AMARC 9 DRAFT AGENDA VOICES OF THE WORLD – FREE THE AIRWAVES Saturday 11 November 2006 AMARC Regional Conference: Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Chair: Jean-Pierre Ilboudo, FAO, Italy (TBC)
0900 Welcoming Remarks Daoud Kuttab, AmmanNet, Jordan Muthoni Wanyeki, Deputy President, AMARC Royal Court or Government representative (tbd) 0930 Opening Plenary Media Freedom in the MENA Region: Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Rima Khalef, United Nations Development Programme, Jordan Jamal Edine Naji, Moroccan Organisation of Human Rights Hisham Kassem, Publisher, Al Masri al Youm, Egypt 1100 Refreshments 1130 Media Activism and Media Alternatives: New Platforms and Initiatives Daoud Kuttab, AmmanNet, Jordan Fadi Abu Saada Palestine News Network, Palestine Yamena Zuraqi, Femmes en Communication, Algeria Bochra Haj Hamedah, Democratic Women Association, Tunis (tbc) 1300 Lunch 1430 Strategies for Change: Policy Reform and Coalition Building Gamal Eid, Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Egypt Ziad Abdel Samad, Arabic Network of NGOs for Development, Lebanon Pascal Berque, Restructuring Arabian Radio Space : Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Egypt, Panos Paris, France 1600 Refreshments 1630 Closing Plenary Statement on Media Development in the MENA Region
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
1
1730 Close Training Workshop: Wireless Networks for Beginners – APC (9h00-17h00) 1800 AMARC 9 Press Conference 1800 WIN Celebration Celebrating our sisterhood and our contribution to the Women's Movement. With music, food and lots of Fun! All women participants are requested to come in their national costume. Bring sweets or food from your country or region. Be ready to present songs, poems or other cultural numbers. 2000 AMARC Regional Meetings ________________________________________________ Sunday 12 November 2006 AMARC Women’s International Network Conference: Amplifying Women’s Voices for Gender Equality AGENDA 0900 Welcoming Remarks Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, President, AMARC Women's International Network Keynote Address (tbc) 0930 Opening Plenary: Women's empowerment through Community Radio Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, IWTC (chair) Doris Dery, Radio Progress, Ghana Bianca Miglioretto, Isis,Philippines Argentina Olivas, Radio Voz de Nicaragua
1100 Refreshments 1130 Plenary: Reports from the Regions Women's International Network: Framework and Structure Tamara Agrabawe, AmmanNet (chair) Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, IWTC
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
2
1230 Lunch 1330 Inter-active Workshops A. Community Radio as a tool to promote women's engagement in peace building and conflict resolution Mavic Cabrera-Balleza (facilitator) B. Lobbying for Women and Community Radio at the national, regional and global levels Sharon Bagwan-Rolls (facilitator) C. Community Radio and ICT Convergence Argentina Olivas (facilitator) GEM workshop – APC Women’s Networking Support Programme (13h30-16h00) Training Workshop: Wireless Networks for Beginners – APC (9h00-17h00) Side Event: Water & Sanitation: AMARC (9h00-11h00) 1600 Closing Plenary: Workshop reports and conclusions 1900 Inauguration of AMARC 9 Dinner and cultural event offered by the Amman Municipality at a traditional Arabic village (Kan Zaman). It is located around 20 Minutes away from the BelVue Hotel _________________________________ Monday 13 November 2006 AMARC 9 World Conference: Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves Opening Theme: Media, Freedom and Social Justice DRAFT AGENDA 0900 Opening Ceremony 0930 Welcoming Speeches Asma Khader, Human Rights activist ((invited) Steve Buckley, President, AMARC, UK Government representative (tbc) Queen Rania of Jordan (invited)
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
3
1030 Refreshments 1100 Keynote Speech: Media, Freedom and Social Justice Dr Hanan Ashrawi (invited) 1200 Opening Panel: Media, Freedom and Social Justice Alaf Javiri, Vday, Jordan (tbc) Eduardo Bertoni, Former OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression (tbc) Akin Akingbulu, IMESO, Nigeria (tbc) / or Zane Ibrahim, Bush Radio, South Africa (tbc) 1300 Lunch 1430 Workshops A. Communication Rights and Advocacy Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, FemLink Pacific (facilitator) Koliwe Nyoni, Radio Dialogue FM, Zimbabwe Aleida Calleja, Comunicación Comunitaria /AMARC-Mexico Pete Tridish, Prometheus Radio Project, USA B. Media Facing Conflict, Building Peace Muthoni Wanyeki, AMARC (facilitator) Raghu Mainali, Association of Community Radio Broadcasters of Nepal Sheila Dallas, WINGS UN Correspondent, USA (tbc) Kizito Mushizi, Radio Mandeleo, DRC Kishor Prashan, Panos, South Asia C. Community Media and Social Justice Maria Pia Matta, Radio Tierra (facilitator) Oumar Seck Ndiaye, Oxyjeunes, Senegal (tbc) Carlos Rivadeneyra, Cepes, Perou (tbc) Jim Ellinger, Austin Airwaves, USA 1600 Refreshments 1630 Closing Plenary Workshop Reports and Conclusions Side event: Immigration Challenges (December 18) 14h3016h30) 1730 Close 1800 AMARC General Assembly: Session 1 1. Opening Remarks and Procedure 2. Appointment of President and Secretary
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
4
3. 4. 5. 6.
