SLIDE 1
Info Birmanie - June 2014
OUR MISSION
Over the past 15 years, Info Birmanie has been working with Burmese ac• vists and civil society organiza•
- ns campaigning for the promo•
- n
- f human rights and democracy in Burma. Many were poli•
cal prisoners, and fought against the military regime alongside ac• vists from across the country. Today some of these ac• vists are working to promote peace, democra• c transi•
- n and protect persecuted minori•
es. We have seen the relevance and eff ec• veness of their ac• vi• es in Burma, but the lack of human, fi nancial and logis• cal means such as lack of technical knowledge limits their impact. Info Birmanie wants to empower those organiza•
- ns to give them the resources and tools to sustain their ac•
vi• es, expand their audience and be more effi cient. We also wish to create bridges between the French and Burmese civil society to bring Burmese general knowledge of interna•
- nal issues
and to raise awareness of young French people to the principles of human rights, peace and democracy in the world. The ra•
- nale of the project is the convic•
- n that without a strong civil society it is impossible to promote a culture of peace and tolerance,
to protect civil and poli• cal rights and engage the ci• zens in the democra• c transi•
- n.