>Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:59:04 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
>From: nalaka@tveap.org
>Subject: [GKP] TV Debate: Can ICTs help banish poverty?
>To: <mailto:<gkp@globalknowledge.org>><gkp@globalknowledge.org>
>
>With apologies for cross-posting.
>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>Can ICTs help banish poverty from our planet? If so, how?
>
>This is the central theme to be addressed at a high level TV debate to be
>recorded in Geneva on September 30. It will be broadcast initially on BBC
>World Television on 22 October 2005, in advance of the World Summit on the
>Information Society (WSIS) to be held in Tunis, Tunisia, 16 -18 November
>2005. Thereafter, it will also be offered to other TV stations and channels
>around the world.
>
>The TV Debate is being organised by Dev.tv, a non-profit association
>founded by media professionals, with support from the UNDP Asia Pacific
>Development Information Programme (APDIP), Swiss Agency for Development and
>Cooperation (SDC) and Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP). TVE Asia Pacific
>is proud to be associated with this event.
>
>The Debate will be recorded on 30 September at the headquarters of the
>International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland. An
>invited audience of 50 ICT movers and shakers will fire questions at a
>distinguished panel.
>
>We invite everyone to participate in the TV Debate -- from wherever they
>are, using ICTs! -- by sending in questions. Email your question to Anita
>McNaught, debate moderator, up to 12:00 GMT on 29 September 2005. Email
>address:
>
>The best questions will be selected by the producers and posed to the panel
>that will have representatives from governments, civil society, United
>Nations and the private sector.
>
>For more information, visit: http://www.tveap.org/news/0509ict.htm
>
>Thanks and best wishes,
>....................................................................
>Nalaka Gunawardene
>Director and CEO - TVE Asia Pacific
>Nawala, Near Colombo, Sri Lanka.
>Web: www.tveap.org
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