[gu-l] (03/14/02) Commitment and support letter to the InfoDev (#3) and
Decline of our InfoDev grant application
Tak Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:19:04 -0500
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<<March 14, 2002>>
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H. Dean Sutphin <hds2@cornell.edu>
Roberto J. Rodrigues, MD <rrodrigues@paho.org>
Dr. Pablo Pulido <pablopulido1@compuserve.com>
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP <daj@utk.edu>
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva <jcolares@hotmail.com>
Fabio S. LEITE <fabio.leite@itu.int>
Dear Alex, Jackson and E-Colleagues:
(1) Pls visit "Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare in
Amazon, Brazil" -- Grant application submitted to the InfoDev of the World
Bank (1/25/02), at
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/InfoDev_Applicatio=
n
/InfoDev_Prop_Final_Web/Main_Proposal.htm
According to the announcement made by the InfoDev, our grant application wa=
s
NOT selected for further evaluation =8B see
http://www.infodev.org/projects/proposals.htm
Dear Dean, Roberto and Pablo:
(2) Many, many thanks for your msgs/letters of commitment/support
(ATTACHMENT I to III).
> Dear Pablo:
>=20
> Many thanks for your letter =8B even letting Mr.James D. Wolfensohn, Presid=
ent
> of the World Bank know about our project.
>=20
> Dear Dave:
>=20
> Many thanks for your msg of 2/27/02 from Cape Town, South Africa. I am s=
orry
> to say that I have not received a copy of your support letter yet.
Dear Everybody:
(3) Our project is a long range one, and this is just a small hiccup and ou=
r
show/project must go on!!
Pls visit =B3Application for Grass Root Fund (Draft #2a) for Manaus Community
Development Network (March 11, 2002)=B2 at
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Grass_Root_Fund/Ap=
p
lication_Form/MCDN-GR-Draft-2a.html
Dear Fabio:
(4) Many thanks for your msgs (ATTACHMENT IV and V) in responses to my
previous list distributions;
> (a) =B3(02/25/02) Mexican contact=B2 and
> (b) =B3(02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Havana and possible GUS/Cuba project=
=B2
>=20
> both of which can now be retrieved at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/000096.html
>=20
(5) At your suggestion, I will contact Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, your
Director-General, if he would kindly support our Amazon project.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I=20
Subject: Letter of Commitment
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 3:57 PM
From: Dean Sutphin <hds2@cornell.edu>
To: <infodev@worldbank.org>
Cc: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Bruno Lanvin
Executive Secretary of DOT Force
InfoDev Work Program Administrator
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
Dear Dr. Lanvin
I am expressing my personal commitment and institutional support to the
grant application "Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare i=
n
Amazon, Brazil" submitted to the World Bank (1/25/02). It is important to
continue our 1999 Tampere Workshop and promote the creation of Global
University System (GUS) as drafted in the 1999 workshop on "Emerging global
electronic distance learning". It is proposed to be the basis of our
UNESCO-TWIN program.
This initiative has a strong linkage with an award winning Global Seminar
project that I direct.
Sincerely,
H. Dean Sutphin
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
ATTACHMENT II=20
Pan American Health Organization
Regional Office of the
World Health Organization
Colaborating 100 years of Health
7 February 2002
infoDev Work Program Administrator
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
Ref: Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare in Amazon,
Brazil
Grant application submitted to the InfoDev of the World Bank
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is to confirm our interest in participating as a partner in the
development and implementation of the component "E-healthcare Education" of
the Community Development with E-Leaming and E-Healthcare in Amazon Project=
,
presently being submitted to the World Bank InfoDev Program by the Center
for Environmental Sciences (CCA) of the Universidade Federal do Amazonas an=
d
the Global University System (GUS) and GLObal Systems Analysis and
Simulation Association in the U.S.A. (GLOSAS/USA).
We hereby declare our commitment to work, in collaboration with the
Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing at the Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, on the health, educational, and technological aspects related to=
:
(a) Project 1 - Education of Health Professionals in Informatics and (b)
Project 2 - Application Software for Public Health Nursing Practice, as
detailed in the APPENDIX IX-6 of the grant application.
