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Folder Title:
G8 - Digital Divide - DOT Force (8/00)
Staff Office-Individual:
National Economic Council-Brainard, Lael
Original OA/ID Number:
CF 1361
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V
July 30, 2000
MEMORANDUM FOR GENE SPERLING, LAEL BRAINARD, DAVID BEIER
CC:
DAN ROSEN, ELIZABETH ECHOLS, AUDREY CHOI, JIM
KOHLENBERGER
FROM:
TOM KALIL
RE:
NEXT STEPS ON THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE
Summary: Below is a list of "next steps" on the global digital divide initiative launched
by the G8 at Okinawa. I have also attached a discussion of the composition and structure
of the dot force.
I. List of next steps on global digital divide/digital opportunity
1. Launch the dot force
a. Preparation
Identify major issues regarding structure, participation, work program - develop U.S.
negotiating position
Conduct research on similar global public policy networks (e.g. list developed by
Wolfgang Reinicke at World Bank)
Encourage joint UNDP/World Bank letter to G8 offering support for dot force
(secretariat?)
Give private sector an opportunity to provide on structure of dot force, and to express
an interest in serving on it or its subcommittees
b. Timeline
August 2000: Get G-8 countries to name their representatives (Brainard)
September 2000: Planning meeting for creation of dot force (G8 only?)
October 2000: First full meeting of the dot force
November 2000 - May 2001: Develop concrete recommendations, identify some
activities that can be launched by coalitions between
May - July 2001: Finalize report for Genoa
1
2. POTUS meeting in September
Finalize date
Give companies and non-profits the opportunity to express interest in participating in
the meeting
Develop list of potential deliverables
-
Private sector "fund" to support a range of projects
-
Private sector funding for university-based research on low-cost computing (e.g.
MIT Digital Nations Consortium) - possibly in cooperation with developing
country universities (e.g. Indian Institute of Technology)
-
E-business incubators
-
Training or volunteers
Develop our list of people we would say "yes" to if they accepted. Call list for
Sperling, Brainard, Beier, Kalil
Silicon Valley trip in August
Increase number of companies and non-profits that have signed "Call To Action"
3. Monitor/influence Japanese $15 billion digital divide package
Seek to avoid "tied aid" or use of aid to promote Japan's regional industrial policy,
Japanese technical standards. Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now resisting pressure to
untie aid because of sluggish Japanese economic performance.
Task US Embassy in Tokyo (Kent Calder) with monitoring implementation, offer
suggestions for shaping Japan's agenda
Encourage U.S. companies to get involved as contractors or sub-contractors (work
through AmCham/Tokyo and AEA Tokyo Office)
Formal cooperation under "U.S.-Japan Common Agenda"?
4. Increase support for digital divide initiative within NGO community
Respond to "people can't eat laptops" argument
Prepare short paper on links between IT and economic growth, poverty reduction for
release on POTUS September event (CEA, AID?)
2
Increase number of NGOs on Call To Action
Possible meeting with NGOs
Op-ed or full page ad from NGOs
5. Identify other international venues at which digital divide could be raised for
remainder of 2000 - build support for dot force and avoid duplication
APEC
ITU
UN
Nigeria trip
6. Create intellectual infrastructure for dot force, raise the level of debate, generate
new ideas
Identify smart policy analysts and practitioners by topic, region
Ask for help with:
-
White papers on specific topics (Example: American Society on Information
Science is sponsoring an international paper contest on digital libraries for
developing countries)
-
Case studies on successful developing country initiatives (e.g. Dutch auctions for
universal service in rural areas, successful business models for tele-centers, Web-
based micro-enterprises)
-
Workshops
-
Moderated discussions, e-testimony
Identify "what we still don't know"
3
II.
"Dot force" issues
1. Composition
G8 governments
Developing country governments
-
G8 nominates developing countries - regional representation, size, degree of
leadership on IT issues
-
G8 asks G-77 and/or regional bodies to nominate countries
Private sector, NGOs, foundations from both developed and developing world
International organizations (observer status)
Questions
Are private sector representatives full members - or are they observers, or do they
serve on an advisory committee that meets concurrently with the dot force?
How have other global public policy networks handled the question of private sector
and NGO participation?
2. Structure
Full committee
Subcommittees
-
Policy & Network Readiness
-
Human Capital
-
Access and Infrastructure
-
IT Applications (Distance Learning, Health, Government Services)
-
E-business & E-commerce
3. Secretariat
Options:
a. No secretariat (GBDe model)
4
b. Create new, small organization - but have it operate under the auspices of the UN and
the World Bank (e.g. International Y2K Cooperation Center model)
c. Have World Bank or UNDP staff serve as secretariat, but not part be formal part of
organization (CGIAR model)
4. Dot Force Mission
Identify current activities sponsored by bilateral and multilateral donors, private
sector, foundations
Improve coordination of existing activities
Serve as a catalyst for additional activities that could be financed by governments,
multilateral organizations, and private sector
Report back to the G8 with a set of recommendations and a status report for Genoa
-
Goals
-
Strategies for achieving those goals
5
July 30, 2000
MEMORANDUM FOR GENE SPERLING, LAEL BRAINARD, DAVID BEIER
CC:
DAN ROSEN, ELIZABETH ECHOLS, AUDREY CHOI, JIM
KOHLENBERGER
FROM:
TOM KALIL
RE:
NEXT STEPS ON THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE
Summary: Below is a list of "next steps" on the global digital divide initiative launched
by the G8 at Okinawa. I have also attached a discussion of the composition and structure
of the dot force.