Approval of Minutes of AMARC 8 Approval of New Members Appointment of Elections Panel Report of the International Board
_________________________________ Tuesday 14 November 2006 AMARC 9 World Conference: Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves Theme: Removing the Barriers, Increasing Impact DRAFT AGENDA 0900 Welcoming Remarks Muthoni Wanyeki, Deputy President, AMARC, Kenya 0930 Opening Panel: Removing the Barriers, Increasing Impact Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, CFSC, Bolivia Fily Keita, AMARC Africa, Mali (tbc) Kate Coyer, University of Pennsylvania, USA (tbc) Shane Elson, CBAA, Australia 1100 Refreshments 1130 Workshops A. Evaluating Communications for Development Marcelo Solervicens, AMARC (facilitator) Geeta Malhotra, One World South Asia Patrick Kalas, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (tbc) Maria Pia Matta, Vice Presidente AMARC ALC; B. Removing the Barriers to Women’s Communication Mavic Cabrera-Balleza (facililitator) Frieda Werden, WINGS, Canada Carol Mwinzi, Nage’lete, CR,Kenya; Argentina Olivas, Radio Stereo Voz, Nicaragua Uajit Virojtrairat, Civic Net, Thailand (tbc) C. Media Law and Regulation: Models of Good Practice Gustavo Gomez, AMARC ALC (facilitator) Aleida Calleja, AMARC, Mexique Wilna Quarmine, GCRN, Ghana Evan Light, CKUT-NCRA, Canada (tbc)
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
5
Mauricio Beltran, Sistema de Comunicación para la Paz (Sipaz),Colombia 1300 Lunch 1430 Workshops A. Bridging the Urban/Rural Communications Divide Ashish Sen, Voices, India (facilitator) Kofi Larveh, GCRN- Radio Ada, Ghana, Ricardo Sandoval, Guatemala Gwendolyne Longid, Sagada, The Philippines Teresa Caravini, Red Ada, Bolivia B. Community Media and Poverty Reduction Maria Pia Matta, Radio Tierra, Chile (facilitator) Imam Prakoso, Combine, Indonesia Jimmy Okello, Radio Apac, Uganda Julia Velazco, Ecojovenes, Bolivia C. Human Rights Standards in Media Advocacy Elizabeth Robinson, KCSB-AMARC (facilitator) Ashish Sen, Voices/ AP-AMARC Gustavo Gomez, AMARC LAC, Uruguay Sonia Randhawa, CIJM, Malaysia Zara Yacoub, Union Radio Tchad, Tchad 1600 Refreshments 1630 Closing Plenary Workshop Reports and Conclusions Training Workshop: Wireless Networks for Beginners – APC (9h00-17h00) Side Event: Digital Radio and ITU Advocacy, SNRL (14h3016h30) 1730 Close 17300 AMARC Regional Meetings
1900 Dinner and cultural event offered by the Arab Bank together with Jordan Information Center at a traditional Arabic restaurant. Around 10 Minutes away from the BelVue Hotel.
