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1 Annotated Chair’s Agenda Donors Committee Meeting June 19-20, 2008, Washington DC Thursday, June 19 9:00- 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks and Welcome Mohsen Khalil, Director GICT, the World Bank Group Valerie D’Costa, infoDev Program Manager Mohsen to deliver opening remarks (directly behind June 19 tab)
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1

Ann

otat

ed C

hair

’s A

gend

a D

onor

s Com

mitt

ee M

eetin

g Ju

ne 1

9-20

, 200

8, W

ashi

ngto

n D

C

T

hurs

day,

Jun

e 19

9:00

-9:

15

a.m

.

Ope

ning

Rem

arks

and

W

elco

me

M

ohse

n K

halil

, Dire

ctor

GIC

T,

the

Wor

ld B

ank

Gro

up

Val

erie

D’C

osta

, inf

oDev

Pr

ogra

m M

anag

er

Moh

sen

to d

eliv

er o

peni

ng r

emar

ks (d

irec

tly b

ehin

d Ju

ne 1

9 ta

b)

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2

9:15

-12

:30p

m

Sess

ion

I: T

he R

ole

of IC

T4D

in

Wor

ld B

ank

Gro

up

Stra

tegi

es a

nd P

rior

ities

M

ohse

n K

halil

, Dire

ctor

, GIC

T,

Wor

ld B

ank

Gro

up

Q&

A fo

llow

ed b

y D

onor

s’

roun

dtab

le d

iscu

ssio

n of

thei

r IC

T4D

prio

ritie

s, ob

ject

ives

, co

ncer

ns, a

reas

of s

yner

gy

Dis

cuss

ion

Lead

er: V

aler

ie

D’C

osta

Moh

sen

to d

eliv

er p

rese

ntat

ion

Val

erie

to le

ad st

ruct

ured

dis

cuss

ion

with

don

ors,

allo

win

g th

em to

up

date

eac

h ot

her

on th

eir

ICT

4D p

rogr

ams.

Dis

cuss

ion

coul

d be

st

ruct

ured

aro

und

follo

win

g ke

y qu

estio

ns:

1. W

hat d

o do

nors

see

as k

ey tr

ends

aff

ectin

g th

e IC

T4D

sect

or

toda

y?

2. W

hat a

re th

e di

ffer

ence

s and

sim

ilari

ties a

mon

g th

e di

ffer

ent

dono

rs’ I

CT

4D v

isio

ns, t

arge

t cou

ntri

es a

nd r

egio

ns, a

nd w

here

do

es IC

T4D

fit w

ithin

thei

r br

oade

r na

tiona

l OD

A st

rate

gies

?

3. W

here

can

info

Dev

add

val

ue to

thes

e ar

eas?

Wha

t are

thre

e or

fo

ur to

pics

whe

re d

onor

s hav

e a

shar

ed in

tere

st a

nd w

here

info

Dev

ca

n pl

ay a

mea

ning

ful r

ole?

V

aler

ie to

cal

l cof

fee

brea

k at

10:

45.

Dis

cuss

ion

to r

esum

e at

11:

00

Val

erie

to w

rap

up d

iscu

ssio

n by

12:

30.

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3

12:3

0 p.

m.

Lunc

h (o

n si

te)

ICT

and

Ris

ing

Food

Pri

ces

A lu

ncht

ime

spea

ker

will

exp

lore

th

e ro

le o

f IC

T in

tod

ay’s

glo

bal

food

cris

is.

“At t

his

mom

ent i

n tim

e, w

here

food

is

beco

min

g sc

arce

and

the

poo

rest

can

ha

rdly

eat

, acc

ess

to in

form

atio

n on

the

situ

atio

n in

the

rem

otes

t ar

eas

and

to

com

mun

icat

ion

mea

ns a

re v

ital t

o m

ake

sure

res

ourc

es a

re b

est u

sed.

