1. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 INFOANDINA PROGRESS REPORT by: Ana María Ponce Manager, Latin American Node of the Mountain Forum CONDESAN - InfoAndina

2. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 PROJECT OBJECTIVES: A. Consolidating the Mountain Forum in Latin America B. Consolidating CONDESAN & InfoAndina C. Support IYM2002 activities in Latin America

3. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 A. STRENGTHENING LATIN AMERICAN MOUNTAIN FORUM MEMBERSHIP Results achieved in 2001: InfoAndina's membership is composed by a wide base of institutions from diverse sectors InfoAndina users are formally registered MF members (institutional & individual), and list subscribers: Institutional Members (18) Individual Members (370) Andean Members (225) Lists subscribers (1,000)

4. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 InfoAndina Outreach Strategy: Travelling Workshops in the Andes To promote use of informatic resources for sustainable development in secondary andean cities, increase participation in the Mountain Forum and advocate IYM2002 Between 2000 and 2001, InfoAndina has organized 12 travelling workshops in 4 countries, incorporating 172 new members InfoAndina edited and distributed a training manual : "Informatic Resources for Sustainable development” 172total 46443646Sub-totales 2Santa Marta6Oruro2Loja 16Bogota1Santa Cruz7Cuenca 19Cali6La Paz11Puno7Riobamba 4Popavan19Cochabamba17Cusco7Carchi 5Tunia12Tarija8Arequipa23Quito ColombiaBoliviaPeruEcuador

5. Strengthening Latin American Mountain Forum membership: LISTS InfoAndina moderates the second largest lists of the Mountain Forum. (MF-LAC, InfoAndina-fm), as well as thematic lists (ej. MF-Paramo ). Over these lists, InfoAndina disseminates newsletters on sustainable development issues (InfoNotas), and host E-Conferences

6. Strengthening Latin American Mountain Forum membership: LISTS In July 2001, InfoAndina and MF-LAC lists merged into a single list: InfoAndina-fm with 900 subscribers InfoAndina 900 MF-LAC 950 InfoAndina 850

7. INFOANDINA THEMATIC LISTS InfoAndina has setup discussion lists for IYM2002 Committees, specialized crop networks, and CONDESAN Technical Committee These lists are moderated by InfoAndina's partners A total of 555 subscribers over 6 lists InfoAndina provides free training & support to list moderators

8. B. STRENGTHENING INFOANDINA & CONDESAN Organize regional workshops of Information Networks for Development in Latin America (REDISAL) (Chile, Venezuela) Facilitate Dialogue for CONDESAN Technical Committee (CT- CONDESAN) WEB Master of CONDESAN InfoAndina staffing: new assistant since Aug 2001

9. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 C. SUPPORT IYM2002 ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA 2001 ACHIEVEMENTS: PERU: InfoAndina is a member of GNTEM, the peruvian IYM2002 Committee, organize the International Mountain Ecosystems Workshop (Cusco, April 2001). Design GNTEM WEB page and co-moderate list PERU_AIM2002. VENEZUELA: InfoAndina project leader was elected member of the International Organizing Committee os the IV Simposium of Mountain Ecosystems (Merida, Nov. 2001) ECUADOR: InfoAndina support the organizers to post into MF lists announcements on Quito World Mountain People’s Meeting BOLIVIA: FAO-BOLIVIA moderates the BOLIVIA_AIM2002 list “Regional IYM2002 newsletter” edited in July 2001 with contributions of partners from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Venezuela

10. FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES OF INFOANDINA SERVICES OFFERED BY INFOANDINA: E-Conferencing Services Average income: 9,000 USD per E-Conference Fundraising strategy: Seminars & exhibits at IYM2002 regional events Publish printed proceedings Seek multiple sponsorship Seek support from “Ad-Hoc Committtee” Virtual Bookstore sales Average income: $ 500 / year Fundraising strategy: Edit printed catalogue of publications Promote catalogue in exhibits & workshops

11. FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES OF INFOANDINA SERVICES OFFERED BY INFOANDINA (Cont.) WEB Page design & hosting Average income : $ 300 USD x WEB site Fundraising Strategy: Promote WEB pages for IYM2002 events FUTURE INFOANDINA SERVICES : LIST setup & moderation training services List setup fees: $ 100 / list will be charged Moderation training: $ 400 / list will be charged Fundraising Strategy: Seminars for specialized networks Virtual Trade Fair on Andean Biodiversity Strategy: Organize this in the frame of IYM2002 activities

12. THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION InfoAndina Latin American Node of the Mountain Forum

13. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 Andean Membership by Country return to A. Strengthening…

14. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 BOLIVIA: Andean Membership

15. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 ECUADOR: Andean Membership

16. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 PERU: Andean Membership

17. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 COLOMBIA: Andean Membership

18. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001 VENEZUELA: Andean Membership

19. Mountain Forum Annual Board Meeting - Rolle, Switzerland, Sept. 2001