Welcome Address Rinalia Abdul Rahim Executive Director, GKP

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Welcome AddressRinalia Abdul RahimExecutive
Director, GKP Chair of the GK3 Working Committee

• 10 December 2007
• Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

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Sponsors
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Knowledge Partners
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GKP Members engaged in GK3
GLOBAL Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Commonwealth Network of Information Technology
for Development (COMNET-IT) Commonwealth of
Learning (COL) Commonwealth Secretariat
Digital Divide Data (DDD) Education Development
Centre, Inc. (EDC) Food and Agricultural
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Global
Development Network (GDN) ICVolunteers / IC
Volontaires International Federation of Library
Association Institutions (IFLA) International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISD) International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) Islamic
Development Bank (IDB) Microsoft Corporation
OneWorld International OrphanIT Panos
Institute Practical Action Science and Arts
Foundation (SAF) United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) World Bank
AFRICA Arid Lands Information Network -
Eastern Africa AZUR Développement (AZUR)
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for
East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Fantsuam
Foundation Ministry of Communications, Ghana
National Productivity and Competitiveness
Council, Mauritius (NPCC) PROTEGE QV
SchoolNet Africa Slums Information Development
and Resource Centers (SIDAREC) United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) ASIA -
EAST Cebu International Distance Education
College (CIDEC) eHomemakers MailStation Net
MIMOS Berhad Open Forum of Cambodia Thai
RuralNet (TRN) Warisan Global Sdn Bhd ASIA -
SOUTH Bangladesh Association of Software
Information Services (BASIS) Bangladesh
Friendship Education Society (BFES) Bangladesh
NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
Centre for Science, Development and Media
Studies (CSDMS) D.Net (Development Research
Network) Datamation Foundation Development
Alternatives (DA) Drik ECOTA Fair Trade
Forum (EFTF) Forum for Information Technology,
Nepal High Level Commission for Information
Technology, Nepal Information and Communication
Technology Agency for Sri Lanka (ICTA)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD) Karakoram Area Development
Organization (KADO) LIRNEasia M.S.
Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) MITRA
Technology Foundation NASSCOM Foundation
NatureSoft Private Limited Panos South Asia
Sarvodaya - Fusion Self Employed Womens
Association (SEWA) Small Medium Enterprise
Development Authority, Pakistan (SMEDA) TVE
Asia Pacific (TVEAP) Young Asia Television
(YATV) CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE CMB Training
Center Institute of the Information Society,
Russia (IIS.RU) EUROPE BrainStore
DiploFoundation European Commission (EC)
Global eSchools and Communities Initiative
(GeSCI) International Information Centre and
Archives for the Womens Movement (IIAV)
International Institute for Communication
Development (IICD) Swedish International
Development Cooperation (Sida) Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC) LATIN
AMERICA CARIBBEAN Area Gender Society and
Policies FLACSO (Latin America Post Graduate
Institute of Social Sciences) Argentina
Asociacion Argentina de Consorcios Regionales de
Experimentacion Agricola (AACREA) eCOM-LAC -
Latin American and Caribbean Federation for
Internet and Electronic Commerce Escuela
Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)
Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia -
Comite de Cafeteros de Caldas Fundación
ChasquiNet Fundacion Cisneros Fundación Omar
Dengo (FOD) Instituto de Medicina Tropical
Alexander von Humboldt MIDDLE EAST NORTH
AFRICA AGENT Consulting DIDACTICA - Ecole
Superieure de Management et des Technologies de
IInformation Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology, Egypt (MCIT)
Sustainable Development Association (SDA) The
