Conference website: www.gfmd-athensconference.com Conference e-mail: gfmd-athworldconf@acnc.gr DIVANI C ARAVEL HOTEL
Under the Auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Dr. Karolos Papoulias
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Program at a Glance
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Speakers / Moderators & Workshops Coordinators’ Index
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Conference Organisers
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General Information
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Conference Venue And Useful Conference Information
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Practical Information About Athens Social Events Full Program
Speakers / Moderators “Who is Who”
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Main Partners, Sponsors, Supporters, Media Partners, Donors
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Notes
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Conference Hotel Floor Plans
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Welcome Message
Welcome Message
Free expression, freedom of the media and independent jour-
Dear Delegates and Participants,
since they can guarantee accurate information for citizens, a
I am honored to welcome you to the second Global Forum for
nalism are today, more than ever, the pillars of democracy, prerequisite for the existence of democracy.
In the new global environment, free, independent and sustain-
able media not only provide the circumstances for a democratic society but they also substantially contribute to the empowerment of human development.
Therefore, the principles supported by the Global Forum for
Media Development, which are clearly oriented to the above
mentioned direction, as well as its active participation in the global dialogue for issues related to the development of independent media are today more critical than ever.
The Global Forum for Media Development, which takes place
in Athens in the following days, provides the ideal opportunity for participants to exchange ideas, know-how and experience with distinguished professionals and media experts, and thus
to discover new practises and opportunities for the worldwide
Media Development (GFMD). Three years ago in Amman we did something rather unprecedented—independently gathering the diverse range of practitioners of media development from
around the world. Usually, multilateral organizations, governments or foundations organize large international conferences. But we managed to convene local and international media
NGOs from 97 countries in Amman, with our own agenda to
discuss the issues that mattered most to this new media development sector. We succeeded in identifying ourselves as a
significant, distinct field and came to agreement on a set of principles that will guide our work in the future. A Steering
Committee was approved and tasked with building support for the sector, hiring a full-time director, organizing regional forums to elect a new governing board, and reconvening in three
years. With no funds of our own, we managed to do all this and
more and are now ready to launch a truly grass roots, participatory membership organization.
development of Mass Media operation.
There is so much more work ahead of us; but we’ve already
As the Mayor of Athens, the host city for this year’s Global Fo-
competitive organizations together to work collaboratively and
rum for Media Development, I would like to welcome all participants to our city and to express my strong belief that the Forum will be crowned with absolute success. Nikitas Kaklamanis Mayor of Athens
achieved something rather remarkable, an ability to bring
constructively on issues that impact all of our work. In the days ahead we will share experiences, learn from each other, debate our differences and meet some incredible people. This is our own creation and GFMD will become whatever all of us make
it to be. Working together we are so much more than the sum of our parts.
I am very excited to meet old friends and make new ones, to
listen to your stories and concerns and to forge a movement together that can establish media development as a singularly important factor in human freedom and development. Warmest Regards, David Hoffman
Chairman, GFMD Steering Committee
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Welcome Message
During 2008 we organised Regional Forums for Media Development. Each gave backing to the GFMD mission and elected rep-
Everyone agrees that media plays an important role in provid-
days and elect four representatives to the Steering Committee.
is what kind of media and what kind of information we need. I believe, this question has a clear cut answer:
cient; it strengthens the work of our members, and shows the
We need media promoting peace and understanding, not tools
around a common aim – to get recognition of the key role free,
We need media strengthening democracy and its values,
virtue of media development organisations working together independent and pluralistic media play in promoting democracy, good governance and human and economic development.
Dear Delegates and Participants,
Steering Committee, who are effectively the founding mem-
bers. They have been posted on the website and are included in your conference package.
The Steering Committee invites all of you to join the GFMD by
for the GFMD World Conference!
voice to the campaign for change.
signing up during the conference. This is how you can add your
Our conference marks lift-off for the GFMD as a membership
At last we have arrived. It has been a crazy few months, but I
Media Freedom at the Heart of Development. It also gives you
now look forward to four days of discussion with new and old
network, and sees the launch of our global campaign -- Putting an opportunity to showcase your activities before the world community engaged in media assistance.
am very pleased that so many of you have managed to come. I friends about how to address the challenges we face and how to
of propaganda and hate speech,
We need media defending justice and human rights, We need media giving voices to public concerns,
We need media controlling but not manipulating politics,
We need media organisations ensuring that their staff works in an environment of safety and dignity.
In other words, we need free, independent and pluralistic media; we need quality information for all.
Strengthening free and independent media around the world is
not an easy task. It requires commitment, time and resources. The GFMD world conference here in Athens is part of this proc-
ess. Athens, the birthplace of democracy, is the ideal venue to launch the GFMD global campaign the heart of development.
to put media freedom at
gain more support for media development.
I am confident that the GFMD conference will be successful and
We have an illustrious list of speakers who will provide us with
Thanks to the organisers in Athens we will also be well fed and
achievement and pleasant memories of the warm hospitality
about how we, together, can put media development issues
gether and bathe in the luxurious atmosphere of this ancient
challenging insights. Just as importantly, our conference is where they belong – firmly on the agenda of donors, govern-
ments and policymakers, many of whom will join our discus-
watered and will have the opportunity to have some fun toand remarkable city.
sions.
In that spirit it’s never too early to look forward – so let us
The GFMD 2008 will not be the usual conference. Our debates
Global Campaign for Media Development. When we meet for
will be open, interactive and lively. We know the questions –
what are our priorities? What types of media development activity get missed? How do we come to grips with ever-changing technology? How do we measure the impact of our work? How
do we get our message across? The conference will provide the answers to all of these and more.
We shall leave Athens with a workplan for the GFMD bolstered
by many thoughtful and creative proposals to support the cause of media development.
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The GFMD statutes have been agreed by the members of the
Welcome to Athens – the city with the most glorious history in the world, a city worshipped by gods and people – the ideal spot
ing information in today’s globalised world. But the question
To have real impact with donors and policymakers, we must show that we mean business. Our structure is flexible and effi-
we can do it!
Welcome in Athens!
resentatives to the GFMD Steering Committee. The caucus of in-
ternational media development NGOs will meet in the coming
Campaigning for more support for media development:
Welcome Message
make sure that GFMD 2008 marks the start of a truly durable
fruitful and I hope that you will return home with a sense of provided by the organizers and their professionalism on every level.
Nikos Megrelis Journalist
Managing Coordinator of GFMD Athens Conference
our third GFMD in 2011 we need to know that support for me-
dia development has increased and media development issues do have their rightful place on the development agenda. It’s in your hands, but I’m convinced we can do it. Enjoy the conference.
Bettina Peters
Director, Global Forum for Media Development
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CONFERENCE ORGANISERS
GREECE TODAY
Organized by • Veet Vivarta, Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia
(ANDI), Brazil
Singapore
(IFJ), Belgium
Board (IREX), USA
• Sasa Vucinic, Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF), Global Forum for Media Development IPC, Rιsidence Palace, Bloc C, 02/215 155 rue de la loi
1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel. : +32 2 235 23 34
• Aidan White, International Federation of Journalists • Mark Whitehouse, International Research and Exchanges • Mark Wilson, Panos Institute, UK
Fax : +32 2 235 22 21
Organising Committee
• Bettina Peters_GFMD Director
• Nikos Megrelis_Managing Coordinator Athens
Greece, officially known as The Hellenic Republic, is the south-
You can start from the commercial heart of the city, Omonoia
131.940 square kilometres, Greece is about the same size as Eng-
and walk up Panepistimiou (University) street passing by the
ernmost country on the European mainland. With an area of land or New York state. Greece’s longest border is with the sea.
Over 3,000 Greek islands are scattered about the eastern Mediterranean, roughly 200 of them inhabited. The Greek mainland
shares land borders with Albania, the Former Yugoslav Repub-
World Conference
port. Although more than half the population is classified as
Iberoamericano (FNPI), Colombia
1A Pierias Str., 144 51 Athens, Greece
(SEAPA), Thailand
• Roby Alampay, South East Asian Press Alliance • Manana Aslamazyan, Internews Europe, France • Gabriel Baglo, IFJ Africa Office, Senegal
• Joyce Barnathan, International Center for Journalists
(ICFJ), USA
(IWPR), USA/UK
• Anthony Borden, Institute for War and Peace Reporting • James Deane, BBC World Service Trust, UK • Ali Djerri, Al Khabar, Algeria
• David Hoffman, Internews Network, USA
• Virginie Jouan, World Association of Newspapers
(WAN), France
for Professionalisation of Media (SEENPM), Albania
• Remzi Lani, South East European Network • John Liu, EECPM, China
• Jeanette Minnie, Zambezi FoX, South AfricaKajsa Tornroth,
Co-Director Press Freedom and Development Programmes
• Edetaen Ojo, Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria
• A.S. Panneerselvan, Panos South Asia, India • Haitham Atoom Shibli, Farah Al Nas, Jordan
Professional Congress Organiser (PCO) Tel.: +30 210 6889 130, Fax.: +30 210 6844 777
Conference e-mail: gfmd-athworldconf@acnc.gr
Conference website: www.gfmd-athensconference.com http://www.acnc.gr
you see the Evzones -the presidential guard- in front of the monument of the Unknown Soldier.