” Te

leco

m

Sans

Fro

ntie

res

Spe

aker

: S

haun

Fer

ris,

Sen

ior

Adv

isor

-

Agr

icul

ture

an

d E

nviro

nmen

t, C

atho

lic

Rel

ief S

ervi

ces

Val

erie

to in

trod

uce

spea

ker

and

disc

ussa

nt.

Dr

Shau

n Fe

rris

is th

e Se

nior

Tec

hnic

al A

dvis

or o

n A

gric

ultu

re a

nd

Env

iron

men

t fo

r th

e C

atho

lic R

elie

f Se

rvic

es i

n B

altim

ore.

H

e pr

ovid

es t

echn

ical

ass

ista

nce

to C

RS’

pro

gram

s ov

erse

as w

ith a

n em

phas

is o

n ag

ro-e

nter

pris

e de

velo

pmen

t. B

efor

e jo

inin

g C

RS

in

2007

, he

ser

ved

as a

con

sulta

nt t

o a

num

ber

of o

rgan

izat

ions

and

go

vern

men

t ag

enci

es, i

nclu

ding

USA

ID, D

AN

IDA

, the

Wor

ld B

ank,

an

d th

e G

over

nmen

t of U

gand

a.

Dis

cuss

ant

is P

arm

esh

Shah

, Lea

d R

ural

Dev

elop

men

t Sp

ecia

list

in

the

Agr

icul

ture

and

Rur

al D

evel

opm

ent

Div

isio

n of

the

Sou

th A

sia

Reg

ion

at t

he W

orld

Ban

k.

His

are

as o

f ex

pert

ise

and

inte

rest

are

co

mm

unity

dri

ven

deve

lopm

ent,

soci

al a

nd e

cono

mic

em

pow

erm

ent,

mak

ing

mar

kets

and

ser

vice

s w

ork

for

the

poor

, bot

tom

of

pyra

mid

m

arke

ts,

use

of

ICT

in

ru

ral

deve

lopm

ent

and

dem

and

side

ap

proa

ches

to g

over

nanc

e.

Val

erie

to w

rap

up d

iscu

ssio

n by

2:0

0.

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4

2:

00

– 3:

30 p

.m.

Sess

ion

II: D

onor

Upd

ate

Bro

adba

nd P

olic

y fo

r A

fric

a A

mod

erat

ed d

iscu

ssio

n on

po

licy

optio

ns fo

r inc

reas

ing

broa

dban

d pe

netra

tion

in A

fric

a th

roug

h th

e ro

llout

of b

ackb

one

netw

orks

, the

app

licat

ion

of

open

acc

ess p

rinci

ples

&

solv

ing

the

prob

lem

s of t

he la

st

mile

. S

peak

er: M

ark

Willi

ams,

CIT

PO

, Wor

ld

Ban

k Ju

dith

Pay

ne -

ICT

Adv

isor

, US

AID

Val

erie

to in

trod

uce

spea

ker

and

disc

ussa

nts.

Spea

ker

is M

ark

Will

iam

s, a

seni

or e

cono

mis

t in

the

Polic

y D

ivis

ion

of th

e W

orld

Ban

k’s G

loba

l IC

T D

epar

tmen

t, w

here

he

spec

ializ

es in

th

e ec

onom

ics a

nd r

egul

atio

n of

tele

com

mun

icat

ions

net

wor

ks.

For

the

past

yea

r, M

ark

has b

een

lead

ing

an in

foD

ev/W

orld

Ban

k st

udy

into

bac

kbon

e ne

twor

k in

fras

truc

ture

in A

fric

a, w

hich

will

mak

e po

licy

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

how

gov

ernm

ents

can

influ

ence

in

vest

men

t in

and

acce

ss to

the

netw

orks

to in

crea

se b

road

band

up

take

. D

iscu

ssan

t:

1. J

udith

Pay

ne is

USA

ID’s

e-B

usin

ess A

dvis

or a

nd h

elps

USA

ID

mis

sion

s aro

und

the

wor

ld u

se IC

T a

s a to

ol fo

r ec

onom

ic g

row

th.

