OneWorld Platform for Southeast Europe Foundation (OWPSEE)

oneworld – platform for southeast europe (owpsee) envisions an active and efficient online community in South East Europe, unified in efforts to impact faster democratic developments and positive social change within civil societies of the region, and cooperating through interactive platforms at local, national, regional and international levels.

As a mission driven organization, owpsee has identified areas of special interest that will be the focus of our work between 2006 -2008: Local content in local languages – further developing our multimedia and multi-language portal, promoting and facilitating the production of local content by civil society organizations (CSOs) using new technologies; Capacity building, knowledge sharing/transfer – strengthening the abilities, role, and engagement of civil society organizations in Information Communication Technology (ICT); Networking and Regional cooperation models – expanding and strengthening the network(s) of CSOs. Two cross-cutting issues are an integral part of all our work: ‘Information and Communication Open Policy’ and a ‘Gender Sensitive Approach’.

APC member since 2007

Topic areas of expertise:

• Meio ambiente e TICs,
• Software livre,
• Gênero e TICs,
• Direitos humanos e TICs,
• Treinamento e TICs