AMARC10 Conference Sets High Objectives for
Community Radio Movement
13 November 2010, La Plata, Argentina. The tenth Global Conference of Community
Radio broadcasters, AMARC10, hosted by AMARC Argentina, gathered together more
than 500 community radio broadcasters and stakeholders from 87 countries in la
Plata, Argentina, in what was the first global conference to be held in South
America. Speaking in the closing ceremony of AMARC 10, María Pía Matta, the new
president of AMARC, called for increased solidarity for persecuted community
radio broadcasters and deepening the social impact of community radio to face
the challenges of humanity in the 21st Century.
The weeklong conference participated by grassroots broadcasters and activists
and well-known freedom of expression advocates and communicators; adopted the
la Plata declaration, elected the members of the international Board of
Directors of AMARC global network; gave, in its sixth edition, the solidarity
prize to the Haitian community radios for their role in supporting the
population after the February 2010 earthquake. AMARC 10 also adopted the
strategic lines of action for 2011-2014 assembling in part the rich content
exchanges and recommendations from plenary, seminars and workshops on
reinforcing the social impact of community radio in development,
democratization and recognition of diversity of societies; on creating enabling
environments for community radio development and; on ensuring social, economic
and political sustainability of the sector at local, regional and international
levels.
The
new board of directors of AMARC following AMARC 10 is composed by:
Maria Pia Matta, President, Chile.
Emmanuel Boutterin, Deputy President, France.
Franklin Huizies, Treasurer, South Africa.
Marcelo Solervicens, Secretary General.
Maria Eugenia Chávez, Vicepresident for the Women International Network,
Mexico.
Ashish Sen, Vicepresident for Asia-Pacific Region, India.
Oumar Seck Ndiaye, Vicepresident for Africa, Senegal.
Carlos Aparicio, Vicepresident for Latin America & Caribbean, Mexico.
Sony Esteus, Vicepresident, Haiti.
Silvia Richardson, Vicepresident, Canada.
Wilna Quarmine, Vice president, Ghana.
Sawsan Zaida, Vicepresident, Jordan.
The AMARC 10 Conference ended in the locality of Moron in symbolic homage to
the memory of Argentina's disappeared during the latest military dictatorship
in Argentina and recalling the importance of communication rights in building
democratic societies. For further information, please visit
http://amarc10.amarc.org
About
AMARC:
AMARC is an international non-governmental organization serving the community
radio movement in over 110 countries, and advocating for the right to
communicate at the international, national, local and neighbourhood levels.
AMARC has an International Secretariat in Montreal. It has regional sections in
Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific and offices in Johannesburg, Buenos
Aires, Brussels, and Kathmandu. For more information, please contact us at [log in to unmask]
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AMARC
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