I. List of next steps on global digital divide/digital opportunity
1. Launch the dot force
a. Preparation
Identify major issues regarding structure, participation, work program - develop U.S.
negotiating position
Conduct research on similar global public policy networks (e.g. list developed by
Wolfgang Reinicke at World Bank)
Encourage joint UNDP/World Bank letter to G8 offering support for dot force
(secretariat?)
Give private sector an opportunity to provide on structure of dot force, and to express
an interest in serving on it or its subcommittees
b. Timeline
August 2000: Get G-8 countries to name their representatives (Brainard)
September 2000: Planning meeting for creation of dot force (G8 only?)
October 2000: First full meeting of the dot force
November 2000 - May 2001: Develop concrete recommendations, identify some
activities that can be launched by coalitions between
May - July 2001: Finalize report for Genoa
1
2. POTUS meeting in September
Finalize date
Give companies and non-profits the opportunity to express interest in participating in
the meeting
Develop list of potential deliverables
-
Private sector "fund" to support a range of projects
-
Private sector funding for university-based research on low-cost computing (e.g.
MIT Digital Nations Consortium) - possibly in cooperation with developing
country universities (e.g. Indian Institute of Technology)
-
E-business incubators
-
Training or volunteers
Develop our list of people we would say "yes" to if they accepted. Call list for
Sperling, Brainard, Beier, Kalil
Silicon Valley trip in August
Increase number of companies and non-profits that have signed "Call To Action"
3. Monitor/influence Japanese $15 billion digital divide package
Seek to avoid "tied aid" or use of aid to promote Japan's regional industrial policy,
Japanese technical standards. Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now resisting pressure to
untie aid because of sluggish Japanese economic performance.
Task US Embassy in Tokyo (Kent Calder) with monitoring implementation, offer
suggestions for shaping Japan's agenda
Encourage U.S. companies to get involved as contractors or sub-contractors (work
through AmCham/Tokyo and AEA Tokyo Office)
Formal cooperation under "U.S.-Japan Common Agenda"?
4. Increase support for digital divide initiative within NGO community
Respond to "people can't eat laptops" argument
Prepare short paper on links between IT and economic growth, poverty reduction for
release on POTUS September event (CEA, AID?)
2
Increase number of NGOs on Call To Action
Possible meeting with NGOs
Op-ed or full page ad from NGOs
5. Identify other international venues at which digital divide could be raised for
remainder of 2000 - build support for dot force and avoid duplication
APEC
ITU
UN
Nigeria trip
6. Create intellectual infrastructure for dot force, raise the level of debate, generate
new ideas
Identify smart policy analysts and practitioners by topic, region
Ask for help with:
-
White papers on specific topics (Example: American Society on Information
Science is sponsoring an international paper contest on digital libraries for
developing countries)
-
Case studies on successful developing country initiatives (e.g. Dutch auctions for
universal service in rural areas, successful business models for tele-centers, Web-
based micro-enterprises)
-
Workshops
-
Moderated discussions, e-testimony
Identify "what we still don't know"
3
II.
"Dot force" issues
1. Composition
G8 governments
Developing country governments
-
G8 nominates developing countries - regional representation, size, degree of
leadership on IT issues
-
G8 asks G-77 and/or regional bodies to nominate countries
Private sector, NGOs, foundations from both developed and developing world
International organizations (observer status)
Questions
Are private sector representatives full members - or are they observers, or do they
serve on an advisory committee that meets concurrently with the dot force?
How have other global public policy networks handled the question of private sector
and NGO participation?
2. Structure
Full committee
Subcommittees
-
Policy & Network Readiness
-
Human Capital
I
Access and Infrastructure
-
IT Applications (Distance Learning, Health, Government Services)
-
E-business & E-commerce
3. Secretariat
Options:
a. No secretariat (GBDe model)
4
b. Create new, small organization - but have it operate under the auspices of the UN and
the World Bank (e.g. International Y2K Cooperation Center model)
c. Have World Bank or UNDP staff serve as secretariat, but not part be formal part of
organization (CGIAR model)
4. Dot Force Mission
Identify current activities sponsored by bilateral and multilateral donors, private
sector, foundations
Improve coordination of existing activities
Serve as a catalyst for additional activities that could be financed by governments,
multilateral organizations, and private sector
Report back to the G8 with a set of recommendations and a status report for Genoa
-
Goals
-
Strategies for achieving those goals
5
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Global Digital Divide/Digital Opportunity Meeting
Thursday, August 3, 2000
Ceremonial Office of The Vice President
AGENDA
1.
