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There is a story about a skipper in a round-the-world yacht Governance Group. Women have been included more, too. race, who, whenever he was asked by a crew member if they The Board of Trustees achieved gender balance in 2002 – could take a rest day, would reply: “Will it make the ship go and the board’s strong support for women's voices has faster?” That was his touchstone. helped promote gender awareness throughout OneWorld.
OneWorld.net has never been just a website, promoting the In November 2002 the Trustees celebrated the election of a work of a single organization. It always was, and remains, new Chair, Larry Kirkman. As Dean of Communication at the a platform supporting a multiplicity of voices from civil American University, Washington, DC, Larry brings expert society communities, big and small, gathered around the knowledge of media and marketing. Last November we were most critical issues affecting the human family. So our delighted that our Founding Chair, Pranlal Sheth – a guiding touchstone might be: “Will it make the dialogue fairer?” – light since the inception of OneWorld – agreed to remain more inclusive and equitable, globally and socially, and on the board as Chair Emeritus. It was largely thanks to more mutually respectful. Pran’s guidance that OneWorld International’s governing body became a UK registered charity in early 2003. We are delighted, therefore, that our civil society partnership has expanded to include more than 1,500 organizations, as One of Pran’s watchwords has been the importance of well as more than 800 audio members of OneWorld Radio including more voices from Middle Eastern and Muslim and a further 1,000-plus video members of OneWorld TV communities. In the stormy period since September 11th, since its relaunch in April 2002. With OneWorld TV’s we have often wished we had had more success here. We revolutionary new format, video contributors no longer need warmly welcome the ever-growing number of voices in the to be professional film-makers with the resources to produce North calling for peace and mutual understanding. But we a full-length documentary. Now any citizen able to shoot a are equally mindful of the need to enable a global audience few moments’ footage – of a human rights violation in a shanty to hear more voices from communities, especially in the town, say, or in a refugee camp – can become a producer South, directly under threat of war. whose video evidence is available for the world to see. Anuradha Vittachi and Peter Armstrong The same principles of inclusion lie at the heart of the Open Directors, OneWorld International Knowledge Network (OKN) project, chaired by OneWorld. The internet has been a game played by elites, but OKN (see p8) enables non-literate and impoverished people in rural communities to participate online at no cost to Pranlal Sheth themselves. Pranlal Sheth died on 30 June 2003. We will sorely miss him. On our last visit, we presented him with a glass engraving, OneWorld.net’s global audience for these varied voices has inscribed: tripled during the course of this last year. Yahoo.com, the world’s biggest online news source, now welcomes OneWorld “Pranlal Sheth CBE.`Gentleness without, clarity within.’ as one of its global news feeds, alongside Reuters. And we OneWorld, 1995–2003.” have been invited to share our innovatively inclusive approach to media at key global meetings, from the World Social We hope never to forget his example. Forum and World Economic Forum to the Ford Foundation’s first Worldwide Assembly.
Internally, too, OneWorld has become more inclusive. Our centre directors have mentioned a growing sense of shared leadership at network-wide meetings. They also have more access to board meetings, thanks to the work of the trustees’ 02
ONEWORLD CENTRES Africa / Austria / Canada / Central America / España
OneWorld is an international internet-based network of OneWorld Canada editions are to merge with the “in cahoots” autonomous centres governed and supported by OneWorld section of Rabble (www.rabble.ca), a major Canadian activist International Foundation and its operating company site (also a project of Alternatives) to trigger a formal public OneWorld International Ltd. OneWorld centres in Africa, launch later in 2003. Our aim is not just to provide the best the Americas, Asia and Europe publish country and global social justice site for a Canadian audience but also continental editions of the OneWorld web portal in regional to work with others in the OneWorld network to bring about languages and work together in promoting human rights a French language site focused on Francophone Africa. and sustainable development. Chad Lubelsky, Director
ONEWORLD AFRICA ONEWORLD CENTRAL AMERICA www.oneworld.net/africa www.oneworld.net/latinamerica OneWorld Africa is based in Lusaka, Zambia. In 2002/3 our In 2002 OneWorld Central America became a fully established key activities were the network’s Africa edition as well as OneWorld centre, hosted by Fundación Acceso specialist thematic channels on debt (www.debtchannel.org) (www.acceso.or). The centre produces the regional OneWorld and AIDS (www.aidschannel.org). In the coming year we Latin America edition in Spanish and English. will also launch OneWorld Radio AIDS Network to promote free exchange of radio programmes on AIDS/HIV between Regional partnership grew in 2002/3 from 65 to 105 radio stations worldwide. organizations. We held training sessions on the strategic use of the internet for communications in Guatemala, Partnership in Africa grew from 70 to 120 organizations. Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica attended We held training sessions to assist partners in developing by over 65 organizations. Cristina Nogués, Executive Director their websites for advocacy and networking. We are now moving to become fully independent, concentrating on ONEWORLD ESPAÑA Southern Africa. Priscilla Jere, Director www.oneworld.es OneWorld España is a project of Fundació Un Sol Món, a ONEWORLD AUSTRIA non-profit foundation of Caixa Catalunya (www.caixacat.es), www.oneworld.at the third largest savings bank in Spain with a proud tradition The OneWorld Austria site is produced by Südwind Agentur, of social responsibility. In our second year our partnership a well-established publisher of Südwind magazine and base has grown to over 100 NGO and civil society groups. alternative news from a Southern perspective. In 2002/3 Among our partners are key platforms of organizations like OneWorld Austria launched an EU monitor, where news CONGDE (the Spanish platform on NGOs for development), about EU development policies is published. Currently Red2002 (NGOs working on AIDS issues) and FCVS (Catalan funded by partners and a grant from the Austrian Ministry Federation of Social Volunteering). of Foreign Affairs, OneWorld Austria is working towards full OneWorld centre status. Lydia Matzka, Coordinator To our editions in Spanish and Catalan we have added Canal Sida (www.canalsida.org) on HIV/AIDs, the first non-English ONEWORLD CANADA OneWorld channel. Launched at the XIV International www.oneworld.net/ca Conference on AIDS in Barcelona, the initiative has been Hosted by Alternatives (www.alternatives.ca), the latest new welcomed by Spanish NGOs working on AIDS. We have center within the network, OneWorld Canada, produces extended the impact of our sites by introducing a weekly English and French editions. Funded by the Canadian email newsletter already subscribed to by over 2,000 International Development Agency, Canadian trade unions, individuals, and have begun a syndication with the main foundations, partners and individuals, the center has grown electronic newspaper in Catalan, Vilaweb from set-up to have a network of 68 partners. (www.vilaweb.com/solidaritat).