She

also

serv

es a

s USA

ID’s

ICT

Coo

rdin

ator

for

Afr

ica,

focu

sing

on

how

USA

ID c

an im

prov

e ac

cess

to IC

T a

cros

s Afr

ica

and

take

ad

vant

age

of it

for

deve

lopm

ent.

Mar

k to

wra

p up

dis

cuss

ion

by 3

:30

and

Val

erie

to c

all c

offe

e br

eak.

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5

3:45

– 5:

00

p.m

.

Sess

ion

III:

Don

or U

pdat

e Fo

ster

ing

IT a

nd IT

-ena

bled

Se

rvic

e In

dust

ries

A

mod

erat

ed d

iscu

ssio

n on

the

grow

th o

f IT

and

IT-e

nabl

ed

serv

ice

(ITE

S) in

dust

ries i

n de

velo

ping

cou

ntrie

s, w

here

th

e op

portu

nitie

s lie

and

wha

t it

take

s to

succ

eed

as a

n IT

/ITES

pr

ovid

er in

the

glob

al

know

ledg

e ec

onom

y.

Spe

aker

: Kam

iar K

haja

vi, M

cKin

sey,

D

iscu

ssan

ts: M

ohan

Kha

rban

da, S

enio

r IT

ES

Con

sulta

nt, W

orld

Ban

k an

d M

ai

Siri

phon

gpha

nh, D

igita

l Div

ide

Dat

a

Val

erie

to in

trod

uce

spea

ker

and

disc

ussa

nts.

Spea

ker

is K

amia

r K

haja

vi, E

ngag

emen

t Man

ager

, McK

inse

y&

Com

pany

. K

amia

r is

als

o th

e pr

ojec

t man

ager

for

the

info

Dev

- W

orld

Ban

k st

udy

on IT

and

IT-e

nabl

ed se

rvic

es (I

TE

S).

Dis

cuss

ants

: 1.

Moh

an K

harb

anda

is S

enio

r IT

ES

Con

sulta

nt a

t the

Wor

ld B

ank

and

has a

succ

essf

ul tr

ack

reco

rd o

f P&

L o

wne

rshi

p w

ithin

seve

ral

Fort

une

100

com

pani

es.

Mos

t rec

ently

, Moh

an w

as a

Vic

e Pr

esid

ent

at A

pple

, res

pons

ible

for

sett

ing

up o

ff-s

hore

ope

ratio

ns in

Eas

tern

E

urop

e an

d A

sia.

Pri

or to

that

, he

serv

ed a

s Vic

e Pr

esid

ent a

nd

Man

agin

g D

irec

tor

of D

ell I

nter

natio

nal S

ervi

ces f

or In

dia,

whe

re h

e w

as r

espo

nsib

le fo

r es

tabl

ishi

ng a

nd r

apid

ly sc

alin

g D

ell’s

Indi

a op

erat

ions

to se

rve

cust

omer

s fro

m th

e U

S, C

anad

a, th

e U

K, I

rela

nd,

Aus

tral

ia, a

nd N

ew Z

eala

nd.

2. M

ai S

irip

hong

phan

h is

the

Chi

ef O

pera

ting

Off

icer

of D

igita

l D

ivid

e D

ata,

bas

ed in

Phn

om P

enh,

Cam

bodi

a. S

he is

res

pons

ible

fo

r D

DD

’s o

pera

tions

in C

ambo

dia

and

Lao

s, w

hich

em

ploy

500

st

aff.

DD

D is

a v

ery

inno

vativ

e co

mpa

ny w

hich

has

res

pond

ed to

the

oppo

rtun

ities

pre

sent

ed b

y th

e IT

ES

indu

stry

. It

off

ers c

ompe

titiv

e w

ages

and

edu

catio

nal b

enef

its to

dis

adva

ntag

ed se

gmen

ts o

f Lao

an

d C

ambo

dian

pop

ulat

ions

, ena

blin

g th

em to

acc

eler

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

ir lo

cal I

T in

dust

ries

and

equ

ippi

ng th

em fo

r be

tter

futu

res a

s kno

wle

dge

wor

kers

. C

athe

rine

to a

nnou

nce

dinn

er a

rran

gem

ents

.

