[gu-l] (09/13/02) World Forum of UNESCO Chairs
Takeshi Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:03:49 -0400
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<<September 13, 2002>>
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Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
Mr. Komlavi Francisco Seddoh <k.seddoh@unesco.org>
Dimitri Beridze <d.beridze@unesco.org>
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma)
<mardias@wanadoo.fr>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D. <vbooker@nsf.gov>
Dear Steve:
(1) Many thanks for your valuable information (ATTACHMENT I) about the
=B3World Forum of UNESCO Chairs=B2 (13-15 November 2002, UNESCO HQ, Paris).
Dear Mr. Seddoh and Mr. Beridze:
(2) My sincere congratulations to your organizing a wonderful conference.
(3) I would greatly appreciate it if you can kindly send me a copy of the
original =B3progress_report_2001.rtf=B2 file, since its first page was garbled.
Dear Marco:
(4) My wholehearted congratulations to the 10th anniversary of the UNITWIN
Program which you created!!
You must be very prude of its continuing success!!
Dear Tapio:
(5) Congratulations for your receiving an invitation to this exciting
conference (ATTACHMENT II).
Dear Alex:
(6) ATTACHMENT III is an excerpt from my previous list distribution which w=
e
suggested you to get the UNESCO Chair-ship.
Pls visit;
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1324&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&URL_S=
E
CTION=3D201
Pls then visit =B3Procedures and Practical guides=B2 at the top right corner to
find out how to apply for the chair-ship.
You may also visit the following at;
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GLOSAS_USA/Page/List_of_Activities.h=
t
ml
> GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program
> * Proposal for GUS to Become a Member of UNITWIN Program of UNESCO (First
> Draft) (3/24/01)=20
> * Application to UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program
> * Signed Agreement by UNESCO and the University of Tampere
I would strongly suggest again that you apply for the UNESCO Chair-ship.
This is because our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair program is to
construct global scale knowledge forum among its member universities with
advanced ICT for joint collaborative Hi-Tech research and development on
various subjects; for promoting exchange of ideas, information, and
knowledge, etc., which are in line with the mission of the UNESCO/UNITWIN
Networking Program.
Dear Dr. Booker:
(7) Pls refer to my previous msg to you =B3(09/05/02) R&D of Peace Gaming and
Global University System projects=B2 at;
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/000148.html
As you see, we are very much =B3research=B2 and development oriented along with
the line of the UNESCO/UNTWIN Networking Program, during the past three
decades.
> Dear Steve:
>=20
> Many thanks again for your excellent support msg (ATTACHMENT IV).
>=20
> Dear E-Colleagues:
>=20
> Pls follow the suit of Steve as sending your support msg to Dr. Booker.
> Thanks.
I look forward to receiving your response soon.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I=20
Subject: New UNESCO UNITWIN Portal
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2002 8:09 PM
From: Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dr. Utsumi,
In case you have not seen this already, UNESCO has unveiled the following
Websites:
UNITWIN/UNESCO CHAIRS: UNESCO Education
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1324&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&URL_S=
E
CTION=3D201
Celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the UNITWIN Programme (13-15
November 2002, UNESCO HQ, Paris)
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D4695&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&URL_S=
E
CTION=3D201&reload=3D1031874442
Preliminary Programme (for the WORLD FORUM OF UNESCO CHAIRS)
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1762&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&URL_S=
E
CTION=3D201&reload=3D1031874897
(More detailed) Agenda in English (MS Word document download)
http://portal.unesco.org/education/file_download.php/agenda+english.doc?URL=
_
ID=3D1762&filename1022602945agenda_english.doc&filetype=3Dapplication%2Foctet-s=
t
ream&filesize=3D29696&name=3Dagenda+english.doc&location=3Duser-S/
They do not yet mention the names of individual Chairs such as Prof. Tapio
Varis representing the Global University System. The top UNESCO leaders
will be there, including Director-General Koichi Matsuura and Sir John
Daniel.
Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
President, World Association for Online Education (NPO)
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/
Global University System (NGO) Asia-Pacific Framework:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/
Online Library: Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection
(Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library 4-star rating in 1997 & 2001):
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
ATTACHMENT II=20
Subject: World Forum of UNESCO Chairs 13-15 November
Date: Thursday, August 8, 2002 2:30 PM
From: Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
To: Takeshi Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>, Paul Lefrere
<P.Lefrere@open.ac.uk>
Cc: David Johnson <daj@utk.edu>
Dear Tak and others,
I received through our Rector an invitation signed by Sir John Daniel, The
Assistant Directoir general for Education, to participate in the World
Forum of UNESCO Chairs in Paris 13-15 November. The timing is perfect since
my final official appointment here will take place in the faculty on the
28th August (delay due to summer holidays here) and will be confirmed by
the Chancellor immediately after that. Our Rector forwarded the invitation
to me. I have the possibility of distributing a written contribution of no
more than 10 pages by the end of September.I thought of updating our
InterMedia article and write about the idea of Global University System
network - idea, financing and technology. It would be nice to have your
views on that.I have to respond to UNESCO invitation by the end of this
August and intend to confirm my paritipation immediately. I will also be in
Paris for the European Prometeus conference 28 September - 1 October (where
Marco Antonio will be one keynote spekaer, too) and may have another
opportunity to discuss UNESCI people about this Forum. Please let me know i=
f
you have any ideas on this. regards,
Tapio
ATTACHMENT III=20
Excerpt from
(10/07/01)(1)CampusNet and Community Development Network in Amazon, (2)
GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program =A0
Which can be retrieved at;
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2001q4/000060.html
III. UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program:
(7) During the board mtg of our GUS in Madrid, Spain last June, we made =
a
consensus that we would cordially invite you to become a counterpart
GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Chair -- you are well deserved for this, since you
brought the CampusNet project up to this stage after having conducted highl=
y
successful workshops in Manaus in 1998 and 2000.
(8) Pls visit following web site for Tapio=B9s Chair application to this
UNITWIN Networking program
<http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/unitwin/index.html>,
> http://www.friends
> partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/UNESCO=
_NGO/
> Appl_frm_Univ_of_Tampere/Appl_frm_Univ_of_Tampere.html
(9) The procedures to get the chairmanship is as follows;
(a) Obtain endorsement letters from rectors of the universities of
CampusNet,
(b) Submit your application to the Brazilian UNESCO National
Committee,
(c) Have them send their endorsement letter with your application.
(10) I would strongly suggest that you contact Marco at your earliest
convenience, since this program was initiated by him.
> I recall that Marco=B9s previous msg said that the committee=B9s next mtg wil=
l be
> in the next month, so that you better get hurry to do this. I would like=
to
> attach the copies of the document to our InfoDev grant application.
> BTW, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, new Director General of UNESCO, was the Direc=
tor
> of Economic Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs --=
to
> which our application of funding CampusNet will be submitted in the near
> future.
>=20
ATTACHMENT IV=20
Subject: In support of the NSF Travel Grant Application for an Amazon
workshop
Date: Friday, September 6, 2002 1:14 AM
From: Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
To: <vbooker@nsf.gov>, <hstolber@nsf.gov>
Cc: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Dr. Booker and NSF Colleagues,
Greetings from Japan. Dr. Utsumi in New York has presented his
reasoning and documentation to dispel any possible misunderstanding
of his current application to NSF on behalf of the Global University
System (GUS), and his message to you is archived on the Web as follows:
[gu-l] (09/05/02) R&D of Peace Gaming and Global University System projects
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/000148.html
GUS is a non-profit NGO recognized as equivalent to the
prestigious universities of the UNITWIN program by UNESCO.
>From my standpoint in the field of distance education as
President of the NPO World Association for Online Education,
GUS is a peerless meta-virtual university leading the world
toward the practicable potential of education for the future.
Dr. Utsumi has explained the over 30 years of research and
experimentation that have led to this workshop proposal.
The research is neither untested nor finished, but needs
further support. The proposal does not ask NSF to support
the deployment of an Amazon network, just travel to a
workshop there for a small number of selected specialists.
All are volunteers who are giving their time, and it would
be to the credit of NSF to support their collaboration.
One would hope that not pure research alone but research,
accumulated investigations, research-based associations,
applied research in engineering and other fields, could be
sustained to result in holistic solutions and educational
results from the interdisciplinary and international
collaborations. In this case it is not a matter of a certain
field such as medical research but the overall needs of a
developing region as served by interdisciplinary science.
With much larger funding anticipated from government
and philanthropic sources to implement the results of
such a workshop, NSF travel funds for the research aspect
would be particularly cost-effective and much appreciated
in the wider academic community.