Sincerely,
Roberto J. Rodrigues
Roberto J. Rodrigues
Regional Advisor, Health Services Information Technology
Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20037
Telephone: (202) 974-3000
Fax: (202) 974-3663
ATTACHMENT III=20
Subject: Amazonian Project
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2002 9:54 PM
From: Pablo Pulido <PabloPulido1@compuserve.com>
To: Bruno Lanvin <infodev@worldbank.org>, "James D. Wolfensohn"
<jWolfensohn@worldbank.org>
Cc: Xavier Coll <xcoll@worldbank.org>, Bari Rabin <Brabin@worldbank.org>,
Takeshi Utusumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Mr. Lanvin:
I am attaching herewith a letter of support for the very worthwhile project
"Community Development with E-Learning and E-Health care in Amazon, Brazil"
submitted to you early February.
Many thanks for your thoughtful consideration,
Yours truly,=20
Pablo Pulido MD, FACP
Executive Director PAFAMS and
Former Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Venezuela
=20
March 05, 2002
=20
Mr. Bruno Lanvin
Executive Secretary of DOT Force
infoDev Work Program Administrator
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
=20
Dear Sir,
During the past years we have been keenly following the e-health,
teleinformatics and
Telemedicine educational projects being prepared and oriented by a group of
outstanding
and dedicated health professionals based in Manaos, in the heart of the
Amazonian basin
in Brazil.
We learned of the presentation made to you early this year in order to
obtain support for a very worthwhile project geared to benefit the Amazonia=
n
populations through professional and community education, and indeed we
strongly support this important and timely endeavour as it would enhance th=
e
participation of Medical Education Institutions from Latin America in the
much needed social contract to benefit our populations through better
education and quality based health care.
The Pan American Federation of Association of Medical Schools, PAFAMS, is
structured to work with its constituency, i.e., 388 Medical Schools in the
American Continent, of which some 247 are located south of the Rio Grande
including the Caribbean region. The 95 Brazilian Medical Schools are an
important building block in our activities.
The area covered by the project =B3Community Development with E-learning and
E-Health Care in Amazon, Brazil=B2 is one that deserves most urgent attention=
,
because of the inherent dispersion of the population and the need to provid=
e
basic educational infrastructures.
As we support the proposed actions of the project please let us know in
whatever way we could be of help once the grant is geared into practical
work.=20
Looking forward to hear about the progress of this very important project,
please accept our sincere regards,
Yours truly,=20
=20
Pablo A. Pulido M., MD., FACP
PAFAMS Executive Director
Former Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Venezuela
cc. Mr.James D. Wolfensohn, President WB
Mr. Xavier Coll,/ Bari Rabin WB
Dr. Tak Utsumi,, Global University System
ATTACHMENT IV=20
Subject: Mr. Takeshi Utsumi
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:35 AM
From: fabio.leite@ties.itu.ch
To: <yoshio.utsumi@itu.int>
Cc: <hideo.fuseda@itu.int>, <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Mr. Utsumi,
I had the honor to meet Mr. Takeshi Utsumi, your relative, in Havana, Cuba,
last week. I took the liberty to forward to you a copy of the attached
message=20
which can give you an idea of his current activities.
In my opinion, a project like the one he describes as "Community Developmen=
t
with E-Learning and E-Healthcare in Amazon, Brazil" is very much related to
WSIS and could become an interesting case study...
Regards from ETSI/France,
Fabio Leite
Project Manager, IMT-2000
International Telecommunication Union
ATTACHMENT V=20
Subject: RE: [gu-l] (02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Havana and possible GU
S/Cuba project
Date: Monday, March 4, 2002 9:39 AM
From: Leite, Fabio <Fabio.Leite@itu.int>
To: "'utsumi@columbia.edu'" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Mr. Utsumi,
=20
Thanks for the msg.
=20
Re the funds available in ITU contributed by the Japanese Government, I
confess that it is totally outside my means to assist you. I only know that
it (or part of it) is supposed to be used to finance the New Initiatives
Program (see http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/index.html). But you'd have to
check directly with Mr. Y. Utsumi.
=20
WSIS stands for "World Summit on the Information Society" (see
http://www.itu.int/wsis/).
