© Infopoverty 2012 Mission and Objectives The Infopoverty Community of Expertise “e-services for development” is led by OCCAM on the basis of the mandate of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development.The Infopoverty Coe is aimed of putting at the disposal of all members of GAID knowledge and best practices that will be found and accelerate ICT applications in order to make more and more effective the achievement of the MDGs.The analysis of the theoretical aspects have been completed through the realisation of a series of pre-feasibility studies, as presented and approved at the UN Commission on Science and Technology 2009 and 2010 and at the World Summit on Food Security.The Infopoverty Coe is now operating a Platform of e-services for development (in fields such as telemedicine, e-learning, e- agriculture  and e-governance) created to be used by all stakeholders in development projects and strategies. Partners The Infopoverty Coe is composed by adhering entities participant in the annual Infopoverty World Conference and it involves all major stakeholders: International Organizations: ADB; ESA; European Commission and Parlimanent; FAO; IFAD; IFRC; IOM; ITU; UNDP; UNDESA; UNESCO; WHO; WFP Governments and local entities: Bosnia; Brazil; Cameroon; Chile; Colombia; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; ESASTAP (South Africa) Ethiopia; Ghana; Honduras; Italy; Kyrgyzstan; Lesotho; Madagascar; Mexico; Mozambique; Peru; Philippines; Provincia di Milano; Regione Lombardia Serbia; USAID; Tanzania; Tunisia Academia: University of Oklahoma; Columbia University; NASA; Politecnico di Milano; Università of Milano Bicocca; University of Milan - Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary; Politecnico di Torino; Parco Tecnologico Padano; University of Oxford; Universidad Catolica Santo Domingo; Samana College; Fondazione Filarete; Istituto Europeo Oncologico Civil Society: IICD; Italian Association of Telemedicine; E- content Award; Policlinico S. Donato; Patologi senza frontiere; WINFOCUS; Alisei; Reborn International; Smithers Foundation; Rupani Foundation; 500/12 initiative; Global Catalyst Partners; COLOMBA; CESVI; AidMatrix Foundation; Sunflowers Children; UNAFF; Athgo; Helix; Affecting Change International; AME; Sherman Worldwide; Development Gateway; Millennium Challenge Corportation Business entities: MM; Water B2b; Intel; Telespazio; Siemens; Google Script; Skylogic-Eutelsat; BASF; Telecom Italia; Microsoft; Generation3; ICCC; Politecnico di Torino; NComputing; Nectec; Redtienda; SAVNO; Internet Speech; UCIMU; COREPLA Areas of Action The Infopoverty Coe is active in the following areas: • e-phytopathology and parasitology • e-health for maternal and newborn care • satellite platform and digital inclusion • community fountain • low cost high speed wireless connectivity • ville-village project • ict village model UN e-MDG Consortium The Final Declaration endorsed by the recent 10th Infopoverty World Conference,  approved: “To develop a multi-stakeholder UN e-MDG’s Consortium in cooperation with the United Nations, its specializing agencies and programs, for e-services delivery, managed by the user countries and able to activate and distribute e- services for development to achieve the MDGs.” Its activities has then be presented at the 13th session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, held at the Palais des Nations in May 2010 (see brochure) To know more on it, follow the link