[gu-l] Visits to World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank in DC on
7/30th
Tak Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:35:49 +0000 (GMT)
<<July 24, 2001>>
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Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Mr. Henri Bretaudeau
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and Acting Manager of Infodev
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Bruce P. Chadwick <bchadwick@winrock.org>
Dear Peter and Joe:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I and II).
Our mtgs on 7/30th (Monday) are set as follows;
11:00 am -- Mtg with Mr. Paul Procee and Mr. Tony Bigio:
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Dear Vicky:
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Many thanks for your introduction to them (ATTACHMENT III).
I am so sorry you cannot join in our mtg -- but pls have a very
pleasant vacation in Hawaii.
BTW, you may contact John Southworth and Bob Converse there.
John is very familiar with K-12 distance education, particularly
in Asian countries. If you have time, you may enjoy visiting
Bob's college and nearby research centers, since they are doing
outstanding distance learning in beautiful Maui Island and
nearby islands with broadband (45 Mbps) microwave Internet
connections.
Dear Paul:
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Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT IV).
Besides HISPASAT, we may discuss the possible use of J-NET of JICA,
WorldSpace's ASIASAT, Taiwan's ST-1, etc.
If necessary and appropriate, we may discuss the possible invitation
of Japanese involvement through Dr. Goshi, my brother-in-law.
1:30 pm -- Mtg with Francisco Evangelista Vieira:
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Dear Francisco:
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Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT V).
I would like to discuss your bank's possible support to Alex's
CampusNet and Manaus community development projects -- the former is
to connect about 6 universities in Amazon area and the latter about 6
non-profit organizations in the city of Manaus -- the former by
digital satellite and the latter by broadband wireless Internet units.
Pls retrieve my previous list distribution;
"NSF travel grant application for Manaus workshop" and
"Trip to Madrid, Spain from 6/24th to 6/26th" at
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2001q3/date.html
You can see the diagrams of proposed schemes of those
connections in the latter.
3:00 pm -- Mtg with Mr. Henri Bretaudeau:
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Dear Allen:
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Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT VI).
Dear Ellie:
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Many thanks for your conveying my words to Allen. Our projects
mentioned here are extension of our Tampere event held in August
of 1999 with the InfoDev fund <http://www.uta.fi/EGEDL/>, for
which you kindly helped us before.
In addition to Alex's projects, we would like to discuss about our
Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF) project -- see its draft proposal for
a seed money in "Proposal for Creating the GSTF (February 28, 2001)"
which was prepared by Peter, at
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Tampere_Conference/GSTF/GSTF_2-28-01/Proposal_2-28-01.html
(2) Since 1998, I worked to have the Japanese government pledge $15
billion to close the digital divide in developing countries (3 years),
during the Okinawa Summit in July 2000. UNESCO in Bangkok (170 million
yen in fiscal 2001 -- about US$1.5 million) and the Asia development
Bank (1,270 million yen -- about US$10 million) have already received
out of this pledged fund.
This then culminated to the Digital Opportunity Task (DOT) Force
discussion group by Markle Foundation and the United Nations
Development Program -- see my previous list in "Final report of the
Digital Opportunity Task (DOT) Force discussion group" at
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2001q2/000028.html
This report has been approved at the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy a few
days ago -- see ATTACHMENT VII.
Dear Jim Steinberg, Karen, Janice and Dennis:
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My wholehearted congratulations to your efforts!!
Dear E-Colleagues:
==================
After I have prepared the available funding sources, our next task is
to prepare comprehensive documents for getting the money out of the
Japanese government's pledged fund, as exemplified by Alex's and
Peter's project proposals. These are in line with what the New York
Times article in ATTACHMENT VII concluded out of the final report.
Dear Bruce:
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(3) I wonder if you would have time in late afternoon of 7/30th after our
visit to the InfoDev, say, around 5:00 pm so that we can discuss your
possible help to our projects in Brazil.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Subject: Do we have meeting in Washington between 25 and 30 July?
Date: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:24 AM
From: Peter T. Knight <peter@knight-moore.com>
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Tak, hope you are well.
I'm counting down to departure.
Will be in DC afternoon of 25 through the 30th.
Cheers,
Peter
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ATTACHMENT II
Subject: Re: Inquiry of your available day
Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:16 PM
From: Joseph N. Pelton <jpelton@seas.gwu.edu>
Reply-To: jpelton@seas.gwu.edu
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: "Peter T. Knight" <peter@knight-moore.com>, Peter Knight
<ptknight@attglobal.net>, David Johnson <daj@utk.edu>
Dear Tak: I can do the 26th and 30th, but the 27th I will be at the Virginia
campus in Ashburn. Best wishes. Joe Pelton
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ATTACHMENT III
Subject: Meeting on the 30th July possible with Mr. Bigio and Mr. Procee
Date: Monday, July 23, 2001 8:47 AM
From: Vicky Pinpin-Feinstein <vickypf@i2roam.com>
To: <utsumi@friends-partners.org>, <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: <Abigio@worldbank.org>, <Pprocee@worldbank.org>
Tak:
I had a meeting last Friday afternoon with Anthony Bigio and Paul Procee.
