[Kictanet] Fwd: <incom> Up-coming launch of the Global Alliance on ICT for Development

[Bill Kagai]

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From: Soenke Zehle <s.zehle at kein.org>
Date: Apr 6, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: <incom> Up-coming launch of the Global Alliance on ICT for Development
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Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:00:55 +0200
From:   CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis at ngocongo.org>

Dear all,

Many thanks to Ralf and Rik for having forwarded Mr. Khan's letter
<http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10211> about the
up-coming launch of the Global Alliance on ICT for Development.

As highlighted in Mr. Khan's letter, the governance structure of the
Global Alliance will be articulated around a three tier structure:

            • The */Strategy Council/* will offer strategic guidance and
priority setting for the work of the Global Alliance. It would be
comprise of 35 to 40 personalities representing the key constituencies
(one third for civil society representatives) and would meet once or
twice a year.

            • The */Steering Committee/* will provide continuous
executive oversight and guidance to the work of the Secretariat. It
would be composed of a Chair and several Vice-Chairs representing key
constituencies of the Global Alliance and would meet monthly or
bimonthly using modern communication devices.

            • The */Secretariat/* will be small structure composed of
staff seconded by partners and hosted by UN DESA, would serve the
overall work of the Global Alliance. It would provide analytical support
to the Steering Committee and to the Strategy Council.

The Global Alliance will be open to */membership/* for all stakeholders
involved in ICT policies for development and providing advocacy and
oversight on Information Society issues and implementing programs
addressing MDGs. For civil society, it will include all NGOs, CSOs,
foundations, scientific, academic and ICT communities and individuals
around the world involved in the UN development agenda priorities.
Therefore, participation in the Global Alliance should put together a
very broad scope of NGOs, involving but going far beyond the WSIS civil
society and should also include the worldwide NGO community to
development. The Global Alliance will constitute a unique opportunity
for NGOs to be directly involved in the ICT4D agenda and in the global
development agenda within the UN. Further information on how you can
join the Global Alliance would be circulated soon.

The Global Alliance would */serve as a global inclusive forum/* to
facilitate dialogue and encourage initiatives and partnerships on all
cross cutting issues related to the use of ICT policies for development
for the fulfilment of internationally agreed development goals, in
particular in the framework of the MDGs. The view is to mobilize actors
in order to advance the development agenda of the United Nations through
ICT related policies.

To that end, the Global Alliance would represent the */major
multi-stakeholder component/* to interact and feed into the WSIS
integrated follow-up process entrusted to ECOSOC through the UN CSTD by
the WSIS outcome document. The Global Alliance will closely work with
ECOSOC and the CSTD to bring further the follow-up to WSIS decisions in
ICT policies for development, and participants in the Global Alliance
would have direct access to the CSTD, through in-depth collaboration
with the Secretariat of the UN CSTD. However the Global Alliance would
neither constitute an operational body, nor flow into the action lines
implementation process.

*/Next steps/* include:

-          Selection process of Strategy Council members. They will be
appointed by the UN SG, following a self selection process within each
group of constituencies. CONGO has been asked by UN DESA to facilitate
the self selection process for civil society Members.

-          Information meetings, including in Geneva during the time of
the CSTD session (15-19 May 2006): *15 May 2006*, time to be confirmed.

-          Inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance (in the week of 19
June 2006), in Kuala Lumpur.

Information will be made available on modalities to get involved into
this initiative and we would keep you informed on the most recent
developments.

Let me remind you than an up-dated program of meetings for the week
15-19 May is available at http://www.csbureau.org/posttunis.htm, and
additional information on the post-Tunis WSIS mechanisms is available on
the CONGO website
<http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=resources&id=278&start=1>.

Best regards,

Philippe Dam

*Philippe Dam
**CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
****11, Avenue de **la Paix**
CH-1202 **Geneva**
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: **wsis at ngocongo.org* <mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org>*
Website: **www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org>** *

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association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations
debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO'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.  For more
information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
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