Legal Framework for e-Development: Best Practices and Lessons Learned”

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

PARTICIPANT LIST

WashingtonDC Participants:

Sudhakar Kaveeshwar, Program Manager, ISGIF, World Bank

David Satola, Senior Counsel, LEGPS, World Bank

Matias Benderesky, Consultant, IT-Regs Consulting

Edward Malloy, Program Manager, dot-GOV, USAID

Robert Schware, Lead Informatics Specialist, CITPO, World Bank

Oleg Petrov, Facilitator of e-Development Thematic Group, ISGIF, World Bank

Dushyanthi De Silva

Marie B. Oben

Jaap A. Van Opstal

Lokesh Nara

April Miller

Tenzin Dolma Norbhu

Abdul B. Azizi

Minxia Ma

Donna Thompson

Jorge David Gonzalez Aravena

Andrei Mikhnev

Elena Midori

Svetoslav K. Tintchev

Vijay Srinivas Tata

Porrua, Miguel

Monica Lehnhoff

James Hanna

Farhana Shah

Pauline Aranda

Olga V. Puntus

Chile Participants:

Carlos Cantero, Chilean Senator

Bulgaria Participants:

Andriana Atanasova, Ministry of Transport and Communications

Alexander Ognyanov, Ministry of Transport and Communications

Julia Tzanova, Ministry of Transport and Communications

Peter Rendov, Communications Regulatory Commission

Zina Trifanova, Communications Regulatory Commission

Egypt Participants:

Dr Hany Seif el Nasr, Dir.Social Fund for Development

Mrs Farida el Wakeel, Dir.Integrated Care Association

Mrs.Yusria Louza, Sawires Foundation for Social Development

Dr.Mrs.Fatma Abdel Aal, Head of Systems&InformationDep.NationalResearchCenter

Mrs Effat el Shooky, Dir.RegionalKnowledgeSocietyCenter

Mr.Ahmad el Sobky, Dir.Distance Learning Projects RITSEC

Guatemala Participants:

J. Godoy - Guatemala Development Gateway Foundation - private sector - e-development

E. Cossich - Copre - e-government

R. Wajsman - SIAF - e-procurement

M. Ralda - Siaf - e-procurement

R. Bermejo - American Chamber - e-commerce

M. Zaghi - Chamber of Commerce - e-commerce

R. Mendia - National Science Coucnil - e-development

P. Sole - SEPA Foundation - e - learning

M. Lenhoff and R. Merriam - World Bank local office

B. Sywulka - Planet OUtreach - e-inclusion

Kuwait Participants:

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development:

Mr.Saad Akashah, Technical Advisor

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development:

Mr. Aly Akeel, Legal Advisor (Former World Bank Senior Council)

Mr. Mohammed Yasin, Legal Advisor

Mr. Zakaria Al-Hashem, Legal Advisor

Mr. Isam Akrat, Legal Advisor

Mr. Nawaf Al-Mahamel, Legal Advisor (3 years training at World Bank)

KuwaitUniversity:

Faculty of Law:

Prof. Ahmed D. Al-Samdan, Center for Courts, Decision Programming and Indexing

College of Business Administrative:

Prof. Khalid Al-Saad (Former World Bank’s Executive Director)

Court of Appeal:

Judge Adel Bourusli , Advisor to Court of Appeal and Deputy Director of Judicial Institute.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs:

Mr. Ahmed A. Al-Mershed, Assistant Undersecretary

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research:

Dr. Mahfouz E. Tadros, Senior Advisor, Office of the Director General

Mr. Nader Marafie, Director, National Scientific & TechnicalInformationCenter

Mr. Haider Akroof, Automation Engineer 111

Kyrgyz Republic Participants:

Ainura Djoroeva, Executive Director, E-Development Foundation

Mozambique Participants:

Lourino Chemane, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit, Mozambique

Saudi Arabia Participants:

Dr. Emad Meffleh Alshurman, Islamic Development Bank

Mamoud Kamara, Islamic Development Bank

Singapore Participants:

Rajesh Sreenivasan, Partner, iTec, Rajah & Tann

Ukraine Participants:

Ms. Viktoriya Siryachenko – ECSPF, Consultant, World Bank Ukraine Country Office

Mr. Richard Gargrave – ECSPS, Sr.Procurement Specialist, World Bank Ukraine Country Office

Mr. Andriy Kolodyuk – President, “Information Society of Ukraine” Foundation

Mr. Scott E. Brown – resident partner, Frishberg & Partners

Mr. Vladimir Lukovich – Senior Lawyer, Frishberg & Partners