The Board provides the secretariat of the Alliance with executive oversight and guidance.

Terms of Reference

Composition

The Board is composed of 14 Members, designated, on behalf of the Secretary-General, for a one year renewable term in their personal capacity after consultation with stakeholder networks, and bearing in mind the need to ensure stakeholder, gender, geographical and institutional balances. The Under-Secretary-General, DESA and the Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Alliance are ex-officio members of the Committee.

Functions

• Provides executive direction to the work of the Alliance and its Secretariat via approval of the Business Plan for the Alliance on a regular basis;
• Defines the medium and long-term priorities of the Alliance in consultation with the Strategy Council and all relevant stakeholders;
• Reviews and approves the establishment and mandates of thematic Communities of Expertise to carry out well-defined, specific tasks, within one or more focus areas of the Alliance;
• Reviews periodic progress reports from the Communities of Expertise;
• Reviews and approves the establishment of stakeholder networks, Regional Networks and Regional Centres of Excellence;
• Reviews periodic progress reports from the Regional Networks and Regional Centres of Excellence;
• Reviews and approves recommendations of the Secretariat as regards partnerships, sponsorship of events, etc.;
• Spearheads activities to raise funds and in-kind contributions by members, partners and other organizations;
• Identifies and transmits relevant cutting-edge and emerging issues and inputs on ICT for development, including those contributed by the Strategy Council, High-level Advisers and members of the Champions Network, to the Secretary-General;
• Exercises a leadership role in high-level advocacy and policy advice in the field of ICT for development and for the Global Alliance; and
• Liaises, with the assistance of the Secretariat, with other global bodies working in the field of ICT for Development.

Members of the Board

1. Mr. Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation
2. Ms. Hessa Al Jaber S., Secretary-General, Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology, Qatar
3. Ms. Gloria Bonder, Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America, UNESCO, Argentina
4. Mr. Kamran Elahian, Chairman, Global Catalyst Partners, USA - Co-Chair of GAID
5. Mr. Aliyu Ikra Bilbis, Minister of State for Information and Communication, Federal Ministry of Information and Communications, Nigeria
6. Mr. Ivo Ivanovski, Minister of Information Society, Government of the Republic of Macedonia, TFYR of Macedonia
7. Mr. Markku Kauppinen, Ambassador (Trade & Development), Department for Development Policy, Finland
8. Mr. Abdul W. Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO, Paris
9. Mr. Maximus Ongkili, Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
10. Mr. Armen Orujyan, President, ATHGO international, USA
11. Mr. S.R. Rao, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, India
12. Mr. John E. Davies, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group, Intel Corporation, USA
    Mr. Richard Hall, Director, Intel Corporation, USA
13. Mr. Pietro Sicuro, Director, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Paris
14. Ms. Ingrid Srinath, Secretary-General, Civicus, South Africa
15. Mr. Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chief Executive Officer, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sweden
16. Mr. Thierno Ousmane Sy, Special Adviser (in charge of ICTs) to the President, Government of Senegal, Senegal
17. Mr. Rodolfo Torres Espejo, Director (Electronic Government and IT Policy Unit), Ministry of Public Function, Mexico
18. Mr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Switzerland
19. Mr. Choi Soon-hong, Assistant Secretary-General, Chief Information Technology Officer, United Nations