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6

Age

nda

Don

ors’

Com

mitt

ee M

eetin

g Ju

ne 1

9-20

, 200

8, W

ashi

ngto

n D

C

Fr

iday

, Jun

e 20

9:

00-9

:15

a.m

. O

peni

ng R

emar

ks

Moh

sen

Kha

lil

Moh

sen

to d

eliv

er o

peni

ng r

emar

ks (

first

doc

umen

t un

der

June

20

tab)

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7

9:15

am-

12:3

0 p.

m.

Pres

enta

tion:

Key

D

eliv

erab

les f

or in

foD

ev in

FY

08 a

nd K

ey

Rec

omm

enda

tions

of t

he

Inde

pend

ent E

valu

atio

n of

in

foD

ev

Val

erie

D’C

osta

Q

uest

ions

and

Ans

wer

s, D

iscu

ssio

n by

Don

ors

Cha

ir: M

ohse

n K

halil

(c

offe

e br

eak

will

be

at 1

0.30

am

)

Val

erie

to m

ake

pres

enta

tion

from

spea

king

not

es

Aft

er p

rese

ntat

ion,

Cha

ir to

lead

stru

ctur

ed d

ebat

e am

ong

dono

rs:

1. i

nfoD

ev k

ey d

eliv

erab

les a

nd fi

nanc

ial s

tate

men

t for

FY

08

Key

mes

sage

s for

Moh

sen

to c

onve

y:

info

Dev

is m

aint

aini

ng th

e qu

ality

of i

ts b

rand

in p

rodu

cts s

uch

as th

e IC

T R

egul

atio

n To

olki

t, th

e IC

T in

Edu

catio

n To

olki

t, an

d th

e G

loba

l In

cuba

tors

Pro

gram

. It h

as a

lso

cont

ribut

ed to

Sou

th-s

outh

kno

wle

dge

shar

ing

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g in

all

thes

e ar

eas v

ia th

e G

CB

I, Lo

w-c

ost

Use

r Dev

ices

Com

mun

ity o

f Pra

ctic

e, R

egio

nal I

ncub

ator

Net

wor

k W

orks

hops

etc

. in

foD

ev h

as v

entu

red

into

new

wor

k su

ch a

s Fra

gile

and

Pos

t-con

flict

St

ates

, Sur

veys

of I

CT

in E

duca

tion

acro

ss A

fric

a an

d th

e C

arib

bean

as

wel

l as t

he fi

nanc

ing

need

s of S

MEs

. Q

uest

ions

/com

men

ts fr

om d

onor

s C

offe

e br

eak

from

10:

30-1

0:45

.

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9:15

am-

12:3

0 p.

m.

Pres

enta

tion:

Key

D

eliv

erab

les f

or in

foD

ev in

FY

08

and

Key

R

ecom

men

datio

ns o

f the

In

depe

nden

t Eva

luat

ion

of

info

Dev

V

aler

ie D

’Cos

ta

Que

stio

ns a

nd A

nsw

ers,

Dis

cuss

ion

by D

onor

s C

hair

: Moh

sen

Kha

lil

(cof

fee

brea

k w

ill b

e at

10.

30

am)

2. R

ecom

men

datio

ns o

f Uni

vers

alia

Rep

ort

Key

mes

sage

s for

Moh

sen

to c

onve

y:

In a

tran

sitio

nal y

ear,

info

Dev

has

bee

n pr

oact

ive

in a

ddre

ssin

g th

e re

com

men

datio

ns o

f the

Uni

vers

alia

Rep

ort.

It h

as a

ctiv

ely

initi

ated

a

fund

rais

ing

stra

tegy

to m

ake

its fu

ndin

g ba

se m

ore

secu

re a

nd

com

men

ced

outre

ach

to n

ew d

onor

s, in

clud

ing

Kor

ea a

nd B

razi

l. It

has

deve

lope

d a

Com

mun

icat

ions

Stra

tegy

and

new

dis

sem

inat

ion

met

hods

us

ing

mul

timed

ia, e

spec

ially

its w

ebsi

te. I

t has

stre

ngth

ened

its i

nter

nal

man

agem

ent c

ontro

ls a

nd fi

nanc

ial r

epor

ting

to d

onor

s. It

has a

lso

expa

nded

its w

ork

into

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g, a

s Uni

vers

alia

reco

mm

ende

d.