For OneWorld’s thematic channels see page 6 03
ONEWORLD CENTRES Finland / Italy / Netherlands / South Asia
In 2002 we published “Connected? Spanish NGOs on the Unimondo provides social justice coverage on Italy’s most Internet”, a report based on 250 interviews with NGOs, popular commercial portal, Italia OnLine, and, with other underlining our goal of helping NGOs in Spain realize the partners, has launched a portal for the Italian development potential of the internet. NGO association (www.ong.it).
OneWorld España is now established as one of the essential In May 2002 we organized the first Italian course on resources for human rights and development in Spain. Our participatory budgeting and indicators on local development, challenge is to improve and enlarge our content, to connect aimed especially at local authorities, in the context of more people and organizations in the fight against poverty, participatory democracy programs. This followed the social exclusion and injustice, and to promote better use of successful example of Porto Alegre and other cities the internet. Carlota Franco, Director worldwide (see www.worldsocialagenda.it). OneWorld Italy is currently hosting OneWorld SouthEast Europe – see p4. ONEWORLD FINLAND Jason Nardi, Director www.maailma.net OneWorld Finland is an independent non-profit organization ONEWORLD NETHERLANDS supported by Kepa (the Finnish NGO coalition), the Finnish www.oneworld.nl government and the development journalism association This year was successful for OneWorld in the Netherlands Maailman sivu. The centre comprises a team of 12 journalists in terms of audience, campaigns and online discussions. who produce Maailma.net, the Finnish language OneWorld, Over 35,000 people now use our site each month, making it and content for the Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs the premier Dutch language site for people and organizations through a production contract. We have 30 partners including working and interested in development issues. We now have many of the leading NGOs in Finland. nearly 100 partner organizations. Our key alliances with Hivos and the International Institute for Communication This year we conducted an Open Source survey and started and Development (IICD) on information and communication publishing special online reports on themes such as the technology (ICT) and developmental cooperation issues have UNDP Human Development Report and the Johannesburg continued and included an online forum around preparations World Summit on Sustainable Development. for the World Summit on the Information Society. Timo Mielonen, Coordinator We have launched a major initiative, OneWorldMarket ONEWORLD ITALY/UNIMONDO (www.oneworldmarket.nl), with the goal of bringing together www.unimondo.org business and development. Trade and investment can serve Cooperative Unimondo was formed in 2002, making OneWorld as bridges between North and South, yet they are still not Italy a fully independent organization. OneWorld partnership contributing sufficiently to sustainable development in the in Italy includes nearly 300 small to medium non-profit South. ICTs can play a key role in making world trade and organizations. We work with Italian civil society not only on investment flows sustainable. They can unlock knowledge, the web but also in many nationwide and international events. bring people together and remove barriers between the We organized World Social Agenda, one of the three main private sector and social organizations. OneWorldMarket conferences on global issues within Civitas, Italy’s biggest aims to be a platform fostering these processes of non-profit exposition. At the European Social Forum sustainability. Marije van Zomeren, Director (www.fse-esf.org) in Florence, Unimondo ran workshops and seminars on networking and communication rights ONEWORLD SOUTH ASIA (see www.crisinfo.org) as well as reporting on the event. www.oneworld.net/southasia OneWorld South Asia is based in New Delhi, India. Key Online we have launched our e-payment project (in activities in 2002/3 were producing the South Asia edition collaboration with Banca Etica) that allows partners to and two specialist thematic channels: Learning Channel on receive donations and secure payments over the web. educational issues (www.learningchannel.org), and Digital
For OneWorld Radio and TV see page 7 04
ONEWORLD CENTRES South East Europe / UK / US / Network development
Opportunity Channel on ICTs (information and communication affairs and development and contributes to the OneWorld technologies) for development (www.digitalopportunity.org). syndication on Yahoo! world news. The center also manages Our centre plays a strong role in news production for the the recruitment and engagement of US-based partner network, including syndication. organizations in OneWorld.