Wednesday 15 November 2006 AMARC 9 World Conference:
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
6
Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves Theme: Building Our Movement AGENDA 0900 Welcoming Remarks Elizabeth Robinson, KCSB- AMARC, USA. 0930 Opening Panel: Building Our Movement Ashish Sen, Voices, India and AMARC Asia-Pacific Grace Githaiga, Econews, Kenya and AMARC-Africa Maria Pia Matta, Radio Tierra, Chile and AMARC-LAC 1100 Refreshments 1130 Workshops A. Globalisation, Social Movements and the WSF Maria Pia Matta, Radio Tierra, Chile (facilitator) Myriam Horngreen, December 18, UK (tbd) Ognango Alloh, WSF-2007 Local Organising Committee, Kenya (tbc) Francesco Diasio, Amisnet, Italy and AMARC Europe (tbd) B. Building Country Networks and Associations Akin Akingbulu, Nigerian Community Radio Forum Emmanuel Boutterin, SNRL, France Angus Lefort, ARC-RFA, Canada (Tbd) C. AMARC: Institution, Network or Movement? (follow’up) Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, IWTC and AMARC-WIN (facilitator) Francesco Diasio, Amisnet, Italy and AMARC-Europe Daoud Kuttab, AmmanNet, Jordan 1300 Lunch 1430 Workshops A. International Networks for Media Development Georges Christensen, Radio one- AMARC, Gambia (facilitator) Oscar Perez, CAESI, El Salvador (tbc) Indymedia Experience, (tba) Norman Stockwell, WORT FM, USA (tbd) B. News Networking and Programme Exchange Frieda Werden, IWTC, Canada (facilitator) Ines Farina, Pulsar, Argentina Lebelo Maleko, Soshansuve CR, South Africa.
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
7
Gwendolyne Longid, Sagada CR, Philippines Norman Stockwell, WORT FM, USA C. AMARC: Institution, Network or Movement? Ashish Sen, Voices, India and AMARC Asia-Pacific (facilitator) Maria Pia Matta, Radio Tierra, Chile and AMARC-LAC Grace Githaiga, Econews Africa and AMARC-Africa 1600 Refreshments 1630 Closing Plenary Workshop Reports and Conclusions 1730 Close 1730 Public Event Media Development in Jordan Sima Babous, Jordanian Media Council, Muhammad Alayan, Ghad Newspaper, ATV Tv Station; Jamil Nimri/Fahd Faneck,( tbc) Representative of Journalists Union (tbc) Daoud Kuttab, AmmanNet, Jordan, (tbc) 1900 The Aqaba Development authority will host a dinner at Everest Resort// 15 minutes away from the hotel,
_____________________________ Thursday 16 November 2006 AMARC 9 World Conference: Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves AMARC General Assembly AGENDA 0830 Refreshments 0900 General Assembly: Session 2 7. Approval of Financial Reports 2002 - 2005 8. Selection of Auditing Firm 9. Report of Regional and Sectorial Meetings 10. Report of the Elections Committee
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
8
1100 Refreshments 1130 General Assembly: Session 3 11. AMARC Strategic Plans and Budget 2006 – 2010 1300 Lunch 1430 General Assembly: Session 4 12. Assembly Resolutions 1600 Refreshments 1630 General Assembly: Session 5 13. Elections of International Board 14. Recommendations for site of AMARC 10 15. Any other business 16. Installation of new International Board 17. Closing session 1730 Close 1800 The Ministry of Cultural will invite all participates to go to the Baptism site in the Jordan Valley, then to a traditional farm where there will be a Jordanian Folklore show and a traditional Jordanian dinner.
_________________________________ Friday 17 November 2006 Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves AMARC 9 World Conference: AMARC 9 Closing Ceremony The Jordan Tourism Board JTB will invite all participants to Petra for the closing ceremony. A tour to Petra, and lunch will be offered. (To be Confirmed) 1000 Concluding speeches 1100 AMARC 9 Solidarity Prize
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
9
1130 Refreshments and Cultural Programme 1300 Close
AMARC 9 World Conference: Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves Side Events Planet Radio. (World Coverage of AMARC 9) (11-16 November 2006) Exhibition (11-16 November 2006) Water & Sanitation. Development Challenges on the 21st Century (12 November) Digital Radio and ITU Advocacy (SNRL) (14 November) Immigration Challenges (December 18) (13 November) Radio at School & International Cooperation (15 November) Training Workshops Building an FM transmitter (Prometheus) (12-15 November) Wireless Networks for Beginners (APC) (11, 12, 14 November) Gender Evaluation Methodology (APC-AMARC) (12 November) Live Radio Theatre (Anthony Sloan) (12-15 November)
Draft Agenda, AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Voices of the World – Free the Airwaves
10