On your right is Amalias Avenue where you will find the gate of
ropolitan centres.
trees until the Zappeion (Conference and Exhibition Hall), ap-
community and family ties prevail even in the busiest of met-
Religion
• Jaime Abello Banfi, Fundación Nuevo Periodismo
Square, one of the busiest places of Athens, where the Parlia-
urban, rural life retains a powerful influence. A strong sense of
AC&C International S.A.
ings of the Modern Greek era.
ment is located. You will know you are in the right place when
Sex distribution: Male 49,49% , female: 50,51% (2001).
Steering Committee (in alphabetical order)
emy, the Catholic Cathedral and many other impressive build-
Population: 10.964.020 (2001 - census)
• David Hoffman_GFMD Chair (Internews International) (International Federation of Journalists)
National Library, the University of Athens, the National Acad-
By then, you should have reached Syntagma (Constitution)
largest, and is served by Piräas, which is the country’s main
Conference Organisation
Square, which combines modern and neoclassical architecture
lic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bulgaria and Turkey.
Greece’s capital city, Athens, (Population: 3,072,922) is also its
• Aidan White_GFMD Vice Chair
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Geography
away.
the National Garden. Walk among typical and rare plants and pears before you. A few meters away stands the Panathinaikon Stadium, the cradle of the Olympic Games (1896).
Most Greeks belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, which is
On your way to the Acropolis, stop to visit the Corinthian pil-
the Archbishop of Athens. The largest religious minority is the
Hadrian, where the pedestrian street, Dionisiou Aeropagitou,
islands in the Ionian and Aegean have a significant number of
of the Acropolis Sacred Rock. Walking up the hill, you will en-
governed by a synod of metropolitan bishops, presided over by concentration of Greek Muslims in northeastern Thrace. Some Catholics. Greece’s once vibrant Jewish community was nearly vanished in World War II.
Government
The Hellenic Republic is a parliamentary democracy with a 300 member house, the Vouli or Parliament, headed by the Prime
lars, remains of Zeus’ temple and the Arch of the Emperor
begins to lead you to the Odeon of Herodus Atticus at the foot ter the site through Propylea and visit the Parthenon, the most
important and characteristic monument of the ancient Greek
civilization which still remains its international symbol, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erectheion and the Museum of the Acropolis.
Minister. Parliamentary sessions normally last for four years,
With these pictures in mind, walk downhill to Plaka, the old-
universal ballot. The head of the Greek State is the President,
sine in one of the traditional tavernas or have a frappe (iced
followed by elections held on the basis of direct, secret, and
who is elected by Parliament. The President, who has limited
political powers, may hold office for a maximum of two five-
est neighbourhood of Athens, and taste the typical Greek cuicoffee) in one of the numerous cafes.
year terms . Greece has been a member of the European Union
Other highlights you should not miss: Archaelogical Museum,
today are: Political stability under a moderate social democrat-
Byzantine Museum, Frissiras Museum of Contemporary Greek
since 1981. The elements that most clearly define the Greece of
ic government Sound economic progress as an increasingly significant partner in the European Union An international role, with particular influence in southeast Europe.
Athens
Athens has a lot to offer to its visitors. There are many things
Museum of Cycladic Art, Benaki Museum, National Gallery, and European Painting, Lycabetus Hill, Monastiraki, Thiseion, the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA), Faliro-Glyfada
coastline by tramway. For an Athenian night out, choose between Psiri (city center) bars and taverns, and seaside open-air bars and beach clubs.
to see not only at the historical center but also a few kilometers
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GENERAL INFORMATION
PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT ATHENS
Banks
Restaurants
Friday 08:00-13:00. Central branches of some banks may be
12:30 to 16:00 and for dinner from19:00 to midnight. Fast food
Accessibility and local transportation
them stay open till late at night. Cafes and bars are open all day
and most international destinations around the world.
Banks are open from Monday to Thursday 08:00-14:00 and on
found open until 20:00 daily, and from 10:00 - 16:30 on Saturdays.
Restaurants and tavernas are normally open for lunch from
and souvlaki shops usually serve food all day long, and some of from about 8:00 until late in the night.
Climate
In Athens, southern Greece and the islands, the climate is typi-
Shopping hours
ters. In October and November temperature ranges between
9:00-15:00; Suburbs: Monday- Wednesday 9:00-14:30, Tues-
cal mediterranean with warm and dry summers and mild win15°C (59°F) and 20°C (68°F).
Downtown: Monday-Friday 9:00-20:00 non-stop, Saturday day-Thursday-Friday 9:00-14:00 and 15:30-20:30, Saturday
9:00-15:00; Supermarkets: Monday- Friday 9:00-21:00, Satur-
Credit cards
day 9:00-20:00; On Sundays all shops are closed, except tourist
Athens is comfortably accessible from all European countries
Athens International Airport
you approximately €25 - €30.
23 stations, serving 500,000 passengers daily with trains arriv-
Currency
code is 00 followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 001 for
rates can be found at hotel lobbies and banks. Ambulance
166
Emergency Fire Brigade
199
1434
English-greek medical information
210 89 83 146
Athens International Airport
210 35 30 000
Poisoning Treatment Center
210 77 93 777
Forest Service
Pharmacies on duty Police
phones are available all over Greece and use phone cards, which can be purchased from kiosks. For information concerning mo-
Emergency phone numbers Emergency Hospitals
the USA or Canada, 0044 for the United Kingdom). Public pay-
191
SOS Doctors
Telephone Directory Service Tourist Police
1434 112
1016
11888 171
Healthcare
bile phone use in Greece (telephone transmissions are based on
8 minutes between 06:00-01:00 and every 40 minutes between 01:00-06:00.
Athens Metro network consists of 2 lines (Line 2 and Line 3) and ing every 3 minutes at rush hours and every 5-10 minutes at
all other times. An additional line (Line 1) of the ISAP network (www.isap.gr), which already existed in Athens connecting the Port of Piraeus to the northern suburb of Kifisia, commutes
another 415,000 passengers per day. The Athens Metro connects Syntagma Square to the Athens International Airport in
The broad bus network of Athens covers almost every point of mainly of modern buses, environmentally friendly, with air
conditioning and facilities for the elderly and passengers with special needs.
Useful tips: Tickets must be bought before boarding (from bus terminals and from the majority of kiosks) and validated in the
designated machines (orange coloured) within the vehicles. To stop a bus for embarkation you must make a hand signal to the
driver. To disembark you have to notify the driver by pressing the “stop” button in time. The OASA Call Centre (185 - dialing
from within Greece) operates from 07:00-21:00 on weekdays and from 09:00-17:00 on weekends.
27 minutes.
Taxis
Time
Hours of operation
mind that taxis in Athens can be stopped on their way with
- Sydney 20:00.
Line 1 operates daily from 05:00-00:30.
GSM technology), please ask your provider.
Greece is GMT+2. Greece 12:00 - London 10:00 - New York 05:00
Tipping
Tipping is not compulsory but is quite usual in Greece.
Transportation
Lines 2 and 3 operate daily from 05:30-24:00. Useful tips:While inside the train, announcements are made
before every stop.Metro tickets are sold at the stations cashier’s and by automatic tellers.Remember to validate your ticket before you move on to the platform.
Athens has a broad transportation network comprising of bus-
Suburban train
(trips at affordable prices).
in July 2004, connects the centre of Athens (Larissis train sta-
es, trolley busses, tramway, metro, suburban railway and taxis
Emergency treatment is free to all in public hospitals. Public
Water
islands usually have hospitals and health centres.
ter quality varies.
and private hospitals can be found in big cities. Small and large
a 24-hour basis, serving 47 stations. Tram vehicles arrive every
the city and the suburbs with 7,500 stops. The fleet consists
and by metro. A taxi from the airport to the city centre will cost
Telecommunications
EURO is the official currency. Information about exchange
terminated in the Greek capital. Its 5 routes operate daily on
Odos), by bus (Express Line E96, & E95), by suburban railway
as to which cards are accepted.
The international access code for Greece is +30. The outgoing
2004, approximately 40 years after the old tram routes were
Buses
and is accessible by car via the Athens City Ring Road (Attiki
Athens Metro
and restaurants. Stickers in the front windows will advise you
The tram was enthusiastically welcomed in Athens, in July
The Athens International Airport is located 33 km east of Athens
shops.
All major credit cards are accepted in almost all hotels, shops
Tram
Tap water is drinkable in Athens. For places outside Athens wa-
Taxis are yellow with a red-letter taxi-sign on top. Have in a hand signal (just like buses) and they often take more than one passenger at a time embarking and disembarking at different points. For exclusive use of a taxi you are advised to call a
“radio taxi”. In any case you can request a taxi from your hotel’s concierge.
The suburban train of Athens, a modern project inaugurated tion) to the Athens International Airport via 9 stations in 41 minutes. The suburban train operates from 04:26 to 23:36, with
departures every half an hour. The coaches are modern and offer plenty of facilities for the comfort of passengers.
Language
Greek is the official language, however most Greeks also speak English as a foreign language.
Religion
The majority of Greeks (95%) are Christian Orthodox.
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CONFERENCE VENUE AND USEFUL CONFERENCE INFORMATION The Global Forum for Media Development, Athens World Conference will take place at the Divani Caravel Hotel from Decem-
Hospitality Desk
Speaker Ready Room
ice to Athens International Airport, to all the delegates that
cated next to Reception
the Conference at Olympia Foyer and Macedonia Foyer. Speak-
On December 11th and 12th there will be provided shuttle serv-
have indicated their flight schedule. The daily transfer sched-
A Hospitality Desk will operate at the Conference Venue, lo-
ule will be announced from the Hospitality Desk, operating at
Per Diem
airport at least two hours before your flight departs.
cover any room consumption.
Divani Caravel Hotel. Kindly note that, you have to be at the
Kindly note that GFMD will not provide “per diem” and will not
A Speaker Ready Room will operate throughout the duration of
ers are kindly requested to hand in all material of their presen-
tation (slides, floppy discs, USB-key, CD-ROM) at least two (2) hours before their scheduled presentation time. If your pres-
entation is scheduled early in the morning, you are kindly re-
quested to check your presentation at the Speaker Ready Room
ber 7 to December 10, 2008.
Conference Badges
Liability and Insurance
2 Vas. Alexandrou Avenue
at the Conference Venue from December 7th to December 10th,
will assume no liability for injuries or losses of any nature in-
Please note slides should be 5cm x 5cm each.
damage to, loss or theft of their personal belongings. Partici-
you are using embedded video clips in your presentation, please
The Divani Caravel Hotel 161 21 Athens, Greece Tel. +30 210 7207000 Fax +30 210 7236683
How to reach the GFMD Conference Venue
The venue is situated right in the heart of Athens and is eas-
ily accessible by metro, bus and trolley bus. Commuting to and from the city centre and the Athens International Airport or other locations is quite easy:
• 30 min. from the Athens International Airport
(www.aia.gr)
• 3-5 min. from the city centre. By Metro: There is direct access from the airport and the city
centre to the venue from the metro station “Evangelismos” on metro line 3 (blue line). Please visit the Athens Metro website for detailed information at www.ametro.gr
By Bus: The following buses, express buses and trolley buses pass and stop near “Evangelismos”, which is aprox. 300 m. walk from the Conference Venue
Delegates’ badges will be available at the Conference Secretariat 2008. It is compulsory for all participants to wear their badges at all times both in the Conference and the Exhibition Areas. Badges Categories Identification
session halls.
• Double Slides Projector
• Delegate / Speaker (dark blue) • Speaker (grey)
• Participant (green) • Organiser (purple)
Delegates/Participants …………………….. € 520
Language
and passive French will be provided during sessions – please
• 4 nights accommodation in a guest room single at BB
consult the Program.
The Internet Corner will operate within the Conference Venue
tions, PCs, internet access as well as printing and photocopying facilities for all conference participants.
to Divani Caravel Hotel to all the delegates that have indicated their flight schedule.
Sunday, 7 December: Coffee Break 17:30-18:00 Monday, 8 December: Coffee Break 10:30-11:00 & 16:00-16:30 Light Lunch: 13:00-14:30
Tuesday, 9 December: Coffee Break 10:30-11:00 & 16:00-16:30 Light Lunch: 13:00-14:30
Wednesday, 10 December: Coffee Break 10:30-11:00 Light Lunch: 12:30-14:00
• Overhead Projector
• Data Video Projector (PowerPoint presentations)
Accompanying Persons …………………… € 300
Registration Entitlements
ous translation into English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Greek
• PC
Congress registration fees on-site
English is the official language of the Conference. Simultane-
Light Lunch: 14:00-15:30
on December 6th and 7th from Athens International Airport
Smoking is not allowed in the areas of the Conference Venue
• Sponsors / Donors (orange)
By taxi: An average journey by taxi from the airport to the city
By conference shuttle bus: Shuttle service will be provided
Smoking Policy Registration
• Press (dark yellow)
Lunch & Coffee Breaks
on traffic, costing around € 25 -30.
Delegates are asked to switch off their mobile phones while in
• Conference Staff (red)
in Athens please visit: www.oasa.gr
centre should take approximately 40-50 minutes, depending
remember to submit video files separately.
• Delegate / Steering Committee / Speaker (blue)
from December 7th to December 10th, providing working sta-
For more information about the public transportation network
pants are advised to take out their own personal insurance.
All versions of MS PowerPoint are accepted excluding Mac. If
The following equipment will be available:
ros with unlimited travel by all public transporation means for • Cable “Trolley” Buses: 3, 7, 8, 13
curred by participants and/or accompanying persons, or for the
the day before.
Mobile Phones
• Delegate / Steering Committee (cyan)
Internet Corner
24hours from the time of validation, A5, E6, E7, X14
The Organising Committee as well as the Conference Organiser
• Delegate (light cyan)
• Buses: 450, 550, 601, 603
• Express Buses: X95 (direct airport line) / ticket costs 3,20 eu-
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Shuttle Service to Athens International Airport
Delegates / Participants
(bed& breakfast) basis, at Divani Caravel Hotel (5*)
Caravel Hotel
• Transfer from / to Athens International Airport-Divani • Attendance to all sessions, Conference Material • Coffee Breaks & Lunches during the Conference
• Participation in the Opening Ceremony & Welcome
Reception,
• 3 Dinners during the Conference
• Half day visit to Acropolis (transportation, guides,
entrance fees)
Accompanying Persons
• Transfer from / to Athens International Airport-Divani
Caravel Hotel
Reception,
• Participation in the Opening Ceremony & Welcome • 3 Dinners during the Conference
• Half day visit to Acropolis (transportation, guides,
entrance fees)
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SOCIAL EVENTS
Thursday, 11 December
Sunday, 7 December
The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated
Stoa Spyromiliou (Syntagma Square)
tre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropo-
WELCOME RECEPTION 20.00-24.00
Meeting point: Divani Caravel Hotel Lobby, 20.00 pm Dress Code: Business Casual
Welcome Speech: Mr Nikitas Kaklamanis / Mayor of Athens With the kind support of Piraeus Bank Monday, 8 December DINNER
ANAIS CLUB, Varypompi 20.00-24.00
Meeting point: Divani Caravel Hotel Lobby, 19.30 pm
vention. After the establishment of Christianity and
10.00 Visit to Acropolis
especially in the sixth century AD the temples were con-
verted into Christian churches. The Parthenon was dedi-
cated to Parthenos Maria (the Virgin Mary), was later
primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the cen-
re-named Panagia Athiniotissa (Virgin of Athens) and served as the city’s cathedral in the eleventh century.
lis. The most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its greatest
The Erechtheion was dedicated to the Sotiras (Saviour) or
religious festivals, earliest cults and several decisive events in
the Panagia, the temple of Athena Nike became a chapel
the city’s history are all connected to this sacred precinct. The
and the Propylaia an episcopal residence. The Acropolis
monuments of the Acropolis stand in harmony with their natu-
became the fortress of the medieval city. Under Frankish
ral setting. These unique masterpieces of ancient architecture
occupation (1204-1456) the Propylaia were converted into
combine different orders and styles of Classical art in a most in-
a residence for the Frankish ruler and in the Ottoman pe-
novative manner and have influenced art and culture for many
riod (1456-1833) into the Turkish garrison headquarters.
centuries. The Acropolis of the fifth century BC is the most ac-
The Venetians under F. Morozini besieged the Acropolis
curate reflection of the splendour, power and wealth of Athens
in 1687 and on September 26th bombarded and destroyed
at its greatest peak, the golden age of Perikles.
the Parthenon, which then served as a munitions store.
Dress Code: Business Casual
Pottery sherds of the Neolithic period (4000/3500-3000 BC) and,
In the mid-fifth century BC, when the Acropolis became
Tuesday, 9 December
show that the hill was inhabited from a very early period. A for-
greatest cultural centre of its time, Perikles initiated an
DINNER
Divani Caravel Hotel, Macedonia A&B 20.00-24.00
Dress Code: Business Casual Wednesday, 10 December FAREWELL DINNER
IPPOSTASIO, Koropi 20.00-24.00
Meeting point: Divani Caravel Hotel Lobby, 19.30 pm Dress Code: Business Casual
Keynote Speech: H.E. Mr Aris Spiliotopoulos / Minister Of Tourism
from near the Erechtheion, of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, tification wall was built around it in the thirteenth century BC and the citadel became the centre of a Mycenaean kingdom. This
early fortification is partially preserved among the later monu-
ments and its history can be traced fairly accurately. The Acropolis became a sacred precinct in the eighth century BC with the establishment of the cult of Athena Polias, whose temple stood
at the northeast side of the hill. The sanctuary flourished under Peisistratos in the mid-sixth century BC, when the Panathinaia, the city’s greatest religious festival, was established and the first monumental buildings of the Acropolis erected, among them the so-called “Old temple” and the Hekatompedos, the predeces-
sor of the Parthenon, both dedicated to Athena. The shrine of
Artemis Brauronia and the first monumental propylon also date
to this period. Numerous opulent votive offerings, such as marble korai and horsemen, bronze and terracotta statuettes, were dedicated to the sanctuary. Several of these bear inscriptions that show the great importance of Athena’s cult in the Archaic
period. After the Athenians defeated the Persians at Marathon, in 490 BC, they began building a very large temple, the so-called
Pre-Parthenon. This temple was still unfinished when the Per-
sians invaded Attica in 480 BC, pillaged the Acropolis and set fire to its monuments. The Athenians buried the surviving sculp-
tures and votive offerings inside natural cavities of the sacred
rock, thus forming artificial terraces, and fortified the Acropolis with two new walls, the wall of Themistokles along the north-
ern side and that of Kimon on the south. Several architectural elements of the ruined temples were incorporated in the northern wall and are still visible today.
