[Imc-africa] How the numbers look like

[fabian]

Wow.
Thanks so much for putting this together Sphinx,
I was working on a budget draft today and some of the information you 
gathered here about flight prices I won't have to look at now...!! 
Thanks (I found cheaper tickets from Mali though, hehe)
Sorry for being out of touch for some time...had lots of other work....
I already drafted a funding application text which I will sent with 
this email beneath.
it seems to me that we now can have a calrification process in which 
the funding and budget drafts will be revised by the list members and 
then we should  sent it out to potential funding bodies...
In regards of the one that has been most supportive in previous 
projects, Umverteilen, I can already say that they will be focussed on 
funding travel costs for African and diasporic IMCistas, according to 
the experience.
As travel expenses are the bulk of our costs, we need to think of other 
sources of income ( as has been suggested by Jay and Sphinx)
I can see realistically to ask for african and diasporic IMSistas 
travel expenses from Umverteilen and additionally for the accomondation 
and logisitics (2000 Dollar) as much as food and local transport 
(reduced in price through self catering and public transport in Nairobi 
to overall 2000 Dollar). This would cover about  13.000 to 17.000 
Dollars of the total budget. As usual - would be good to hear more 
opinions on this.

Cheers and solidarity

Fabian

Draft...

Funding Application for

Independent Media Centre at WSF in Nairobi, Kenia
13th to 25th January 2007

by Indymedia Network


Description of applying group:
The Indymedia network is a global network of media activists.
www.indymedia.org
IMC_in_Africa is a working group of Media Activists from Africa and the 
rest of the world, engaged since 2003 in the promotion of independent 
media in Africa. Projects of IMC Africa involved a conference in Dakar, 
Senegal to the theme of media in Africa, the promotion and assistance 
of various African IMCs and earlier this year the preparation of an 
Independent Media Centre at the WSF in Bamako, Mali.
(http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-africa/)

Other KEY ORGANIZERS/SUPPORTERS:

-- the Kenya-IMC, still pending approval as a formal part of the 
Indymedia
network, has been in existence since 2004, after sending two
representatives to the African Indymedia conference in Dakar,
Senegal.

-- Prometheus Radio Project (http://www.prometheusradio.org), an 
organization
that supports and builds low-power-radio stations around the world, and 
will
provide technical advice and assistance for the low power radio station 
that
will be operated from the ?Convergence IMC Center? to be
built in Nairobi for the duration of the WSF (with equipment to remain 
in
Kenya for use by future low power radio
initiatives)

--Some students and faculty members from Maseno University in Kenya , 
who will
participate in ongoing independent media projects after the WSF is over.



Projectplan

VISION:
Organizers in Kenya, throughout Africa and around the world will work
together, both on-line and in face-to-face meetings, to build a 
temporary
independent media center (IMC) in Nairobi, Kenya, to provide 
communication during
the January '07 World Social Forum.  This "convergence-based" IMC will 
provide
text-based, audio, and (potentially) video coverage of the World Social 
Forum,
both on-line and through a local low-power radio station, enabling 
independent
media coverage of the WSF during the forum itself as well as access 
through
the world wide web to the WSF by an international audience.

The IMC will also be a hub for trainings and hands-on media-making
workshops throughout the World Social Forum.  The IMC plans to be open 
from January 13 to January 25.  The WSF itself takes place from January 
20-25 2007.

BACKGROUND:
The World Social Forum (WSF), a global meeting of activists who oppose
capitalist globalisation, has been held annually since 2001. 2006  
polizentric WSF in Bamako, Mali was a historic event, as this is the 
first time
that the Forum took place in Africa, and is a key stepping stone to the
WSF 2007.

Historically Indymedia has had a close relationship with the WSF, as the
Indymedia network of volunteer-run Independent Media Centres grew
out of the same movement against neo-liberalism and for humanity that
led to the World Social Forum. The Indymedia network has helped spread
the world from the WSF from 2002 onwards, ensuring that an Independent
Media Centre is available at each WSF to allow diverse voices from the
Forum to be heard. Indymedia always understood the NGO based process of 
Social Forums in need of critical interventions to ensure its 
connectivity to grass roots activism and information autonomy of local 
communities and basis groups.

As for Independent Media Africa continues to be a challenge. While 
large parts of the populations in Africa still do not have access to 
democratic and independent media, they are lacking specifically access 
to more interactive media like the internet that enable not only to 
receive news but also to produce news globally. Local, private and 
pirate radio stations and even small scale newspapers form a strong 
force of independent media in many African countries. They are 
maintained by devoted media activists. The WSF gives a great 
opportunity to continue networking between these local activists as 
much as discuss chances and possibilities to increase the use of the 
internet for networking and eventually producing more African news for 
within and beyond Africa.