Thank you for your consideration.
Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan
President, World Association for Online Education (NPO):
waoe@waoe.org - http://waoe.org/president/index.html
Home Page: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/presence.html
Japanese Home Page: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/
Global University System (NGO) Asia-Pacific Framework:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/
Online Library: Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection
(Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library 4-star rating in 1997 & 2001):
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
List of Distribution
Steve McCarty
Professor, Kagawa Junior College
President, World Association for Online Education (WAOE):
Residence: 3717-33 Nii, Kokubunji, Kagawa 769-0101 JAPAN
Tel: +81-877-49-8041 (office, direct); Fax: +81-877-49-5252
E-mail: steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp, mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/
In Japanese: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/
http://www.waoe.org/president/index.html
http://www.waoe.org/steve/index.html
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-j.html -- about
GUS
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
Mr. Komlavi Francisco Seddoh
Director, Division of Higher Education
UNESCO
7, Place de Fontenoy
75352, Paris 07SP
FRANCE
+33-1-45-68-1106
Fax: +33-1-45-68-5626 to 5628
k.seddoh@unesco.org
Dimitri Beridze
Chief a.i.,=20
Section for Networking and Institutional Development
Division of Higher Education
UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
75352 PARIS 07SP
FRANCE
Tel.: (33-1) 45680987
Fax.: (33-1) 45685628
d.beridze@unesco.org
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1324&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&URL_S=
E
CTION=3D201
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma)
Vice President, Global University System
Consultant of United Nations University
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO
36, Rue Ernest Renan
92.190 Meudon
FRANCE
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509
+33-1-45-68-3009 (UNU office in Paris)
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509
mardias@wanadoo.fr
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor
Acting President, Global University System
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland
Unesco Chair on global eLearning
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Media Culture and Communication Education
Hypermedia laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-215 6111
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
General Director of the Center of Sciences of the Environment
Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA)
Universidade Federal do Amazonas / FundacaoUNI-SOL
Campus Universitario
3000 Manaus, AM
Brazil 69000
Tel: +55-92-647-4063
Cel: +55-92-9988.9121 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)
Fax: +55-92-647-4066
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.fua.br/
Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Caribbean Region and South America, (except Argentina, Chile)
Americas Program (SBE/INT)
Office of International Science and Engineering (INT)
Suite 935
Division of International Programs
U.S. National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22230
(703) 292-8706
Fax: (703) 292-9175
vbooker@nsf.gov
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/start.htm
**********************************************************************
* 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 *
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of *
* =A0=A0Global University System (GUS) *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Email: utsumi@columbia.edu *
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/ *
* Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 *
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Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma) <mardias@wana=
doo.fr><BR>
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P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi><BR>
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Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D. <vbooker@nsf.gov><BR>
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<B><U>Dear Steve:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Many thanks for your valuable information (<B><U>ATTACHMENT I</U></B>) =
about the “World Forum of UNESCO Chairs” (13-15 November 2002, U=
NESCO HQ, Paris).<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Mr. Seddoh and Mr. Beridze:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(2) My sincere congratulations to your organizing a wonderful conference.<B=
R>
<BR>
(3) I would greatly appreciate it if you can kindly send me a copy of the o=
riginal “</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Lucida Grande">progress_report_2001.rtf=
221; file, since its first page was garbled.<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B><U>Dear Marco:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(4) My wholehearted congratulations to the 10th anniversary of the UNITWIN =
Program which you created!!<BR>
<BR>
You must be very prude of its continuing success!!<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Tapio:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(5) Congratulations for your receiving an invitation to this exciting confe=