the seat of the Athenian League and Athens was the ambitious building project which lasted the entire second half of the fifth century BC. Athenians and foreigners alike worked on this project, receiving a salary of one
Lord Elgin caused further serious damage in 1801-1802 by
looting the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, the temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion. The Acropolis was handed over to the Greeks in 1822, during the
Greek War of Independence, and Odysseas Androutsos became its first Greek garrison commander.
drachma a day. The most important buildings visible on
After the liberation of Greece, the monuments of the
laia, the Erechtheion and the temple of Athena Nike,
Greek state. Limited investigation took place in 1835 and
the Acropolis today - that is, the Parthenon, the Propy-
were erected during this period under the supervision of the greatest architects, sculptors and artists of their time. The temples on the north side of the Acropolis
housed primarily the earlier Athenian cults and those
of the Olympian gods, while the southern part of the
Acropolis was dedicated to the cult of Athena in her many qualities: as Polias (patron of the city), Parthenos,
Pallas, Promachos (goddess of war), Ergane (goddess of manual labour) and Nike (Victory). After the end of the
Peloponnesian war in 404 BC and until the first century BC no other important buildings were erected on the
Acropolis came under the care of the newly founded 1837, while in 1885-1890 the site was systematically ex-
cavated under P. Kavvadias. In the early twentieth cen-
tury N. Balanos headed the first large-scale restoration
project. A Committee for the Conservation of the Monuments on the Acropolis was created in 1975 with the aim
to plan and undertake large-scale conservation and restoration on the Acropolis. The project, conducted by the Service of Restoration of the Monuments of the Acropolis in collaboration with the First Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, is still in progress.
Acropolis. In 27 BC a small temple dedicated to Augus-
tus and Rome was built east of the Parthenon. In Roman times, although other Greek sanctuaries were pillaged
and damaged, the Acropolis retained its prestige and continued to attract the opulent votive offerings of the faithful. After the invasion of the Herulians in the third
century AD, a new fortification wall was built, with two gates on the west side. One of these, the so-called Beul? Gate, named after the nineteenth century French archaeologist who investigated it, is preserved to this day.
In subsequent centuries the monuments of the Acropo-
lis suffered from both natural causes and human inter-
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PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2008
Corporate social responsibility in media development / new models for the public sphere
11:00-13:00
Access and voice in new technology (VERGINA, Level – 2 (E, GR))
11:00-13:00
14:00-15:30
Welcome Light Lunch
(Olympia A&B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, S))
(VERGINA, Level - 2 (E, PF))
14:30-16:00
Opening Session & Keynote Speech
14:30-16:00
Welcome Reception
14:30-16:00
15:30-17:30 15:30-17:30
17:30-18:00
18:00-19:30
20.00
Quality Journalism - creating confidence in a globalised world
13.00-14.30
Media development: information on issues that affect people’s lives
14:30-16:00
Coffee Break
14:30-16.00
(Olympia A&B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, S, PF, GR))
14:30-16:00
MONDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2008
16:00-16:30
16:30-18:30 16:30-18:30
(OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, S))
Global media players - regional media players - media in transition - future strategies (OLYMPIA B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, PF)) Light Lunch
REGIONAL CAUCUS MEETINGS
Regional Caucus - Eurasia (OLYMPIA A, Level – 2 (E, R)) Regional Caucus - Asia (MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))
Regional Caucus - Africa (MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF))
Regional Caucus - Latin America & the Carribean(VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S)) Regional Caucus – MENA (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A))
Regional Caucus – International NGOs (ILISSOS, Level 9/RG (E)) Coffee Break
NETWORKING SESSIONS
Would like to meet – speed dating for project ideas (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E)) Impossible Dreams? (OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E)) 6 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
09:00-10:30
8 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
16:30-18:30
(VERGINA, Level -2 (E))
(MYCENAE, Level 1 (S))
(MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))
(MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, R))
(VERGINA, Level -2 (E, PF))
(ILISSOS, Level -1 (E, PF))
(ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E, A))
(PELLA, Level 1 (E))
20.00
09:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
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11:00-13:00
•Workshop 1: Media development trends
•Workshop 2: Community radio in latin america: a different form of communication
•Workshop 3: Loans and investments as a tool for media development
•Workshop 4: Fundraising strategies in conflict situations
•Workshop 5: Monitoring and evaluation
•Workshop 6: Freelancers - why should we care?
•Workshop 1: Protecting journalists reporting crime (MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 2: Communication and gender (MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, S))
•Workshop 3: Improving election coverage in developing and emerging countries (MYCENAE, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 4: Partnership between international media and local organizations
•Workshop 5: Disasters and emergencies: role of communication •Workshop 6: Monitoring + Evaluation (HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)) Dinner
•Workshop 7: Media landscapes in conflict situations (HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E))
•Workshop 8: More media for minorities
TUESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2008
News and content in mobile technology, Citizen journalism, future of the internet
09:00-10:30
Freedom of expression and media development: building enabling environments -
Coffee Break
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
(ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E)) (Olympia B, Level - 2 (E, S, A))
the role of international organisations (OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF))
Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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11:00-13:00
Media development in conflict areas: safety comes first
13:00-14:30
Light Lunch
14:30-16:00
(OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF, GR)) 12 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
•Workshop 1: Skills: New technologies for media NGOs
09:00-10:30
13 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
•Workshop 2: Strategic framework media and conflict
(OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E))
(OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, S))
(MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, A))
•Workshop 3: Media regulation: what future? (VERGINA, Level -2 (F))
•Workshop 4: Monitoring attacks on journalists
(PELLA, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 5: Assessing media landscapes
(OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E))
(NAOUSSA, Level 1 (E))
16:00-16:30
16:30-18:00
16:30-18:00
16:30-18:00
20.00
WEDNESDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2008
•Workshop 6: Working in closed media systems: case studies from burma, iran, tibet, sudan •Workshop 7: A Holistic approach to media development - the CIMA report (MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 8: Covering climate change
(KOZANI, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 9: Skills workshop: getting around the internet filters in restrictive media systems (MYCENAE, Level 1 (E, R))
•Workshop 10: Media and diversity: the business case for diversity (EDESSA, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 11: The right to communication and poverty: The MDGs (ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (S))
•Workshop 12: Strengthening collaborative approaches to media and conflict
(HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)) Coffee Break
The case for media development, economic development and good governance (OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, S, PF, GR)) IN PARALLEL WITH
Measuring Impact: How does free, independent media promote democracy and economic development? (VERGINA, Level -2 (E, GR))
Creating enabling environments: media regulation mechanisms that can guarantee
effective media development - with special intervention on defending media freedom in Zimbabwe (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, R, A)) Dinner
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30 11:00-12:30
11:00-12:30 11:00-12:30
•Workshop 1: Skills training: new technologies for media NGOs •Workshop 2: Side meeting: internews international (ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E))
•Workshop 3: Side meeting: european journalism training association (VERGINA, Level -2 (E))
•Workshop 4: Media and children’s rights (KOZANI, Level 1 (S))
•Workshop 5: Challenges to media in transition andean region (MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (S))
•Workshop 6: Independent journalism and media offer: How to take into account the needs of the population (MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E, PF))
•Workshop 7: Impact of radio on development in Africa (MYCENAE, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 8: Safety in quality news coverage (PELLA, Level 1 (E))
•Workshop 9: Women journalists – building bridges across conflict zones (EDESSA, Level 1 (E, R))
•Workshop 10: Global voices and access to media (ILISSOS, Level – 1 (E, S))
•Workshop 11: Fundraising strategies for media development groups (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A))
•Workshop 12: New framework of doing journalism (HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E))
•Workshop 13: Side meeting ICFJ, mentoring programme (ARISTOTELIS 2, Level 8 (E)) Coffee Break
REGIONAL CAUCUS MEETINGS
Regional Caucus – Eurasia (OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, R)) Regional Caucus – Asia (MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))
Regional Caucus – Africa (MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF))
Regional Caucus – Latin America (VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S)) Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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11:00-12:30
Regional Caucus – MENA (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A))
12:30-14:00
Light Lunch
11:00-12:30 14:00-16:30
16:30-18:00 20.00
Regional Caucus – International NGOs (MYCENAE, Level 1 (E)) Closing ceremony / Launch of GFMD membership network (OLYMPIA A&B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, GR, PF)) Press conference (ILISSOS, Level 1) Farewell Dinner
THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2008 10:00-12:00
Visit to Acropolis
FULL PROGRAMME SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2008 14:00-15:30
Welcome Light Lunch
15:30-17:30
Quality journalism – creating confidence in a globalised world
Speaker and Moderator: Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists
•Stephen Pritchard, President, Organisation of News Ombudsmen, UK •Andres Gomez, Executive Director, ERBOL, Bolivia •Luis Teodoro, Deputy Director, CMFR, Philippines
•Bambang Harymurti, Editor in Chief, Tempo Weekly Magazine and Tempo Daily Newspaper, Indonesia •Jose Buendia, Executive Director, PRENDE, Mexico
IN PARALLEL WITH
VERGINA, Level – 2 (E, PF)
15:30-17:30
Media development: information on issues that affect people’s lives Speaker and Moderator: Mark Wilson, Executive Director, The Panos Institute, London-UK •Diana Senghor, Panos, West Africa
•Kunda Dixit, Editor in Chief, Nepali Times, Nepal •Maria Pia Matta, AMARC, Latin America
17:30-18:00
Coffee Break
OFFICIAL OPENING
Olympia A&B, Level – 2 (E, R, A, S, PF, GR)
18:00 - 19:30 20.00
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Olympia A&B, Level – 2 (E, R, A, S)
Opening Session & Keynote Speech
Opening Remarks: David Hoffman, President of Internews Network and Chair of GFMD Keynote Address: Is media development making a difference for the bottom billion?
Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, Oxford University, Author of The Bottom Billion Welcoming Remarks: Panos Sobolos, President of E.S.I.E.A.
Welcoming Remarks: H.E. Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Hellenic Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization Welcome Reception
Welcome Speech: Mr Nikitas Kaklamanis, Mayor of Athens
Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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MONDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2008 09:00-10:30
8 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
•Workshop 1: Media development trends / VERGINA, Level -2 (E)
Warren Feek, Communication initiative, canada
•Workshop 3: Loans and investments as a tool for media development / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E) Sasa Vucinic & Patrice Schneider, Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF), Singapore
•Workshop 4: Fundraising strategies in conflict situations / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, R)
•Workshop 5: Monitoring and evaluation / ILISSOS, Level -1 (E, PF)
•Workshop 6: Freelancers - why should we care? / PELLA, Level 1 (E) Carr Tina, Director, Rory Peck Trust, UK
•Workshop 7: Media landscapes in conflict situations / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)
Sheldon Himelfarb, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding, US •Workshop 8: More media for minorities / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E) Andrew Lam, Co-founder of New America Media (NAM), US
Olympia B, Level – 2 (E, S, A)
•Rosa Maria Alfaro, President, A.C.S. Calandria, Peru
•Jonathan Halperin, Director of Research, Communications and Advocacy, SustainAbility, US
News and content in mobile technology, citizen journalism, future of the internet Moderator: Alleida Calleja, Deputy President, AMARC, Mexico
11:00-13:00
Access and voice in new technology / VERGINA, Level – 2 (E, GR) •Eduardo Avila, Director, Voces Bolivianas, Bolivia •Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices •Jane Ransom, Executive Director, IWMF
•Ying Chan, Professor, University of Hong Kong / Shantou University, China •Pashos Mandravelis, columnist, KATHIMERINI
IN PARALLEL WITH
OLYMPIA B, Level – 2 (E, R, A, PF)
11:00-13:00
Global media players – regional media players – media in transition - future strategies Keynote Address: His Excellency Petar Stoyanov, Former President of Bulgaria Moderator: Joyce Barnathan, President, ICFJ
•Chris Cramer, New Media Development Director - Thomson-Reuters,
Former Managing Director - CNN International
•Tony Naets, Special Advisor Broadcast News, EBU
•Abdul Rahman Alrasheed, Managing Director, Arabiya/MBC •Sevanti Ninan, The Hoot, India
•Sameer Padania, Hub manager, WITNESS
13.00-14.30
Light Lunch
•Guy Berger, Professor, Director of School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa
REGIONAL CAUCUS MEETINGS
Moderators: Manana Aslamazyan and Remzi Lani, GFMD Steering Committee
10:30-11:00
•Jun Matsushita, Internews Europe
Coffee Break
14:30-16:00
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•Patrice Barrat, Executive Director, Bridge Initiative International, France
Moderator: James Michael Deane, Head of Policy Development, BBC World Service Trust
IN PARALLEL WITH
09:00-10:30
OLYMPIA A, Level – 2 (E, S)
Nestor Busso, Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica (ALER), Latin America
Maria Pia Matta, Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC / ALC), Latin America &
Gerry Powers, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service Trust, UK
Speaker and Moderator: Jaime Abello Banfi, Executive Director, FNPI, Colombia
IN PARALLEL WITH
Manana Aslamazyan, Executive Director, Internews Europe, Eurasia
Corporate social responsibility in media development / new models for the public sphere
•Workshop 2: Community radio in latin america: a different form of communication / MYCENAE, Level 1 (S)
11:00-13:00
Regional Caucus – Eurasia / OLYMPIA A, Level – 2 (E, R) •Review of Regional Forum
•Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan •Fundraising Strategies for the Region
•Presentation of GFMD membership network
Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderators: Roby Alampay and A.S. Panneerselvan, GFMD Steering Committee
14:30-16:00
Regional Caucus – Asia / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E) •Review of Regional Forum
•Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan •Fundraising Strategies for the Region
•Presentation of GFMD membership network
IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderators: Gabriel Baglo and Jeanette Minnie, GFMD Steering Committee
14:30-16.00
Regional Caucus – Africa / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF) •Review of Regional Forum
•Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan •Fundraising Strategies for the Region
IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderator: David Hoffman, GFMD Chairman
14:30-16:00
16:00-16:30
16:30-18:30
Moderators: Jaime Abello Banfi and Veet Vivarta (ANDI), GFMD Steering Committee
Regional Caucus – Latin America & the Carribean / VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S) •Review of Regional Forum
•Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan •Fundraising Strategies for the Region
•Presentation of GFMD membership network
IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderators: Shibli Haitham and Ali Djerri, GFMD Steering Committee
14:30-16:00
Regional Caucus – MENA / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A) •Review of Regional Forum
•Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan •Fundraising Strategies for the Region
•Presentation of GFMD membership network
NETWORKING SESSIONS
Would like to meet – speed dating for project ideas / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E)
Participants present new, different, innovative, successful project ideas to share experience and look for partners.
Impossible Dreams? / OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E) to do but never got around to.
IN PARALLEL WITH
•Workshop 1: Protecting journalists reporting crime / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)
16:30-18:30
20.00
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Coffee Break
Participants present ideas on advocacy, projects, research, etc. that they always wanted
IN PARALLEL WITH
14:30-16:00
•Global Advocacy Strategies
•Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan
IN PARALLEL WITH
16:30-18:30
•Presentation of GFMD membership network
•Presentation of GFMD membership network
Regional Caucus – International NGOs / ILISSOS, Level 9/RG (E)
6 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
Drew Sullivan, Organized Crime & Corruption, Bosnia & Herzegovina
•Workshop 2: Communication and gender / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, S)
Maria Pia Matta, Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC), Latin America
•Workshop 3: Improving election coverage in developing and emerging countries / MYCENAE, Level 1 (E) Wesley Gibbings, Association Of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), Trinidad & Tobago
•Workshop 4: Partnership between international media and local organisations / VERGINA, Level -2 (E, PF) Marie-S. Frère, Institut Panos Paris (IPP), France &
Donat M’Baya Tshimanga, Journaliste En Danger (JED), DRC
•Workshop 5: Disasters and emergencies: role of communication / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E, A) Imogen Wall, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service Trust, UK & Mark Frohardt, Internews Network, US
•Workshop 6: Monitoring + Evaluation / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E) Sofie Jannush, Catholic Media Council (CAMECO), Germany &
Remzi Lani, South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media (SEEPNM), Albania Dinner Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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TUESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2008
Gwyneth Henderson, Open society institute media program, UK & Fakson Banda, Rhodes University, South Africa
09:00-10:30
Freedom of expression and media development: building enabling environments –
Moderator: Eduardo Bertoni, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation
InterAmerican commission on Human Rights, OAS
•Sylvie Coudray, Senior programme specialist, Division for freedom of expression,
Marguerite Sullivan, Center For International Media Assistance (CIMA), US
•Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
Mark Harvey, Internews Europe, UK
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-13:00
Media development in conflict areas: safety comes first / OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF, GR)
Moderator: Nikos Megrelis, GFMD Athens World Conference Managing Coordinator,
•Alan Johnston, BBC
the role of international organisations / OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF)
•Catalina Botero Marino, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression,
•Miklos Haraszti, OSCE representative on freedom of the media
•Workshop 5: Assessing media landscapes / OLYMPIA A, Level – 2 (E)
democracy and peace, UNESCO
•Workshop 10: Media and diversity: the business case for diversity / EDESSA, Level 1 (E) Milica Pesic, Media Diversity Institute, UK
16:30-18:00
The case for media development, economic development and good governance
Moderator & Speaker: William Orme, Policy Advisor for Independent Media Development,
•Donat M’ Baya Tshimanga, JED, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sheldon Himelfarb, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding, US
Patrick Leusch, Deutsche Welle, Germany
Carlos Cortes Castillo, Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP), Colombia
Eric Johnson, Internews International, France
Coffee Break
MYCENAE, Level 1 (E, R)
16:00-16:30
Amy Webb, Webb media consulting, US
•Workshop 9: Skills workshop: getting around the internet filters in restrictive media systems
•Carlos Cortes Castillo, Executive Director, FLIP, Colombia
•Rodney Pinder, Director, INSI
•Workshop 8: Covering climate change / KOZANI, Level 1 (E)
•Workshop 7: A Holistic approach to media development – the CIMA Report / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)
•Santiago Lyon, Director of Photography , The Associated Press
12 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
Ying Chan, Professor, University of Hong Kong / Shantou University, China
14:30-16:00
Albana Shalla, Press Now, Netherlands &
member of the Executive Committee of International Federation of Journalists
Roby Alampay, South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Thailand &
Light Lunch
Case Studies from Burma, Iran, Tibet, Sudan / NAOUSSA, Level 1 (E)
Keynote Speech: H.E. Mrs Dora Bakoyannis, Hellenic Minister of Foreign Affairs
13:00-14:30
•Workshop 6: Working in closed media systems:
•Workshop 1: Skills: New technologies for media NGOs / OLYMPIA B, Level – 2 (E, S)
•Workshop 2: Strategic framework media and conflict / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, A)
•Workshop 3: Media regulation: what future? / VERGINA, Level – 2 (F)
•Workshop 4: Monitoring attacks on journalists / PELLA, Level 1 (E)
•Workshop 11: The right to communication and poverty: The MDGs / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (S) Nestor Busso, Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica (ALER), Latin America
•Workshop 12: Strengthening collaborative approaches to media and conflict / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E) Jesper Hojberg, International Media Support (IMS), Denmark
OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, S, PF, GR)
UNDP Bureau for Development Policy
•Sina Odugbemi, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program, World Bank •Sandor Orban, Executive Director, SEEPNM
•Mark Nelson, Program Manager, The World Bank Institute •Paula Fray, IPS Regional Director Africa
•Stephen Salyer, President, Salzburg Global Seminar
•George Koumoutsakos, Spokesman, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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IN PARALLEL WITH
VERGINA, Level – 2 (E, GR)
16:30-18:00
Measuring impact: how does free, independent media promote democracy and economic development? Moderator: Bettina Peters, Director, GFMD
•Gerry Powers, Director of Research and Learning, BBC World Service Trust
•Susan Abbott, Associate Director, Annenberg School for Communication, U/PENN •Mark Whitehouse, Executive Director, IREX, US •A.S. Panneerselvan, Panos South Asia
•Kostas Betinakis, General Secretary of of E.S.I.E.A.
