Agenda of Strategy Council Meeting, 27th February 2007

UN GAID Strategy Council Meeting

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Intel Headquarters - Robert Noyce Building

Draft Agenda

8.15

Buses depart from the Biltmore Hotel to Intel Headquarters

08.30 - 09.00

REGISTRATION

09.00 - 10.15

OPENING SESSION

9.00 - 9.10

Welcome by Mr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development

9.10 - 9.15

Video message from Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

9.15 - 9.25

Address by Dr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

9:25 - 9:35

Address by H.E. Minister Dato' Sri Dr. Jamaludin Jarjis, Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation, Malaysia

9.35 - 9.45

Statement by Mr. Guy Sebban, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

9:45 - 9:52

Update on Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) by Ambassador Walter Fust, Director-General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

9:52 - 10.05

Report on progress by Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development

10.05 - 10.15

Break

10.15 - 12.00

PRESENTATIONS OF, AND DISCUSSION ON FLAGSHIP PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR ADVOCACY THEMES
Presentations of no more than seven minutes, followed by interactive discussion with participants.

10.15 - 10.35

Flagship Partnership Initiative (FPI): Better Connectivity with Broadband to Africa

10.35 - 10.55

FPI: Telecentre 2.0

10.55 - 11.15

FPI: Cyber Development Corps

11.15 - 11.35

Partnership for advocacy theme: Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT (G3ICT)

11.35 - 11.45

Partnership for advocacy theme: Free Access for all Schools to the Net

11.45 - 12.00

Discussion on FPIs and Advocacy Partnerships

12.00 - 13.00

INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUSINESS PLAN
(including on Regional Networks, Stakeholder Networks, High-level Advisers, Champions Network)

13.00 - 14.00

LUNCH AND NETWORKING

14.00 - 15.30

COMMUNITIES OF EXPERTISE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION

Four parallel sessions, grouped by GAID focus areas for clustered discussion: (1) Education, (2) Entrepreneurship, (3) Governance and (4) Health with cross-cutting issues: Gender, Rural Development and Content.
Each presenter will be invited to speak for no more than four minutes. Following the presentations, interactive discussion will be held concerning the cluster as a whole.

15.30 - 16.00

Break

16.00 - 17.00

CLOSING SESSION

16.00 - 16.20

Reports by rapporteurs on the four parallel sessions on COEs

16.20 - 16.40

Sum-up, Sarbuland Khan

16.40 - 17.00

Next steps and closing remarks, Craig Barrett

17.00 - 17.30