The partnership base in South Asia grew strongly from 144 In 2002/3 we undertook a number of surveys, focus groups to 224 organizations over the year (around one half in India and evaluations for all of our activities. Feedback confirmed and the rest from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). that the US edition was providing a unique opportunity for We held numerous training seminars to help partner Americans to learn about the world through the eyes of organizations develop their use of ICTs. We also worked on dedicated nonprofits from around the globe. We also began the global resource ItrainOnline (www.itrainonline.org), a to distribute our edition by email and already have over 3,000 technology resource centre for people who want to learn how readers in this format. to use the internet effectively for social justice and sustainable development. Nitya Jacob, Regional Coordinator US partners, now over 120, are increasingly finding OneWorld useful for their work. This year we held 12 well-attended ONEWORLD SOUTHEAST EUROPE peer learning exchanges – monthly partner meetings where www.oneworld.net/see internet skills are shared face-to-face and electronically. The Observatory on the Balkans (www.osservatoriobalcani.it), OneWorld has a bright future in the United States. We intend an information service on developments in the Balkans for to continue listening carefully and refining our practices as Italian audiences, is one of OneWorld Italy’s major projects. we transition in 2003 from being a project of Benton In 2003 we are launching a OneWorld South East Europe Foundation to an independent charitable organization. Our portal in English, Albanian, Macedonian and South Slavic. thanks to Ford Foundation and Markle Foundation for their support, and special thanks to all of our partners and the ONEWORLD UK strategic allies that made the past year such a great one for OneWorld UK, until 2003 based at the Panos Institute, London, the US center. Michael Litz, Director produced the UK edition of OneWorld.net, international daily news, campaigns, OneWorld Kids Channel and world news NETWORK DEVELOPMENT for OneWorld on Yahoo!. New arrangements for OneWorld OneWorld seeks to become more geographically, UK will be announced later in 2003. linguistically and culturally inclusive and diverse, and to strengthen its bonds with the global South and societies in ONEWORLD US transition (Eastern Europe and Central Asia). We welcome www.oneworld.net/us approaches from like-minded organizations. Please contact OneWorld US produces a daily news edition aimed at OneWorld International or any OneWorld centre (see pp11- enhancing the knowledge of US citizens about international 12 and back cover for contact details).
“Innovative peoples' media, OneWorld builds understanding of our human family, despite forces of fragmentation.”
MARGARET B. WILKERSON, DIRECTOR , MEDIA ARTS AND CULTURE, FORD FOUNDATION
“OneWorld – a website that unites the world.”
THE HINDU, INDIA
“We recommend OneWorld. It's the best site on global issues, news, alternative analyses – the centrepiece of the NGO world.”
TRANSNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR PEACE AND FUTURE RESEARCH, SWEDEN
For the Open Knowledge Network see page 8 05
PARTNERSHIP OneWorld’s wider community
Partnership is essential to our mission. All OneWorld centres “We need OneWorld – not one superpower – managing the serve a wider community of partner organizations working news.” Casa Alianza, Costa Rica (www.casa-alianza.org) for global justice. Engaging with partners at country and regional level, as well as internationally, ensures that our “I hope that our cooperation will be long and fruitful, and work has a strong local dimension while retaining the reach that we will together work towards establishing a peaceful of a global network. OneWorld’s core activity of highlighting and better world.” RTVM, Yugoslavia partners’ news and analysis on our web pages brings a worldwide audience to our partners’ websites. “OneWorld.net is the first site we check for news from the international development community and we’re thrilled During the past year the number of partners in the OneWorld to have become a partner organization.” community grew steadily. The total figure passed 1,500, Women’s Edge, USA (www.womensedge.org) based in 89 countries, in early 2003, in addition to almost 2,000 OneWorld Radio and OneWorld TV members. We will “OneWorld.net is … a most comprehensive and authoritative continue to listen and respond to our partners, so that we gateway for the concerned citizen to learn about their world can address civil society’s priorities as effectively as possible … a welcoming, lively and professional website for trustworthy through our work. global news, analysis and education.” EuropaWorld (www.europaworld.org) WHAT DO PARTNERS SAY ABOUT ONEWORLD? “We are all so appreciative of the support and encouragement DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DIALOGUE: DGROUPS you are giving us … Our website is such an important www.dgroups.org information tool to communicate … we are so encouraged In 2002 OneWorld and project partners Bellanet, DFID, the by our new partnership.” Vikash, India (www.vikash.org) Institute for Connectivity in the Americas, IICD and UNAIDS launched a new internet-based medium for collaborative “OneWorld has contributed to the feeling of an equal working. Dgroups offers tools and services to bring people partnership that enhances not only the African perspectives together in dialogue. Whether to support a team, a network, but also the technological skills needed.” a partnership or a community, Dgroups provides simple- Mwengo, Zimbabwe (www.mwengo.org) to-use, non-commercial workspaces that aim to meet the needs of low-bandwidth users in the South. “We consider media work a major tool in which we can advocate a peaceful and just solution … and very much appreciate being a member of the OneWorld.net.” Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement between People (www.rapprochement.org)
For more information about becoming a OneWorld partner organization, visit www.oneworld.net/partners, or contact your nearest OneWorld centre.
