Cairo, Egypt 6 May 2005

Every year, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, the GKP organises a regional meeting to bring together key ICT4D stakeholders from the targeted region to interact and exchange knowledge and experiences with GKP members worldwide. This serves to enhance both regional and global understanding regarding ICT4D issues.

For the year 2005, the GKP has decided to focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Following an invitation from the Egyptian Government, the 2005 GKP Annual Meeting was held in Cairo, Egypt and bring together GKP members from around the world and by invitation, ICT4D players from within the MENA region.

• Report of the Annual Meeting ( MSWord, 119KB)
• Images of the Annual Meeting
• Images of Past Annual Meetings
• Concurrent GKP Meetings and Activities in Cairo

GKP International Forum on Cross-Sector Partnerships - Advancing ICT Solutions for Development through Cross-Sector Partnerships (online soon)

 

Session / Program	Speakers / Title Presentation
Plenary I - Strategy 2010 - Welcome Remarks - GKP and the Next 5 years: * Strategy 2010 (269.5KB) - Discussion	Walter Fust, Chair, GKP Executive Committee Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director GKP Facilitator: Pete Cranston, OneWorld International
Networking Tea
Breakout Sessions on Strategy 2010 - Work Plan Input	Facilitators: 1. * Access to Knowledge (20KB): Pete Cranston, OneWorld International 2. * Poverty Reduction (15KB): Stuart Mathison, Foundation for Development Cooperation and Subbiah Arunachalam, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation 3. * Resource Mobilisation (42.5KB): Michael Chertok, Digital Divide Data 4. * Education (905KB): Eduardo Monge, Omar Dengo Foundation
Networking Lunch
Plenary II - WSIS 2 - GKP Plans for WSIS Tunis ( PDF , 354KB) or ( Powerpoint, 1030KB) - Update on Task Force on Financing Mechanisms (TFFM) (995KB) - Discussion	Gabriele Siegenthaler, GKPS
Plenary III - Annual Work Program - Focal Point Introduction - * Annual Work Program Overview (30KB) - Thematic and Regional dimensions * Financing (256KB) * Gender (162KB) * Internet Governance (176KB) * Local Content (161KB) * Media (15KB) * Multi-stakeholder Partnerships (145KB) * Poverty Reduction (274KB) * Youth (168KB) * Africa (149KB) * Central & Eastern Europe (220KB) * East Asia (137KB) * Latin America & the Caribbean (136KB) * Middle East & North Africa (168KB) * Oceania (295KB) * South Asia (314KB) - Discussion	Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director, GKPS Thematic and Regional Focal Points
Networking Tea
Plenary IV - Governance - * Annual Report 2004 (1242KB) - * Budget 2005 (32KB) - * Membership Issues (912KB) - New members and office bearers	Walter Fust, Chair, GKP Executive Committee Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director, GKP Eduardo Monge, Chair, GKP Membership Committee
Free Networking

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