Dear Al and all:
I was also wondering the result of nomination and followed the link provided
by the attached e-mail from Serge Kapto, then finally I found the result:
http://www.un-gaid.org/council/council.html
Although I found myself on the list of Strategy Council members, the result
was not officially informed to me till now.
In addition, the result shows that out of 60 members of the Council, only 10
are from Civil Society. Government 30, private and "not-for-profit" 10, and
International Organizations 10, are nominated respectively.
It is far different from my and, I believe, civil society's expectation of
1/3 of the share of the Council. As a result, I could not find many
important civil society players listed on the nominee's list.
Best
Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CS Disability Focal Point
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Alegre" <alalegre@fma.ph>
To: "wsis-asia" <communication@wsisasia.org>
Cc: <psis-cs@fma.ph>; "Lallana, Boying CICT" <lallana@ncc.gov.ph>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: [communication 1721] Fw: [GAID Nomination] Thank you for submitting
a nomination to the Global AllianceStrategyCouncil
> Some info that came in this week, updating us on the Global Alliance...
> Seems a bit strange though, that less than 10 days before the KL meeting,
> no
> names have been announced (except for the Chair--the head of Intel)...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Serge Kapto <kapto@un.org>
>
>> Dear colleague,
>>
>> I would like to thank you most warmly for the commitment to harnessing
>> the
>> potential of ICT for promoting development and your readiness to
>> contribute to the success of the Global Alliance that you have
>> demonstrated by submitting nominations to its Strategy Council. It is
>> through the commitment and work of champions of ICT4D like you and those
>> who you nominated that we can hope to bring the benefits of information
>> revolution to everyone on our planet.
>>
>> I must say we have been very pleasantly surprised by the overwhelming
>> response to the call for nominations, and, especially, by the
>> exceptionally high quality of the nominees. More than 250 candidates were
>> nominated.
>>
>> Sixty members of the initial Strategy Council for the first year will be
>> designated on behalf of the Secretary-General bearing in mind the need to
>> ensure stakeholder, gender, geographical and institutional balances. The
>> Council will include representatives of 30 governments and an equal
>> number
>> of non-state members representing diverse stakeholder communities.
>>
>> The Strategy Council will be instrumental in setting the agenda of the
>> Global Alliance, and thus contributing to advancement in the field of ICT
>> for development. However, no one body can bring tangible and lasting
>> results without relying on many committed, knowledgeable people ready to
>> join forces in a common endeavour.
>>
>> For policy and expert advice, the Strategy Council will be able to draw
>> upon a group of High-level Advisers. In building its activities, the
>> Alliance will rely on a broad group of activists, experts and
>> practitioners in promoting development through the use of ICT who will
>> form a Champions Network of the Global Alliance. Those who will be
>> invited
>> to participate in the Strategy Council, the High-level Group of Advisers
>> and in the Champions Network will be informed in the coming few days.
>> Information will also be placed on the Alliance窶冱 website
>
>> http://www.un-gaid.org)
>>
>> I welcome your readiness to engage in the global effort to make
>> information society truly global, inclusive, people-centered and
>> development-oriented. I know that with your continued support the Global
>> Alliance for ICT and Development will deliver positive and lasting
>> results
>> and I look forward to working with you to make this important initiative
>> a
>> success.
>>
>> I am looking forward to seeing you in Kuala Lumpur.
>>
>> With kind regards,
>> Sarbuland Khan
>> Executive Coordinator
>> Secretariat of the Global Alliance
>> for ICT and Development
>>
>>
>>
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