© Infopoverty 2012 New York, UN Headquarters Fourth Session Operative convergences in new development policies: can ICT play a catalyst role? Co-Chair: Roland Rich, United Nations Office for Partnerships Genc Pollo, Minister of Innovation and ICT, Albania Rick Barton, US Representative to the ECOSOC of the United Nations George Laudato, Special Assistant for the Middle East, USAID Francis Lorenzo, President, South South News Steve Davenport, Development Gateway Fifth Session Round table and approval of the Final Declaration Chairman:  Pierpaolo Saporito, President, OCCAM Genc Pollo, Minister of Innovation and ICT, Albania Fredrick B. Norkeh, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Liberia John Steffens, Executive Officer, Infopoverty Institute Roland Rich, United Nations Office for Partnerships Milan, European Parliament Office Co-Chair: Maria Grazia Cavenaghi Smith, Director, Milan Office of the European Parliament Magdi Cristiano Allam, Vice Chair, Delegation to Israel, European Parliament Nokwe Nomvuyo, Consul General of South Africa in Milan Cesare Spreafico, Director General, COREPLA Parallel Sessions UNESCO, Paris   Janis Karklins, Assistant DG for Communication and Information, UNESCO Georges Dupont, ITU Arduino Patacchini, CEO, Skylogic* Inoussa Housseini, President, IFTC-UNESCO Representatives of Governments and International Organizations participated to this session, during which the most innovative digital services in the fields of food security, welfare and e-government were presented. Services which,  if applied on a wide scale, can allow emergent Countries to promote an endogenous economic and social growth. Thanks to the experience OCCAM and its partners, together with many other experts in the field of ICT for development, it has been widely demonstrated that e-services, as well as services provided by mobile phones, can support Governments and International Organizations in many respects. It is now time to make those services readily available to the wider parts of the world population that are still left behind the digital revolution.