2nd Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific to be held in Bangalore, India
from 10-13 October 2009

 

March 19, Kathmandu. The Asia Pacific region of the World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC Asia Pacific, will hold its 2nd Regional
conference and Assembly from 10-13 October 2009 in Bangalore, India. The
conference will be hosted by VOICES, a Bangalore based NGO working to
promote community broadcasting in India. 

 

The regional conference will bring together community radio broadcasters,
activists, academics, policy makers, and representatives of the donor
community and governments to review the development of the community
broadcasting in the Asia Pacific region in the last 4 years. It will take a
careful look at thematic areas of development such as the empowerment of
women within the CR sector, the role of community broadcasting in peace
building, it's role in the face of global climate change and at times of
natural disasters as well as for poverty eradication. The regional
conference will address practical issues such as capacity building in areas
of management, technology, community participation, monitoring and
evaluation, media convergence, and networking and the conference will
recommend steps that will ensure the way forward for the CR sector in the
region. The 2nd Regional Assembly of AMARC Asia-Pacific will be held in
conjunction with the Regional Conference. 

 

The Asia Pacific chapter of AMARC was formally established in November 2005
by the 1st Regional Assembly of AMARC's members in the Asia Pacific region
during the regional conference held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Conference
provided a significant push to Community Radio in the Region by bringing
together practitioners from Asia-Pacific and beyond along with experts and
NGO representatives from the community media and communications rights
sector. The Jakarta Regional Assembly elected a regional board and decided
upon an action plan aimed at developing the community broadcasting sector in
the region. As per the statutes of AMARC Asia Pacific, the regional assembly
is held every four years. 

 

Registration for the conference will open shortly. For regular updates,
please visit:
http://asiapacific.amarc.org/index.php?p=2_Conference_Asia_Pacific_2009 or
contact the following for more information: 

 

.          AMARC Asia Pacific Regional Office, Kathmandu, Nepal,
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.               Ms. Divya Wesley, VOICES, Bangalore, India,
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.          AMARC International secretariat, Montreal, Canada,
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About AMARC:

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is a global
non-governmental organization serving the community radio movement
worldwide. Its goal is to support and advocate for the development of
community and participatory radio on the principles of solidarity and
international cooperation. Created in 1983, AMARC now has nearly 3000
members in 106 countries. Its international office is located in Montreal,
Canada, and has regional offices in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

 

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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/>