=20
Regards,
=20
Fabio
List of Distribution
H. Dean Sutphin
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences systems
Cornell University
140 Roberts Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
USA
607-255-3081
Cel: 607-227-6845
Fax: 607-254-4613
hds2@cornell.edu
http://ed.cornell.edu/globalseminar/
Roberto J. Rodrigues, MD
Regional Advisor, Health Services Information Technology
Essential Drugs and Technology Program
Division of Health Systems and Services Development
Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037-2895
USA
Tel: (202) 974-3826
Fax: (202) 974-3610
rrodrigues@paho.org
NetMeeting Server: ils.paho.org
http://www.paho.org
Dr. Pablo Pulido
Executive Director
PanAmerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools
Apartado de Correos 60411
Caracus 1060-A
VENEZUELA
+58-2-945-0857
Fax: +58-2-945-4275
pablopulido1@compuserve.com
or
Sede de la Direccion Ejecutiva
Caracas, VENEZUELA
Calle el Torreon, Quinta FEPAFEM
Urb. Sorocaima, La Trinidad
+58-2-93-0875 / 943-2840 / 93-0857
Fax: +58-2-943-285-40
73000.1447@compuserve.com
http://www.fepafem.org.ve
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Former President of Fulbright Association
Professor Emeritus
Department of Urban and Rgional Planning
University of Tennessee
108-I Hoskins Library
Knoxville, TN 37996-4015
USA
Tel: +1-865-974 5227
Fax: +1-865-974 5229
daj@utk.edu
davidj@buncombe.main.nc.us
http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
Director Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente e Professor da Economia
University of Amazonas - Brazil
Centro de Ci=3DEAncias do Ambiente
Av. General Rodrigo Otavio Jordao Ramos 3000
Bairro do Coroado - Campus Universitario
C.P. 4208, Manaus, AM 69053-140
BRAZIL
Tel/Fax.: +55 92 647.4066 or +55-92-644-2384
Cel: +55-92-9988.9121 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm
http://ab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop --
The international workshop home page on Technology and Distance
Education for Sustainable Development of the Amazonia
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet
http://www.fua.br/campusnet-am/index.htm -- CampusNet
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva
Coordinator of CampusNet Amazonia
Campus Universitario
Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente
Manaus - AM - Brasil
69000-000
Tel/fax:+ 55 92 647.4066 / 647.4063
jcolares@hotmail.com
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet
Fabio S. LEITE
Project Manager, IMT-2000
Office of the Secretary-General
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 730 59 40
Mobile: +41 79 249 48 11
Fax: +41 22 730 65 00
fabio.leite@itu.int
www.itu.int
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/index.html -- New Initiatives Program
http://www.itu.int/wsis/ -- World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
**********************************************************************
* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *
* Founder of CAADE *
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education) *
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of *
* Global University System (GUS) *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) *
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 *
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/ *
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H. Dean Sutphin <hds2@cornell.edu><BR>
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Roberto J. Rodrigues, MD <rrodrigues@paho.org><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Pablo Pulido <pablopulido1@compuserve.com><BR>
<BR>
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP <daj@utk.edu><BR>
<BR>
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva <jcolares@hotmail.com><BR>
<BR>
Fabio S. LEITE <fabio.leite@itu.int><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Alex, Jackson and E-Colleagues:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Pls visit "Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare =
in Amazon, Brazil" -- Grant application submitted to the InfoDev of the=
World Bank (1/25/02), at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/InfoDev_Applicatio=
n/InfoDev_Prop_Final_Web/Main_Proposal.htm<BR>
<BR>
According to the announcement made by the InfoDev, our grant application wa=
s NOT selected for further evaluation — see<BR>
http://www.infodev.org/projects/proposals.htm<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Dean, Roberto and Pablo:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(2) Many, many thanks for your msgs/letters of commitment/support (ATTACHME=
NT I to III).<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>Dear Pablo:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Many thanks for your letter — even letting Mr.James D. Wolfensohn, Pr=