Organizations based in Austria, Canada, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the USA should contact the OneWorld centre in their country. Contact OneWorld Africa if based in Africa; OneWorld South Asia if based in South or Southeast Asia; OneWorld Central America if based in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean; OneWorld Italy if based in Southeast Europe. All other organizations should contact OneWorld International. Any organization can email [email protected].
For OneWorld’s corporate relations and technology services see page 9 06
CHANNELS Global perspectives on issues that matter
Our thematic channels, mainly edited from OneWorld centres LEARNING CHANNEL in the South, give global perspectives on critical issues www.learningchannel.org facing our world. Learning Channel, also edited from OneWorld South Asia, brings together more than 450 organizations worldwide in AIDS CHANNEL promoting the best initiatives in education. The channel www.aidschannel.org features grassroots initiatives, coming events, analysis and Launched on World AIDS Day 2001 and edited from OneWorld opinion, campaigns, discussion forums and specialist topics Africa, AIDS Channel collates news and resources from civil such as early childhood care. Organizations that have directly society, governments, research institutions and the media. benefited from being featured on the channel include Indian It takes a developmental and human rights approach to children’s charity Katha (www.katha.org) and the Barefoot HIV/ AIDS. In 2002 we launched OneWorld AIDS Radio College (www.barefootcollege.org). (http://aidsradio.oneworld.net), allowing broadcasters to share multilingual radio programming through the web, "Thanks for being a 'voice' for the poor." and the Spanish-language Canal Sida (www.canalsida.org). Bunyad Literacy Community Council (www.bunyad.org.pk)
"We're very excited about our new membership with The OneWorld family of channels also includes: OneWorld and look forward to working with AIDS Channel." Global Health Council (www.globalhealth.org) KIDS CHANNEL www.oneworld.net/penguin DEBT CHANNEL Kids Channel offers a child-friendly perspective on the www.debtchannel.org world as seen by Tiki, a king penguin. Tiki shows how Debt Channel, also edited from OneWorld Africa, features humans are adversely affecting all life, including their the latest news, views and research on debt from around own, enriching his message with attractive, amusing the world. In 2002 the channel ran major discussion forums images and careful design. Tiki encourages kids to get moderated by the European Network on Debt and involved locally with solving global problems. Development (www.eurodad.org): on Financing for Development (FfD), (linked to the Monterrey Conference, ITRAIN ONLINE March), and on the World Summit for Sustainable www.itrainonline.org Development (August/September). ItrainOnline is a joint initiative with APC (www.apc.org), Bellanet (www.bellanet.org), IICD (www.iicd.org), IISD “I have read most of the contributions with great interest … (www.iisd.org) and INASP (www.inasp.info). It provides and was astonished by the quality produced in an electronic high-quality, practical information on ICTs, giving learners discussion forum.” European FfD NGO caucus and trainers in the South an entry point on the web for the resources and tools they need. DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY CHANNEL www.digitalopportunity.org “ItrainOnline is one development initiative that will help OneWorld and the Digital Divide Network (Benton Foundation) [our] people. ICT has such a role to play in helping people co-launched Digital Opportunity Channel in May 2002. Edited demand good governance … and helping prepare Africans from OneWorld South Asia, the channel informs a global for the future.” Build Africa (www.buildafrica.org) audience on how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can promote sustainable development and better MEDIA CHANNEL quality of life.The channel carries news, success stories, www.mediachannel.org funding and web resources, campaigns and discussion forums. Media Channel is a US-based public-interest website concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of “Easy to navigate … very accessible … there is space for people the media. Its mission is to inspire debate, collaboration, to share their expertise.” BBC World Service, “Go Digital” action and citizen engagement.
