[Chapter-delegates] DATE CHANGE: E-Meeting Invitation "A guide to Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (APC)" - now March 13th

[Sabrina Wilmot]

Dear Colleagues

Please note that the date for the special e-conference has been moved to

	*13th* March at UTC 10.30 and UTC 18:30


Please indicate which of the two calls you would like to attend when 
signing up on the Chapter wiki: 
http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Events


Best regards,
Sabrina Wilmot
ISOC

On 3/3/2008 8:55 PM, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
> Dear Colleagues
> 
> You are invited to attend a special e-conference on 14th March at UTC 
> 10.30 and UTC 18:30 with Dr Lishan Adam, co-author of a study about 
> Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships by the Association of Progressive 
> Communications (APC).
> 
> Voluntary and collaborative relationships between Chapters and other 
> organisations are becoming increasingly important. Partnerships between 
> the public sector, the private sector and particularly civil society in 
> promoting information and communication technology (ICT) policy are a 
> relatively new venture. The mechanisms, management and governance of 
> such partnerships, from loose arrangements to more formal mechanisms, 
> are still relatively new. The multi-stakeholder approach has become 
> preferred to a traditional top-down approach for promoting policy 
> changes and managing accountability in the implementation of ICT programmes.
> 
> In preparation for the e-meeting we have uploaded the document 
> "Frequently Asked Questions about Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ICTs 
> for Development" at:
> 
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/meetings/
> 
> Dr Lishan Adam's profile and an overview with "Multi-Stakeholder 
> Partnership - Online Resources" are available for your review on the 
> Chapter wiki (see link below).
> 
> If you would like to attend this special e-meeting please sign up to the 
> Chapter wiki at (click on E-meeting schedule):
> 
> http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Events
> 
> We look forward to your participation. If you have any queries, please
> do not hesitate to contact chapters at isoc.org.
>