The Panos Network is a grouping of six autonomous regional Institutes, committed to a world where communities build open, democratic and sustainable societies aimed at social justice, within and between countries, with free and diversified information and communication flows, including an independent and plural media, with a shared mission, to ensure that information and communication are effectively used to foster public debate, pluralism and democracy within and between countries, working with media and other information actors to enable people and communities to shape and communicate their own development agendas, amplifying the voices of the vulnerable, marginalised and excluded people.
The Panos Network and its member Institutes contribute to sustainable development and democracy - at local, national and international levels - through the strengthening of media, information and communication processes and partnerships. They share the belief that:
