| 1. INTRODUCTION |
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| The Digital Opportunity Forum
(DOF) is an independent not-for-profit organization
launched initially by National Information Society Agency (NIA) under
the financial support of the Korean Ministry
of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS). The
DOF shares a common Vision and Mission as
recorded here through participation of Korea
IT Learning Program (KoIL) alumni. |
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| 2. VISION |
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| The DOF aims to create an international
arena wherein the international community
can share the knowledge and experiences crucial
to build an inclusive Information Society.
Recognizing the role of ICTs for national,
regional and international development, the
DOF will support both regional and international
cooperation to improve access to information
and communication infrastructure and technologies,
share and exchange knowledge and experience,
build human capacity, develop and utilize
ICT applications and services, increase confidence
and security in the use of ICTs, create an
enabling environment and foster technology
exchange and transfer. |
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| 3. MISSION
STATEMENT |
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The DOF aims to support an
information environment whereby all members
of the international community may benefit
equally from digital opportunities despite
their economic, physical, and regional diversity.
It aims to strengthen international cooperation
and the exchange of information so as to bridge
the digital divide in developing countries. |
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| 4. STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES |
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| The network of KoIL alumni
members of the DOF can maximize their
impact by: |
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Facilitating policy advocacy in the
DOF Annual Conferences to promote international
cooperation in ICT to address the needs
and views of the partner countries; |
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Providing services that enhance the
DOF Members¡? individual and collective
efficiency and effectiveness; and |
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Increasing the availability
of information and knowledge on ICT
for development and empowerment in order
to ensure more contextualized and relevant
ICT knowledge. |
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5. STRUCTURE |
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| The Digital Opportunity Forum (DOF) consists of: |
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The members; |
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The Executive Committee; |
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The DOF Secretariat; and |
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The Information Technology Ambassadors (ITAs). |
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| 6. MEMBERSHIP |
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| 6.1.
General: |
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Membership is open to all individuals
who have participated in the KoIL Program,
whose objectives and activities are
consistent with the Vision and Mission
of DOF, and who fulfill the membership
criteria. |
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| b) |
All members are ordinary members.
No other categories of members shall
exist. |
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| c) |
Membership ends when
the membership criteria are no longer
met. |
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| 6.2.
Membership Responsibilities: Members
are expected to fulfill the roles and
responsibilities established by the
DOF membership as a whole. The core
responsibilities are: |
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Actively initiating and
participating in collaborative activities
with other partners; |
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Actively contributing to DOF activities
by sharing knowledge and information
through the various DOF channels including
but not limited to: providing useful
links to the DOF Portal; contributing
success stories and/or lessons learned
to the DOF knowledge base; contributing
to the DOF Newsletter in the form of
links, case studies, reports and projects
related to the core mission of the DOF;
and contributing to the DOF Events Calendar; |
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Regularly attending and
contributing to DOF Annual Conferences; |
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Participating in and supporting the
implementation of the DOF Strategy;
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Promoting the DOF¡?s recruitment of
new members and outreach efforts; and
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Recommending Executive
Committee candidates to DOF Secretariat. |
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| 7. DOF SECRETARIAT |
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| 7.1.
Responsibilities: The DOF Secretariat
is to be responsible for carrying out
the following broad sets of organizational
core services: |
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Programmatic and analytical support
to DOF, its Executive Committee and
to the broader Partnership; |
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Managerial, administrative, information-sharing
and communications services on behalf
of the DOF; |
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Increasing public awareness,
nurturing partnerships and managing
relations, both within and outside the
DOF, in support of its goals and mandate; |
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Selecting Executive Committee candidates
for elections; |
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Appointing Regional Coordinators;
and |
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Recommending the inaugural Executive
Committee candidates for 2006 election;
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| 8. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
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| 8.1 Composition,
Election, Term: The Executive Committee
shall be comprised of 8 members. |
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The 8 members of the Executive Committee
shall be elected to 4-year terms by
the Regional Coordinators by simple
majority of all Members; |
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1 Executive Chair and 7 Vice Executive
Chairs are to be elected; |
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The selection of candidates
for the Executive Committee shall take
into account the principle of regional
balance as specified in section 9.1.c
below; |
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Elected members of the Executive Committee
may resign at any time. |
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| 8.2 Responsibilities:
The Executive Committee is to be responsible
for: |
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Proposing the overall strategy and
policy framework for the DOF to the
DOF Membership and the Secretariat for
approval; |
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Overseeing the Secretariat¡?s operation;
and |
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Endorsing the decisions
of the Secretariat. |
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| 8.3 Responsibilities
of the Chair: The Chairperson of the
Executive Committee is to be responsible
for: |
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Leading and guiding the work in the
Executive Committee; and |
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Representing the Executive Committee
between meetings; |
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| 9. ITAs |
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| 9.1 Composition, Election, Terms: |
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The ITAs voluntarily apply for and are to be appointed by the secretariat. |
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The ITAs shall be appointed to represent their countries from North Africa, Europe, Central & America, the Middle East, the CIS AND Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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ITAs’ term lasts for one year, until replaced by the following ITAs. |
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| 9.2
Responsibilities: The ITAs shall be responsible for: |
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- Keeping in contact with the KoIL alumni in the country when necessary; |
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- Annually updating KoIL alumni database; |
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- Sharing the latest IT trend, status, and related statistics of the country they represent;
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- Authoring articles reflecting the current IT trend to be published in quarterly KoIL Newsletters and DOF websites;
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- Cooperating in planning DOF conferences and other regional events; and
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- Participating in the DOF conferences and other regional events.
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| 10. THE
DOF ANNUAL CONFERENCE |
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| 10.1.
The DOF Annual Conference: |
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The theme of each DOF Annual Conference
shall be determined based on consultation
with the membership. |
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Knowledge-sharing sessions shall
be emphasized and serve as a permanent
feature in DOF Annual Conferences. |
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| 10.2.
DOF Regional Meetings: Regional Meetings
shall be encouraged and held on an ad-hoc
basis. |
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The DOF Regional Meetings shall have
a thematic approach; |
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Themes shall be selected/ voted upon
by members through a rolling agenda
process. |
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Regional meeting outcomes shall be
reported to the DOF members. |
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Regional DOF events shall be held
in synergy with major global ICT events.
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| 10.3. DOF branded
events: Other events, conferences and
meetings may become official DOF branded
events, subject to the approval by the
DOF secretariat and the Executive Committee.
Minimum guidelines/principles for such
meetings, as approved by the Executive
Committee, shall be reviewed regularly
to ensure relevance. |
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| 11. LEGAL
STATUS OF THE DOF GOVERNANCE FORMULATION |
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| 11.1.
The Formulation of DOF Governance put
forth herein shall provide the guiding
principles for the governance of the
DOF but is not intended to be legally
enforceable in any manner. |
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