 

Francis (International Trade Centre), Zhou Yiping (UNDP), and the Network 

of Local Authorities for the Information Society (IT4All Bilbao). 

The term of the current membership was extended to coordinate the GAID 

leadership with the upcoming GAID Annual Meeting and Global Forum in Kuala 

Lumpur at the end of May. Over the past year-and-a-half, GAID has 

benefited from the work of the outgoing members whose support and 

engagement have been crucial to ensure GAIDs success. They will continue 

to serve an important and active role as High-level Advisers of the 

Alliance and in promoting information technologies at the service of 

development. 

For more information, please visit http://www.un-gaid.org or contact 

Enrica Murmura of UNDESA- GAID, Tel: +1 212 963 5913, e-mail: 

murmura at un.org 

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