Fellowships for the Tunis Summit. Suggests 5 from Asia & Pacific.I will also send this note to the WSIS Pacific list and ask people on that list interested to make sure they subscribe to this <communication@wsisasia.org> list.Adam>Delivered-To: ajp@glocom.ac.jp>Delivered-To: bureau@mailman.greennet.org.uk>From: "Renate Bloem" <rbloem@ngocongo.org>>To: "bureau wsis" <bureau@wsis-cs.org>>Cc: "Philippe Dam" <wsis@ngocongo.org>>Thread-index: AcXQ3X3qNIegnm4SS0CH3DeYe5Vm8QAAAtdAAAMZeBA=>Subject: [CS Bureau] TR: Fellowships>Sender: bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org>X-BeenThere: bureau@wsis-cs.org>Reply-To:>List-Help: <mailto:bureau-request@wsis-cs.org?subject=help>>List-Post: <mailto:bureau@wsis-cs.org>>List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bureau>,> <mailto:bureau-request@wsis-cs.org?subject=subscribe>>List-Id: Civil Society Bureau, WSIS <bureau.wsis-cs.org>>List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bureau>,> <mailto:bureau-request@wsis-cs.org?subject=unsubscribe>>List-Archive: <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/bureau/>>Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:08:11 +0200>>Dear all,>>I hope this will be the last posting for tonight.>All the best.>>Renate Bloem>President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)>11, Avenue de la Paix>CH-1202 Geneva>Tel: +41 22 301 1000>Fax: +41 22 301 2000>E-mail: <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org>rbloem@ngocongo.org>Website: <http://www.ngocongo.org/>www.ngocongo.org>>The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an >international, membership 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 ><http://www.ngocongo.org/>www.ngocongo.org>>De : charles.geiger@itu.int [mailto:charles.geiger@itu.int]>Envoyò¢: vendredi, 14. octobre 2005 17:38>À : rbloem@ngocongo.org>Objet : FW: Fellowships>>Sorry Renate, there was a spelling error in your address.>Charles> -----Original Message----->From: Geiger, Charles >Sent: vendredi, 14. octobre 2005 18:37>To: 'rbloem@ngocongo.oer'>Cc: 'wsis@ngocongo.org'; Lee, Marijana>Subject: Fellowships>>Dear Renate>The Secretary-General of ITU, in response to >your letter, has decided to give up to 20 >fellowships to civil society participants for >the Summit in Tunisia and the resumed PrepCom-3.>The fellowships would take into account the period 12-19 November.>There is preference for applicants with prior >involvement in WSIS and especially with >involvement in the structure of civil society >(family and caucus heads and deputies). >Applicants should be from developing countries.>A certain regional balance should be observed, >e.g. 5 fellowships for applicants from Asia, >Africa and Latin America each. The 5 remaining >could be from any developing country.>Tonight we have put guidelines for Government >participants from LDCs on our website (with >nearly the same text as for PrepCom-3, but >limited to LDCs only). These guidelines will be >applicable to the fellowships from ITU for civil >society mutatis mutandis, but without the >restriction to LDCs. Also we could consider more >than one fellowship from the same country. >Given the short time left till to the Summit, we >cannot go for a full-fledged application process >on the web. Also ITU administration could not >handle hundreds of applications. Therefore we >ask the Civil Society Bureau to help us select >suitable candidates. Thank you for your help.>May I ask you to spread this information with >the CSB members and to ask the respective >regions to make proposals. A list of candidates >should be submitted to us through CONGO if >possible by Monday 24 October 2005. Candidates >should fill out the attached form, which can be >sent to you first or directly to us.>Please do not hesitate to contact me on Monday >afternoon if there are any questions.>Best regards>Charles Geiger>Executive Director WSIS><<summit_fellowship_form-e organization.doc>>>>>>
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