Hi Claire,
Thanks for this. Where is the list of organisations that you mentioned under
point 1?
Thanks again!
angela
----- Original Message -----
From: <claire.chombeau@ties.itu.int>
To: <bureau@geneva2003.org>; <amkt@apcwomen.org>
Cc: <communication@wsisasia.org>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: URGENT applications to Prepcom 3 and decisions to be taken
> Dear Angela,
>
> Other criterias:
>
> Our main sponsor is imposing the condition that fellowships only be given
to
> participants from LDCs, so you must take this into account.
>
> The average cost of a fellowship for 12 days plus travel (14 to 26
September)
> for the conference in Geneva is 5,500CHF.
>
> In the selection of the fellowship please take into consideration the
following
> elements:
> 1. The PrepCom3's main objective is to finalise the Plan of Action. In
> attributing fellowships, priority will be given to those experts, from
> accredited organisations, who have contributed to the Draft Plan of Action
and
> who's contribution will be, or is, acknowledged in said document. You
will find
> below a list of organisations that have made a contribution.
> 2. Members of the Bureau (one per family) who live outside Geneva should
be
> included in the fellowships because no additional funding is available to
cover
> their travel and accommodation.
> 3. The duration of the PrepCom is two weeks but it may not be possible or
> appropriate for all the fellows to spend two full weeks in Geneva,
especially if
> their field of expertise is covered in the first week of the negotiations.
>
> Regards,
>
> Claire
>
> Quoting RunningToddler <amkt@apcwomen.org>:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I've just received the final list of applications for fellowships. I'm
> > repeating most of what I said in an earlier e-mail but this time, the
list of
> > names for fellowships have been updated. We need to come to a decision
on
> > this.
> >
> >
> >
> > To help us in this decision-making and to ensure fair and open
processes, I'm
> > putting forward the criteria that was proposed under the Civil Society
> > Facility Fund document. The text reads:
> >
> > Fellowships for participation in the Summit process
> > A number of fellowships will be made available to civil society
entities, to
> > ensure travel and accommodation. As mentioned in Section 3 above,
priority
> > will be given to participants coming from LDCs (less developing
countries) or
> > representing other groups (least developed countries, developing
countries,
> > countries in transition, disabled persons, youth, women, older people,
> > indigenous people, displaced persons, refugees, etc.).
> >
> > Selection criteria:
> > 1.. accreditation
> > 2.. diversity of stakeholders (families) representation
> > 3.. diversity of views on the themes/issues of the Summit
> > 4.. individuals, who have personally and actively been involved in a
WSIS
> > consultation process related to WSIS activities
> > 5.. balancing the needs of displaced persons and refugee groups
> > 6.. gender equity and equality
> > 7.. balanced gender, geographical/country representation
> > 8.. balanced rural-urban representation, with an emphasis for rural
and
> > urban poor groups
> > 9.. bottom-up relevance/grassroots links
> > In addition, we are also adding the criteria of persons or groups who
are
> > planning to do work and/or hold events at the Summit itself. And we
could
> > expand this to include doing work at national level and
ensuring/facilitating
> > wider participation. The Civil Society Facility Fund is aiming to
provide
> > funds for distance participation, showcasing of projects and networking,
> > awareness-raising and advocacy at naitonal, regional and global levels.
> > Please read the document again if you've forgotten the four areas of
priority
> > for funding. You can find this on the www.geneva2003.org website.
> >
> >
> > Currently (this list is not updated), the names which are on record for
> > fellowships from the Asia Pacific are:
> >
> > BANGLADESH
> > Mansur Rahman, Bangladesh, Action on Disability and Development (People
with
> > Disabilities family)
> > Reza Salim, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Friendship Education Society
> > Dulal Biswas, Bangladesh, National Federation of Youth Organisations in
> > Bangladesh (Youth family)
> > Mohammad Ahsan, Bangladesh, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> > Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, Bangladesh, Voices for Interactive Choice and
> > Empowerment
> >
> > CHINA
> > Peng Yang, China, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> >
> > INDIA
> > Vivek Agrawal, India, Centre for Development Communication
> > Arunachalam Prabaharan, India, Public Action
> > Ambruta Unkule, India, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> > Aditi Uptat, India, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> > Varun Puri, India, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> > Sonali Unkule, India, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> > Uday Rosario, India, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> > Kartik Nagarkatti, India, Taking IT Global (Youth family)
> >
> > MALAYSIA
> > Varsha Kantilal Ajmera, Malaysia, World Youth Foundation (NGO family)
> > Angela M. Kuga Thas, Malaysia, APC WNSP (CSB alternate focal point, Asia
> > Pacific)
> >
> > NEPAL
> > Kesh Bahadur Pariyar, Nepal, Literary Academy for Dalip of Nepal
> >
> > PAKISTAN
> > Kausar Parveen, Pakistan, Peace Worldwide (Academia and Education
family)
> >
> > PHILIPPINES
> > Robert Sagun, Philippines, Taking IT Global (Youth family; nominated by
Youth
> > focal point)
> > Chat Garcia Ramilo, Philippines, APC (Gender family)
> > Susanna George, Philippines, Isis International Manila (Gender family)
> > Raijeli Nicole, Philippines, Isis International Manila (Gender family)
> > Mavic Victoria Belleza, Philippines, Isis International Manila (Gender
> > family)
> > Alan G. Alegre, Philippines, Association for Progressive Communication
(CSB
> > focal point, Asia Pacific)
> >
> > SRI LANKA
> >
> > Dilanthe Withanage, Sri Lanka, Worldview International Foundation (NGO
> > family)
> >
> > THAILAND
> > Sunit Shrestha, Thailand, Taking IT Global (Youth family, nominated by
Youth
> > focal point)
> >
> >
> >
> > IMPORTANT: Organisations named are those who have accreditation to the
WSIS
> > process. These applicants could also be representing other organisations
> > besides those accredited.
> >
> >
> > As you can see from the above, none have applied from the Pacific. I've
taken
> > the liberty of trying to get the Rural Development Volunteers
Association to
> > participate in Prepcom 3 from Solomon Islands. The possible candidate
would
> > be David Leeming. He will have to come under another organisation's
> > accreditation as his organisation doesn't have accreditation yet. I feel
that
> > representation from the Pacific is important if we want to mobilise
around
> > any future activities in relation to WSIS.
> >
> > I suggest we put forward ten names in order of priority. Please take
note
> > that one nomination needs to be for the CSB Asia Pacific focal point.
First
> > five to be funded, and second five if funds are available.
> >
> >
> > We would like to hear from as many people as possible. Please remember
to use
> > the criteria given above.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Angela
>
>
>
>