Que

stio

ns/c

omm

ents

from

don

ors

Moh

sen

to c

lose

deb

ate

at 1

2.30

pm.

Lun

ch ta

kes p

lace

in L

-101

.

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9

2:

00-4

:00

p.m

.

Pres

enta

tion:

- H

ighl

ight

s of

info

Dev

’s W

ork

Prog

ram

and

B

udge

t FY

09, i

nfoD

ev

Com

mun

icat

ions

Str

ateg

y

- Str

ateg

ic D

irec

tions

for

FY09

-11

and

Impr

ovin

g in

foD

ev’s

Fun

ding

Bas

e V

aler

ie D

’Cos

ta

Que

stio

ns a

nd A

nsw

ers,

Dis

cuss

ion

by D

onor

s C

hair

: Kat

hy S

ierr

a, V

ice

Pres

iden

t Sus

tain

able

D

evel

opm

ent,

the

Wor

ld B

ank

Rem

arks

by

Kat

hy S

ierr

a (s

econ

d do

cum

ent u

nder

Jun

e 20

tab)

V

aler

ie to

mak

e pr

esen

tatio

n fr

om sp

eaki

ng n

otes

. A

fter

pre

sent

atio

n, C

hair

to le

ad st

ruct

ured

dis

cuss

ion

amon

g do

nors

:

1. i

nfoD

ev F

Y09

Wor

k Pr

ogra

m a

nd B

udge

t 2.

info

Dev

Com

mun

icat

ions

Str

ateg

y K

ey m

essa

ges f

or K

athy

to c

onve

y:

• Th

e B

ank

has p

rovi

ded

mor

e th

an h

alf o

f the

ove

rall

supp

ort t

o in

foD

ev si

nce

the

Prog

ram

’s in

cept

ion,

and

it w

ill c

ontin

ue to

pr

ovid

e ad

min

istra

tive

and

man

agem

ent s

uppo

rt to

the

prog

ram

. Th

ese

inst

itutio

nal l

inks

will

con

tinue

to b

enef

it bo

th d

onor

s and

th

e pr

ogra

m it

self.

info

Dev

can

als

o le

vera

ge it

s lin

ks w

ith W

BG

to ra

ise

new

co

ntrib

utio

ns: e

xam

ples

incl

ude

IFC

con

tribu

tion

of $

3M, K

orea

n co

ntrib

utio

n of

$15

M.

• Th

ere

is o

ngoi

ng, u

npar

alle

led

inst

itutio

nal c

apita

l inf

oDev

can

tap

on fr

om th

e B

ank:

witn

ess t

he p

rese

ntat

ions

hea

rd y

este

rday

whi

ch

can

trans

late

into

key

wor

k ar

eas f

or in

foD

ev g

oing

forw

ard:

br

oadb

and

for A

fric

a, IT

-ena

bled

serv

ices

indu

stry

, IC

T in

ag

ricul

ture

supp

ly c

hain

and

mar

kets

, etc

. •

In te

rms o

f its

com

mun

icat

ions

cap

abili

ties,

info

Dev

has

take

n a

stra

tegi

c lo

ok a

t its

cap

abili

ties,

re re

orga

nize

d an

d re

vam

ped

its

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10

2:00

-4:0

0 p.

m.

