[WSIS CS-Plenary] UNDP.DO supports multistakeholder partner

[Daniel Pimienta]

FUNREDES CLOSES LOCAL OPERATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Networks & Development Foundation (FUNREDES), a pioneer international NGO 
working in the field of ICT4D since 1988, is suspending its operation in 
Dominican Republic as a consequence of:
a. not being capable, in the last year, to secure funding to support its 
local actions, in spite of its acknowledged capacity in ICT4D;
b. not being paid by UNDP local office (UNDP.DO) for a work accomplished 
between 10/2003 and 2/2004 to support the multi-stakeholder process for the 
Dominican Strategy for Information Society (e.Dominicana).

FUNREDES will maintain its Think Tank activities, with headquarters in 
Dominican Republic, and will continue to manage its current project 
commitments with its usual level of quality. Funredes will immediately 
start seeking global funds to support its projects at Dominican local level 
(mainly oriented towards civil society and citizen digital literacy).

While UNDP.ORG supports multi-stakeholder partnerships,
UNDP.DO understands multi-stakeholder partner cheap!

Civil society may have to learn something about this story so we
will offer more details in two following mails and invite researchers
to study the case.
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All details in http://funredes.org/undp.do

- People who are not interested in the matter please skip the 2 following mails
with same subject and sorry for the inconvenient.

- Researchers who are interested to study this case please do contact us at:
undpdocase at funredes.org (the whole set of email exchanged for the process is
exposed transparently, but for practical reasons the large set of attached
files is obtainable on request).