<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <DIV class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2"></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN class="695184812-02082005">FYI...</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN class="695184812-02082005"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class="Section1"><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="5"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PANOS-GKP JOURNALISM AWARDS 2005</SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="5"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></B> </P><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="5"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Where is the money for bridging the digital divide? </SPAN></FONT></B></P><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Panos and GKP are pleased to invite submissions for the 2005 “Reporting on the Information Society” awards. The topic for this year is “<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Where is the money for bridging the digital divide?</SPAN></I>” </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Four awards of $1,000 each will be made for the best journalism on this topic produced by journalists in developing and transition countries. The winners will also be invited to participate in the World Summit on the Information Society, in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tunis</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, in November 2005. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These awards, which were launched by Panos and GKP in 2003, aim to encourage and bring to international recognition thoughtful and incisive reporting that goes beyond merely describing information projects or new investment initiatives, but also analyses their social and political impacts and policy implications. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We welcome submissions from print, radio, TV and web journalists. Previous winners are not eligible to apply.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To submit a piece of work for consideration, send a clipping, audio or video tape, transcript or web reference by email to: <A href="mailto:PanosGKPawards@panos.org.uk">PanosGKPawards@panos.org.uk</A> or by post to:</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Murali Shanmugavelan, Panos London, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">9 White Lion Street, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">London</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">N1 9PD</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">United Kingdom</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The work submitted must have been published/broadcast after </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1 January 2005</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. To see previous award winning stories, please go to:</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.panos.org.uk/global/projectdetails.asp?ProjectID=1045&ID=1002">http://www.panos.org.uk/global/projectdetails.asp?ProjectID=1045&ID=1002</A></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Deadline for submissions: </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">15 September 2005</SPAN></FONT></B></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear="all"></SPAN></FONT><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This year’s theme: Where is the money for bridging the digital divide?</SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></B> </P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New information and communication technologies (ICT) are transforming most aspects of modern life – including business, customer and financial services, politics, entertainment and social interaction. Terms like “the knowledge economy” and “the information society” have become commonplace. But, as with other resources, access to ICT is unevenly distributed between rich and poor, north and south, giving rise to the concept of a ’digital divide’. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some development analysts see the digital divide as a <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">cause</SPAN></I> of poverty and underdevelopment: they believe that as the global economy becomes more and more dependent on ICT, those countries and people who are not able to use the technologies will be increasingly excluded. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Other experts think the digital divide is just a <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">symptom </SPAN></I>of poverty, similar to lack of education or poor housing, and that as people and countries get richer their access to ICT will naturally increase. As the <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Economist</SPAN></I> argued (12 March 2005), “Fewer people in poor countries than in rich own computers... [and have] access to the internet simply because they are too poor…or have more pressing concerns, such as food, health care and security”. Others point out that the digital divide is now part of an overall development divide and therefore opportunities for increasing communication channels should be seen as a core activity of development.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Another significant debate is over what – if anything – should be done by development agencies and governments to close the divide. During the preparations for the first part of the World Summit on the Information Society (</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Geneva</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, 2003) a proposal to set up a special international fund to support ICT development projects, the Digital Solidarity Fund, was hotly disputed. No agreement was reached, and the issue is likely to cause controversy again in the second stage of the </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summit</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Opponents of the proposed Digital Solidarity Fund (who include many northern governments) believe that sufficient funds are already available, and that private sector investment is often more successful than development project funding in providing ICT that meets people’s real needs. In any case, they believe that lack of money to spend on ICT is not the main issue for developing countries. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Supporters of the Fund argue that private investment is not bridging the gap. They point out that the telecommunications revolution in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Africa</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> has mostly favoured urban areas and left villagers behind. Bridging the digital divide will be expensive, and poor countries need additional funds. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Despite the lack of international agreement, a number of African countries joined together after the Geneva Summit to set up the Fund and look for innovative ways of raising money for it. One suggestion is to levy a 1 per cent tax on global sales of ICT software and hardware. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The key question is: Are poor nations genuinely in need of setting up a new Fund to bridge their bridge the digital divide affecting their citizens?</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This question</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">should be widely debated by governments, private and public communication service providers, development organisations and the general public, ahead of the November WSIS meeting. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some questions journalists might consider investigating include the following, and there are many more:</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 8.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><FONT face="Symbol" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What are the innovative ways through which poor people manage to join in the information revolution? (e.g. sharing a mobile phone)</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 8.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><FONT face="Symbol" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How have externally-driven (government, donor agencies) ICT projects increased opportunities for poor people to access information? (e.g. farmers accessing crop prices from a public kiosk) </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 8.