esident of the World Bank know about our project.<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Dave:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Many thanks for your msg of 2/27/02 from Cape Town, South Africa. I a=
m sorry to say that I have not received a copy of your support letter yet.<B=
R>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
<B><U>Dear Everybody:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(3) Our project is a long range one, and this is just a small hiccup and ou=
r show/project must go on!!<BR>
<BR>
Pls visit “Application for Grass Root Fund (Draft #2a) for Manaus Com=
munity Development Network (March 11, 2002)” at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Grass_Root_Fund/Ap=
plication_Form/MCDN-GR-Draft-2a.html<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Fabio:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(4) Many thanks for your msgs (ATTACHMENT IV and V) in responses to my prev=
ious list distributions;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">(a) “(02/25/02) Mexican conta=
ct” and<BR>
(b) “(02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Havana and possible GUS/Cuba pro=
ject”<BR>
<BR>
both of which can now be retrieved at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/000096.html<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">(5) At your suggestion, I will con=
tact Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, your Director-General, if he would kindly support ou=
r Amazon project.<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>ATTACHMENT I
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Letter of Commitment <BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tuesday, February 26, 2002 3:57 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Dean Sutphin <hds2@cornell.edu><BR>
<B>To: </B><infodev@worldbank.org><BR>
<B>Cc: </B><utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<BR>
Bruno Lanvin<BR>
Executive Secretary of DOT Force<BR>
InfoDev Work Program Administrator<BR>
The World Bank<BR>
1818 H Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20433<BR>
<BR>
Dear Dr. Lanvin<BR>
<BR>
I am expressing my personal commitment and institutional support to the gra=
nt application "Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare =
in Amazon, Brazil" submitted to the World Bank (1/25/02). It is i=
mportant to continue our 1999 Tampere Workshop and promote the creation of G=
lobal University System (GUS) as drafted in the 1999 workshop on "Emerg=
ing global electronic distance learning". It is proposed to be th=
e basis of our UNESCO-TWIN program.<BR>
<BR>
This initiative has a strong linkage with an award winning Global Seminar p=
roject that I direct.<BR>
<BR>
Sincerely,<BR>
<BR>
H. Dean Sutphin<BR>
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs<BR>
Cornell University<BR>
Ithaca, New York 14853<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>ATTACHMENT II
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
Pan American Health Organization<BR>
Regional Office of the<BR>
World Health Organization<BR>
Colaborating 100 years of Health<BR>
<BR>
7 February 2002<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
infoDev Work Program Administrator<BR>
The World Bank<BR>
1818 H Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20433<BR>
<BR>
Ref: Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthca=
re in Amazon, Brazil<BR>
Grant application submitted to the InfoDev of the W=
orld Bank<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Dear Sir/Madam,<BR>
<BR>
This is to confirm our interest in participating as=
a partner in the development and implementation of the component "E-he=
althcare Education" of the Community Development with E-Leaming and E-H=
ealthcare in Amazon Project, presently being submitted to the World Bank Inf=
oDev Program by the Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA) of the Universid=
ade Federal do Amazonas and the Global University System (GUS) and GLObal Sy=
stems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A. (GLOSAS/USA).<BR>
<BR>
We hereby declare our commitment to work, in collab=
oration with the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing at the Johns Hopkins Un=
iversity, Baltimore, on the health, educational, and technological aspects r=
elated to: (a) Project 1 - Education of Health Professionals in Informatics =
and (b) Project 2 - Application Software for Public Health Nursing Practice,=
as detailed in the APPENDIX IX-6 of the grant application.<BR>
<BR>
Sincerely,<BR>
<BR>
Roberto J. Rodrigues<BR>
<BR>
Roberto J. Rodrigues<BR>
Regional Advisor, Health Services Information Technology<BR>
Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization<BR>
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington DC 20037<BR>
Telephone: (202) 974-3000<BR>
