PICISOC Chairman, Rajnesh D. Singh, attended the inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID 2006) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"The mission of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development will be to facilitate and promote such integration by providing a platform for an open, inclusive, multi-stakeholder cross-sectoral policy dialogue on the role of information and communication technology in development. It will thus contribute to linking the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society with the broader United Nations development agenda."

UN Press Release DEV/2572 PI/1707 17 April 2006


Some personal comments on the meeting are available on Rajnesh's Blog at Singh-a-Blog in the June 2006 Archives. These include Opening Session, Panel Discussion, and Workshops among others.