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><FONT face="Symbol" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Have externally-driven projects lasted after the initial funding support came to an end, or have they proved unsustainable and died? </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 8.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><FONT face="Symbol" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What development outcomes has your country so far achieved by bringing new ICTs to the people? (e.g. distribution of land titles to the poor without corrupt intermediaries) </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 8.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><FONT face="Symbol" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In your country are there examples of private investment providing ICT access that poor people really find useful? Did the government do anything to help these private sector initiatives get established?</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 8.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm"><FONT face="Symbol" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Does your country need more money to bridge the divide? Are existing resources properly managed? What do people, policy experts, and politicians in your area think as to who should pay for bridging the digital divide?</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Panos London is currently producing a more detailed briefing paper on this issue as part of its Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) toolkit for journalists. If you would like to receive a copy please email <A href="mailto:C4D@panos.org.uk">C4D@panos.org.uk</A> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear="all"></SPAN></FONT><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">About us</SPAN></FONT></B></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Panos London (<A href="http://www.panos.org.uk">www.panos.org.uk</A>) is an NGO which exists to stimulate debate on global development issues, including media and communication issues. Panos works with journalists in developing countries to produce news, features and analysis about the most critical global issues of today. Panos London is part of a network of Panos Institutes in eleven countries.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) (<A href="http://www.globalknowledge.org">www.globalknowledge.org</A>) is a worldwide network of organisations committed to harnessing the potentials of information and communication technologies (ICT) for sustainable development. GKP is the world's first multistakeholder ICT for Development (ICT4D) partnership at the global level, with members comprising governments, donor agencies, private sector companies, civil society, networks and international institutions. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Submission criteria and instructions </SPAN></FONT></B></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Only journalists who are citizens of, or living in, developing or transition countries may apply.</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The work submitted can be a piece of print, radio, TV or online journalism.</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A journalist can submit as many pieces as s/he likes. </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Types of print/web article that will be considered include news reports, features, analysis, interviews, opinion/think pieces, and editorials. Broadcast pieces can also include debates and phone-in programmes.</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is no maximum or minimum length. </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Submitted works should be stories or features relating to the question of whether additional development project funding is important in bridging the digital divide and enabling development. The story can focus on any technology-assisted communication medium, but it must extend beyond merely reporting an event to analysing its significance in the light of the wider development issues and the concept of the information society.</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are interested in stories that take account of gender aspects of this debate.</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The work must have been published or broadcast between 1 January and </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">15 September 2005</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (or publication/broadcast must be confirmed to take place before </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">30 September 2005</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) and you must provide evidence of this – a newspaper clipping, web reference or broadcasting schedule (or details of broadcast – station, time, date, name of programme). </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Video material should be submitted in PAL format. Audio material can be submitted on cassette, or as MP3 files. </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8.55pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Wingdings" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">§</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Print and online submissions can be in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. Radio and audiovisual submissions in languages other than English must be accompanied by a full transcript in English. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><U><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please give the following information with your submission: </SPAN></FONT></U></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Name</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sex</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Employment (eg “Business reporter with the Zambia Daily News”) </SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Postal address</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Email address</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Telephone number </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your covering letter (in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese) should give some information about the medium in which your submission was published e.g. national or local newspaper, national or community radio. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If your submission was originally in a non-European language, please state what language it is in, and give some information about the status and users of this language (eg “It is the language of the xx people, who live in xxxx. This language is not the main language of the state, but there is one newspaper and two radio stations that use it.”).</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please indicate briefly some other stories about communication issues that you would like to research and report on, for which you might use the award if you received it. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reports that were commissioned by Panos are not eligible for this award. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Panos will acknowledge email entry/ies from each contestant. If you do not receive a response within 48 hours, please send your entry/ies again.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><B><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Selection criteria </SPAN></FONT></B></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We will seek to make one award to a journalist from Africa, one to a journalist from Asia and one from another region; we will seek to award at least one woman journalist. </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="line-height: 125%; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 125%"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 125%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are looking for journalism that builds understanding of the importance of communication for development, and that stimulates awareness of the impact of national and global communication policies on development. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"></SPAN><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A href="http://www.actionaid.org/ourpriorities/hiv/efw.shtml"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><A href="http://www.actionaid.org/ourpriorities/hiv/efw.shtml"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN><P class="MsoNormal" align="center"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><O:P> ActionAid's vision is a world without poverty in which every person can <BR> exercise their right to a life of dignity. 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