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THE SUMMIT
ITU is organizing the Connect
CIS Summit with partners from 26-27 November 2009 in Minsk, Belarus. The
Summit, which is expected to bring together some 400 participants and
will attract leaders from the Commonwealth of Independent States* (CIS)
and neighbouring States, governments, industry and financial
institutions, will be hosted by the President of the Republic of
Belarus, Mr. Alexander Lukashenko.
As the UN specialized agency for information
communication technology, ITU will stage this major ICT event as part of
its Connect the World series, an ambitious initiative aimed at
connecting the unconnected by the year 2015.
Summit Objectives
The overall objective of the
Connect CIS is to mobilize the human, financial and technical resources
required to support a rapid, region-wide transition to digital
infrastructure and services, widely recognized as the engine of future
employment, economic growth and social and economic development.
The Summit will offer a venue for leaders from the
public and private sectors as well as international and regional
financing and development agencies to network face-to-face and forge new
partnerships.
The Summit will feature high-level discussion
panels and networking sessions, focusing on the challenges posed to
emerging and transition economies in harnessing the full potential of
ICTs. Major commitments will be announced on multi-stakeholder
partnerships to meet these challenges.
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Summit Participants The Summit will welcome:
- Heads of State and Government
- Ministers
- Chief Executive Officers and senior executives of leading regional and international ICT businesses
- Heads of regional and international development organizations
- Senior officials of the United Nations
- Senior officials of regional and international financial institutions
- National, regional and global media companies
- Prominent academics and industry analysts
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Summit Partners
The Summit is being
organized in partnership with, among others:
- The Regional Commonwealth in the Field of
Communications
- The Commonwealth of Independent States
Executive Committee
- The World Bank
- The European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
- The European Investment Bank
- The Islamic Development Bank
- The United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe
- The United Nations Global Alliance for ICT
and Development
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* The
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) comprises Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan |
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