Both of them agree it is a good idea to meet on July 30. I won't be able to
meet with you all as I am leaving that day for vacation. I hope we will meet
sometime soon.
I have also mentioned to Tony and Paul about Mr. Lanvin and Mr. Olson at
InfoDev. This can be possibly discussed further at the meeting. You
probably can also bring up the HISPASAT issue which you mention in your
message last week as being 70% empty per your conversation with Federico
Mayor. Here are their phone numbers:
Anthony Bigio
202 473-6304
Paul Procee
202 458-2472
Let me know if there's anything else I can do on my end top facilitate this
meeting or anything else.
Regards, vicky
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ATTACHMENT IV
Subject: Meeting on the 30th July on Clean Air DL Course
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 3:39 PM
From: pprocee@worldbank.org
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>, <utsumi@friends-partners.org>
Cc: <Abigio@worldbank.org>, Vicky Pinpin-Feinstein <vickypf@i2roam.com>
Dear Mr. Utsumi,
I am very happy we have the change to meet with you to discuss
possibilities of delivering Clean Air Distance Learning courses in Asia. I
would like to confirm our meeting for next Monday (July 30) at 11am. You can
call me at the lobby of the World Bank J building:
701 18th Street, NW
Washington DC
My telephone is: (202) 458-2472
Mr. Bigio's telephone is: (202) 473-6304
Looking forward meeting you.
Best regards,
Paul Procee
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ATTACHMENT V
Subject: RE: Our mtg time
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 5:27 PM
From: Vieira, Francisco <FRANCISCOV@iadb.org>
To: 'Tak Utsumi' <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Tak:
I did get your message.
1:30 is fine with me; do not hesitate to call if you need to change it
again.
best regards.
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ATTACHMENT VI
Subject: Meeting on the 7/30 (infodev)
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 3:30 PM
From: aolson@worldbank.org
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Mr. Utsumi,
I was asked by Mr. Henri Bretaudeau, our Senior Donors Relations
Officer and Acting Manager of Infodev in the absence of Mr. Lanvin, to
arrange to meet on the 30th of July at 3 pm. Another thing is that Ellie
Alavi did not get back to you because i have taken to set up the meeting.
Please get back to me to confirm on the meeting time. Allen Olson
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ATTACHMENT VII
Excerpt from:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-group-technology.html?pagewanted=print
JUL 21, 2001
G8 Sets Plan to Bridge Digital Divide
By REUTERS
Filed at 12:02 p.m. ET
GENOA (Reuters) - The world's big eight powers endorsed an action plan on
Saturday to bridge the ``digital divide'' with the poorest countries.
Host nation Italy said leaders at a Group of Eight summit backed a task force
report on how to harness technology in the cause of development.
The Digital Opportunity Task Force was set up at last year's G8 summit in
Okinawa, Japan.
``Even a year ago, demonstrators were burning computers on the streets of
Okinawa saying that poor people need water and you can't drink a computer,''
Vernon Ellis, a business executive who served on the task force, told a news
conference.
``In fact...there isn't a trade-off between information and communication
technologies and other development needs. These technologies can make a real
difference to health, to education, to empowerment and to enterprise.''
Ellis is international chairman of the consulting firm Accenture and was one
of 43 members on the task force.
The cover of the action plan document shows a photograph of two black
children, their bodies covered with ceremonial paint, squatting next to a
laptop computer on a dusty plain.
The idea is to help those in poor countries gain better access to information
and communications technology, if not on the desert floor then perhaps at
communal sites in villages, and to promote the use of these technologies in
reducing poverty.
The World Bank's director of investment in digital technology in poor
countries, Mohsen Khalil, said the Bank invests about $1.5 billion annually
in information infrastructure and in projects using such technology, and the
new action plan could leverage more funding.
Zoe Baird, president of the New York-based advocacy group Markle Foundation
and another task force member, said the U.S. government had pledged $100
million to help implement the report.
But participants said that while money was important, the key to the report
was setting up a strategy to start bridging the North-South divide.
Canada, next year's G8 chair, will work with Italy for the rest of this year
and next on implementing the report, seeking private-sector volunteers to
take the lead on each of nine action points.
Among these are improving connectivity and lowering costs, helping establish
national Internet strategies, and deploying information technology in health
care, development aid and fostering entrepreneurship.
The Group of Eight brings together the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany,
France, Britain, Italy and Russia.
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