Tokyo meeting with Prime Minister Mori
2.
G8 Summit in Okinawa
Fudns
3.
X
Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society
TK
4.
Next steps on "dot force"
X
4,
5.
Other international events
-
August - Presidential trip
-
September - UN Millennium Summit
-
September - India Head of State
November 15-16 - APEC
i
6.
Domestic event on IT and people with disabilities -- tentatively scheduled
for Sept. 21
" ceverled preferences"
50'7 back to
academia ?
Nettid
Instruction
August 2, 2000
MEMORANDUM FOR GENE SPERLING, LAEL BRAINARD
FROM:
TOM KALIL
RE:
MEETING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
What do we want to get out of this meeting?
1.
Thank companies and foundations for signing call to action, coming up with some
specific deliverables.
2.
Give them a read-out of the G8 summit. (Lael on overall atmospherics, Elizabeth Echols
on Okinawa Charter)
3.
Solicit their views on the structure of the "dot force" -- mechanisms for continued private
sector involvement on this issue, next steps more generally
-
Note that we will have to get G8 agreement on dot force structure and
participation - not a unilateral U.S. decision.
-
In discussion with World Bank and UNDP on secretariat role.
-
Lots of ways to get involved -- company execs could participate in the country-
specific "task forces" that would be created by the readiness assessment exercises.
-
U.S. would like to have subcommittees to maximize opportunities for
participation.
-
Possible role for GBDe, GIIC, and WEF in nominating private sector people?
4.
Discuss upcoming events
-
Nigeria (any corporate or foundation interest in a deliverable)?
-
UN Millennium summit
-
India Head of State
-
APEC
5.
On the issue of a POTUS meeting specifically on global digital divide:
-
Realistically, would have to have additional deliverables - given his calendar
-
Need for it may be reduced -- given that he has a number of international events
that he could tie the digital divide theme
-
We're still open to it if they gave good ideas
5.
On domestic digital divide (Gene)
-
September 21st POTUS event on making IT more accessible for people with
disabilities
-
Looking at a number of ideas:
-
Broader private sector adoption of World-Wide Web consortium standards
for web accessibility
-
IT companies adopting a formal corporate-wide policy on accessibility,
something that IBM and Microsoft have done
-
Increasing employment for people with disabilities
-
Improving the state-of-the-art of assistive technology -- growing the
number of people in the research community in this area
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Global Digital Divide/Digital Opportunity Meeting
Thursday, August 3, 2000
Ceremonial Office of The Vice President
AGENDA
1.
Tokyo meeting with Prime Minister Mori
2.
G8 Summit in Okinawa
Fudns
3.
Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society
TK
4.
Next steps on "dot force"
X
I
Address
5.
Other international events
-
August - Presidential trip
-
September - UN Millennium Summit
-
September - India Head of State
November 15-16 - APEC
:
6.
Domestic event on IT and people with disabilities -- tentatively scheduled
for Sept. 21
"cenerled preferences"
50'7 back to
academia?
Nettid
hospital
August 2, 2000
MEMORANDUM FOR GENE SPERLING, LAEL BRAINARD
FROM:
TOM KALIL
RE:
MEETING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
What do we want to get out of this meeting?
1.
Thank companies and foundations for signing call to action, coming up with some
specific deliverables.
2.
Give them a read-out of the G8 summit. (Lael on overall atmospherics, Elizabeth Echols
on Okinawa Charter)
3.
Solicit their views on the structure of the "dot force" -- mechanisms for continued private
sector involvement on this issue, next steps more generally
-
Note that we will have to get G8 agreement on dot force structure and
participation - not a unilateral U.S. decision.
-
In discussion with World Bank and UNDP on secretariat role.
-
Lots of ways to get involved -- company execs could participate in the country-
specific "task forces" that would be created by the readiness assessment exercises.
-
U.S. would like to have subcommittees to maximize opportunities for
participation.
-
Possible role for GBDe, GIIC, and WEF in nominating private sector people?
4.
Discuss upcoming events
-
Nigeria (any corporate or foundation interest in a deliverable)?
-
UN Millennium summit
-
India Head of State
-
APEC
5.
On the issue of a POTUS meeting specifically on global digital divide:
-
Realistically, would have to have additional deliverables - given his calendar
-
Need for it may be reduced -- given that he has a number of international events
that he could tie the digital divide theme
-
We're still open to it if they gave good ideas
5.
On domestic digital divide (Gene)
-
September 21st POTUS event on making IT more accessible for people with
disabilities
-
Looking at a number of ideas:
-
Broader private sector adoption of World-Wide Web consortium standards
for web accessibility
-
IT companies adopting a formal corporate-wide policy on accessibility,
something that IBM and Microsoft have done
-
Increasing employment for people with disabilities
-
Improving the state-of-the-art of assistive technology -- growing the
number of people in the research community in this area