•Workshop 6: Independent journalism and media offer: how to take into account the needs of the population MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E, PF)
Caroline Vuillemin, Fondation Hirondelle, Switzerland
•Workshop 7: Impact of radio on development in Africa / MYCENAE, Level 1 (E) Armorer Wason, Panos, UK
•Workshop 8: Safety in quality news coverage / PELLA, Level 1 (E)
Rodney Pinder, Director, International News Safety Institute (INSI), Belgium – UK
•Workshop 9: Women journalists – building bridges across conflict zones / EDESSA, Level 1 (E, R) Nadezha Azhgikhina, Russian Union Of Journalists (JUR), Russia
•Workshop 10: Global voices and access to media / ILISSOS, Level – 1 (E, S) Eduardo Avila, Voces Bolivianas, Bolivia
IN PARALLEL WITH
media development – with special intervention on defending media freedom in Zimbabwe
David Hoffman, President of Internews Network and Chair of GFMD
Moderator: Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria
Walter Dean, Committee of Concerned Journalists, US
16:30-18:00
20.00
Creating enabling environments: media regulation mechanisms that can guarantee effective OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, R, A)
•Gordana Jankovic, Open Society Media Programme, UK •Veet Vivarta, Director, ANDI, Brazil
•Jeanette Minnie, Zambezi FoX, South Africa
Dinner
REGIONAL CAUCUS MEETINGS
Moderators: Manana Aslamazyan and Remzi Lani, GFMD Steering Committee
Amy Webb, Webb media consulting, US
Joyce Barnathan, President, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Coffee Break
13 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
•Workshop 13: Side meeting ICFJ, mentoring programme / ARISTOTELIS 2, Level 8 (E)
10:30-11:00
09:00-10:30
•Workshop 12: New framework of doing journalism / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)
•Wesley Gibbings, President, ACM, Trinidad & Tobago
WEDNESDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2008
•Workshop 11: Fundraising strategies for media development groups / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A)
•Workshop 1: Skills training: new technologies for media NGOs / OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E) •Workshop 2: Side meeting: internews international / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E) Eric Johnson, Internews International, France
•Workshop 3: Side meeting: european journalism training association / VERGINA, Level -2 (E) Marianne Peters, President, European Journalism Training Association, Netherlands •Workshop 4: Media and children’s rights / KOZANI, Level 1 (S)
Veet Vivarta, Director, Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia (ANDI), Brazil
•Workshop 5: Challenges to media in transition andean region / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (S)
11:00-12:30
Regional Caucus – Eurasia / OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, R) •Defining Key Objectives for the Region
•Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee •Follow up to Networking Sessions
IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderators: Roby Alampay and A.S. Panneerselvan, GFMD Steering Committee
11:00-12:30
Regional Caucus – Asia / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E) •Defining Key Objectives for the Region
•Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee •Follow up to Networking Sessions
Cesar Ricaurte, Fundamedios, Andean Region
Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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IN PARALLEL WITH
14:00-16:30
Closing Ceremony / Launch of GFMD Membership Network / OLYMPIA A&B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, GR, PF)
Moderators: Gabriel Baglo and Jeanette Minnie, GFMD Steering Committee
•Speech : Media Development – State of the Media in ten year’s time – Future Strategies and Developments,
11:00-12:30
Regional Caucus – Africa/ MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF) •Defining Key Objectives for the Region
•Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee •Follow up to Networking Sessions
IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderators: Jaime Abello Banfi and Veet Vivarta (ANDI), GFMD Steering Committee
11:00-12:30
Regional Caucus – Latin America & the Carribean / VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S) •Defining Key Objectives for the Region
•Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee •Follow up to Networking Sessions
•Closing Remarks: George Papandreou, President of PASOK, President of the Socialist International Pavlos Tsimas, commentator, MEGA TV, columnist, TA NEA •Launch of the GFMD Media Development Awards
Joyce Barnathan & Manana Aslamazyan, GFMD Steering Committee •Presentation of 2009-2011 Steering Committee
•Official Launch of GFMD Membership Network
•Putting Media Freedom at the Heart of Development – Key Objectives for GFMD 2009 Bettina Peters, Director, GFMD
16:30-18:00
Press Conference / ILISSOS, Level 1
20.00
Farewell Dinner
IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderators: Shibli Haitham and Ali Djerry, GFMD Steering Committee
THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2008
•Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee
10:00-12:00
Visit to Acropolis (Meeting Point: Divani Caravel Lobby, 09.30 am)
14.00-17.00
Meeting of New GFMD Steering Committee
11:00-12:30
Regional Caucus – MENA / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A) •Defining Key Objectives for the Region •Follow up to Networking Sessions
IN PARALLEL WITH
Moderator: Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists
11:00-12:30
Regional Caucus – International NGOs / MYCENAE, Level 1 (E)
•Election of four members to GFMD Steering Committee
•Follow up to Networking Session
12:30-14:00
•Election of two reserves to GFMD Steering Committee
Light Lunch
Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)
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SPEAKERS / MODERATORS & WORKSHOPS COORDINATORS’ INDEX (in alphabetical order)
• Abbott Susan, Associate Director, Annenberg School for Communication, U/PENN • Αbello Banfi Jaime, Executive Director, FNPI, Latin America
• Alampay Roby, South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Thailand • Alfaro Rosa Maria, President, A.C.S. Calandria, Peru
• Al Rashed Abdul Rahman, Managing Director, Al Arabiya/MBC
• Aslamazyan Manana, Executive Director, Internews Europe, Eurasia • Avila Eduardo, Director, Voces Bolivanas, Bolivia • Azhgikhina Nadezha, JUR , Russia
• Baglo Gabriel, IFJ Africa Office, Senegal
• H.E. Mrs Dora Bakoyannis, Hellenic Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Banda Fakson, Professor, School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa • Barnathan Joyce, President, ICFJ
• Barrat Patrice, Executive Director, Bridge Initiative International, France
• Berger Guy, Professor, Director of School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa • Bertoni Eduardo, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation • Betinakis Kostas, General Secretary of E.S.I.E.A.
