As a global networker, The Stockholm Challenge encourages collaboration between organisations for mutual benefit. One way for others to participate in the Challenge is by becoming a Challenge Champion.
Challenge Champions are usually representatives of an organisation who undertake to ensure that all the projects in their networks make the most of the Stockholm Challenge Opportunity. This can be by recommending to others that they take part in the Challenge, but we also encourage Champions to support those participants by helping with translations, proof-reading and, for those who become finalists and winners, promoting those achievements and maybe even helping to raise travel funds.
Champions promote the value of ICT in their regions via their networks of projects, companies, local funding bodies and governments. Via the Stockholm Challenge they can also demonstrate the ICT competence and innovation of their communities We exchange links with Challenge Champions who are entitled to use a unique linking logo on their web sites, and we acknowledge their work in many ways.
All Champions will be invited to come to Stockholm for the final event in May 2008, to participate in the exhibition, conference and the prize giving event and gala dinner.
If you would like to become a Challenge Champion for the current round of the Challenge, encouraging projects to participate or helping them in their quest to become Challenge finalists, contact The Challenge secretariat.
We are especially interested in potential mentors who are fully bi-lingual in English and another language, especially Spanish or one of the major Chinese or Indian languages.
Current Challenge Champions
iProA
iProA is a non-profit professional organization founded in 1999, dedicated to the bridging of digital divide in society, and advancing the art & science and proper application of Internet technology. Members of iProA come from a wide spectrum of professions, including CEOs and senior executives from leading information technology enterprises. In the past six years, iProA and its members participated actively in community services and have gained wide recognition in Hong Kong.
kiwanja.net
Since 2003, kiwanja.net has been helping local, national and international non-profit organisations make better use of information and communications technology in their work. Specialising in the application of mobile technology, it provides a wide range of ICT-related services drawing on over 22 years experience of its founder, Ken Banks.
kiwanja.net believes that all non-profits, whatever their size and wherever they operate, should be given the opportunity to implement the latest mobile technologies in their work, and actively seeks to provide the tools and the environment to enable them to do so. To this end, kiwanja.net provides free consultancy, workshops and advice - and access to technology through its FrontlineSMS and nGOmobile initiatives - to all grassroots non-profits interested in exploring the social and environmental potential of mobile in their work.
Makaia Asesoría Internacional
Makaia Asesoría Internacional is a non-for-profit NGO located in Medellín (Colombia) dedicated to fostering interagency and international cooperation partnerships for development. They provide information services on international opportunities, project management, international consulting as well as Monitoring and Evaluation. Their current topic areas are ICTs for development and entrepreneurship.
TranslationsForProgress
TranslationsForProgress is an online forum for volunteer translations and a public service intended for the international NGO community. It was created to meet the needs of NGOs that lack the budget to pay for translations. Students and professionals in foreign languages who are interested in building experience as translators, editors or proofreaders now work directly with organizations and contribute to a good cause - via TranslationForProgress.
MobileActive.org
MobileActive.org is a global network of people, tools, projects, and resources focused on the use of mobile phones for activism, social change campaigns, and civic engagement. We:
- expand access to knowledge, ideas and experience about the use of mobile technology;
- reduce learning costs for civil society organizations;
- accelerate the use of effective tactics in campaigns; and
- provide a comprehensive platform for building partnerships, and for facilitating access to technology and funding.
NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network is the membership organization of nonprofit professionals who put technology to use for their causes. We enable our members to do their jobs better and help their organizations strategically use technology so that they, in turn, make the world a better, just, and equitable place. Become a member today at www.nten.org
International Free and Open Source Software Foundation
The International Free and Open Source Software Foundation (iFOSSF) is a nonprofit organization incorporated in Michigan, United States. Its mission is to accelerate the development and usage of Information and Communication Technologies with Free and Open Source Software worldwide for sustained economic and social development, especially for the socially disadvantaged. iFOSSF is centered on FOSS; its purpose is to apply thought leadership in support of innovation and creativity in research and development of FOSS solutions for the benefit of the global community."