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LANVIN Bruno
Senior advisor E-strategies of the World Bank
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At the World Bank, Bruno Lanvin is lead advisor on e-strategies, based in Geneva(Switzerland). From June 2001 to December 2003, he was the Manager of the Information for Development Program (infoDev), a multi-donor program focusing on extending digital opportunities for all (www.infodev.org); so far, infoDev has financed over 170 projects in some 85 countries around the world.
Previous missions and responsabilities
In 2000, Mr. Lanvin was appointed Executive Secretary of DOT Force, the G-8 initiative launched by the Okinawa Summit of July 2000 to bridge the Digital Divide (www.dotforce.org). He was recruited by the World Bank in September 2000 as senior advisor for e-commerce and e-government.
Until then, he was Head of Electronic Commerce in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.
During his twenty years with the United Nations, he has occupied various senior positions including Chief of Cabinet of the Director General of the United Nations in New-York, Head of Strategic Planning and later Chief of the SME Trade Competitiveness Unit of UNCTAD/SITE. He has been the Deputy Executive Secretary of UNISTE (UN International Symposium on Trade Efficiency) in 1994 and General Manager of GETUP (Global Electronic Trade UN Partnership) in 1998.
From 1994 to 1998, he was the World Coordinator of the United Nations Trade Point Programme, a global e-commerce network operating in over 100 countries.
In 1999 and 2000, he managed UNCTAD's component of the UN 'Development Account', devoted to e-commerce and development, and organized a series of regional and interregional workshops on e-commerce, allowing more than 2000 representatives from governments and enterprises to exchange experiences and best practices in the area of e-commerce.
Publications
Bruno Lanvin is the author of numerous publications on information technology and international trade (see below), including 'Global Trade ' (IDATE, Paris, 1989), and 'Trading in a New World Order' (Westview, Boulder, 1993). He contributed to ‘Trading Telecommunications - A Contribution to a European Doctrine' (IDATE, 1992), and, most recently, to ‘The New Information Infrastructure' (W. Drake ed.,Twentieth Century Fund, New-York, June 1995). He has been a member of the scientific committee of ‘Communications & Strategies' since its creation in 1990