rence (<B><U>ATTACHMENT II</U></B>).<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Alex:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(6) <B><U>ATTACHMENT III</U></B> is an excerpt from my previous list distri=
bution which we suggested you to get the UNESCO Chair-ship.<BR>
<BR>
Pls visit;<BR>
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1324&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&a=
mp;URL_SECTION=3D201<BR>
<BR>
Pls then visit “Procedures and Practical guides” at the top rig=
ht corner to find out how to apply for the chair-ship.<BR>
<BR>
You may also visit the following at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GLOSAS_USA/Page/List_of_Activities.h=
tml<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Progr=
am <BR>
</FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Proposal for GUS to Become a Member of =
UNITWIN Program of UNESCO (First Draft) (3/24/01)=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Application to UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Pr=
ogram=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Signed Agreement by UNESCO and the Universi=
ty of Tampere<BR>
</FONT></UL></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
I would strongly suggest again that you apply for the UNESCO Chair-ship.<BR=
>
<BR>
This is because our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair program is to const=
ruct global scale knowledge forum among its member universities with advance=
d ICT for joint collaborative Hi-Tech research and development on various su=
bjects; for promoting exchange of ideas, information, and knowledge, etc., w=
hich are in line with the mission of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program.<=
BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Dr. Booker:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(7) Pls refer to my previous msg to you “(09/05/02) R&D of Peace =
Gaming and Global University System projects” at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/000148.html<BR>
<BR>
As you see, we are very much “research” and development oriente=
d along with the line of the UNESCO/UNTWIN Networking Program, during the pa=
st three decades.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>Dear Steve:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Many thanks again for your excellent support msg (<B><U>ATTACHMENT IV</U></=
B>).<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear E-Colleagues:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Pls follow the suit of Steve as sending your support msg to Dr. Booker. &nb=
sp;Thanks.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
I look forward to receiving your response soon.<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT I
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>New UNESCO UNITWIN Portal<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Thursday, September 12, 2002 8:09 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp><BR>
<B>To: </B><utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Utsumi,<BR>
<BR>
In case you have not seen this already, UNESCO has unveiled the following W=
ebsites:<BR>
<BR>
UNITWIN/UNESCO CHAIRS: UNESCO Education<BR>
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1324&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&a=
mp;URL_SECTION=3D201<BR>
<BR>
Celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the UNITWIN Programme (13-15 Novemb=
er 2002, UNESCO HQ, Paris)<BR>
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D4695&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&a=
mp;URL_SECTION=3D201&reload=3D1031874442<BR>
<BR>
Preliminary Programme (for the WORLD FORUM OF UNESCO CHAIRS)<BR>
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1762&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&a=
mp;URL_SECTION=3D201&reload=3D1031874897<BR>
<BR>
(More detailed) Agenda in English (MS Word document download)<BR>
http://portal.unesco.org/education/file_download.php/agenda+english.doc?URL=
_ID=3D1762&filename1022602945agenda_english.doc&filetype=3Dapplication%2=
Foctet-stream&filesize=3D29696&name=3Dagenda+english.doc&location=3Dus=
er-S/<BR>
<BR>
They do not yet mention the names of individual Chairs such as Prof. Tapio =
Varis representing the Global University System. The top UNESCO leader=
s will be there, including Director-General Koichi Matsuura and Sir John Dan=
iel.<BR>
<BR>
Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan<BR>
President, World Association for Online Education (NPO)<BR>
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/<BR>
Global University System (NGO) Asia-Pacific Framework:<BR>
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/<BR>
Online Library: Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection<BR>
(Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library 4-star rating in 1997 & 2001):<BR>
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT II
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U><BR>
</U>Subject: </B>World Forum of UNESCO Chairs 13-15 November<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Thursday, August 8, 2002 2:30 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi><BR>
<B>To: </B>Takeshi Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>, Paul Lefrere <P.L=
efrere@open.ac.uk><BR>
<B>Cc: </B>David Johnson <daj@utk.edu><BR>
<BR>
Dear Tak and others,<BR>
<BR>
I received through our Rector an invitation signed by Sir John Daniel, The =
<BR>
