[WSIS CS-Plenary] Open Consultations on Financial Mechanisms: Meeting the Challenges of ICT for Development (8-9 October, Geneva, Switzerland)

[AHM Bazlur Rahman]

Open Consultations on Financial Mechanisms: Meeting the Challenges of ICT for Development (8-9 October, Geneva, Switzerland)



The financing of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for development is an important area to address in the context promoting a more inclusive global information society. Wider diffusion and better use of ICTs can help to achieve more effectively the goals outlined in the Millennium Declaration.


The WSIS Tunis Agenda for the Information Society (November 2005) recognizes the scale of the challenge in bridging the digital divide, which will require adequate and sustainable investments in ICT infrastructure and services, and capacity building, and transfer of technology over many years to come. There is a continuous need to evaluate how existing as well as new financial mechanisms can support greater access and use of ICTs in developing countries. Following a recommendation by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), UNGIS is pleased to announce that Open Consultations on Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges of ICT for Development will take place from 8-9 October 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.


Objectives


These Open Consultations will offer a unique opportunity to review progress, share views and discuss new approaches at the national, regional and international level to the financing of ICTs for development. It will give the possibility to develop a better understanding on the need for future actions to respond to the part B of the Tunis Agenda. The meeting is intended to serve as a platform for information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices and building partnerships. To attend the meeting register http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/meetings/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=1000042





Bazlu
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AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC)
&
Member, Strategy Council
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)
 
House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 
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