For OneWorld International donors, alliances and finance see page 10 07
ONEWORLD RADIO & TV www.oneworld.net/radio www.oneworld.net/tv
ONEWORLD RADIO ONEWORLD TV Building on the success of OneWorld Radio Southeast Europe Video on the internet is a powerful and largely unrealized (www.oneworld.net/radio/see), OneWorld Radio launched way of communicating with a wider audience about human in 2002 as a global portal. Membership has grown rapidly rights and sustainable development. OneWorld TV is an to include more than 800 broadcasters and NGOs from 78 online video dialogue space where people with access to a countries. In July 2002 OneWorld Africa launched OneWorld camcorder and dial-up modem can upload short video clips – Radio AIDS Network (www.oneworld.net/radio/aids) in evidence, testimony and opinion – creating a collaboratively Johannesburg. The OneWorld Radio family of sites now offers built body of material. We are developing content around hundreds of audio files in 29 languages for exchange. such themes as climate change, HIV/AIDS, trade, the “war on terrorism”, GM food, renewable energy, and the Networking with the radio-for-development community has intercommunity conflict in Israel / Palestine. been a key activity, facilitated online through “working together” and “campaigns” sections of the portal, and offline Viewers navigate through 60-second clips already grouped through events in the USA, UK and South Africa and monthly by subject, choosing which storylines to follow in an interactive newsletters in English, Spanish and French. Strategic exploration of global issues. In its first six months OneWorld partnerships have been developed with UNESCO, UNICEF, TV attracted more than 1,000 members from nearly 50 Plan International and other global organizations, alongside countries. collaborations with such broadcaster networks as AMARC, World Radio Network, Radio Netherlands and WorldSpace “The greatest threat to the independent media community Foundation. is commercialism, the greatest frustration the so-called digital divide. Yet its real ambition is to give voice to the world’s OneWorld Radio marked World AIDS Day, 1 December 2002, silent majority. OneWorld TV exemplifies this vision.” with a special link-up with MTV. We offered radio stations Martin Collier, Executive Director, Glaser Progress around the world the opportunity to broadcast HIV/AIDS Foundation (www.progressproject.org) awareness programming from the MTV Staying Alive campaign (www.staying-alive.org). “OneWorld TV is an exciting new space for NGOs, video activists and filmmakers to take video and human rights out In 2003 OneWorld Radio is expanding into ICT training of onto the web. It combines the internet and digital cameras African broadcasters, resulting in a new regional edition – in the fight to save lives and reduce human suffering." OneWorld Radio Africa – and two new language editions. Dan Thurley, Amnesty International (www.amnesty.org)
“We are glad to become members of One World Radio, it is "The future promises another communications revolution great!” Independent Children's Media Center, Ukraine … OneWorld TV is already showing the way." Ford Foundation Report, winter 2002/3
"OneWorld Radio is an innovative use of the internet to support radio stations across the world in communicating the most important social issues."
GEORGIA FRANKLIN, VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, MTV NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL
"OneWorld TV is an impressive response to a global media system that all too often is filtering out both innovation in film-making and the wider communication of social issues to citizens around world. If you are a film-maker concerned about what's going on in our world today, add your stories to OneWorld TV and join this radical network on the cutting edge of technology and social change."
MIKE FIGGIS, FILM DIRECTOR (LEAVING LAS VEGAS, TIMECODE)
Contacts: Radio – Jackie Davies, [email protected]; TV – Jo Hill, [email protected]; +44 (0)20 7735 2100 08
OPEN KNOWLEDGE NETWORK www.openknowledge.net
OneWorld and a consortium of partners are collaborating to collect, tag and store local knowledge in way that could to develop the Open Knowledge Network (OKN), a pioneering be scaled throughout the global South. local content initiative with an emphasis on developing countries. In 2002 the UK and Canadian governments The findings from the pilot were presented to a group of committed funding to OKN, enabling the project to move practitioners in May 2002. Over 40 participants representing further along the road from vision to reality. grassroots networks, international organizations, governments and the private sector, from Africa, Asia, Europe OKN emerged from the G8 Digital Opportunity Task Force and the Americas, took part. The proposal was further refined (DOT Force), set up to identify how governments, businesses and new suggestions emerged. and civil society can work together to advance human development and reduce poverty through use of ICTs. In 2003 the focus of OKN is extending to Africa for a programme Increasing access to the internet for poorer communities of workshops and pilots to test its key principles in different worldwide will only be beneficial if people can find local contexts. We will continue to develop OKN’s software, explore content that is relevant to their lives. OKN aims to promote voice applications with WorldTalk (www.worldtalk.org), information and communication that can make a real and incorporate recorded voice and mobile text messaging. difference to the majority of the world's population, on subjects ranging from AIDS to education, from agriculture Work will also continue on intellectual property rights with to human rights. the Berkman Center of Harvard Law School. An OKN syndication centre will be developed at OneWorld South Asia OneWorld, the International Institute for Communication to provide legal and technical support to the regional hubs. and Development (www.iicd.org), the International Development Research Centre (www.idrc.ca), the Berkman Center of Harvard Law School (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu), Accenture (www.accenture.com) and the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF, www.mssrf.org) are developing OKN alongside many other partners.
In 2002 the OKN concept underwent its first pilot test in the villages of Pondicherry, South India, in collaboration with the MSSRF information village research project, working with a network of village telecentres and a regional hub. The pilot demonstrated how features such as a set of standards and systems could enhance an existing information initiative. Specially written stand-alone software was used
“The OKN is going to do at a global level what we are doing at a local level.”
JOHN DADA, FANTSUAM FOUNDATION, NIGERIA (WWW.FANTSUAM.COM)
“The project design really takes advantage of mature accomplishments across a range of fields – the propagation of telecenters and cyber cafés in Africa, Asia and Latin America, satellite communications, metadata sets and XML. OKN is a strong synthesis of these elements with a core of exchange at local, regional and international levels based on participation and meeting real information needs.”
