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THE ORGANIZATIONS
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 Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS)
The Press and Society Institute of Peru (Instituto Prensa y Sociedad) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1993 by a group of Peru's most prominent editors and reporters to defend and promote freedom of the press and freedom of expression. Goals of this not-for-profit organization include defending human rights and strengthening the role of the news media in building a democratic society in Peru and in other Andean nations.
One of the most important roles of IPYS is the systematic monitoring of freedom of expression in Peru and, since 1999, throughout the Andean region with correspondents in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile. The organization supports the principles of a free press operating in a democratic society and supports a diversity of ideas among its members.
IPYS prepares and distributes alerts to defend freedom of expression, organizes workshops for the discussion of the role of the press in a democratic society, and promotes openness for the development of journalism without restrictions or pressures. The organization promotes professional development workshops for members of the print and broadcast media while supporting informational transparency and mechanisms that allow people to receive accurate and timely information. IPYS is part of the international board of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and files freedom of expression alerts on the IFEX international network. It was awarded the International Press Institute's Free Media Pioneer Award in May 2000.
Transparency International Latin America and the Caribbean (TILAC)
Transparency International Latin America and the Caribbean (TILAC) is a regional network of Transparency International national chapters in the region, created with the objective to share experiences among its members and to work in a collaborative fashion on regional projects. Regional projects are currently underway in the areas of public contracting, political party financing and convention monitoring.
All of TI's activities hold to the idea that corruption weakens development of democracies, causes human rights abuse, undermines each countries' achievements, affects societies' integrity and distorts market operations, avoiding the people from gaining from the profits.
TILAC members include the National Chapters from: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The Open Society Institute (OSI)
The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation that seeks to promote the development and maintenance of open societies around the world by supporting a range of programs in the areas of educational, social, and legal reform, and by encouraging alternative approaches to complex and often controversial issues.
Established in 1993 and based in New York City, the Open Society Institute is part of the Soros foundations network, an informal network of organizations created by George Soros and operating in over 30 countries around the world, principally in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union but also in Guatemala, Haiti, Mongolia, Southern Africa, and the United States.
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