• Botero Marino Catalina, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, InterAmerican commission on Human Rights, OAS • Buendia Hose, Executive Director, PRENDE, Mexico • Busso Nestor, ALER, Latin America
• Calleja Alleida, Deputy President, AMARC, Mexico • Carr Tina, Director, Rory Peck Trust, UK
• Castillo Carlos Cortes, Executive Director, FLIP, Colombia
• Chan Ying, Professor, University of Hong-Kong / Shantou University, China
• Collier Paul, Professor of Economics, Oxford University Economics Department, Author of The Bottom Billion
• Coudray Sylvie, Senior programme specialist, Division for freedom of expression, democray and peace, UNESCO
• Cramer Chris, New Media Development Director, Thomson-Reuters, Former Managing Director – CNN International • Dean Walter, Committee of Concerned Journalists, US
• Deane James Michael, Head of Policy Development, BBC World Service Trust • Dixit Kunda, Editor in Chief, Nepali Times, Nepal • Djerri Ali, Chairman, Al Khabar, Algeria
• Feek Warren, Communication Initiative, Canada • Fray Paula, IPS Regional Director, Africa • Frere Marie-S., IPP, France
• Frohardt Mark, Internews Network, USA
• Gibbings Wesley, President, ACM, Trinidad & Tobago • Gomez Andres, Executive Director, ERBOL, Bolivia
• Halperin Jonathan, Director of Research, Communications and Advocacy, SustainAbility, US • Haraszti Miklos, OSCE representative on freedom of the media • Harvey Mark, Internews, US
• Harymurti Bambang, Editor in Chief, Tempo Weekly Magazine and Tempo Daily Newspaper, Indonesia • Henderson Gwyneth, Open Society Institute Media Program, UK
• Himelfarb Sheldon, USIP, Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding • Hoffman David, Chairman of Internews Network and Chairman of GFMD • Hojberg Jesper, IMS, Denmark
• Jankovic Gordana, Open Society Media Programme, UK
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• Jannush Sofie, CAMECO, Germany
• Johnson Eric, Internews International, France • Johnston Alan, BBC
• Kaklamanis Nikitas, Mayor of Athens
• Koumoutsakos George, spokesman, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Lam Andrew, Co-founder, LAM, US
• Lani Remzi, South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media (SEENPM), Albania • La Rue Frank, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression • Leusch Patrick, Deutsche Welle, Germany
• Lyon Santiago, Director of Photography, The Associated Press • M’ Baya Donat Tshimanga, JED, DRC
• Mandravelis Pashos, columnist, KATHIMERINI • Matsushita Jun, Internews Europe
• Matta Maria Pia, AMARC, Latin America
• Megrelis Nikos, GFMD Athens World Conference Managing Coordinator,
Member of the Executive Committee of International Federation of Journalists
• Minnie Jeanette, Zambezi Fox, South Africa
• Naets Tony, Special Advisor Broadcast News, EBU
• Nelson Mark, Program Manager, The World Bank Institute • Ninan Sevanti, The Hoot, India
• Odugbemi Sina, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program, World Bank • Ojo Edetaen, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria • Orban Sandor, Executive Director, SEEPNM
• Orme William, Policy Advisor for Independent Media Development, UNDP Bureau for Development Policy • Padania Sameer, hub manager, WITNESS
• Panneerselvan A.S., Panos South Asia, India
• Papandreou George, President of PASOK, President of the Socialist International
• H.E. Mr Pavlopoulos Prokopis, Hellenic Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization • Pesic Milica, Media Diversity Institute, UK • Peters Bettina, Director, GFMD
• Peters Marianne, President, European Journalism Training Association, Netherlands • Pinder Rodney, Director, INSI, Belgium-UK
• Powers Gerry, Director of Research and Learning, BBC World Service Trust • Pritchard Stephen, President, Organisation of News Ombudsmen, UK • Ransom Jane, Executive Director, IWMF
• Ricaurte Cesar, Fundamedios, Andean Region
• Salyer Stephen, President, Salzburg Global Seminar • Schneider Patrice
• Shalla Albana, Press Now, Netherlands
• Sigal Ivan, Executive Director, Global Voices • Senghor Diana, Panos West Africa
• Shibli Haitham, Farah Al Nas, Jordan
• Sobolos Panos, President of E.S.I.E.A.
• H.E. Mr Aris Spiliotopoulos, Minister Of Tourism
• H.E. Stoyanov Petar, Former President of Bulgaria
• Sullivan Drew, Organized Crime & Corruption, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Sullivan Marguerite, CIMA , US
• Teodoro Luis, Deputy Director, CMFR Philippines
• Tsimas Pavlos, commentator, MEGA TV, columnist, TA NEA • Vivarta Veet, Director, ANDI, Brasil • Vucinic Sasa, MDLF, Singapore
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• Vuillemin Caroline, Fondation Hirondelle, Switzerland • Wall Imogen, BBC World Service Trust, UK • Wason Armorer, Panos UK
• Webb Amy, Webb media consulting, US
• White Aidan, General Secretary, IFJ, Belgium
• Whitehouse Mark, Executive Director, IREX, US
• Wilson Mark, Executive Director, The Panos Institute, London-UK
ORGANIZATIONS’ FULL TITLE
Alfaro Rosa Maria,
President, A.C.S. Calandria, Peru
SPEAKERS BIOS & PHOTOS
Professor and communicator. Founder of the A.C.S. Calandria,
ALER : Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica
Abbott Susan,
tor by 10 years and actual president of the Board of Directors.
ANDI : Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia
Global Communication Studies,
ACM : Association Of Caribbean Media Workers
AMARC : Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation CAMECO: Catholic Media Council
CIMA : Center For International Media Assistance
an institution with 25 years of experience. She was her Direc-
Associate Director, Center for
She has 26 years as professor of communication at University of
Lima and 8 years at Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. Interna-
Annenberg School for Communication,
tional Consultant. Founder and Director of the Civic Veeduría
University of Pennsylvania
Social Communication Coordinator of the Latin American Net-
CMFR: Center For Media Freedom And Responsibility
Susan Abbott is the Associate Director of the Center for Global
ERBOL : Asociación de Educación Radiofónica de Bolivia
tion, University of Pennsylvania. Abbott is the project man-
EBU : European Broadcasting Union
E.S.I.E.A. : Journalists Association of Daily Athens Newspapers FLIP : Press Freedom Foundation
FNPI: Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano GFMD: Global Forum for Media Development ICFJ : International Center for Journalists
IFJ : International Federation of Journalists IMS : International Media Support
INSI : International News Safety Institute
IWMF : International Women Media Foundation IPP : Institut Panos Paris IPS : Inter Press Service
IREX : International Research and Exchanges Board IWPR: Institute for War and Peace Reporting JED: Journaliste En Danger
JUR : Russian Union Of Journalists
MDLF : Media Development Loan Fund NAM : New America Media
OAS : ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
OSCE : Organization For Security And Co-Operation In Europe PRENDE Mexico / Fundación Prensa y Democracia SEAPA : South East Asian Press Alliance
SEENPM : South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media UNDP : United Nations Development Program
UNESCO : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization USIP : U.S. Institute of Peace
WAN : World Association of Newspapers
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SPEAKERS / MODERATORS & WORKSHOPS COORDINATORS’ “WHO IS WHO*”
Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communica-
work of Observatories Media. Books published:
- “Another Compass. Innovations in communication and development - ACS Calandria. 2.006
ager for Annenberg’s role in the USAID-funded Jordan Media
- “Selfregulation-Now. Ethical searches from the media “ACS
and Peace in Darfur. She is currently working with CGCS staff
- “Communication and Politics in a Democracy to build ethics.”
ing a media law assistance website aimed at lawyers, regula-
- The public health as a public issue. Civic journalism experi-
standing the relationship between media development and its
- “From state to the public. Media, of whom and for what? “.
transitions, and better understanding the impact that media
- “Towards new ethical routes in our media. Memory of the
Strengthening Program, and Researching Attitudes to Conflict
and the Center for International Media Assistance on developtors and civil society. Abbott is especially interested in underrole in democracy building, promoting political and economic
assistance has in affected countries. Abbott is one of the course directors for the upcoming summer course on “Media, democra-
tization and international development: Foundations for a more robust research agenda,” to be held in Budapest in June 2009.
Abbott previously worked for the Stanhope Centre for Com-
Calandria y Veeduría Ciudadana Lima 2006.
Veeduria Ciudadana and British Council-Peru. Lima 2005 “
ences at university. Consorcio de universidades. Lima 2005 Lima 2.006
campaign on the Law of Radio and Television “Veeduría Ciudadana, Lima 2005
- True Citizens. A proposal for vigilance of public manage-
ment from a media “. A.C.S Calandria, DFID, CIDA, EED. Editing 2.003
munications Policy Reearch in London, and Central European
- “Towards a new Law on Telecommunications. Media, Public
Center for Media and Communications Studies. Prior to this
- “A communication for the another development.” Caland-
at the International Research & Exchanges Board, in Washing-
- “From the conquest of the city to the appropriation of the
University in Budapest, where she helped establish the CEU she was a program officer in the Media Development Division ton, DC, on the USAID-funded Serbia Professional Media Pro-
gram. Other previous experience includes working as an editor
Ethics and democracy. “ , Veeduría Ciudadana. Lima 2000. ria, 1993
word” ACS Calandria y Tarea. Lima 1988
for Central Europe Review, as a communications officer at The Media Institute in Washington, DC, and as an intern at the In-
ternational Federation of Phonographic Industry in Brussels.
She received her BA from American University in Washington, DC, and MA from Central European University in Budapest.
* Kindly note that this section includes speaker’s bio and photo as available on the date of printing.
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Member of International Women‘s Media Foundation network
since 1999
Member of Reproductive Rights Russian- American Coalition since 1994
Russian Editor of International women’s magazine “WE/ MY” since 1996 Aslamazyan Manana,
Avila Eduardo, Director,
Azhgikhina Nadezha,
Manana Aslamazyan, a media and television expert who
Eduardo (Eddie) Ávila is the Founder and Director of Voces Bo-
Born 1960 in Tomsk.