Pres

enta

tion:

- H

ighl

ight

s of

info

Dev

’s W

ork

Prog

ram

and

B

udge

t FY

09, i

nfoD

ev

Com

mun

icat

ions

Str

ateg

y

- Str

ateg

ic D

irec

tions

for

FY09

-11

and

Impr

ovin

g in

foD

ev’s

Fun

ding

Bas

e V

aler

ie D

’Cos

ta

Que

stio

ns a

nd A

nsw

ers,

Dis

cuss

ion

by D

onor

s C

hair

: Kat

hy S

ierr

a, V

ice

Pres

iden

t and

Hea

d of

N

etw

ork,

SD

NV

P, th

e W

orld

B

ank

diss

emin

atio

n m

etho

ds, u

pdat

ed it

s web

, vid

eo, a

nd p

rint t

ools

, and

ca

n no

w d

isse

min

ate

its k

now

ledg

e m

ore

effe

ctiv

ely.

C

omm

ents

/que

stio

ns fr

om d

onor

s. 3.

Str

ateg

ic D

irec

tions

for

FY09

-11

Key

mes

sage

s for

Kat

hy to

con

vey:

The

Prog

ram

shou

ld b

e sc

aled

for g

row

th b

ecau

se th

e IC

T4D

ag

enda

is b

ecom

ing

mor

e an

d m

ore

impo

rtant

to d

evel

opin

g co

untri

es’ i

nteg

ratio

n in

to a

glo

bal i

nfor

mat

ion

econ

omy.

The

en

ablin

g di

men

sion

s of I

CT

mea

n it

shou

ld b

e ef

fect

ivel

y de

ploy

ed

and

mai

nstre

amed

into

a ra

nge

of se

ctor

s, fr

om a

gric

ultu

re

prod

uctio

n to

the

envi

ronm

ent t

o ru

ral l

ivel

ihoo

ds to

hea

lth a

nd

educ

atio

n in

itiat

ives

to c

lean

tech

nolo

gies

. •

In a

dditi

on to

the

core

fund

ing

need

s of t

he P

rogr

am to

del

iver

ho

rizon

tal,

cros

s-cu

tting

kno

wle

dge

prod

ucts

, the

stra

tegi

c id

eas

pres

ente

d by

Val

erie

are

opp

ortu

nitie

s for

one

or m

ore

dono

rs to

fu

nd a

ver

tical

pro

gram

, for

exa

mpl

e on

Foo

d &

Agr

icul

ture

or

Hea

lth o

r Edu

catio

n.

• A

noth

er k

ey a

sset

info

Dev

shou

ld u

se st

rate

gica

lly is

the

unpa

ralle

led

netw

ork

of S

MEs

and

indi

vidu

al e

ntre

pren

eurs

it h

as

crea

ted

via

the

incu

batio

n ne

twor

k w

hich

was

fund

ed b

y Ja

pan.

Th

is is

a p

ower

ful l

ocal

pre

senc

e w

hich

is a

n im

porta

nt e

ngin

e of

SM

E pr

ivat

e se

ctor

dev

elop

men

t, in

nova

tion

at th

e gr

assr

oots

, job

cr

eatio

n an

d in

telle

ctua

l pro

perty

gen

erat

ion

in d

evel

opin

g

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2:00

-4:0

0 p.

m.

Pres

enta

tion:

- H

ighl

ight

s of

info

Dev

’s W

ork

Prog

ram

and

B

udge

t FY

09, i

nfoD

ev

Com

mun

icat

ions

Str

ateg

y

- Str

ateg

ic D

irec

tions

for

FY09

-11

and

Impr

ovin

g in

foD

ev’s

Fun

ding

Bas

e V

aler

ie D

’Cos

ta

Que

stio

ns a

nd A

nsw

ers,

Dis

cuss

ion

by D

onor

s C

hair

: Kat

hy S

ierr

a, V

ice

Pres

iden

t and

Hea

d of

N

etw

ork,

SD

NV

P, th

e W

orld

B

ank

coun

tries

. Spe

cial

than

ks sh

ould

go

to Ja

pan

for h

avin

g th

e fo

resi

ght t

o fu

nd th

is in

a su

stai

ned

man

ner o

ver t

he p

ast f

ive

year

s. •

info

Dev

alre

ady

has a

glo

bal b

rand

nam

e in

ICT

in E

duca

tion

and

ICT

Reg

ulat

ion,

whi

ch sh

ould

con

tinue

, but

it a

lso

poss

esse

s the

fle

xibi

lity

to st

udy

new

and

em

ergi

ng c

uttin

g-ed

ge is

sues

such

as

food

and

agr

icul

ture

, bro

adba

nd c

onte

nt, c

lean

tech

and

dis

aste

r re

silie

nce

and

prep

ared

ness

. Q

uest

ions

and

com

men

ts fr

om d

onor

s. 4.