It was with this background in mind that we developped an Independent 
Media Centre at the Bamako WSF in January 2006. This IMC was a very 
enriching experience with a very positive outcome. A report can be 
found at
https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/WsfMali2006Report

PLAN:
For the WSF in Nairobi, we would like to continue this work by setting 
up again an Independent Media Centre within the WSF. In order to 
facilitate this, Media activists from IMCs in Africa, Europe and 
America will travel to Nairobi to document the WSF there using the 
written word, digital photography, video and audio recording. 
Additionally we hope to create an atmosphere of creativity and critical 
discussions around the issues at stake for Independent Media in Africa 
and globally. Our programme of activities will include:

1) Travel to Nairobi and set up an  convergence based Independent Media 
Centre where activists can get together, network, mutually learn and 
produce and publish their stories from the WSF.

2) The creation of a local radio station to cover the WSF.

3) Provide daily coverage of the WSF using an Indymedia
website as a portal to upload stories, photographs and audio programming
from the WSF.

4) Host workshops to discuss the relevance of Indymedia and independet 
media in general with African and other (media) activists.

5) Host workshops on the practical use of open publishing of news and 
stories within the framework of Indymedia.

6) Host workshops to teach the practical use of a radio station that 
should run throughout the WSF and hopefully beyond.

7) Host a series of film showings.

8) Create the spirit and enthusiasm among local activists in Nairobi 
and Kenia to resume and energize the formation of a permanent IMC in 
Kenia.

Target Groups
Through this program we hope to reach out to local and African 
activists during the WSF in Kenia, to connect African Media activists 
with each other and with Activists from around the world and to foster 
the use and discussion on Independent Media among African activists.
We specifically hope through the function of workshops and the 
atmosphere of mutual co-operation to motivate new activists into making 
use of the liberating power of new and old media.

Budget

>
>
> ====
> 1-All necessary parts for radio station (with most parts purchased 
> locally) =
> 3000 USD
>
> 2-TWO Computers to run automation and audio editing as well as other 
> computers
> for use in the indymedia Center=???
>
> 3-Space rental/bandwidth/other logistics for the IMC itself= 2000 USD
>
3b- food and local transport 		2000 Dollar
>
> 4-TRANSPORTATION FOR DELEGATES AND VOLUNTEERS:
> I check through a few websites last night and this is how flight 
> tickets cost
> look like.
>
> FROM AFRICA:
> - Jennifer Ehidiamen (f)- Nigeria =900 USD
>
> -Three delegates from forming IMC Mail= 1540)3=4620 USD
>
> -Uganda (Bukulu Haruna)-(3 delegates) = (360)3=10,80 USD
>
> -Kola-(m) Forming IMC-Nigeria =900 USD
>
> -South Africa-(3 delegates) = (600)3=1800
>
> - charles j. othina(m)-Kenya
>   -Peter Makori (m)-Kenya
> -Judith (f) ?Kenya
> -Grace (f)-Kenya
> -Oloo (m)-Kenya
> -John(m)-Kenya
> -Lemuya (m)-Kenya
>
> FROM OUT OF AFRICA
> -Hannah(f) and Siyade(f) Prometheus radio will run
> workshops on building and operating a Low Powered FM and can food box
> antennas (contennas). 1400 =2800 USD
>
> -C.T. Butler(m) co-founder of FoodNotBombs? is coming to do train the
> trainer workshops on non-violent social change and consensus
> organizing. = 1499 USD
> - Stephanie(f) in Berlin is collecting equipment around Europe for the
> Convergence IMC = 1000 USD
> -Glenda(f)- doing mobilization for the event in Switzerland= 1200USD
>
> -Sphinx-(m) IMC-Ambazonia-USA= To run workshops on softwares used by 
> the
> indymedia network, the nots and bolds of indymedia from new imc 
> process to
> indymedia to IMC-Satellite = 1600USD
>
> -Ange(m)-IMC-Brazil surely do workshops on audio streaming and radio =
> 3000 USD
> - Farhana Khan(m)-Bangladesh to share organizing skills = 2015 USD
>
> TOTAL OF ALL THE ABOVE TICKETS= 22,414 USD
>
> -Chris Antioch College-(USA) connecting with Maseno University and 
> other
> grassroots organizations in Kenya. = (it is not yet clear if she will 
> come to
> Kenya?).
>
> -Jay (m)?IMC-Philly one of the main organizers of the Convergence 
> WSF-IMC= Not
> yet clear if and when he will come to the event.
>
> - -Fabian-IMC-Sheffield for a while now we?ve not heard from Fabian 
> and thus
> do not know exactly about his plans.
>
> -Dunk-(?)IMC-Ireland- Will be coordinating activity from online.
>
> 5- I wish to think that we?ll cook our own food which in itself will be
> another opportunity for more socializing. But if we were to make 
> calculation
> that each person will at least need a 5dollar meal a day following the 
> info
> from John?s mail on the guesthouse, and we were to assume that all are 
> there
> on January 7th, to be involved with the pre-13th January workshops and
> that all
> returned flights are for 27 January, two days after the end of the 
> forum, get.
> We get the cost of food at: 5(20days)(26 delegates)=2600 USD

I think we should reduce this right away.... self cooking will be more 
fun and cheaper...

>
>
>
> OVERALL TOTAL   -radio              =   3000USD
>                                     -Logistics       =   2000USD
>                                     -Flight tickets =22,414USD
> new:                            -Food/local transport              =  
> 2000 USD
>
> new:                               = 39,414 USD.




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