- Frances Pinter
Press. [ [http://www.pinter.org.uk/ Frances Pinter ] ]
In 1994 [ [http://www.pinter.org.uk/cv.html Frances Pinter ] ]
George Soros hired Pinter to become the head of theOpen Society Institute 's international publishing program. [http://www.b-info.com/places/Bulgaria/news/98-05/may08c.rfe] , whose goal was to support publishing and education in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism. She established the Centre for Publishing Development [ [http://www.osi.hu/cpd/ center for publishing development - home ] ] based in Budapest.Pinter was CEO of International House Trust from 2002 to 2006, which owns a London-based language school as well as a 50% share of
International House World Organisation Ltd. She is a trustee of Redress, a charity focussed on helping torture survivors. [ [http://www.redress.org/trustees.html REDRESS - Seeking Reparation for Torture Survivors ] ] Pinter has previously acted as consultant toCreative Commons . [ [http://writersservices.com/mag/08/Creative_Commons.htm Creative Commons ] ]She is project leader of "Publishing and Alternative Licensing Model of Africa (PALM Africa) [ [http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/ev-117012-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Publishing and Alternative Licensing Model of Africa: International Development Research Centre ] ] ", a project based in Uganda and South Africa and funded by
IDRC . [ [http://www.crdi.ca/es/ev-118209-201_104502-1-IDRC_ADM_INFO.html Publishing and Alternative Licensing Model of Africa: Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo ] ] The goal of the project is to study whether flexible licensing arrangements (such asCreative Commons ) are viable models for local publishers, and what business models emerge from this approach. [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/our-work/intellectual-property-rights/blogs/fruit-palm-africa]Frances is currently a Visiting Fellow at the
London School of Economics , where she conducts research into how global civil society actors frame the intellectual property rights reform agenda. [ [http://www.lse.ac.uk/people/0000017642/publications.htm Dr Frances Pinter ] ]Pinter is married to filmmaker
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