*(Early Announcement) ACP/EU Seminar *

The ACP/EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 
(CTA), together with its partners <organizers.html>, is holding an 
international seminar on the *"Role of the media in agricultural 
development in ACP countries”* (Central, East, Southern and West Africa, 
the Caribbean and the Pacific). The seminar will be held in Brussels, 
Belgium from 12 to 16 October 2009. Its aim is to:

    * Contribute to the preparation of strategies for media capacity
      building with regard to access and dissemination of information on
      key issues for the ACP agricultural sector;
    * Strengthen communication links between the media and other
      stakeholders in the agricultural sector;
    * Contribute to the identification of media support programmes.

The meeting will be attended by over 120 experts from the six ACP 
regions, EU national institutions and regional and international 
organizations who represent the main professions at the interface of 
media, agriculture and rural development.

Further information including an Award for ACP journalists and the 
forthcoming Call for Papers will be posted on the website - 
http://annualseminar2009.cta.int/media/index.html

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