Impr

ovin

g in

foD

ev’s

fund

ing

base

K

ey m

essa

ges f

or K

athy

to c

onve

y:

• in

foD

ev n

eeds

at l

east

a 3

-5 y

ear

finan

cing

com

mitm

ent f

rom

its

dono

rs to

pro

perly

laun

ch a

sust

aina

ble

and

long

er te

rm w

ork

prog

ram

. Its

fund

ing

base

whi

ch is

cur

rent

ly b

ased

on

smal

l co

mm

itmen

ts, g

iven

on

an a

nnua

l bas

is, m

ust e

volv

e in

to m

ulti-

year

com

mitm

ents

and

larg

er a

mou

nts.

• in

foD

ev n

eeds

to a

lso

mov

e to

a c

ore

fund

ing

mod

el, r

epla

cing

the

man

y in

divi

dual

trus

t fun

ds it

cur

rent

ly o

vers

ees.

This

resu

lts in

a

frag

men

ted

wor

k pr

ogra

m a

nd h

igh

adm

inis

trativ

e co

sts.

• in

foD

ev sh

ould

als

o be

enc

oura

ged

to c

ontin

ually

eng

age

new

do

nors

, inc

ludi

ng e

mer

ging

eco

nom

ies,

as th

ese

coun

tries

po

sses

s im

porta

nt e

xper

ienc

e in

impl

emen

ting

ICT4

D w

hich

can

be

shar

ed w

ith o

ther

cou

ntrie

s •

We

will

seek

out

par

tner

ship

s with

the

priv

ate

sect

or o

n sp

ecifi

c pr

ojec

ts (c

ontd

. nex

t pag

e)

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• W

e w

ill a

ppro

ach

phila

nthr

opic

foun

datio

ns w

ho h

ave

beco

me

key

play

ers i

n th

e IC

T4D

spac

e C

omm

ents

/que

stio

ns fr

om d

onor

s. 4.

15-4

:30

p.m

. A

ppro

val o

f Doc

umen

ts

- Ann

ual R

epor

t FY

08

- inf

oDev

FY

09 W

ork

Prog

ram

and

Bud

get

- inf

oDev

Com

mun

icat

ions

St

rate

gy

Kat

hy c

ould

say

that

we

won

’t g

o pa

ge-b

y-pa

ge to

app

rove

them

, as

we

assu

me

dono

rs h

ave

read

them

. Kat

hy c

ould

ask

don

ors i

f the

y ar

e re

ady

to a

ppro

ve th

ese

thre

e do

cum

ents

as t

hey

are.

If

in th

e co

urse

of t

he d

ay’s

dis

cuss

ions

, don

ors h

ave

rais

ed q

uest

ions

w

hich

req

uire

red

raft

ing

of a

ny o

f the

doc

umen

ts, d

ocum

ents

will

be

appr

oved

aft

er th

e m

eetin

g on

an

ad r

efer

endu

m b

asis

: inf

oDev

will

di

stri

bute

rev

ised

doc

umen

ts to

the

dono

rs w

ithin

two

wee

ks a

nd if

w

e do

not

hea

r ba

ck fr

om th

em w

ith c

omm

ents

, we

will

take

the

docu

men

ts a

s app

rove

d.

4:30

p.m

. C

losi

ng r

emar

ks

Kat

hy S

ierr

a, V

ice

Pres

iden

t an

d H

ead

of N

etw

ork,

SD

NV

P,

the

Wor

ld B

ank

Kat

hy to

del

iver

clo

sing

rem

arks

(thi

rd d

ocum

ent u

nder

Jun

e 20

tab)


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