Partners
Partners and collaborators to the Face of AIDS Foundation
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
www.ki.se
The Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden´s main medical university, mostly known for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, was Face of AIDS Foundation´s first partner in 1988. The former Karolinska president dr. Hans Wigzell, was co-founder of the Face of AIDS Foundation, which owns and runs the documentation. He is still supervisor of the Foundation. The present president dr. Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson is a strong supporter of the Face of AIDS project. Dr. Carl Johan Sundberg is the Karolinska coordinator for the partnership.
he Karolinska brings to the Face of AIDS project both credibility of the ongoing documentation as well as expertise in the global AIDS-arena. Karolinska has been in the frontline of international AIDs research from the very start of the AIDS pandemic in the early 80´s. During 2008, the Face of AIDS Foundation has also produced presentation films for the Karolinska Institute.BACK TO TOP
National Swedish Archives
Stockholm, Sweden
www.riksarkivet.se
The Swedish National Archives became a partner to Face of AIDS Foundation in 2004. The Archive is contributing its expertise and experience in the process of digital archiving and is also advising Face of AIDS how to develop, curate and manage its existing digital film repository. All the original Face of AIDS film material from the 21 years of filming since 1987, is stored at the National Archives.
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The Royal Technical University
Stockholm, Sweden
www.kth.se
The Royal Technical University of Stockholm became a partner to Face of AIDS Foundation in 2006. The university is contributing their experience and expertise in how to make the Face of AIDS digital film repository accessible via Internet and other digital new media on line.
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
www.ud.se
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden has been a key partner to Face of AIDS since the year 2000. Among films funded by the ministry are: Documentation of the United Nations Special session on AIDS (UNGASS) in 2001, and documentary films which Face of AIDS produced for the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok 2004, “Global Youth Fighting HIV/AIDS”, and for the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto 2006, “Standing up for HIV Prevention”. Currently the Ministry is funding a film to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, August 2008, “Women at the Frontline” on women living with HIV and AIDS in the world. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden is also an important institution in the international AIDS arena, along with the Swedish. International Development Agency, being one of the major donors for the fight against HIV/AIDS in the global arena.
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UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Geneva, Switzerland
www.unaids.org
UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, has had a long term collaboration with the Face of AIDS documentation since its start in 1996. In 2006 the partnership developed and Face of AIDS produced in partnership with UNAIDS the documentary “Standing up for HIV Prevention” to the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, August 2006. The Face of AIDS also produces the DVD companion to the 2006 UNAIDS Epidemic Update. In 2007 Face of AIDS got a grant to digitize and structure the oldest part of its film archive. Face of AIDS also produced a DVD for UNAIDS to the World AIDS Day 2007.
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International AIDS Society (IAS)
Geneva, Switzerland
www.iasociety.org
The Face of AIDS has had a long term collaboration with the International AIDS Society, (IAS), which is the key organizer of the International AIDS Conferences. IAS was originally co-founded in 1988 by Dr. Lars Olof Kallings, former director of the Swedish Center for Disease Control. He has been very instrumental in supporting Face of AIDS documentation from 1988 and onwards. Currently Face of AIDS is co-producing a documentary on the history of the International AIDS Conferences, together with Mondopop Production in Bangkok. The film will be released in order to coincide with the 20 year anniversary of IAS in 2008. The film will be premiered during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in August 2008, and it tells the sometimes dramatic story on how the International AIDS Conferences has served as time markers for the development of the AIDS Pandemic.
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