Our Regional Structure
The regional structure of IPS reflects the need to strike a balance between global coordination, on the one hand, and local direction, implementation and execution, on the other. Our global structure is anchored by the IPS International Association, a non-profit, international non-governmental organisation (INGO), registered in Rome (Italy), where IPS’ headquarters are based.
Five autonomous and locally-owned entities in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America
and North America operate within the IPS group:
The IPS regional entities have a wide set of responsibilities and functions:
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 Together with the IPS Columnist Service, they are the founding members and partners of the IPS International News Agency; as such, they are responsible for the production of independent stories and features for the IPS news service, with a regional editor coordinating the activities of a regional network of journalists
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Translate a selection of stories from the IPS news service in one or more regional languages, to make content widely accessible to audiences from different countries
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Market the IPS news service to regional media subscribers, in order to raise income from market sources and increase readership and dissemination
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Initiate, promote and execute content-provision, capacity-building and networking and dissemination activities at the regional and local level
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Organize media events for regional audiences, often in partnership with local civil society organizations, donors, policy-makers, media and other organizations
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Raise financing at the regional and local level to carry out specific projects
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Contribute to the definition of IPS’ overall strategy and direction as members of the global management team
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