[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] TR: [startup] Global Alliance: invitation to Kuala Lumpur meeting

[Adam Peake]

Renata,

Thank you for providing information and keeping 
on top of all these developments.

Earlier you mentioned perhaps launching some 
nomination process to help select civil society 
members of the Strategy Council, and how Avri 
recently set-up a process for the Internet 
governance advisory group that might be a model. 
Have you had any more thoughts on how to begin a 
nomination process?

Mr Khan seems keen to ensure that members from 
gender and youth groups are selected. If --for 
example-- we decide that 12 of the 50 member 
Strategy Council should be from Civil Society, 
then 3 or 4 of those 12 might be put aside for 
the gender and youth caucuses to select 
themselves, with 9 or 8 selected from the broader 
civil society and a nomination committee process.

Kind regards,

Adam



At 12:30 PM +0200 4/28/06, Renate Bloem wrote:
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>Cc : Robert De Jesus; rafee at mimos.my
>Objet : [startup] Global Alliance: invitation to Kuala Lumpur meeting
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>Dear colleague,
>
>As you know, the Secretary-General of the United 
>Nations has recently approved the creation of a 
>Global Alliance for ICT and development.
>
>The Alliance will provide an open, inclusive 
>multi-stakeholder platform for dialogue on 
>innovative ways to harness the potential of ICT 
>for the achievement of the Millennium 
>Development Goals and realization of outcomes of 
>the 2005 World Summit and the World Summit on 
>the Information Society.
>
>On behalf of the Secretary-General, I have the 
>pleasure of inviting you to participate in the 
>inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT 
>and Development that will be held on 19-20 June 
>2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia following a 
>gracious invitation by the Government of 
>Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur meeting will launch 
>the Global Alliance and will provide an 
>opportunity to initiate discussions among 
>stakeholders and potential partners on the 
>principal theme of the Alliance: ³Advancing the 
>Millennium Development Goals through ICT and 
>Innovation: Setting the Framework², as well as 
>to define priority issues to be addressed by the 
>Alliance and on optimal modalities of its work. 
>The programme of the meeting will be available 
>shortly.
>
>Given your invaluable contribution to the nexus 
>between innovation and development, we very much 
>hope that you would actively participate in this 
>initiative.
>We hope to hear from you soon, and we look 
>forward to your active engagement in this 
>exciting new initiative and to our productive 
>collaboration in the coming period.
>
>We would appreciate your reaction at your 
>earliest convenience. A registration form for 
>indicating both your interest in participating 
>in the Global Alliance and your participation in 
>the Kuala Lumpur meeting will be available as of 
>today on the former ICT Task Force website 
>(http://www.unicttaskforce.org/).
>
>Best regards,
>
>Sarbuland Khan, Director
>Office of ECOSOC Support and Coordination/DESA
>United Nations
>