Assistant Directoir general for Education, to participate in the World <BR>
Forum of UNESCO Chairs in Paris 13-15 November. The timing is perfect since=
<BR>
my final official appointment here will take place in the faculty on the <B=
R>
28th August (delay due to summer holidays here) and will be confirmed by <B=
R>
the Chancellor immediately after that. Our Rector forwarded the invitation =
<BR>
to me. I have the possibility of distributing a written contribution of no =
<BR>
more than 10 pages by the end of September.I thought of updating our <BR>
InterMedia article and write about the idea of Global University System <BR=
>
network - idea, financing and technology. It would be nice to have your <BR=
>
views on that.I have to respond to UNESCO invitation by the end of this <BR=
>
August and intend to confirm my paritipation immediately. I will also be in=
<BR>
Paris for the European Prometeus conference 28 September - 1 October (where=
Marco Antonio will be one keynote spekaer, too) and may have another opport=
unity to discuss UNESCI people about this Forum. Please let me know if you h=
ave any ideas on this. regards,<BR>
<BR>
Tapio<BR>
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<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT III
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U><BR>
Excerpt from<BR>
</U></B></FONT><U><FONT SIZE=3D"5"><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">(10/07/01)(1)=
CampusNet and Community Development Network in Amazon, (2) GUS/UNESCO/UNITWI=
N Networking Program ?<BR>
</FONT></FONT></U><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Which can be retrieved at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2001q4/000060.html<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>III. UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(7) During the board mtg of our GUS in Madrid, Spain last=
June, we made a consensus that we would cordially invite you to become a co=
unterpart GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Chair -- you are well deserved for this, since =
you brought the CampusNet project up to this stage after having conducted hi=
ghly successful workshops in Manaus in 1998 and 2000.<BR>
<BR>
(8) Pls visit following web site for Tapio’s Chair =
application to this UNITWIN Networking program <http://www.unesco.org/edu=
cation/educprog/unitwin/index.html>,<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">http://www.friends partners.org/GLO=
SAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/UNESCO_NGO/Appl_frm_Univ_=
of_Tampere/Appl_frm_Univ_of_Tampere.html<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(9) The procedures to get the chairmanship is as follows;=
<BR>
<BR>
(a) Obtain endorsement letters fr=
om rectors of the universities of CampusNet,<BR>
<BR>
(b) Submit your application to th=
e Brazilian UNESCO National Committee,<BR>
<BR>
(c) Have them send their endorsem=
ent letter with your application.<BR>
<BR>
(10) I would strongly suggest that you contact Marco at y=
our earliest convenience, since this program was initiated by him.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">I recall that Marco’s previou=
s msg said that the committee’s next mtg will be in the next month, so=
that you better get hurry to do this. I would like to attach the copi=
es of the document to our InfoDev grant application.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">BTW, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, new Dir=
ector General of UNESCO, was the Director of Economic Affairs Bureau of the =
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- to which our application of funding =
CampusNet will be submitted in the near future.<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WID=
TH=3D"95%"></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT IV
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U><BR>
</U>Subject: </B>In support of the NSF Travel Grant Application for an Amaz=
on workshop<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Friday, September 6, 2002 1:14 AM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp><BR>
<B>To: </B><vbooker@nsf.gov>, <hstolber@nsf.gov><BR>
<B>Cc: </B><utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<BR>
Dear Dr. Booker and NSF Colleagues,<BR>
<BR>
Greetings from Japan. Dr. Utsumi in New York has presented his<BR>
reasoning and documentation to dispel any possible misunderstanding<BR>
of his current application to NSF on behalf of the Global University<BR>
System (GUS), and his message to you is archived on the Web as follows:<BR>
<BR>
[gu-l] (09/05/02) R&D of Peace Gaming and Global University System proj=
ects<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/000148.html<BR>
<BR>
GUS is a non-profit NGO recognized as equivalent to the<BR>
prestigious universities of the UNITWIN program by UNESCO.<BR>
>From my standpoint in the field of distance education as<BR>
President of the NPO World Association for Online Education,<BR>
GUS is a peerless meta-virtual university leading the world<BR>
toward the practicable potential of education for the future.<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Utsumi has explained the over 30 years of research and<BR>
experimentation that have led to this workshop proposal.<BR>
The research is neither untested nor finished, but needs<BR>
further support. The proposal does not ask NSF to support<BR>
the deployment of an Amazon network, just travel to a<BR>
workshop there for a small number of selected specialists.<BR>
