I can echo with Al with your always insightful observations.
Congratulations to Hiroshi and Bazlur for the appointment to
the Strategy Council.
I was also honored to be nominated as the high-level panel
of advisors, though, like Hiroshi, I have not received any
information yet.
I do share the same concern as Hiroshi and Al expressed
about the lack of many things, less attention seemingly
to the civil society in particular.
I will do my best to contribute to the overall mission of
advancing the ICT for Development agenda, but to do
so requires your help and support very much. I will and
I must count on you guys!
Thanks,
izumi
At 08:25 06/06/12 +0800, Alan Alegre wrote:
>Dear Kawamura-san/Hiroshi
>
>Many thanks for alerting us about this. (I took the liberty of pasting all
>the names below for easy reference.)
>
>I also share your disappointment with the fact that civil society makes up
>only 1/6 of this council, and that not many Asians made the list,
>particularly from the developing world...
>
>Maybe it should have been expected, given how this whole thing has been
>handled:
>- the lack of significant information (the overall process and
>particularly its decision-making is very vague and opaque)
>- the lack of broad-based participation (the so-called "nomination
>process" was only apprently a way to appear consultative and to legitimize
>what seems to me a very private process)
>- and even the lack of efficient organization (it is only a week before
>the KL meeting and informed now), it does not give me much hope...
>
>In any case, congratulations to you--and to the only other CS Asian on the
>list, Bazlur Rahman of BNNRC, who I think is also on this list. Regardless
>of our disappointments, we will continue to support you and hope even in
>small numbers progressive people within the GAID SC can make a difference.
>
>best
>Al
>
>==========
>from: http://www.un-gaid.org/council/council.html
>
>Strategy Council
>
>The Strategy Council, comprising 60 members representing Governments and
>non-governmental stakeholders - civil society, the private sector,
>international organizations, media, academia, youth and women's groups and
>others - will provide overall strategic guidance to the Alliance, in
>particular by identifying priorities and themes to be addressed.
>CIVIL SOCIETY (10)
> 1. Kamel Ayadi, President, World Fed. of Engineering Associations
>(Tunisia)
> 2. Rodrigo Baggio, Executive Director, Committee for Democracy in
>Information Technology (Brazil)
> 3. Peter Bruck, President, World Summit Award (Austria)
> 4. Astrid Dufborg, Executive Director, GeSCI
> 5. Hiroshi Kawamura, Daisy Consortium, (Japan)
> 6. Janet Langmore, President, Digital Opportunity Trust (Canada)
> 7. Tracey Naughton, Media Caucus (S. Africa/Australia)
> 8. Bazlur Rahman, CEO, NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
>(Bangladesh)
> 9. Lynn St. Amour, President/CEO, Internet Society
> 10. Lynn M. Wanyeki, Executive Director, FEMNET (Kenya)
>
>PRIVATE SECTOR (It mistakenly says "not-for-profit")- (10)
> 1. John Chambers / Art Reilly, CISCO
> 2. Guy-Olivier Segond, President, Digital Solidarity Fund
> 3. Michael Nelson, IBM
> 4. Asadullah Shah, International Commission on Workforce Development
> 5. Khalid Juffali, Vice Chairman, E.A. Juffali and Brothers Co.
> 6. Pamela Passman, Microsoft
> 7. Eisa al-Eisa, SAMBA Financial Group
> 8. Thomas Ganswind / Peter Hellmonds, Siemens
> 9. Carlo Ottaviani / Elena Pistorio STMicroelectronics Foundation
> 10. Anne Cobb, President Visa International CEMEA
>
>INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (10)
> 1. FAO
> 2. ILO
> 3. Inter-Parliamentary Union
> 4. OECD
> 5. Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
> 6. United Nations: DESA, UNCTAD, DPI, OCHA, UNFIP, Regional Commissions
> 7. UNDP
> 8. UNESCO
> 9. WHO
> 10. World Bank
>
>GOVERNMENTS (30)
> 1. Azerbaijan
> 2. Bangladesh
> 3. Brazil
> 4. Canada
> 5. China
> 6. Cuba
> 7. Dominican Republic
> 8. Egypt
> 9. Ethiopia
> 10. Finland
> 11. France
> 12. Germany
> 13. Ghana
> 14. India
> 15. Indonesia
> 16. Ireland
> 17. Italy
> 18. Kenya
> 19. Republic of Korea
> 20. Kyrgystan
> 21. Mauritania
> 22. Mexico
> 23. Pakistan
> 24. Russia
> 25. Samoa
> 26. Senegal
> 27. South Africa
> 28. Tanzania
> 29. Tunisia
> 30. European Commission