Suzanne Mubarak Womens International Peace
Movement United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) NORTH
AMERICA Bellanet Canadian Foundation for the
Americas (FOCAL) Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) Canadian Red Cross
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Orbicom Public Interest Registry
TakingITGlobal (TIG) TechSoup OCEANIA 2020
Communications Trust Computer Services Limited
(CSL) The Foundation for Development
Cooperation (FDC) National ICT Committee of
Samoa Netsafe - The Internet Safety Group
Rural Development Volunteers Association, Solomon
Islands (RDVA) Secretariat of the Pacific
Community (SPC) The Internet Society of New
Zealand Incorporated (InternetNZ)
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The GKP Executive Committee
Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation Walter Fust Chair
Omar Dengo Foundation Clofilde Fonseca Vice Chair
International Development Research Centre
Michael Roberts Member
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation Subbian
Arunachalam Member
Federation for Development Cooperation Craig
Wilson Member
Microsoft Corporation Akhtar Badshah Member
UN Economic Commission for Africa Aida
Opoku-Mensah Member
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Abdul Waheed
Khan Member
Young Asia Television Hilmy Ahamed Member
GKP Secretariat Rinalia Abdul Rahim Executive
Director
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The GKP Membership Committee
Fundacion Omar Dengo Eduardo Monge Chair
2020 Communications Trust Don Hollander Regional
Coordinator - Oceania
DIDACTICA - Ecole Superieure de Management et des
Technologies de l'Information Mohamed
Saad-Laib Regional Coordinator - MENA
Digital Divide Data Mai Siriphongphanh Regional
Coordinator East Asia
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
(ESPOL) Katherine Chiluiza Co-Regional
Coordinator - LAC
Fundacion ChasquiNet Klaus Stoll Co-Regional
Coordinator - LAC
Sarvodaya - Fusion Harsha Liyanage Regional
Coordinator South Asia
Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation Alexander Widmer Rep. for
Multilateral, Bilateral and members based in NA
and Europe
Economic Commission for Africa Eskedar
Nega Regional Coordinator - Africa
GKP Secretariat Kwan Liow Deputy Executive
Director
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The GK3 International Advisory Panel
Gerolf Weigel (Chair) SDC
A.W. Khan UNESCO
A. Opoku-Mensah UNECA
C. Morrell CWIT
C. Fonseca FOD
E. Kawamura Telecentre.org, Peru
H. Touré ITU
J. Kurbalija Diplo
L. Lamoureux KMDev/Bellanet
M. Surman Telecentre.org
M. Roberts Bellanet/IDRC
R. Gupta CSDMS
R. Gerster Gerster Consulting
R. Abdul Rahim GKP
S. King BBC World Trust
S. Mathison FDC
S. Arunachalam MSSRF
T. Shawki UNESCO
V. DCosta InfoDev, World Bank
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The GK3 Working Committee
Rinalia Abdul Rahim Executive Director, GKP Chair
of the GK3 Working Committee
Gerolf Weigel Head of ICT4D, Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC) Chair of the
GK3 International Advisory Panel Member of the
GK3 Working Committee
Michael Roberts GKP Executive Committee Member
for International Development Research Centre
(IDRC) Member of the GK3 Working Committee
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Members of the GKP Secretariat
Rinalia Abdul Rahim Executive Director
PROGRAMMES RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING
SPECIAL PROJECTS GK3
MEMBERSHIPS
FINANCE ADMIN
Kwan Liow Deputy Executive Director Team Leader
Gabriele Siegenthaler Muinde Special Advisor to
the ED Team Leader
Justine Chew Team Leader
Jothy T. Govindan Team Leader
Caroline Cheong Team Leader
Chayenne Tan
Kit Roche
Sharil Dewa
Jason Han
Anthony David
Sharon Toh
Lee Kar Lai
Tey Tai Sin Executive Assistant to the Executive
Director
M. Gerardine Alfonsos
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Others involved in delivering GK3

• GK3 Session Leads
• GK3 Rapporteuring Team
• GK3 Evaluation Team
• ASLI Asian Strategic Leadership Institute
• Pico International Sdn Bhd
• Cornerstone MSC Sdn Bhd
• Firebolt Studio Sdn Bhd
• Alcassoft Sdn Bhd
• GK3 Volunteers

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