-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quinta-feira, 10 de Janeiro de 2002 12:29 To: GA&MS Subject: ICT for development/DID draft report
To: IFIP GA representatives and TC Chairs cc. IFIP Member Societies, UNESCO
Dear All,
In September 2001, you were informed -- http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00071.html -- of a consultative meeting on 11 and 12 September 2001 in Beirut in which the IFIP Executive Director took part. The meeting was attended by experts from regional and national agencies, the World Bank, UNDP, IFIP and other organizations. ICT activities for development were explored and the plausibility for founding a specialized agency to focus on issues related to the Digital Divide and ICT for Development was considered. I said that we will keep you informed as this initiative develops.
Now I am pleased to let you know that the Draft Workshop report is available at http://www.ifip.or.at/pdf/workshop.pdf Needless to say, the meeting discussion and draft report reflect ideas as expressed by the participants and not necessarily the organizations they work for. At the same time, the draft and the ideas in the report could be of interest to IFIP's Member societies, to IFIP's Developing Counties Support Committee, our TCs and the organizers of IFIP's Congress in Montreal, 25-30 August 2002 and the First IFIP World Information Technology Forum, Vilnius, Lithuania 27-29 August 2003.
Since UNESCO is also engaged in this area, I copy the message to some of my UNESCO colleagues. UNESCO will organize a series of consultative meetings intended as an input to formulate a set of proposals for inclusion in the Declaration of Principles and the plan of action that WSIS 2003 is expected to adopt. IFIP is invited to take part in one of these consultative meetings on "Infostructure in developing countries". Expectations are to develop a set of principles for the formulation of national, regional and international policies with a focus on strengthening institutional capacities and creating the conditions for equitable access to information and knowledge by using ICTs and traditional media.
The draft report from the Beirut Workshop might also be helpful in this respect.
Good wishes,
Plamen
----------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 www: http://www.ifip.or.at/