EDMOND GAIBLE, PRESIDENT, NATOMA, (WWW.NATOMAGROUP.COM)
Contact: Tori Holmes, [email protected], +44 (0)20 7091 4546 09
CORPORATE RELATIONS & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES www.oneworld.net/business www.oneworld.net/technology
CORPORATE RELATIONS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Solving complex social problems requires collaboration. OneWorld offers comprehensive consultancy and software Business, governments and the voluntary sector can create production services to partners and other civil society greater benefits by working together. organizations working to build a better world. As a not-for- profit network dedicated to building online communities for OneWorld values enormously its relationships with technology, global justice, OneWorld brings a unique approach to the role media and telecommunication companies that want to of the internet in delivering strategic objectives. pioneer the use of ICTs for development. By working with us, businesses can make a demonstrable contribution to social In 2002/3 OneWorld has developed an Open Source content justice and build relationships with their communities. management system (CMS) specifically for the non-profit sector. Based on eZ Publish, the CMS underpins OneWorld’s Thank you to all our 2002/3 corporate supporters, including: relaunched websites and is now available to like-minded organizations. Our system enables editors based in several Accenture (www.accenture.com) for working with OneWorld locations to work together to create web publications and on the G8 DOT Force and OKN, and providing pro-bono provides discussion forums, automatic email digests of web consultancy. content, visitor/membership databases, and many other Banca Etica (www.bancaetica.com) for support to, and interactive features. collaboration with, OneWorld Italy/Unimondo. Cable & Wireless (www.cw.com) for helping OneWorld OneWorld has developed and deployed a range of internet expand its editorial capacity and survey audiences for our applications for itself and for other civil society organizations: Yahoo! news service. Caixa Catalunya (www.caixacat.es) for support from its • Index, catalogue and search. Spider software “reads” foundation, Fundació Un Sol Món, to OneWorld España. documents within an organization or anywhere on the HotChilli (www.hotchillimedia.com.au) for providing internet; then an intelligent search engine mines the discounted hosting services to OneWorld. information for you. Real Networks (www.realnetworks.com) and the Glaser • Knowledge management. Track, manage and share Family Foundation for grant and software licence support knowledge assets; maintain directories of organizations to OneWorld TV. and contacts, project databases, central repositories for Sun Microsystems (www.sun.com) for providing servers, cross-referenced resources, and flexible customized enabling a vastly improved user experience on oneworld.net classification systems. and OKN hubs. • Intranet. Groupware applications incorporating web- and Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com) for including OneWorld in its world client-based email, shared contacts, contact relationship news line-up, helping us reach a broader audience. management, group calendars, and collaborative online Vodafone Group Foundation workspaces. (www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com) for support to the • Multimedia database and showcase. Publish and share OKN “Mobile Content to Change Lives” programme. an online archive of searchable multimedia files; offer streamed media within an interactive collaborative “We at Accenture recognize that we must do more to engage multimedia environment. with the world around us … Our relationship with OneWorld is helping us achieve these important social aims.” OneWorld is committed to the principles of Open Source Vernon Ellis, International Chairman, Accenture software, which anyone is free to modify and extend. (www.accenture.com) Our experience building oneworld.net and the software OneWorld welcomes inquiries from corporate leaders behind it are available to help your organization. Email us seeking to engage with civil society. Contact Ann Longley, at [email protected] or telephone 44 (0)20 7735 [email protected], T 44 (0)20 7091 4509. 2100 to discuss your requirements.
For OneWorld boards, staff teams and contacts see pages 11-12 and back cover 10
DONORS, STRATEGIC ALLIANCES & FINANCE
DONORS 2002/3 FINANCE OneWorld International Foundation and OneWorld Consolidated income and expenditure account for OneWorld International Ltd are grateful to the following donors for International Foundation (including OneWorld International their valuable support to the OneWorld network: Ltd) for the year ended 31st March 2003:
•Ford Foundation (www.fordfound.org) Income £ • The Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace Grant income 2,235,396 • Hivos, the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Commercial income 220,152 Developing Countries, Netherlands (www.hivos.nl) Network subscriptions 212,458 • Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate Investment income 3,399 General for International Co-operation (DGIS) Total income 2,671,405 (www.minbuza.nl) • The Open Society Institute (www.soros.org) Expenditure £ • The Parthenon Trust Network development and support 1,295,213 • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Multimedia 377,545 (www.sdc.admin.ch) Open Knowledge Network 231,813 • UK Department for International Development (DFID) Support costs 372,597 (www.dfid.gov.uk) Charity administration and management 92,417 Fundraising costs 46,123 The main sources of funding for OneWorld’s Southern centres Commercial costs 70,368 are Hivos, DGIS and DFID. OneWorld’s centres also receive Total expenditure 2,486,076 financial support from regional and local donors and from the governments of Austria, Canada and Finland. For Net incoming resources 185,329 more information please contact centres directly. Total funds brought forward 437,249 Total funds carried forward 622,578 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES The OneWorld network has formed strategic alliances with The above is extracted from the consolidated income and expenditure account of OneWorld International Foundation, a company limited by guarantee and many like-minded organizations and networks, including: UK Registered Charity no. 1095287, for financial year ended 31st March 2003. Full audited accounts can be obtained from the Company Secretary, OneWorld International Ltd, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP, UK. • AMARC (www.amarc.org) • APC (www.apc.org) OneWorld centres account for their income and expenditure on an individual basis; to request the accounts of any OneWorld centre, please contact the • Civicus (www.civicus.org) centre directly. • The Communications Initiative (www.comminit.com) • Hivos (www.hivos.nl) CORPORATE SUPPORTERS • InterAction (www.interaction.org) Corporate supporters are featured on page 9. • Panos (www.panos.org.uk) • UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) www.fao.org Editorial Independence • UN Volunteers (www.unv.org) OneWorld is independent of all government, political, • WorldSpace Foundation (www.worldspace.org) religious and commercial interests, and of all other groups within civil society. We accept funding only on condition that it OneWorld is also a member of a number of international does not jeopardize this editorial independence. networks including:
• European Foundation Centre (www.efc.be) •Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) (www.globalknowledge.org)
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BOARDS & STAFF TEAMS OneWorld International
ONEWORLD INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ONEWORLD INTERNATIONAL LTD Board of Trustees: Board of Directors: Pranlal Sheth CBE, Barrister (ret.) (UK) (Chair to November John Naughton, Open University, Cambridge University 2002, then Chair Emeritus and Founding Trustee) (Chair); Peter Armstrong, OneWorld International Ltd; Owen Larry Kirkman, American University, Washington, DC (USA) Barder, DFID; Rutger Engelhard, Cont@ctivity, European (Chair from November 2002, previously Trustee) Centre for Development Policy Management (elected 2002); Jertta Blomstedt, Senior print and radio journalist (Finland) Carol Haslam, Independent media producer; Ed Mayo, James Deane, Panos Institute (UK) New Economics Foundation; Pranlal Sheth CBE, Barrister Rutger Engelhard, Cont@ctivity, European Centre for (ret.); Max Whitby, The Red Green & Blue Company. Development Policy Management (Netherlands) (Treasurer) Angel Font, Fundació Un Sol Món (Spain) Staff: Peter Armstrong, Director; Fiona Barnes, Office Charika Marasinghe, A.T. Ariyaratne Charitable Trust, administrator; Beth Bolitho,* Director’s PA, editorial assistant; Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement (Sri Lanka) Dale Chadwick, Partnerships, ItrainOnline; Pete Cranston, Dipuo Mvelase, Universal Service Agency (South Africa) Network relations director; Jackie Davies, Radio manager; (term ended 2002)* Bradley Davis, Systems administrator; Rob Denny, Southern Fr Gabriele Pipinato, Fondazione Fontana (Italy) programmes manager; Jennifer Eschweiler, Radio editor; Judy Rebick, Ryerson University, Toronto (Canada) Grant Exall,* Systems administrator; Robert Faulkner,* (elected 2002) Technical director; Lesley French, Finance & operations María Sáenz, Consultant, Fundación Acceso (Costa Rica) director; Gopal Gobiratnam, Senior developer; Bill Gunyon, (elected 2002) Business services director, project manager; David Heath, Web developer; Jo Hill, Multimedia producer; Tori Holmes, Staff: Anuradha Vittachi, Director; Chloë Fielder, Administrator; OKN coordinator; Myriam Horngren,* Channels and Alastair Hinch,* Administrator; Miles Litvinoff, Governance partnership; Ken Kitson, OKN software architect; Alex manager; Allison Murray, Donations fund manager. Lockwood, Content & network services manager; Ann Longley, Corporate relations manager; Deborah Loth, Products & OneWorld International Foundation: marketing director; Sarah Macbeth, Web designer; Freddie 17th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, Mbuya, Technical operations manager; Branislava Milosevic, London SE1 7TP, United Kingdom Radio projects manager; Gianna Mitsinikou, Technical T 44 (0)20 7091 4503, F 44 (0)20 7840 0798 administrator; Maartje op de Coul, Evaluation manager; Claire E [email protected] Paszkiewicz, Web developer; René