I would be more than happy to pitch in as I am compiling the book based on my personal visit to 150 villages across India and more than 80 kiosks/telecenters - with focus from governance, education, entrepreneurship and grassroots development - across 14 states and I can share the same.
Brief Bio: Osama Manzar is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, editor, columnist, and new media specialist who is spearheading the mission to overcome the information barrier between India's rural and social sector, and the so-called developed society through Digital Empowerment Foundation - www.defindia.org - the not-for-profit organisation founded to accomplish the mission. He has authored two books: "e-Content: Voices from the Ground (www.econtentworldwide.org)" released in World Summit on the Information Society, December 2003 in Geneva, and "The Internet Economy of India" released in 2001 in New Delhi. He was awarded a joint Chevening/Young Indian IT Professional Programme 2002 Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to study Advanced IT Management Programme at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester from 2001-2002. Manzar is e-Content Expert for India for World Summit Award (WSA) - www.wsis-award.org; Grand Jury Member and also Board of Directors He is Vice Chairman, cofounder and steering committee member of GABDD (Global Alliance for Bridging Digital Divide) - www.gabdd.org - based in Hong Kong. He has launched India's first ever award for choosing the best e-content practices in India. The Manthan Award could be seen at http://www.manthanaward.com Philips Design (http://www.design.philips.com) for its Human Future project chose him, among 25 internationally renowned experts, to interview to get ideas "to develop human products driven by technology and life style of the future". He is widely quoted in media on new media, digital divide issues, and so on. He is a founder of ICT solutions company called 4Cplus [www.4Cplus.com], based in New Delhi. Besides editing Inomy.com (www.inomy.com), he passionately speaks on the topics related ICT for Development, India's social sector, and Information Economy in general. He is also an advisor to ICT for Development for Development Gateway Foundation, www.developmentgateway.org, a World Bank funded project. He is member of Association of British Scholars - www.abs-india.org. He is working on his next two books: - "ICT for Development in India: Where do we go from here?" - "The True Leaders: Social entrepreneurship in India" His detailed biography can be accessed at www.manzar.info Osama Manzar Chairman: The Manthan Award -http://www.manthanaward.com Founder & Director - Digital Empowerment Foundation - http://www.defindia.org Executive Editor: Small Change [Microbusiness Monthly] - http://www.smallchange.in Board of Director: World Summit Award, Austria - http://www.wsis-award.org Vice Chairperson: Global Alliance for Bridging Digital Divide - http://www.gabdd.org Author: e-Content: Voices from the Ground [2004] - http://www.econtentworldwide.org Co-author - The Internet Economy of India [2001] - http://www.inomy.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: + 91-11-26965719 TeleFax: + 91-11-51829729 Mobile: + 91-9810042862 Personal: http://www.manzar.info Address: D-307, 1st Floor Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi - 110 017 INDIA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Carvin Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Telecentres] urgent: choosing speakers for the Tunis summit This email was just sent around on the CS plenary list. All caucuses are invited to recommend speakers for the summit, following the guidelines below. Since only a minority of telecentres caucus members are in Geneva right now, it makes the most sense for us to discuss this online. Please take a look at the guidelines, then feel free to suggest any names to the list for public discussion. Please note we must submit names no later than noon geneva time on Wednesday, so that basically means we must come up with recommendations by the end of the day on Tuesday. -andy Dear all, Please find below the slightly clarified guidelines and procediue for the nomination of CS speakers for Tunis. Text in French will follow. Best, Ph ==== Civil Society Speakers - Tunis Summit The Civil Society Bureau has been asked by the WSIS Executive Secretariat to supply the names of nominated civil society speakers (and an alternate for each) for the following sessions, by the end of PrepCom 3. Mr. Utsumi, Secretary General of the ITU, will take the final decision on these speakers. Civil society groupings (families, caucuses or working groups, as listed below at the end of this document) are kindly requested to consider their nominations and submit them before 12 noon on Wednesday 28th September 2005. 1 speaker for the Opening Session 1 speaker at the first Plenary (general debate) 1 (or 2) speakers at the second Plenary (dependent on Heads of State) (general debate) 1 (or 2) speakers at the third Plenary (dependent on Heads of State) (general debate) 4 speakers for the fourth plenary (general debate) 2 speakers for the fifth plenary (general debate) 2 speakers for the sixth plenary (general debate) 4 speakers for the seventh plenary (general debate) 1 speaker for the High Level Panel (ICT for Development) 2 speakers for each of 2 Round Tables (From Commitment to Action: Implementation after Tunis) There will be a further opportunity for reporting of multi-stakeholder events but the CSB is seeking further clarification on these. The guidelines developed by the CSB, for each of the sessions are: Opening Session Speaker: A person who has: . Been actively involved in WSIS . Is a good public speaker and will convey a clear image through the media This speaker should deliver a text that is: . An advocacy statement on key WSIS issues from the civil society perspective . That is drafted and agreed to on the Plenary list Nominations marked OPENING SESSION SPEAKER to be sent, by Wednesday September 28th, 2005 to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not forget to mention in this submission of nomination to which civil society grouping you belong. These will be presented in Plenary, on paper and on the Plenary e-list that afternoon and finalised in Content and Themes on Thursday 29th September 2005. Plenary Speakers People who have: . Been actively involved in WSIS . People who have a general knowledge of the overall themes . people who are at the top-level of their accredited organisations . Can make salient points in the allocation for each speaker, of 3 minutes Note: In terms of Article 57/ECOSOC 1996/31, no offensive statements will be made. Nominations marked PLENARY SPEAKERS to be sent, by Wednesday September 28th, 2005 to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not forget to mention in this submission of nomination to which civil society grouping you belong. These will be presented in Plenary, on paper and on the Plenary e-list that afternoon and finalised in Content and Themes on Thursday 29th September 2005. High Level Panel Speaker A person who: . Has been involved in WSIS . Is a good public speaker, can speak without making a prepared statement, with interactive skill and confidence . Able to speak with authority and confidence on the general theme 'ICT for Development' The following indicative topics may be used by moderators: - ICT and economic growth - Closing the knowledge gap - Building good governance and democracy through ICT - Harnessing ICT towards the MDGs - Access to information and social inclusion Nominations marked HIGH LEVEL PANEL SPEAKER to be sent, by Wednesday September 28th, 2005 to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not forget to mention in this submission of nomination to which civil society grouping you belong. These will be presented in Plenary, on paper and on the Plenary e-list that afternoon and finalised in Content and Themes on Thursday 29th September 2005. Round Table Speakers People who: . Have been involved in WSIS . Can speak well without a written statement and have interactive skills and confidence . Are able to speak with authority and confidence on implementation from the civil society perspective Moderators may use the following indicative topics: - E-strategies and national priorities - International Cooperation - Empowering citizens - Social inclusion - Growth and job creation - Cultural diversity and common heritage - Multi-stakeholder partnership Nominations marked ROUND TABLE SPEAKERS to be sent, by Wednesday September 28th, 2005 to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not forget to mention in this submission of nomination to which civil society grouping you belong. These will be presented in Plenary, on paper and on the Plenary e-list that afternoon and finalised in Content and Themes on Thursday 29th September 2005. Civil Society Groupings Families 1 Cities and Local Authorities 2 Education, Academia and Research 3 Finance 4 Gender 5 Indigenous Peoples 6 Internet Governance 7 Networks and Coalitions 8 Media 9 NGOs 10 People with Disabilities 11 Philanthropic Institutions 12 Science and Technology Community 13 Trade Unions 14 Volunteers 15 Youth 16 Africa 17 Asia-Pacific 18 Europe and North America 19 Latin America and Caribbean 20 Western Asia and the Middle East Thematic Caucus's and Working Groups 21 Arab Caucus 22 Community Media Caucus 23 Cultural Diversity Caucus 24 Children's Rights Caucus 25 Education and Academia - Latin America 26 Environment and ICTs Working Group 27 Grassroots Caucus 28 Health and ICT Working Group 29 Human Rights Caucus 30 NGO Gender Strategies Working Group 31 Patents, Copyright and Trademarks Working Group 32 Privacy and Security Working Group 33 Scientific Information Working Group 34 Telecentres Caucus 35 Values and Ethics Working Group 36 Peace Caucus -- ----------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://katrina05.blogspot.com Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ----------------------------------- _______________________________________________ telecentres mailing list [email protected] http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ telecentres mailing list [email protected] http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
