| Biographical Statement | Frederick Noronha, 43, is an independent journalist, based in Goa-India. Having been a professional journalist for almost 20 years, Mr. Noronha has received many credits for his work including Panos Fellow in 2001 (reproductive health and gender issues), Sarai Print Media Fellowship 2001 (studying the contribution of South Asia to GNU/LINUX), co-founfer of Bytes For All - a widely appreciated site and e-zine studying the use of IT and Internet for development, member and Admin. team for Goa mailing list for 400plus expatriate Goans worldwide, founder member of India-Linux Users group. He is one of India's most active e-journalists in cyberspace and has long been involved in exploring the Net as a tool for alternative communications. Among his current initiatives are an online network for documentary film-makers in India, and a list to campaign for the legalisation of community radio in South Asia. Publications which have featured Mr. Noronha's work include Economic Times, India Abroad, Financial Express, Spide Internet Magazine (Pakistan), Associated Press (photographs), INOMY, BBC website and a number of websites, newsgroups and mailing list. Mr Noronha holds an M.A. English Literature and a Bachelor in Commerce for University of Bombay and an Advanced Diploma in Journalism from IIJ-Berlin. [more info: http://fn.goa-india.org/] |
| Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council | Focussing on the small player (who can make a big contribution, collectively) in the ICT-for-development debate, and also looking at the potential of Free Software. In addition: how to build bridges between the techie, the ICT-for-D network and the non-governmental non-profit sector in general. |
