Re: INFODEV (was before Re: [nc-budget] DNSO costs - agenda item Wed 21 Nov)

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <vany@sdnp.org.pa>]

Chuck:

I am suggesting that if we deliver a good proposal to INFODEV according
to their guidelines, they can be a source of funding for DNSO.
One of the areas of projects they fund has to be with "Consensus
Building" which I think is the area where DNSO stands.

Best Regards
Vany


"Gomes, Chuck" wrote:
> 
> Vany,
> 
> Are you suggesting that infoDEV might be a source of funding for the DNSO or
> a source of ideas for consensus development procedures or both?
> 
> Chuck
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales [mailto:vany@sdnp.org.pa]
> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:12 AM
> > To: NC budget
> > Subject: INFODEV (was before Re: [nc-budget] DNSO costs - agenda item
> > Wed 21 Nov)
> >
> >
> > Hi Chuck and all:
> >
> > One of the ideas that I think it was discussed in a
> > teleconference some
> > months ago, was to explore different source of funding from, for
> > example, grants of cooperation agencies.
> >
> > As you may know, INFODEV is one of them and they have a component of
> > Consensus building, please read the following:
> >
> > http://www.infodev.org/projects/categori.htm
> > ---------
> > Categories of infoDev activities
> >
> >                        infoDev's principal vehicle for attaining its
> > goals is through the support of diverse,
> >                        action-oriented activities that are local,
> > national, regional or global in scope. Activities,
> >                        which can cover one or more countries
> > and address
> > one or many sectors, usually
> >                        require partnerships between governments, the
> > private sector and the international
> >                        development community. infoDev helps
> > create such
> > Partnerships.
> >
> >                        Most infoDev activities fall under four broad
> > categories:
> >
> >                             Consensus Building
> >                             Information Infrastructure Strategies
> >                             Telecommunications Reform
> >                             Demonstration Projects
> >
> >                        Consensus Building may include
> > national, regional
> > or sectorial workshops focused on
> >                        a wide range of topics including
> > telecommunications reform, information infrastructure
> >                        or information systems for education
> > and health.
> > International workshops on targeted
> >                        information issues like international
> > telecommunications accounting rates and the
> >                        protection of intellectual property rights may
> > also be held. In addition, infoDev sectorial
> >                        networks, in association with simular networks,
> > could provide communication facilities
> >                        to virtual communities and improve exchange of
> > specialized information.
> >
> > -------------
> >
> > I think that together with ICANN we can submit a proposal, so ICANN
> > receive funding for DNSO activities with the compromise that
> > whatever is obtanined from Infodev (if it is granted) be
> > exclusively for
> > DNSO expenses.  As you may read for the Consensus building component,
> > DNSO falls in such category of funding.
> >
> > What do other thinks?
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Vany
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
> > Information Technology Specialist
> > Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
> > Tel: (507) 317-0169
> > http://www.sdnp.org.pa
> > e-mail:  vany@sdnp.org.pa
> >

-- 
Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
Information Technology Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
Tel: (507) 317-0169
http://www.sdnp.org.pa
e-mail:  vany@sdnp.org.pa