OneWorld United States publishes US and international perspectives on global issues gathered from OneWorld partners worldwide. It selects from a vast network of nongovernmental organizations, development-ori ented news services, foundations and research institutions the news and views considered to be of the greatest interest to a US audience.
OneWorld US is a nonprofit that operates as one of 11 regional and country centers autonomous, nonprofit organizations who share the values and vision of OneWorld and want to make use of its name, technology and worldwide audience to build on the potential of the net in their own area and languages.
Launched in 2000 as a joint venture with OneWorld International Foundation, OneWorld US was incubated as a project of the Benton Foundation, until 2005.
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