Inter Press Service
The Inter Press Service
Global Personnel
Board of Directors
The IPS Board of Directors is comprised of distinguished journalists, academics, communications experts and specialists in international cooperation. The following were members of the board as at March 4, 2010:
- Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Chair
- Fifi Benaboud, Vice-Chair
- Walther Lichem,Vice-Chair
- Mario Lubetkin, IPS Director General
- Rene Castro
- Joaquin Costanzo
- Thalif Deen
- Paula Fray
- Jos J.A.M. van Gennip
- Halle Jorn Hanssen
- Ramesh Jaura
- Kerry Kennedy
- Govin Reddy
- Johanna Son
- Giovanni Spinelli
Board of Trustees
- Roberto Savio, Chairman, President Emeritus
- Kofi A. Annan
- Martti Ahtisaari
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali
- Inder Kumar Gujral
- Toshiki Kaifu
- Mario Soares
- Federico Mayor Zaragoza
IPS North America
IPS North America was founded in July 1997 in New York. The organisation aims to enhances the free flow and dissemination of information between developing nations and the North American media, non–governmental organisations, policy–makers at the United Nations, educational institutions and other organisations involved in social, economic, and educational issues affecting primarily developing countries. IPS North America was set up by the IPS International Association and is a founding member of the IPS International News Agency. On their website they state their goal,
- "As part of what is known as "development journalism", IPS North America aims to help correct the imbalance of mainstream media news by providing contextualised content that focuses less on specific news events and more on processes, institutions and trends that make those events understandable to readers."[1]
Thalif Deen, UN Bureau Chief serves as IPS Regional Director for North America.[1]
IPS North America journalist network
As at March 4, 2010, the following were listed as members of the IPS North America journalist network:[2][1]
- Katherine Stapp, Regional Editor
- Mithre J. Sandrasagra, Editor at Large
- Haider Rizvi, UN Correspondent
- James Lobe, Washington Bureau Chief
- Emad Mekay, Global Trade and Finance Correspondent
- Stephen Leahy, Science and Environment Correspondent
- Gareth Porter, Correspondent
- Adrianne Appel, Correspondent
- Bill Berkowitz, Foreign Policy Correspondent
- Am Johal
- Aaron Glantz, Foreign Policy Correspondent
Supporters
2005
- International Labour Organization
- Millennium Campaign
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations Population Fund
- United Nations Development Fund for Women
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Asian Development Bank
- European Commission
- Helsinki Process (on Globalisation and Democracy)
- International Development Research Centre
- Environmental Management Secretariat for Latin America and the Caribbean (EMS-SEMA)
- Southern African Development Community
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- ActionAid International
- Institute for Democracy in Africa
- Ford Foundation
- Japan Foundation
- Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee
- African Woman and Child Feature Service
- European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
- HIVOS, Netherlands (Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation)
- Magazine X
- NCDO, Netherlands (National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development)
- Oxfam Novib (Netherlands)
- Open Society
- Oxfam East Asia
- Society for International Development Europe
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation
As well as these organizations, the following governments supported the IPS: Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway.
2006
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Labour Organization
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations Population Fund
- Asian Development Bank
- UN OHRLLS (UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States)
- European Commission
- International Development Research Centre
- Southern African Development Community
- Southern African Trust
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- ActionAid International
- Oxfam Novib (Netherlands)
- Oxfam Asia
- Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analyses
- HIVOS, Netherlands (Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation)
- NCDO, Netherlands (National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development)
- World Alliance for Civilian Participation (CIVICUS)
- Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development (Com+}
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
As well as these organizations, the following governments supported the IPS: Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway.
2007
- European Commission
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Population Fund
- United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations Development Fund for Women
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations Democracy Fund
- International Organization for Migration
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- World Bank
- UNICEF, East Asia and the Pacific
- Southern African Development Community
- Southern African Trust
- DANIDA Devforum
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- World Toilet Association
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
- Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development (Com+}
- Oxfam Novib (Netherlands)
- ActionAid International
- World Alliance for Civilian Participation (CIVICUS)
- Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations
- Global Subsidies Initiative
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- National Community Development Organization
- Society for International Development
As well as these organizations, the following governments supported the IPS: Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Brazil and Germany.