Funding WSIS - ICT

http://www.itu.int/net/wsis/funding/contributors1.html

 

Contributions for the Geneva Phase

CHF

1. Contributions for core activities

3,973,053

Unrestricted contributions Executive Director
Japan

796,835

Canada

180,781

Malta

3,512

Switzerland

131,100

NTT DoCoMo

124,100

total

311,881

Portugal

30,000

UPU

15,000

Recruitment of staff from developing countries
UNFCU

1,300

Sweden

317,660

Burkina Faso

15,000

Finland

35,257

Spain

145,200

European Commission

303,200

Italy

387,500

total

656,117

WMO

30,000

Slovenia

10,000

Special Ambassador for WSIS
Rwanda

14,100

Canton of Geneva

454,766

Gabon

26,167

Switzerland

80,773

Fellowships for PrepComs & Summit

total

1,679,487

Switzerland

450,000

Canada*

35,000

Finland

172,782

Belgium

53,370

European Commission

159,650

total

870,802

* allocated to the specified purpose with the donor’s consent

2. Contributions for other WSIS related activities

723,724

Canada

686,198

includes salary for a seconded expert

Finland*

37,526

allocated to the specified purpose with the donor’s consent

3. Total received contributions for WSIS (1+2)

4,696,777

4. Loan from the TELECOM Exhibitions Working Capital Fund

800,000

5. Other contributions expressed at the Summit

Czech Republic

47,457

Support for ITU-BDT project (transferred to BDT)

 

Voluntary in-kind contributions

A number of governments, including Switzerland, as well as international organizations provided in-kind contributions. These included staff members seconded to the WSIS Executive Secretariat and conference rooms for the official meetings. The Union also provided substantial in-kind contributions including the offices and information networks for the Executive Secretariat as well as services essential to organize meetings. In December 2003, the Union mobilized more than 400 staff to support the organization of the Summit.  The Union’s in-kind contributions were estimated at CHF 6,598,000 in total. A list of in-kind contributions is provided in the table below.

Government of Switzerland 3 staff, Venue of meetings, PrepCom-3 bis add, Furniture of the Secretariat, Fellowships for Civil society, etc. Government of Spain 1 staff Government of Japan 2 staff Government of Romania 1 staff  (until the end of October 2002) Government of Korea 1 staff Government of Canada 1 staff UNESCO 1 staff, Venue of Intersessional Meeting UNITAR 1 staff  (until the end of October 2003) UNDP 1 staff ILO Venue for the first week of PrepCom-2 UN (including UNOG) Expertise to organize the Summit Canton of Geneva 6 staff, Support for the Civil Society Bureau KDDI (Japan) 1 staff ITU Expertise to organize the Summit, many staff, offices and information networks for the Secretariat, etc.

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