[Lac] un poco mas sobre becas

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con las dificultades de estar normalmente conectada envio ahora algunos puntos:

a. Primero, muchas gracias por los mensajes de solidaridad con la gente que no
obtuvimos beca. Se agradece realmente. 

b. Como muchos de ustedes ya se habran dado cuenta, hay un desconcierto en
varios caucus y otros grupos de trabajo sobre el proceso de seleccion de becas y
sus resultados.  En el Bureau hay mucho desconcierto tambien y se esta
preparando una carta.  A continuacion pego la propuesta que esta circulando
(perdon que este en ingles):

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing on behalf of civil society actors in the World Summit on 
the Information Society to seek your urgent assistance in ensuring basic 
representation of NGOs at the Geneva Summit this December 10-12th. As 
you are aware, the WSIS is the major United Nations Summit of 2003, with 
more than 50 world leaders and almost ten thousand people from 
government, business and civil society expected to participate to 
explore the impact of information and communications technologies for 
development.
It has just now come to the attention of the Civil Society Bureau (the 
formal structure coordinating civil society involvement with 
representatives from more than 20 groupings such as Gender, Trade 
Unions, Youth, NGOs, Community media etc) that the Civil Society 
Fellowship Fund administered by the WSIS Executive Secretariat is 
severely under-financed. It was expected (and communicated to us) that 
almost 100 fellowships would be available, yet with less than half the 
expected budget, we are left with less than 40. In addition, the 
stipulation of the major donor, SDC requires that more than 60% of 
available funds are spent on Least Developing Countries. We deeply 
appreciate the committments already made, but are concerned that unless 
more is pledged civil society will be have to have only a marginal role 
in the Summit.
Many Civil Society actors are now in a difficult position - some of the 
most active participants who could have expected fellowships were there 
a slightly larger amount are now likely to miss out on funds to attend 
the Summit. Their presence will be sorely missed and limit the ability 
of our groups to coordinate activities such as presentations at side 
events, speaking slots, and the brokerage of partnerships that should be 
the culmination of a long process. The reality is that the majority of 
those most active around WSIS have come from Developing rather than 
Least Developed Countries. In addition, due to a significant gender 
imbalance in those applying from LDCs, this imbalance is reflected in 
the recipients overall - with only approximately one quarter of selected 
participants being female.
We are urgently seeking: 
- 150,000 CHF for 35 additional fellowships. 
- 75% of those selected will be female. 
- All will be from Developing Countries or Least Developed Countries. 
- All will have played key roles within civil society in the leadup to 
the Summit at a national, regional or international level.
All the processes are already in place to identify the participants and 
to arrange their travel and logistics. We believe this is a modest 
number of fellowships overall considering the importance of the World 
Summit and the key role of civil society groups in this field.
Yours truly, 
Civil Society Bureau.

Yo estoy saliendo ahora muy rapido para el aeropuerto.  Estare de regreso en
Mexico por la noche.  Desde alla les informare como van las cosas.
Abrazos

Olinca



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