[WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil society group on financing

[djilali benamrane]

Thanks, Anita, very good news !
We as CS Finance List we really are very happy with
this position on The presentation arguing a
central place for public financing for ICTD. We do
support that the best manner to meet the challenge od
the Digital Divide is through the rehabilitation of
the ODA. All other initiatives like Fonds de
solidarité numérique must be considered only as
marginal contribution to adress some marginal aspect
of the Digital Divide.
Other aspect to be adressed is the necessety to adress
Digital Development in an integrated approach taking
into account that no digital progress without relevant
progress in several sectors : infrastructure,
education, training, information and communication
access for all.
All the best
Djilali
Deux mots pour remercier Anita et son bref compte
rendu de la rencontre sur les mécanismes de
financement à laquelle je n'ai pas pu malheureusement
participé.
Nous sommes heureux de relever le constat qu'il n'y
aura pas de progeès pour combler le fossé numérique
hors de l'aide publique au développement à rénover et
à re définit et à en suivre et sanctionner les
engagements des uns et des autres.
On ajoutera aussi que pas de progrés dans le numérique
sans progrès parallèle sur les autres secteurs en
amont et en aval infrastructures, éducation,
formation, accès à l'information et à la communication
etc...
Bon début purvu que cela continue dans le même sens.
Amitiés
Djilali  
--- Anita <Anita at ITforChange.net> wrote:

> Attaching a presentation that IT for Change made
> today at the CS group on
> financing's session. The presentation argues a
> central place for public
> financing for ICTD. Chapter 2 of the Tunis agenda
> for Action undermines the
> role of public investments - which as we well know
> are critical for
> equitable access to ICTs .. The market will not go
> into what the chapter
> unabashedly calls "less attractive" areas... meaning
> (where revenue models
> are unlucrative.) The implication of course is that
> those who are excluded
> will stay excluded!!!
> 
> The presentation also argues a role for local
> governments in owning ICTD
> (just as they own development agenda)
> and for linking ICTD strategies with mainstream
> development areas through an
> institutional approach..
> 
> Thanks
> 
> anita
> 
> 
> _______________________________________
> anita gurumurthy
> IT for Change
> Bridging Development Realities and Technological
> Possibilities
> www.ITforChange.net <http://www.ITforChange.net>
> Tel: 00-91-80-26652927
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Vittorio Bertola
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:27 PM
> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WGIG interventions
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> I would take the opportunity to stress that today
> will be the last day for
> open WGIG consultations at this PrepCom. The floor
> is given rather
> liberally (though you'd better go and give your name
> to the
> Chair/Secretariat, if you want to be sure that
> you're not overlooked) and
> yesterday, at a certain point, there were no more
> people willing to
> intervene.
> 
> So this could be a good opportunity for civil
> society people to repeatedly
> speak up and stress the importance of some basic
> points, such as
> multi-stakeholderism and meaningful inclusion of
> civil society in
> decision-making processes, respect for human rights,
> orientation to
> development and universal access, the need to review
> the compliance of UN
> Agencies and other governance bodies with the WSIS
> criteria of openness,
> transparency, accountability and inclusion, and also
> any specific Internet
> Governance issue that might be of interest to the
> various caucuses
> (though, of course, you should take care not to go
> off-topic in respect to
> the WGIG mission and process).
> 
> If you're there or have the opportunity to attend,
> please don't be afraid
> to come and take the floor! We need a lot of support
> for civil society
> inclusion and participation.
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> vb.               [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a]
> bertola.eu.org]<------
> http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Vecchio sito, nuovo
> toblòg...
> 
> 
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