Plaetevoet, International Registered Charity No. 1095287 coordinator; Dennis Robinson, Web maintenance developer; Amanda Squires, Technology products coordinator; Roz INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS Sutton, Technical projects manager; Glen Tarman,* Publicity ‘Expert friends’ of the OneWorld network, who offer their manager; Lynn Taylor, Finance administrator; Claire Walker,* guidance periodically on matters of significance, include: Human resources manager; Suzi Wells, Web developer. A. Ariyaratne (Sri Lanka), Peter Ballantyne (The Netherlands), Bjorn Edlund (Sweden), Martin Khor (Malaysia), Hans Landolt OneWorld International Ltd: (Peru), Simon Maxwell (UK), Sugata Mitra (India), Aruna Roy 17th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, (India), Anthony Sampson (UK), Jennifer Sibanda (Zimbabwe), London SE1 7TP, United Kingdom Charles Villa-Vicencio (South Africa), Muhammad Yunus T 44 (0)20 7735 2100, F 44 (0)20 7840 0798 (Bangladesh). E [email protected]
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BOARDS & STAFF TEAMS OneWorld centres
ONEWORLD AFRICA Staff: Jason Nardi, Director; Roberto Antoniazzi, Technical; Steering group: Margaret Machila (Chair), Luckson Chipare, Marta Benettin, Unimondo Junior coordinator; Giorgio Beretta, Shuller Habeenzu, Shafika Isaacs, Gladys Mutukwa, T.S. Content manager; Roberta Bertoldi, Editor; Gabriella Muyoya, Michelle Ntab. Staff: Priscilla Jere, Director; Heidi Campregher, Administration; Gabriele Francescotto, Campher,* Debt Channel editor; Henk Camphe,* Debt Technical; Laura Gardumi, Desk & administration; Jacopo Channel editor; Grace Kapakyulu, Office manager; Patricia Giorgi, English language editor OW South East Europe; Lumba, Partnership; Siviwe Minyi,* AIDS Radio manager; Michele Kettmeier, Web designer; Chiara Lugarini,* South Catherine Ndashe Phiri, AIDS Channel editor; Caroline East Europe coordinator; Martina Pegoraro, Editor; Valentina Nenguke, Editorial assistant. Pellizzer, South East Europe coordinator; Davide Sighele, Editor, Balkan Observatory; Andrea Trentini, Editor; Svetlana ONEWORLD AUSTRIA Turella, Partnership; Luka Zanoni,* Editor, Balkan Observatory. Board: Südwind Agency. Staff: Lydia Matzka, Coordinator. ONEWORLD NETHERLANDS ONEWORLD CANADA Board: Louk de la Rive Box (Chair), Jac Stienen, Rajendre Board: Alternatives. Staff: Chad Lubelsky, Director; Rosalind Khargi, Lianna Bergeron, Jaap Dijkstra, Rutger Engelhard.* Franklin, Business development; John Hall, English language Staff: Marije van Zomeren, Director; Margriet van Benthem, editorial and partnership; Daphnée Dion Viens, French Office manager; Dai Forterre, Projects; Pabla van Heck,* language editorial and partnership. Assistant;Pieter de Jong,* Projects;Peter van Lier, Editor; Daphne Linsen,* Partnership, editor; Brian Manberg, Part- ONEWORLD CENTRAL AMERICA nership; Joyce Sebregts, Editor; Marielle Weststrate,* Editor. Board: Ana Elena Badilla, Alfredo Mora, Jorge Nowalski, Rolando Mendoza,* Yolanda María Rojas, María Sáenz. ONEWORLD SOUTH ASIA Staff: Cristina Nogués, Director; Nora Galeano,* Director; Steering group: Subbaiah Arunachalam, Namrata Bali, Elizabeth Clarke, Partnership, fundraising; Lorena DiPalma, Rajinder Singh. Staff: Nitya Jacob, Coordinator; John Chacko, Administrative support; Lena Zúñiga, Project officer, SVO. Content coordinator; Barun Das, Office help; Kedar Dash, Technical services; Anu Kumar, Training; Kanti Kumar, Digital ONEWORLD ESPAÑA Opportunity Channel editor; Mukesh Kumar, Administration; Board: Antoni Serra Ramoneda (Chair), Josep Maria Loza i Rahul Kumar, Assistant editor; Jaba Menon, Partnership, Xuriach, Cassià Maria Just, Ramon Maria Llevadot i Roig, Arcadi syndication marketing; Geeta Sharma, Learning Channel Oliveres i Boadella, Miquel Perdiguer i Andrés, Margharita editor; Sukhmani Singh, Yahoo! news editor; Anjali Srivastav, Rivière i Martí, Janine Shouten i Fusté, Eulàlia Vintró i Castells, Partnership assistant; Karthik Venkatesh,* Support centre Maties Vives i March. Staff: Carlota Franco, Director; Luci editor. Vega, Editor; Dani Vilaro, PR and partnership. ONEWORLD UK ONEWORLD FINLAND Board: Panos. Staff: John Love*, Director; Lyndsey Cockwell, Board: Juha Rekola (Chair), Janne Sivonen, Sanna Vesikansa, Campaigns; Joanna John, Partnership; Bry Lynas, Kids Jukka Aronen, Juhani Artto, Jertta Blomstedt, Arto Haapea, Channel editor; Seb Naidoo, Editor; Daniel Nelson, Editor. Simo Hellsten, Ulla Hottinen, Marja-Leena Kultanen, Tapani Pentikäinen, Terhi Uronen. Staff: Timo Mielonen, Coordinator; ONEWORLD US Niranjan Rajani,* Researcher; Kirsi Salonen, Editor; Freelance: Board: Benton Foundation. Autonomy steering group: Kerry Jane Anttila; Elina Hartikainen; Katri Kaitainen; Satu Miettinen; McNamara (Chair), Larry Kirkman, Michael Litz. Staff: Reetta Paavilainen; Maippi Tapanainen. Michael Litz, Director; Jeff Allen, Associate editor; Roshani Kothari, Partnership & promotion; Jim Lobe, Yahoo! ONEWORLD ITALY / UNIMONDO syndication writer; Alison Raphael, Managing editor. Board: Giorgio Dossi (President), Ambrogio Monetti, Jason Nardi, Michele Odorizzi, Marco Piccolo, Alessio Surian. Boards and teams shown for period April ‘02 to March ‘03. *Left during period.
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