TVE Asia Pacific
Television for Education – Asia Pacific, "trading as TVE Asia Pacific and abbreviated as TVEAP, is a not-for-profit organisation working in the Asia Pacific region.
"TVEAP engages in information, education and communication (IEC) activities on a broad range of sustainable development and social justice issues.
"Set up in 1996, the organisation has over a decade’s experience in using audio-visual media (television, video and film) and new media (Internet and Web) for development communication." [1]
TVE Asia Pacific’s team is headed by CEO Nalaka Gunawardene, "an award winning science journalist and communications specialist who has wide experience working with national, regional and international organisations for nearly 20 years." [2]
TVE Asia Pacific: Regional and Global Partnerships
- Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP)
- Pan Asia Networking (PAN)
- MediaChannel.org
- ICT4D ASEAN Collaboratory
Donors
"During the current triennium 2003 - 2005, TVE Asia Pacific's regional activities are mainly supported by:
"In 2003 - 2004, we also received recent support from the following organisations:
- Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Unicef East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-ROAP)
- Tetra Pak Asia Environmental Office
- TVE International
- Earth Report Commissions Limited
Past donors
"Since 1996, a large number of bilateral and multilateral donors, as well as various private foundations have supported TVE Asia Pacific and its Asia Pacific partner network. These include:
- Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom
- Novib - Oxfam Netherlands
- German technical agency, GTZ
- United States Agency for International Development
- Asia Foundation
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-ROAP)
- FAO Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme for Asia
- European Union
- Japan Foundation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
- Japanese Fund for the Global Environment
- Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund
Directors
(As at 8 December 2006)
- Nalaka Gunawardene (Chairman of the Board) - Chief Executive Officer, TVE Asia Pacific
- Robert Lamb - Director, One Planet Pictures, UK
- Kenichi Mizuno - Executive Director , TVE Japan
- Sriyantha Senaratna - Senior Partner, Simon and Associates, Sri Lanka
- Sombath Somphone - Director, Participatory Development Training Centre, Lao PDR
- Buddhi Weerasinghe - Senior Advisor, Open University of Sri Lanka
- Manori Wijesekera - Regional Programme Officer, TVE Asia Pacific
