The One World Broadcasting Trust continually seeks ways to set up new partnerships and expand its existing projects. Here are some of the initiatives in which it is currently involved, plus some earlier projects it has worked on:

Partnership with TVE - View from the South

The Trust began working in partnership with Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) in 2005, on a project called MDGs in Focus (see below). After the success of this project, the Trust began a new collaboration called a View from the South. Like MDGs in Focus, the aim of this project is to enhance European public understanding of developing countries’ progress towards, and barriers to, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals are the UN's blueprint for international development to which 189 countries signed up in 2000. Key activities of a View from the South include:

MDG Fellowship Scheme - A new scheme which supported 3-5 broadcasters in Europe to spend time in the developing world exploring the Millennium Development Goals. The aim was for these broadcasters to make a programme, or series of programmes, about the goals.
 

International Broadcasters' Conference - This conference, which took place in Spring 2007, brought together over 35 senior broadcasters from around the world. The aim was to catalyse a package of programmes looking at the Millennium Development Goals.

Partnership with TVE - MDGs in Focus

The One World Broadcasting Trust began collaborating with Television Trust for the Environment in 2005, with the MDGs in Focus project. Among this project's activities and achievements were:

MDGs in Focus Conference - This meeting brought together 18 broadcasters from around the world to look at how the media can become more engaged with issues surrounding the Millennium Development Goals, and also to trigger new ideas for programmes.
 

Element - One of the outcomes of the MDGs in Focus conference, this is a new strand of programmes on MTV European which covers global issues, and which is aimed at the growing youth audience worldwide.
 

Research

The Trust has partnered with other organisations to carry out research on the role of broadcasting in increasing global understanding, and how broadcasters cover issues that relate to the developing world. These research reports include:

Reflecting the Real World - this report looked at how UK broadcasters and audiences responded to a heightened focus on the developing world, particularly Africa, during 2005. It was carried out by a group of organisations led by the International Broadcasting Trust, and including the One World Broadcasting Trust. The link takes you to an external press release about the report.

Reflecting the Real World 2 - also led by the International Broadcasting Trust, this piece of research again focussed on media representations of the developing world, and also conducted focus groups with young people, to find out how they learn about events beyond their own borders.
 

Events

20th Anniversary: The One World Broadcasting Trust is 20 years old - read more about an event which celebrated the occasion.

Sheffield Doc/Fest Screening: In November 2007 the Trust sponsored a screening of the film 'Enemies of Happiness' at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the highest profile documentary film festival in the UK.