Fax: (202) 974-3663<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>ATTACHMENT III
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Amazonian Project<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tuesday, March 5, 2002 9:54 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Pablo Pulido <PabloPulido1@compuserve.com><BR>
<B>To: </B>Bruno Lanvin <infodev@worldbank.org>, "James D. Wolfe=
nsohn" <jWolfensohn@worldbank.org><BR>
<B>Cc: </B>Xavier Coll <xcoll@worldbank.org>, Bari Rabin <Brabin@w=
orldbank.org>, Takeshi Utusumi <utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<BR>
Dear Mr. Lanvin:<BR>
<BR>
I am attaching herewith a letter of support for the very worthwhile project=
"Community Development with E-Learning and E-Health care in Amazon, Br=
azil" submitted to you early February.<BR>
<BR>
Many thanks for your thoughtful consideration, <BR>
<BR>
Yours truly, <BR>
<BR>
Pablo Pulido MD, FACP<BR>
Executive Director PAFAMS and<BR>
Former Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Venezuela<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"> <BR>
March 05, 2002<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Mr. Bruno Lanvin<BR>
Executive Secretary of DOT Force<BR>
infoDev Work Program Administrator<BR>
The World Bank<BR>
1818 H Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20433<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Dear Sir,<BR>
<BR>
During the past years we have been keenly following the e-health, teleinfor=
matics and <BR>
Telemedicine educational projects being prepared and oriented by a group of=
outstanding<BR>
and dedicated health professionals based in Manaos, in the heart of the Ama=
zonian basin<BR>
in Brazil.<BR>
<BR>
We learned of the presentation made to you early this year in order to obta=
in support for a very worthwhile project geared to benefit the Amazonian pop=
ulations through professional and community education, and indeed we strongl=
y support this important and timely endeavour as it would enhance the partic=
ipation of Medical Education Institutions from Latin America in the much nee=
ded social contract to benefit our populations through better education and =
quality based health care.<BR>
<BR>
The Pan American Federation of Association of Medical Schools, PAFAMS, is s=
tructured to work with its constituency, i.e., 388 Medical Schools in the Am=
erican Continent, of which some 247 are located south of the Rio Grande incl=
uding the Caribbean region. The 95 Brazilian Medical Schools are an importan=
t building block in our activities. <BR>
<BR>
The area covered by the project “Community Development with E-learnin=
g and E-Health Care in Amazon, Brazil” is one that deserves most urgen=
t attention, because of the inherent dispersion of the population and the ne=
ed to provide basic educational infrastructures. <BR>
<BR>
As we support the proposed actions of the project please let us know in wha=
tever way we could be of help once the grant is geared into practical work. =
<BR>
<BR>
Looking forward to hear about the progress of this very important project, =
please accept our sincere regards, <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Yours truly, <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Pablo A. Pulido M., MD., FACP<BR>
PAFAMS Executive Director <BR>
Former Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Venezuela<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
cc. Mr.James D. Wolfensohn, President WB<BR>
Mr. Xavier Coll,/ Bari Rabin WB<BR>
Dr. Tak Utsumi,, Global University System=20
</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"><B><U>ATTACHMENT=
IV
</U></B></FONT>
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<B>Subject: </B>Mr. Takeshi Utsumi<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:35 AM<BR>
<B>From: </B>fabio.leite@ties.itu.ch<BR>
<B>To: </B><yoshio.utsumi@itu.int><BR>
<B>Cc: </B><hideo.fuseda@itu.int>, <utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
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Dear Mr. Utsumi,<BR>
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I had the honor to meet Mr. Takeshi Utsumi, your relative, in Havana, Cuba,=
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last week. I took the liberty to forward to you a copy of the attached mess=
age <BR>
which can give you an idea of his current activities. <BR>
<BR>
In my opinion, a project like the one he describes as "Community Devel=
opment <BR>
with E-Learning and E-Healthcare in Amazon, Brazil" is very much relat=
ed to <BR>
WSIS and could become an interesting case study...<BR>
<BR>
Regards from ETSI/France,<BR>
<BR>
Fabio Leite<BR>
Project Manager, IMT-2000 <BR>
International Telecommunication Union<BR>
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<B>Subject: </B>RE: [gu-l] (02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Havana and possi=
