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

Wed Apr 16 06:43:09 EDT 2008

To all nomanited,

Congratulations for your engagement.

Baudouin

2008/4/15, CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis at ngocongo.org>:
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> Find below the nominations of the UN SG concerning the renewed membership
> of the GAID Strategy Council and Steering Committee.
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> This renewed team will work in the perspective of the GAID Kuala Lumpur
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> Civil Society is highlighted in bold in the Stereing Committee list.
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> *Steering Committee (2008-2009)*
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>    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)
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> *Strategy Council (2008-2010)*
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> *Governments*
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> *Private Sector*
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> *Civil Society*
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> *International Organizations*
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>    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
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>    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
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>    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
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>    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
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> 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).
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> Best,
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> Philippe
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> Objet : [gaid-discuss] Press release: UN appoints new members to the
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> PRESS RELEASE
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>         UN appoints new members to the global alliance on ICT
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> United Nations, 09 APRIL –The United Nations announced today the
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> appointment of new members to the Global Alliance for Information and
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> Communications Technology and Development (GAID).
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> The new members replace the members of the GAID Steering Committee and
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> Strategy Council hosted by the United Nations Department of Economic and
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> Social Affairs. The new members will carry on the strategic work towards
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> achieving the Millennium Development Goals through ICT policies as laid
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> out by the outgoing members.
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> The new members were selected through international consultation with all
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> stakeholder groups to ensure a balance in gender, geographical and
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> institutional representation. The new membership was approved by Mr.
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> Zukang Sha, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, whose
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> Department (UNDESA) oversees the operations of GAID.
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> The composition of the Steering Committee has been expanded from 12 to 15
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> and the Strategy Council from 60 to 65, with the new members poised to
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> reflect the growing interest and recognition of the role of ICT in the
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> development and the rising profile of GAID.
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> The function of the Steering Committee is to provide overall guidance for
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> GAID and to help define the medium and long-term priorities along with the
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> Strategy Council, as well as to serve the Under-Secretary-General in an
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> advisory capacity. For its part, the Strategy Council plays an active role
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> in disseminating the results of policy dialogue to a wider audience and in
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> promoting and coordinating further partnerships with GAID.
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> Gloria Bonder (UNESCO Women, Science and Technology in Latin America),
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> Jennifer Corriero (TakingITGlobal), Abdul W. Khan (UNESCO), Thierno
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> Ousmane Sy (Government of Senegal), Mohsen Khalil (World Bank), and Ramón
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> Garza (Índigo Media) are joining the committee this term. Dr. Craig
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> Barrett, Chairman of the Board of Intel, will continue to serve as the
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> committee chair through to the Fall of 2009.
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> The Strategy Council will be joined by Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahamas,
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> Croatia, Gambia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Nigeria, Qatar, Rwanda, Syria, and
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> Vietnam as new government members; Ibrahim Adel (Zain), Roger Cochetti
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> (CompTIA), Johan F. Khairuddin (Astro plc), Tom Phillips (GSM
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> Association), Peter Tinoco (Cisneros), and Jeffrey M. Nick (EMC
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> Corporation) are representing private sector entities; Clotide Fonseca
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> Quesada (Omar Dengo Foundation), Qiheng Hu (Internet Society of China),
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> Viola Krebs (ICVolunteers), Doroth Okello (WOUGNET), Rinalia Abdul Rahim
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> (Global Knowledge Partnership), Abdulaziz Sager (Gulf Research Center),
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> Parminder Jeet Singh (IT for Change) are representing civil entities. The
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> new members representing other international organizations are Patricia
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> Francis (International Trade Centre), Zhou Yiping (UNDP), and the Network
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> of Local Authorities for the Information Society (IT4All Bilbao).
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> The term of the current membership was extended to coordinate the GAID
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> leadership with the upcoming GAID Annual Meeting and Global Forum in Kuala
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> Lumpur at the end of May. Over the past year-and-a-half, GAID has
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> benefited from the work of the outgoing members whose support and
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> engagement have been crucial to ensure GAID's success. They will continue
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> to serve an important and active role as High-level Advisers of the
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> Alliance and in promoting information technologies at the service of
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> development.
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> For more information, please visit http://www.un-gaid.org or contact
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> Enrica Murmura of UNDESA- GAID, Tel: +1 212 963 5913, e-mail:
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> murmura at un.org
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