The Windhoek+20 campaign could not have taken off the ground without the financial and technical support from our partners whose combined funding of USD270,000 represents half the budget. We call on board other funding institutions to join this campaign.

OSISA

The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) is a leading Johannesburg-based foundation established in 1997, working in 10 Southern Africa countries: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. OSISA works differently in each of these 10 countries, according to local conditions.

OSISA is part of a network of autonomous foundations, established by George Soros, located in Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the US.

OSISA’s vision is to promote and sustain the ideals, values, institutions and practice of open society, with the aim of establishing a vibrant Southern African society in which people, free from material and other deprivation, understand their rights and responsibilities and participate democratically in all spheres of life.

In pursuance of this vision, OSISA’s mission is to initiate and support programmes working towards open society ideals, and to advocate for these ideals in Southern Africa. For more information on OSISA www.osisa.org

Freedom House

Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights.

Since its founding in 1941 by prominent Americans concerned with the mounting threats to peace and democracy, Freedom House has been a vigorous proponent of democratic values and a steadfast opponent of dictatorships of the far left and the far right.   Eleanor Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie served as Freedom House’s first honorary co-chairpersons. For more information www.freedomhouse.org

Fesmedia Africa

Fesmedia is the media project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Africa PROMOTES media freedom, access to information and the diversity of an independent media in Africa.

SUPPORTS the creation of media councils and self-regulatory bodies as a precondition for a responsible and independent media sector.

LOBBIES FOR the transformation of national broadcasters into truly public broadcasters as platforms for democratic dialogue, cultural exchange and nation building. For more information on fesmedia www.fesmedia.org

Google

Google’s mission is to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful. This make’s the ideal partner for the Windhoek Plus 20 campaign.

Google facilitates access to information for everybody, and in every language. To that end, Google has offices in more than 60 countries, maintains more than 180 Internet domains, and serves more than half of their results to people living outside the United States.

Access to information is at the core of Google’s mission – to make the world’s information universally accessible and useful. That’s why it’s important for Google to help make the billions of websites, images, videos, and other content available in accessible formats. Even though Google Search is inherently simple and easy to access, they have taken some deliberate steps to further improve the accessibility and tools that are commonly used by people with disabilities such as blindness, visual impairment, colour deficiency, deafness, hearing loss, and limited dexterity.