ble GU S/Cuba project<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Monday, March 4, 2002 9:39 AM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Leite, Fabio <Fabio.Leite@itu.int><BR>
<B>To: </B>"'utsumi@columbia.edu'" <utsumi@columbia.edu><BR=
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Dear Mr. Utsumi,<BR>
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Thanks for the msg.<BR>
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Re the funds available in ITU contributed by the Japanese Government, I con=
fess that it is totally outside my means to assist you. I only know that it =
(or part of it) is supposed to be used to finance the New Initiatives Progra=
m (see http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/index.html). But you'd have to check di=
rectly with Mr. Y. Utsumi.<BR>
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WSIS stands for "World Summit on the Information Society" (=
see http://www.itu.int/wsis/).<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
<BR>
Fabio<BR>
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H. Dean Sutphin<BR>
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences systems<BR>
Cornell University<BR>
140 Roberts Hall<BR>
Ithaca, NY 14853<BR>
USA<BR>
607-255-3081<BR>
Cel: 607-227-6845<BR>
Fax: 607-254-4613<BR>
hds2@cornell.edu<BR>
http://ed.cornell.edu/globalseminar/<BR>
<BR>
Roberto J. Rodrigues, MD<BR>
Regional Advisor, Health Services Information Technology<BR>
Essential Drugs and Technology Program<BR>
Division of Health Systems and Services Development<BR>
Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization<BR>
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20037-2895<BR>
USA<BR>
Tel: (202) 974-3826<BR>
Fax: (202) 974-3610<BR>
rrodrigues@paho.org<BR>
NetMeeting Server: ils.paho.org<BR>
http://www.paho.org<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Pablo Pulido<BR>
Executive Director<BR>
PanAmerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools<BR>
Apartado de Correos 60411<BR>
Caracus 1060-A<BR>
VENEZUELA<BR>
+58-2-945-0857<BR>
Fax: +58-2-945-4275<BR>
pablopulido1@compuserve.com<BR>
or<BR>
Sede de la Direccion Ejecutiva<BR>
Caracas, VENEZUELA<BR>
Calle el Torreon, Quinta FEPAFEM<BR>
Urb. Sorocaima, La Trinidad<BR>
+58-2-93-0875 / 943-2840 / 93-0857<BR>
Fax: +58-2-943-285-40<BR>
73000.1447@compuserve.com<BR>
http://www.fepafem.org.ve<BR>
<BR>
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP<BR>
Board member of GLOSAS/USA<BR>
Former President of Fulbright Association<BR>
Professor Emeritus<BR>
Department of Urban and Rgional Planning<BR>
University of Tennessee<BR>
108-I Hoskins Library<BR>
Knoxville, TN 37996-4015<BR>
USA<BR>
Tel: +1-865-974 5227<BR>
Fax: +1-865-974 5229<BR>
daj@utk.edu<BR>
davidj@buncombe.main.nc.us<BR>
http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/<BR>
<BR>
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas, Ph.D.<BR>
Adjunct Professor<BR>
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences<BR>
Director Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente e Professor da Economia<BR>
University of Amazonas - Brazil<BR>
Centro de Ci=3DEAncias do Ambiente<BR>
Av. General Rodrigo Otavio Jordao Ramos 3000<BR>
Bairro do Coroado - Campus Universitario<BR>
C.P. 4208, Manaus, AM 69053-140<BR>
BRAZIL<BR>
Tel/Fax.: +55 92 647.4066 or +55-92-644-2384<BR>
Cel: +55-92-9988.9121 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)<BR>
alex_mau@argo.com.br<BR>
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm<BR>
http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm<BR>
http://ab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop --<BR>
The international workshop home page on Technology =
and Distance Education for Sustainable Development of the Amazonia<BR>
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet<BR>
http://www.fua.br/campusnet-am/index.htm -- CampusNet<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva<BR>
Coordinator of CampusNet Amazonia<BR>
Campus Universitario<BR>
Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente<BR>
Manaus - AM - Brasil<BR>
69000-000<BR>
Tel/fax:+ 55 92 647.4066 / 647.4063<BR>
jcolares@hotmail.com<BR>
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet<BR>
<BR>
Fabio S. LEITE<BR>
Project Manager, IMT-2000<BR>
Office of the Secretary-General<BR>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<BR>
Place des Nations<BR>
CH-1211 Geneva 20<BR>
Switzerland<BR>
Tel.: +41 22 730 59 40<BR>
Mobile: +41 79 249 48 11<BR>
Fax: +41 22 730 65 00<BR>
fabio.leite@itu.int<BR>
www.itu.int<BR>
<FONT SIZE=3D"2">http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/index.html -- New Initiatives =
Program<BR>
http://www.itu.int/wsis/ -- World Summit on the Information Society (=
WSIS)<BR>
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