PART I

This part will be the summary of our Tampere event.

I. Purposes:

Excerpt from Agreement with InfoDev:
<http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Tampere_Conference/Excerpt_frm_Agreement/Excerpt_frm_Agreement.html>

II. How the event was conducted:

Excerpt from my listserve distributions.

1. Videoconferencing via narrowband Internet
   
   
2. Videoconferencing via broadband Internet
   
   
3. Telemedicine demonstrations
   
   
4. Session keynote speeches
   
   
5. Brainstormings

III. What we achieved:

1. Formation of Global University System
   
   
2. Formations of regional groups
   
   <http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia pacific/maui.html>
   
   
3. World Regional Pilot Project Summaries
   
   <http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia pacific/finland.html>
   
   
4. Setting next steps with follow-up workshops by regional groups
   
   
5. List of URLs about the event
   
   
   1. Event program:
      
      <http://www.uta.fi//EGEDL/>
      
      
   2. Handout with all relevant materials:
      
      <http://www.uta.fi//EGEDL/outline>
      
      
   3. Photos, audio, music and video -- which was made by Roger Boston:
      
      <http://www.teched.org/finland/>
      
      
   4. Summary diagrams (not completed yet) -- which was made by Ken Roko:
      
      <http://www.teched.org/finland/msu.ppt>

IV. Compilation of comments:

PART II

This part will be the compilation of the drafts of pilot project proposal (without budget) which will be written in the form of the InfoDev grant application as basing on their outlines appeared in “World Regional Pilot Project Summaries” at <http://www.kagawa jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/finland.html>. They are from the chief of the following regions;

I. South America Initiative: Amazonas Region Project

To be prepared by Alexandre Rivas

II. European Group: Ukraine Pilot Project

To be prepared by Ihor B. Katerniak

III. Asia-Pacific/Montana State University Group: Philippines/ASEAN/Pacific Islands Project

To be prepared by Ben Haraguchi and Kim Obbink

IV. Central America Initiative: University Consortium for Central America

To be prepared by Jose Brenes Andre

V. African Initiative:

To be prepared by John C. Afele

PART III

This part will be the complete print out of the handout <http://www.uta.fi//EGEDL/outline/> including the background materials which are;

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

INFRASTRUCTURE

PACKET RADIO TECHNOLOGY

Prepared by Mr. Barry McLarnon

KARLNET BROADBAND WIRELESS INTERNET UNIT

Prepared by Doug Karl

Trends in Satellite Tele-education

Prepared by Dr. Joseph N. Pelton

Datacasting, Proposed Plan for Africa

Prepared by Marcel Kooiman and Walter van Opzeeland

GLOBAL PROJECTS

We need a Global Learning Society!

Prepared by Dr. Alfred Bork

U.N. Space Conference in Vienna, Austria for a U.N. Fund

ABIN PROJECT

Prepared by Vladimir A. ZOLOTAREV

"FRIENDS AND PARTNERS" PROJECTS

Prepared by Greg Cole

REGIONAL PROJECTS

PACIFIC/ASIA GROUP

Mission Statement on the Pacific/Asia Operation

Prepared by Ben I. Haraguchi

MINCS-UH

Prepared by Takahiro Kiuchi

Japanese Culture Meets Online Education

Prepared by Steve McCarty

Sky Bridge Interactive TV

Prepared by Robert Converse

NORTH/SOUTH AMERICA GROUP

COSTA RICA: Distance Learning Activities in Costa Rica

Prepared by Jose Brenes Andre

EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP

RUSSIA: MIRNET PROJECT

Prepared by Greg Cole

RUSSIA: "Joint Cultural Heritage Without Borders".

Prepared by Andrey Narvsky

UKRAINE: Mission Statement of Pilot Project for Electronic Distance

Education Development in Ukraine

Prepared by Ihor B. Katerniak

AFRICA: USAID Leland Initiative, Africa Global Information Infrastructure Project:

AFRICA: Telehealth in Twenty-First Century Africa: African Knowledge and Ideas as Integral

Prepared by John C. Afele

PAKISTAN: Establishment Of A Regional Center (POP) For Distance Learning/ Virtual University At Karachi, Pakistan

Prepared by Shahab Khan