*(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 *********