Dear GKD members,
I thought you may be interested in seeing this month's issue of GKP
Partners.
Best regards,
Megan Breece
World Bank
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PARTNERS: Vol. 3 No. 4 April 2001
In this issue:
Correction
Executive Committee Gets to Work
GKP Portal Update
GKP's Draft Submission to Dot Force
Call For Grant Proposals: Infodev ICT Infrastructure and E-Readiness
Assessments
COL Invites Submissions for Knowledge Series
New Resources:
- UNECA Unveils One-Stop Database of African Development Initiatives
- CTO Newsletter
Calendar
How to Subscribe
CORRECTION
The caption to the photograph on page 2 of Partners March 2001, Annual
Meeting Special Supplement, misidentified GKP's ingoing and outgoing
ExComm chairmen: Incoming ExComm Chairman Walter Fust of SDC is pictured
on the left. Our apologies.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ? ELECT AND INCOMING SECRETARIAT GET TO WORK!
Gerolf Weigel, representing incoming Chair Walter Fust, SDC has been on a
fact-finding tour to the current Secretariat in Washington, in preparation
for discussions with NITC-Malaysia (the incoming Secretariat) in late May.
He will go onto meet with the incoming Secretariat in Malaysia in late
May. These meetings will provide input for a draft report on lessons
learned from the present set-up and proposed roles and functions for the
Partnership's future governing framework. As always, input from GKP
members will be solicited. Watch for future announcements in Partners and
listserve messages. All of this is leading up to the official inauguration
meeting of the Executive Committee to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
in mid-September.
For information contact Gerolf Weigel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or
Rinalia Abdul Rahim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
PORTAL UPDATE
Several changes and improvements have been made to GKP's Portal as a
result of member input since the portal's initial launch at the GKP Annual
Meeting last month. They include:
All annual meetings participants have been added as members of the
portal and should have received an automated e-mail with their designated
username
and password.
A 'help manual' on how to navigate through the portal has been added on
the top page.
A new topic, "Activity Program 2001-2003," has been added. It will
highlight GKP's future program, under five headings (editors are being
sought to coordinate input under each heading).
Two discussions have begun; one from Bangladesh Friendship Education
Society on "Grassroots Initiatives and the Knowledge Base" and one from
UNIDO on "Small and Medium Enterprises and ICTs".
A photo gallery has been added. It includes the GKP logo and photographs,
which are available for members to use for promotional and other purposes.
To ensure the portal is meeting member needs a 'focus group' will be
established to provide suggestions and comment. All GKP members will be
invited to join the focus group (information will be circulated shortly).
For information on other changes or to volunteer as a coordinator, contact
Nalan Yuksel at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
GKP PRODUCES DRAFT SUBMISSION TO DOT FORCE
Input from GKP members and participants in the GKD list provides the basis
for a draft of GKP's submission to the DOT Force. It stresses, among other
things, that: when committing to action, the G-8 should move in favor of
greater inclusion, i.e. priority should be given to projects that expand
the access to infrastructure, knowledge, and political power to
disadvantaged people greater use of local resources is of paramount
importance a more decentralized process of resource allocation among
donors is recommended. To view the draft visit
http://www.tomoye.com/simplify/gkp/ev.php and for information contact
Larry Forgy at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: INFODEV ICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND E-READINESS ASSESSMENTS
The Information for Development (infoDev) Program has announced a call for
proposals for grants to fund assessments of information and communication
technology infrastructure and e-readiness in developing and transition
countries. This initiative will build on infoDev's earlier efforts, such
as its Y2K initiative, to help developing countries evaluate their
information infrastructures. Grant-funded activities should be completed
within six to eight months of the awarding of the grant. The deadline for
submitting proposals is May 1. For more information, visit
http://www.infodev.org/ereadiness
COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING INVITES SUBMISSIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE SERIES
The Commonwealth of Learning is inviting submissions for authorship in the
Knowledge Series, an ongoing sequence of single-subject, start-up guides
on topics in distance education management for practitioners. This year's
potential topics include designing online learning programs, using
community radio for non-formal education, and analyzing costs and benefits
for distance education programs. For more information, visit
http://www.col.org/knowledge or e-mail Grace Chin at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
NEW RESOURCES
New UNECA Database
The United Nations Economic Commission on Africa, UNECA, recently unveiled
a database which will serve as a one-stop reference on development
initiatives on the continent. The database includes information on the
objectives of each initiative, the sponsoring partners, areas of focus,
administrative setup, and funding arrangements. For more information,
visit http://www.uneca.org/devinitiatives
CTO Monthly Newsletter
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization, CTO, published its first
monthly newsletter. The newsletter gives updates on current CTO activities
and is sent to national CTO Representatives and liaison officers,
Commonwealth organizations, development agencies and other CTO associates.
For more information or to get on the distribution list contact Barbara
Fowlds at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
CALENDAR
May 2-4, 2001. Third World Symposium on Information Technologies. Paris,
France. Focused on the 'global impact of the net economy', topics to be
discussed at this meeting include key issues of the Net Economy; a summary
of positive and negative impacts of the Internet; and E-business growth
within market economies. For more information on the conference, visit
www.fwsymposium.org or contact Bertrand Schneider at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
May 28-30, 2001. The Second Tampere Conference on Disaster Communications.
Tampere, Finland.
Information for the calendar is gleaned from GK-AIMS, which can be found
at http://gkaims.globalknowledge.org or from the GKP home page by clicking
on "Help Build the Knowledge Base." For more detailed information on
calendar listings, visit GK-AIMS or the event website. To reach a wider
audience for your events, always post details in the GK-AIMS database. And
to find out what others are doing, visit often. For help, send an e-mail
to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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Partners is the newsletter of the Global Knowledge Partnership, a growing
partnership of public, private and not-for-profit organizations working
together to help people access knowledge and harness information and
communications technologies that will help them live meaningful and
fruitful lives. Editors: Miriam Razaq & Lesley Anne Simmons, Editorial
Assistant: Megan Breece. The Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat, c/o
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