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Private sector forum

23 Feb 2003
Middle East Company News
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Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Vice Chair of the UN Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF) and Chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAGO) chaired the Task Force Business and Not-For-Profit Organizations Meeting that was hosted by the World Economic Forum on February 20 2003.
Cairo, Egypt
Recognizing the important role of partnerships, the UN ICT TF Task Force Business and Not-for Profit Organizations were requested to develop strategies to encourage greater public-private collaboration and action.
 
 
Starting within the Task Force and working outwards, Task Force Business and Not-for Profit organizations are aimed to take the partnership concept to the next level: towards advancing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and contributing to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
 
 
Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh presented a concept paper to the ICT business community to set-up the UN ICT Partnership Network.  During the Private Sector Forum, participants discussed and elaborated on this concept with enthusiasm.  It was considered a unique opportunity for the private sector to take a leadership role in advancing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as they relate to ICT.  Under United Nations mandate, this partnership concept is designed to provide flexibility and innovation and ensure equal partnership with government.
 
 
This Partnership Network is an open-ended network to which every business stakeholder may be invited to join, provided it has the willingness and ability to contribute.  The objectives of this Partnership Network are exactly the objectives of the UN ICT Task Force as defined in its mandate and its strategy, in accordance with the strategic plan adopted by the Task Force.  The overriding principle is that businesses in this network realize that there is mutual benefit in providing resources for the achievement of the ICT MDGs.  Indeed, by doing so, they serve the global business community and realize benefits themselves.  The Partnership Network is intended to address gaps not currently being filled by existing public/private sector initiatives, thereby, providing a comparative advantage involving the United Nations, private sector, NGOs, and civil society. Representatives of the United Nations welcomed the creation of the Partnership Network which would serve as a bridgehead for the existing MDG initiative under the leadership of World Bank and UNDP, whose operational expertise could provide a body of experience.