All are volunteers who are giving their time, and it would<BR>
be to the credit of NSF to support their collaboration.<BR>
<BR>
One would hope that not pure research alone but research,<BR>
accumulated investigations, research-based associations,<BR>
applied research in engineering and other fields, could be<BR>
sustained to result in holistic solutions and educational<BR>
results from the interdisciplinary and international<BR>
collaborations. In this case it is not a matter of a certain<BR>
field such as medical research but the overall needs of a<BR>
developing region as served by interdisciplinary science.<BR>
<BR>
With much larger funding anticipated from government<BR>
and philanthropic sources to implement the results of<BR>
such a workshop, NSF travel funds for the research aspect<BR>
would be particularly cost-effective and much appreciated<BR>
in the wider academic community.<BR>
<BR>
Thank you for your consideration.<BR>
<BR>
Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan<BR>
President, World Association for Online Education (NPO):<BR>
waoe@waoe.org - http://waoe.org/president/index.html<BR>
Home Page: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/presence.html<BR>
Japanese Home Page: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/<BR>
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/<BR>
Global University System (NGO) Asia-Pacific Framework:<BR>
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/<BR>
Online Library: Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection<BR>
(Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library 4-star rating in 1997 & 2001):<BR>
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html<BR>
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<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>List of Distribution
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
Steve McCarty<BR>
Professor, Kagawa Junior College<BR>
President, World Association for Online Education (WAOE):<BR>
Residence: 3717-33 Nii, Kokubunji, Kagawa 769-0101 JAPAN<BR>
Tel: +81-877-49-8041 (office, direct); Fax: +81-877-49-5252<BR>
E-mail: <U>steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp</U>, <U>mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp<BR>
</U>Website Map: <U>http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/<BR>
</U>In Japanese: <U>http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/<BR>
http://www.waoe.org/president/index.html<BR>
http://www.waoe.org/steve/index.html<BR>
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-j.html</U> -- ab=
out GUS<BR>
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html<BR>
<BR>
Mr. Komlavi Francisco Seddoh<BR>
Director, Division of Higher Education<BR>
UNESCO<BR>
7, Place de Fontenoy<BR>
75352, Paris 07SP<BR>
FRANCE<BR>
+33-1-45-68-1106<BR>
Fax: +33-1-45-68-5626 to 5628<BR>
k.seddoh@unesco.org<BR>
<BR>
Dimitri Beridze<BR>
Chief a.i., <BR>
Section for Networking and Institutional Development<BR>
Division of Higher Education<BR>
UNESCO<BR>
7, place de Fontenoy<BR>
75352 PARIS 07SP<BR>
FRANCE<BR>
Tel.: (33-1) 45680987<BR>
Fax.: (33-1) 45685628<BR>
d.beridze@unesco.org<BR>
http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=3D1324&URL_DO=3DDO_TOPIC&a=
mp;URL_SECTION=3D201<BR>
<BR>
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma)<BR>
Vice President, Global University System<BR>
Consultant of United Nations University<BR>
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO<BR>
36, Rue Ernest Renan<BR>
92.190 Meudon<BR>
FRANCE<BR>
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509<BR>
+33-1-45-68-3009 (UNU office in Paris)<BR>
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509<BR>
mardias@wanadoo.fr<BR>
<BR>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor<BR>
Acting President, Global University System<BR>
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland<BR>
Unesco Chair on global eLearning<BR>
Professor and Chair of Media Education<BR>
Media Culture and Communication Education<BR>
Hypermedia laboratory<BR>
University of Tampere<BR>
P.O.Box 607<BR>
FIN-33101 Tampere<BR>
FINLAND<BR>
Tel: +358-3-215 6111<BR>
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna<BR>
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere<BR>
GSM: +358-50-567-9833<BR>
Fax: +358-3-215 7503<BR>
tapio.varis@uta.fi<BR>
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi<BR>
http://www.uta.fi/~titava<BR>
<BR>
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas<BR>
General Director of the Center of Sciences of the Environment<BR>
Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA)<BR>
Universidade Federal do Amazonas / FundacaoUNI-SOL<BR>
Campus Universitario<BR>
3000 Manaus, AM<BR>
Brazil 69000<BR>
Tel: +55-92-647-4063<BR>
Cel: +55-92-9988.9121 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)<BR>
Fax: +55-92-647-4066<BR>
alex_mau@argo.com.br<BR>
http://www.fua.br/<BR>
<BR>
Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D.<BR>
Program Manager<BR>
Caribbean Region and South America, (except Argentina, Chile)<BR>
Americas Program (SBE/INT)<BR>
Office of International Science and Engineering (INT)<BR>
Suite 935<BR>
Division of International Programs<BR>
U.S. National Science Foundation<BR>
National Science Foundation<BR>
4201 Wilson Boulevard<BR>
Arlington, Virginia 22230<BR>
(703) 292-8706<BR>
Fax: (703) 292-9175<BR>
vbooker@nsf.gov<BR>
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/start.htm<BR>
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