[WSIS CS-Plenary] New and refurbished PCs : Please save the date: UNDESA-GAID, Annual Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 - 20 May 2008

[Hakikur Rahman]

Interested in this part of the programme. Since 2000, under SDNP 
School Programme we have distributed over 600 refurbished PCs donated 
by the World Computer Exchange. The other partners were UNDP and 
USAID. After completion of SDNP in Bangladesh, a new establishment 
have taken off namely, SchoolNet Foundation Bangladesh which is 
trying to make the school programme a continuous one. It would be 
great to obtain any sort of additional support to continue School 
Programme of SchoolNet in Bangladesh. Thanking you.

Best regards,
Hakik

Dr. Md. Hakikur Rahman
Chairman
SchoolNet Foundation Bangladesh
web: www.schoolnetbd.org, www.hakik.org
email: email at hakik.org

>New and refurbished PCs
>
>There will also be a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, which will address the 
>initiative being developed under the GAID umbrella of providing 
>500,000 new and refurbished computers for 10,000 schools, catering 
>for 35 million students by the year 2012. At the recent 
>International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, 
>GAID and CES jointly organized the Technology and Emerging Countries 
>Brainstorming dialogue. We noted that there was tremendous goodwill 
>and willingness to collaborate from all parties present. The 
>supplying parties agreed and were willing to work with the United 
>Nations, through GAID, in a coordinated fashion, to scale up the 
>supply of new and refurbished computers and ensure that the targets 
>are reached. The demand side representatives responded and 
>reiterated their willingness and desire to accept the computers. 
>They agreed to work out the details and to put in place a structure 
>and framework that is consistent in the receiving end at their 
>respective countries.
>
>A concept note is currently being prepared and will be presented to 
>the Strategy Council and Steering Committee of the GAID in Kuala 
>Lumpur. It is expected that a pilot project with a committed 
>multi-stakeholder approach will be developed and be rolled out in 
>the four pilot countries before the end of 2008.
>
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