BBC World Service Trust

The BBC World Service Trust "is the BBC's international charity. We use media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights, thereby enabling people to build better lives."

Funding
"In the 2006-2007, the BBC World Service Trust received it's highest ever income of £17.6 million."

They "are funded by external grants and voluntary contributions, mainly from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the European Union, UN agencies and charitable foundations. We receive a small amount of core support from the BBC (both in kind and cash)."

In 2006 they received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for Democracy "To raise public awareness of citizens' rights, including awareness of avenues through which disabled and other citizens can gain access to the legal system. The BBC World Service Trust will establish a legal-awareness telephone hotline and create innovative media programs with the goal of fostering uniform standards of accountability and access to the judicial system."

People (as of March 31, 2007)
Accessed April 2008:

Trustees

 * Nigel Chapman (Chairman), Director, BBC World Service
 * Zeinab Badawi, Broadcaster
 * Christopher Beauman, Senior Adviser, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
 * Hilde F. Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
 * Michael McCulloch, Member of Investment Committee, Europolis Group
 * Bhupendra Mistry, Trustee, BBC World Service Trust
 * Susan Robinson-King, Vice-President, Carnegie Corporation
 * Caroline Thomson, Chief Operating Officer, BBC
 * J Patrick Vaughan CBE, Professor Emeritus, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
 * Michael C. Williams, Assistant Secretary General and UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East
 * Alison Woodhams, Chief Operating Officer, BBC World Service

Company Secretary
 * Lindsey North, Controller of Legal & Rights, BBC Global News Division

Patrons

 * Glenys Kinnock MEP, Member of European Parliament (UK Labour Party)
 * Edward McMillan-Scott MEP, Member of European Parliament (UK Conservative Party)

Management Team

 * Stephen King, Director
 * Anna Da Silva, Director, Africa
 * Simon Derry, Director, Middle East, Former Soviet Union and Europe
 * Caroline Howie, Director, Asia
 * Fatima Islam, HR & Development Manager
 * Eliot Lyne, Director of Finance
 * Gerry Power, Director, Research & Knowledge Management

Auditors
 * KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants, Registered Auditors, London

Donors
Accessed April 2008:


 * Africa Educational Trust
 * Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 * British Council
 * Community Fund
 * Conciliation Resources
 * Danish International Development Assistance (Danida)
 * Department For International Development, UK (DfID)
 * European Commission
 * European Union
 * Facilitating Local Initiatives for Conflict Transformation (FLICT), Sri Lanka
 * Ford Foundation
 * Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK (FCO)
 * Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
 * Grupo Zeta
 * Health Unlimited
 * Humanity United
 * International Labour Organisation (ILO)
 * International Trachoma Initiative (ITI)
 * John Ellerman Foundation
 * Kaiser Foundation
 * Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Netherlands (NEDA)
 * Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
 * Potanin Charity Foundation
 * Radio Netherlands Training Centre (RNTC)
 * Sasakawa Memorial Health Fund
 * United Nations AIDS
 * United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
 * United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 * United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
 * United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
 * United Nations Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM)
 * United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA)
 * United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
 * USAID US Agency for International Development
 * World Bank
 * World Health Organization (WHO)

Partners
Accessed April 2008:


 * Africa Educational Trust
 * AIDS Media Center
 * Association of Newspaper Publishers, Bulgaria
 * Bayon Radio, Cambodia
 * BBC World
 * BBC World Service
 * Beijing People's Radio, China
 * Big Lottery Fund
 * Bulgarian Media Coalition
 * Carnegie Foundation
 * Centre for Media Initiatives, Ukraine
 * Clouds FM, Tanzania
 * Communication Initiative
 * Council for Electronic Media, Bulgaria
 * CS Mott Foundation
 * Danish School of Journalism, Denmark
 * Doordarshan - India's national broadcaster
 * Dublin City University, Ireland
 * Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
 * Ecole Superieure de Journalisme, France
 * English Football Association
 * Eurasia Media Centre, Russia
 * European Agency for Reconstruction
 * European Commission
 * [[FM 103, Phnom Penh Municipality Radio, Cambodia
 * [[Foundation for Independent Radio, Russia
 * Guardian Foundation, UK
 * Helping Hands, Russia
 * Human Dynamics, Austria
 * Indian Institute for Journalism and New Media
 * Indian Institute for Mass Communication
 * Instituto Nacional de Luta contra o Sida
 * Integrity, Nigeria
 * International Centre for Prison Studies, UK
 * International Federation of Journalists, Belgium
 * International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
 * International Planned Parenthood Federation
 * IREX (Europe), France
 * Kiev Institute of Journalism, Ukraine
 * Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin
 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * Media Development Center, Bulgaria
 * National Action Committee on AIDS, Nigera
 * National AIDS Authority, Cambodia
 * National AIDS Control Organisation, India
 * The Open University, UK
 * Polish National Broadcasting Council
 * Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy, Oxford, UK
 * Radio Free Africa, Tanzania
 * Rádio Luanda, Angola
 * Rádio Nacional de Angola
 * Radio National of Kampuchea (RNK), Cambodia
 * Radio One, Tanzania
 * Radio Tanzania Dar es Salaam (RTD)
 * Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, London
 * Sasakawa Memorial Health Fund
 * Sofia University Faculty of Journalism, Bulgaria
 * Stockholm Envrionment Institute, Sweden
 * Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC)
 * Tanzania Commission for AIDS
 * Television Trust for the Environment, UK
 * Terra Nuova
 * TERI, India
 * TOP Media, Ukraine
 * TV5, Cambodia
 * TV Kampuchea (TVK), Cambodia
 * UK Sport
 * United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
 * United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 * United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)
 * United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
 * University of East London
 * University of Leipzig, Germany
 * Usitawi Network
 * Viacom
 * World Health Organization (WHO)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust

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