Dear AMARC Members, partners, and supporters,

 

The 2nd AMARC Asia Pacific Regional Conference has been postponed to
February 20-23, 2010. The event was scheduled to take place from 10-13
October 2009. The location of the conference remains unchanged and will be
held in Bangalore, India. The organisers made this decision to enable more
people to participate in the conference so that the community radio movement
in the region is consolidated and strengthened. 

 

One of the main objectives of the regional conference is to create a
platform for AMARC members, representatives of governments, donor
communities and other stakeholders to learn from each other's experiences
and build a stronger community radio movement in the region. Developing
clear strategies and action plans is very important for positively
influencing the development of community broadcasting and this can be
ensured only through the participation of a greater number of members and
supporters. 

 

We want to ensure that the regional conference acts as a forum of
convergence among national and sub-regional community radio organisations
and the larger AMARC network. The decision to postpone the conference
honours requests from a number of country level and international partners
for additional time to better articulate internal consultations and
strategies. Clarity in terms of national strategies and goals are vital for
building regional strategies and the additional time received from the
postponement is expected to help us achieve that. 

 

The regional conference aims to support the emerging sectors of community
broadcasting in the host country, India, as well as across the region. This
will be achieved by presenting reports on existing models of community
broadcasting in other countries with a view to providing a solid framework
for the future of community radio in India.

 

Updated conference registration details can be found at: 

http://asiapacific.amarc.org/index.php?p=2_Conference_Asia_Pacific_2009. 

 

The AMARC Asia Pacific regional conference promises to be one of the most
important regional consultations for advancing freedom of expression and
community development though the use of community broadcasting. 

 

Consultations and workshops will be held on a variety topics including
'content development for good-governance and sustainable development',
'media freedom, freedom of expression, right to information, and
communication rights, 'media diversity: identity, inclusion, innovation and
reconciliation', 'managing for sustainability', 'access, participation and
equality in community radio and empowerment through community radio,' and
'community radio's role in addressing global and local Issues.' The
conference will also hold a number of parallel training workshops covering
content creation for social issues and introduction to technologies. To
discuss these and other pertinent issues, community radio broadcasters,
activists, researchers, academicians, donors, and policy makers will be
present.

 

Please find the draft agenda of the conference attached. For further
assistance, please write to the conference coordinator at
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Suman Basnet 
Regional Coordinator 
AMARC Asia Pacific 
Kathmandu, Nepal

Phone: +977 1 5554811

Fax: +977 1 5521714 
www.asiapacific.amarc.org <http://www.asiapacific.amarc.org/>