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From: Pablo Accuosto <accuosto@chasque.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 1:00 AM
Subject: [Apc-wsis] RE: Financing ICTs - Documents and Panel Debate (21 Feb)
Here is the invitation :)
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De: Pablo Accuosto [mailto:accuosto@chasque.net]
Enviado el: SáÃado, 12 de Febrero de 2005 01:58 p.m.
Para: 'apc-wsis@lists.apc.org'
Asunto: Financing ICTs - Documents and Panel Debate (21 Feb)
Dear friends,
We would appreciate your help in distributing the following
announcements...
Thanks!
Pablo
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Panel Debate - 21st February, 13:15-14:45, Palais des Nations (Sale
XXIII)
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Please find attached an invitation to the panel debate on "Financing
Mechanisms for ICT" that Instiuto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM) and the Third
World Network (TWN) will organize on the 21st February in the context of
the PrepComm II of the WSIS (Tunis phase).
Documents - http://wsispapers.choike.org/
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- Research papers
During the panel two papers will be presented, aimed at contributing to
articulate a development perspective on the key issue of financial
mechanisms for ICTs.
* Financial Mechanisms for the Information Society from a Global Public
Goods Perspective (Fernando Prada, Perú) (Spanish version available
online at http://wsispapers.choike.org/financiamiento_si_gpgs.pdf ;
English version to be posted soon)
* Financing ICTs for Development with Focus on Poverty (Lishan Adam,
Ethiopia) http://wsispapers.choike.org/financing_icts_poverty.pdf
- Briefing papers
Briefing papers with specific policy recommendations are also available
at: http://wsispapers.choike.org/documentos/41.html
These include:
* A systemic vision to financing the Information Society as a Global
Public Good (Fernando Prada)
* Progress and issues in Financing ICT4D in Sub-Saharan Africa (Lishan
Adam)
* Community ownership of ICTs: New possibilities for poor communities
(SeáÏ ŽÓ Siochrú)
* The funding of universal access (JoõÍle Carron)
The papers and the panel organization are possible thanks to the
contribution of the IDRC / PanAmericas
1281_2.doc