INTERNATIONAL TIBET SUPPORT NETWORK

Ms Reynolds has been working for Non-Governmental organizations since 1986. She was the Head of the Direct Action Unit for Greenpeace UK for five years prior to taking up the position of Director of the UK-based Free Tibet Campaign. She has considerable management and financial experience, having managed budgets in excess of $1.5million.

The International Tibet Network was born as a coordinating body in 2000 and has grown into a coalition of over 180 worldwide groups, committed to non-violence as a fundamental principle of the struggle. A united, focused, well-organized movement that puts sustained pressure on our governments and on China for a peaceful resolution is the best hope for Tibet. <br /><br />Our key priorities are:<br />1. To improve strategic planning across the movement; our Three-Year Plan embraces a number of complementary strategies:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8226; Building international political support for Tibet as a counterweight to Chinese pressure and to increase tangible actions that help the Tibetan people.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8226; Amplifying the actions and aspirations of the Tibetan people, drawing attention to their extraordinary courage and sense of identity.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8226; Developing a program of outreach to strategically chosen groups of Chinese people to increase understanding about Tibet.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8226; Educating the movement about China's leadership; the structures and individuals responsible for setting Tibet policy.<br /><br />2. To increase participation in and coordination of creative global campaigns to help Tibetans in Tibet. Previous examples include the 2008 Olympics; current campaigns focus on political prisoners (see www.freetibetanheroes.org) and on using multi-media techniques to inform influential media and political audiences about emerging movements in Tibet.<br /><br />3. To build the capacity of individual Tibet support groups, the Network and the movement through training, strategic planning, biennial Regional Conferences and skill-sharing.<br /><br />Given the escalated suffering of the Tibetan people in the years since 2008, we must speak out more forcefully and consistently than ever. This is where the International Tibet Network comes in, and we thank our funders and all our Member organisations for sharing our vision of an effective movement that leads to real change in Tibet.