[governance] FW: [gaid-discuss] Press release: UN appoints new members to the global alliance on ICT

[jlfullsack]

Despite I'm not a fierce supporter of GAID, I warmly congratulate Viola and 
Parminder who -among others- will repesent the CS engaged in "bridging the 
communication gap" between rich nations and developing countries.
Best
Jean-Louis Fullsack

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Of particular interest in this context is the appointment of Parminder to
the Strategy Council of the GAID (Congratulations Parminder!).

MG

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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 GAID's 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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