is Executive Director of Internews Europe. Aslamazyan and
of blogging and other participatory media tools to underrepre-
1989 – Ph.D, Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism
Executive Director, Internews Europe
has worked with Russian journalists for more than 15 years, Alexei K. Simonov launched Russia’s first freedom of speech
organization in 1991, the Glasnost Defense Foundation (GDF). In 1992, Aslamazyan began to work with Internews Network to organize events for newly formed independent TV stations
around the former Soviet Union. She became its first foreign
staff person and by 1994, was managing the Russian operation, which in 1997 registered as a fully independent Russian non-
commercial organization. In 2006, in response to changing legislation and its increased focus on training, Internews Rus-
sia re-organized as the Educated Media Foundation (EMF). As director, Aslamazyan led Internews Russia/EMF in the creation
of numerous innovative and ambitious projects. Aslamazyan’s constant drive to respond to the changing needs of Russian media led to the launch of Internews Russia/EMF’s month-long
Journalism School, the News Factory newsroom automation
project, and the Russian-American Media Entrepreneurship Dialogue. Aslamazyan has served as an expert to the Russian
Duma Committee on Information Policy, and from 2000 to
2004, she was one of three representatives of civil society on the influential Federal Competition Commission of Ministry of
Press, TV Broadcasting and Mass Media. She is a board member
of the prestigious Academy of Russian Television and served for three years as a Vice-President of the National Association of
Voces Bolivanas, Bolivia
livianas (Bolivian Voices), an organization that teaches the use
sented groups in Bolivia, such as indigenous groups, residents from the rural countryside, and especially those from lower
socio-economic backgrounds. Prior to starting Voces Bolivi-
anas, he was the Director of the Cathedral Scholars Program, an academic and leadership development program for high
school students from the inner-city of Washington, DC, where
he also taught the Participatory Media course. He is also the co-founder of the Emerging Leaders Program, which is a lead-
ership development program for Latino and immigrant youth
in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. Currently, he is on staff at Global Voices Online as the Regional Editor for Latin
America. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and he currently resides in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
JUR , Russia
Education
1982 – MA, Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism Experience
2001- pre Russian Union of Journalists, Executive Secretary, Center for Creative programs, Director
1996-2001–“Nezavisimaya Gazeta” (national political daily), columnist, chair of section “Women”
1990-1996 – “Ogonyok” magazine (national political weekly), writer, columnist, department chief
1986-1989 – Moscow State University, post graduated student
1982 – 1986 – “Komsomolskaya Pravda” (national youth newspaper) writer Teaching
1996- Pre – Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism, special courses “Gender Issues in The Media”, “Contemporary Press”, “Creative Reporting”
2006 –Tampere University, special course” Popular Culture and Media in Russia”
1993-1996 – New University of Humanities, master classes and course of current journalism 1991 - 1993 -
Moscow Youth Institute, Faculty of Journalism,
regular course “Russian Journalism in XX”
Lectures (on journalism, culture and gender issues)
Bath University, University of London ( Great Britain) , Colum-
TV and Radio Broadcasters (NAT). Aslamazyan serves on the
bia University, Princeton University, University of Arizona,
Network, and Internews International, which unites local In-
Amherst College, Drew University , (USA), Carleton University
boards of several Russian nonprofit organizations, Internews ternews organizations around the world. She is currently Executive Director of Internews Europe.
President of “Woman Journalist” inter-regional club since
2001
Member of Women in Slavic Studies network since 1998
Member of International Women’s Media Foundation since 1999
Conferences
Participated in AAASS conferences since 1991, member of Russian-American joint projects on contemporary
Russian
culture. Participated in more than 100 national, regional and
international conferences on journalism, culture and gender issues, including UN Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), UN Beijing 4 World Conference on women
( 1995), UNESCO Conference on Women and the Media ( Toronto, 1995), UNDP Conference on Women and Politics ( New
Delhi, 1997), UN Special Session on Beijing + 5 ( New York, 2000)
Beijing + 10 ( Geneva, 2005), International Federation of Jour-
nalist Forums ( Seoul, 2001, Athens, 2004), 9 AWID Conference ( Guadalajara, 2002) and others. Organized
with The Association of Women Journalists and
Russian Union of Journalists more than 20 international and
national conferences and roundtables on current media issues, culture and gender in Moscow. Publications and books
Author and editor of 12 books in Russian and English on human and women’s rights, culture and journalism. Author of
more than 1000 articles in periodical publications
and collection of short stories and essays, translated into English, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, German, Italian, Georgian, Ukranian, Armenian, Hindi, Finnish.
New York University, Brooklyn College, Colgate University, (Canada), Sodertorn, Stockholm, Gotheborg ( Sweden),. Professional and Public Affiliations
Member of Union of Russian Writers since 1991
Co-founder and co-chair of The Association of Women Journalists since 1994
Russian gender coordinator for International Federation of Journalists since 2004
Board member, Vice president of “Women’s World” (interna-
tional women writer’s association) since 2001 Member of KARAT Coalition since 1996
Member of Consortium of women’s Russian NGOs since 1994
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At the 4th Congress on 22 March 1997, she was once again elect-
ed to the Central Committee, which re-elected her twice as
chairperson of the partys executive committee. In September 1997, she was appointed by New Democracy leader Costas Ka-
ramanlis as party representative for development, and in May
2000, was appointed Shadow Foreign and Defence Minister. On
29 March 2002, during a convention of the partys parliamenBakoyannis Dora,
Hellenic Minister of Foreign Affairs Born in 1954, she is the eldest of four children of veteran Greek statesman Constantine Mitsotakis and Marika YannoukouMitsotakis.
In 1968, Dora Bakoyannis and her family were exiled to Paris by
the military dictatorship, which ruled Greece for seven years. They returned to Athens in 1974, when military rule collapsed.
In December of the same year, she married respected journalist and scholar Pavlos Bakoyannis. They had two children, Alexia
and Kostas. On 26 September 1989, the November 17 terrorist
group gunned down her husband, then a New Democracy party deputy as he was entering his office building. Nine years later, in July 1998, she married entrepreneur Isidoros Kouvelos.
Dora Bakoyannis completed her secondary schooling at the
German School of Paris. She studied political science and com-
munication at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich,
and continued her academic studies in political science and
public law at the University of Athens. She is fluent in English, French and German. In 1977, following examinations, Dora Bakoyannis was appointed at the Ministry of Economic Coordination in the Department of European Economic Community
(EEC) affairs. Between 1984 and 1989, she served as Chief of Staff
for opposition New Democracy party leader Constantine Mitsotakis. After her husbands assassination, she stood as candidate
for Pavlos Bakoyannis seat in the remote mountainous region
of Evrytania, where he had been elected in June 1989. On 5 November 1989, she was elected New Democracy deputy for Evrytania, where she was re-elected on 8 April 1990 and 10 October
1993. In October 1990, she assumed the post of Under-Secretary of State in the Mitsotakis government, and in December 1992, that of Culture Minister. For the 1996 elections, she stood as a
candidate for the Athens 1st electoral district.On 22 September 1996, she was elected deputy for New Democracy in Athens 1st
electoral district, where she was re-elected by a majority vote in the April 9, 2000 polls. Between September 1991 and August 1992, she served as the General Secretariat of International Af-
fairs for New Democracy, and represented the party at the Eu-
ropean Democratic Union (EDU) and International Democratic Union (IDU). On 29 April 1994, she was elected by the New Democracy 3rd Congress to the partys Central Committee.
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tary committee, she accepted party leader Costas Karamanlis
Barnathan Joyce,
Bertoni Eduardo,
ity - 60.6% - than any Athens mayor in the history of Modern
Joyce Barnathan is president of the International Center for
Title(s)
ties as the first woman Foreign Minister of Greece in the govern-
to foster high-quality journalism across all media platforms.
Biographical Sketch
proposal to run as mayoral candidate for Athens in the October 2002 local elections. On 20 October 2002, Dora Bakoyannis was
elected Athens first female mayor winning by a greater majorGreece. On 15 February 2006, Dora Bakoyannis assumed her dument of Costas Karamanlis. In March 1992, the International
Centre for Women awarded Dora Bakoyannis the International Leadership Award, and in June 1993, she was recognised by the
14th International Symposium Fontana di Roma for her valuable contribution to culture.In 2003, upon the invitation of Ro-
mano Prodi, then President of the European Commission, Mrs. Bakoyannis joined a group of 12 high-level independent figures
as a member of a prestigious round-table conference, contributing proposals on the social character, cultural identity and economic future of the new Europe. In December 2005, she
was voted World Mayor in an annual international competition organised by the London-based City Mayors organisation.
Of the 550 Mayors from around the world nominated for the title, Mrs. Bakoyannis received the greatest number of votes
and most positive comments in the Internet-based contest. In
September 2006, Dora Bakoyannis was included in Forbes list of the Worlds Most Powerful Women together with 99 other female leaders in politics, business and philanthropy.
President, International Center for Journalists Journalists, a non-profit professional organization working Created in 1984, ICFJ is the premier trainer of global journal-
ists and media organizations, and has offered programs, work-
shops, fellowships and exchanges to more than 40,000 jour-
nalists around the world. Previously, Ms. Barnathan served as the executive editor, Global Franchise, for BusinessWeek. She
oversaw editorial quality for existing line extensions, managed editorial product launches, created alliances, and ensured
Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation Professorial Lecturer in Law Eduardo Bertoni has been the executive director of the Due Process of Law Foundation since June 2006. Previously, he was the special rapporteur for freedom of expression of the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights at the Organization
of American States (2002 to 2005) and a former fellow of the Human Rights Institute at Columbia University School of Law.
the integration of BusinessWeek offerings across all delivery
Mr. Bertoni also has worked as a private lawyer in Argentina and
also served as assistant managing editor, responsible for the
tions in his country. He holds a master’s in international policy
channels. During her BusinessWeek career, Ms. Barnathan magazine’s Finance, Economics, Investing and Lifestyle departments. Prior to that, Ms. Barnathan completed a sevenyear assignment as Asia regional editor and Hong Kong bureau
manager. In addition to her reporting and writing duties, Ms. Barnathan coordinated BusinessWeek’s growing network of correspondents and stringers throughout Asia. During her ten-
ure, the magazine won three Overseas Press Club Awards for coverage of the Asia financial crisis, Indonesia, and the global
economy.Ms. Barnathan joined BusinessWeek in 1990 in New
has been a legal advisor for several nongovernmental organizaand practice from The George Washington University, and was
appointed professor of criminal law and criminal procedure at
the School of Law of Universidad de Buenos Aires, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses. Mr. Bertoni has
written several publications on the right to freedom of expression, judicial reforms, and international criminal law, and has
given lectures and conferences in several countries on these issues.
York as international department editor, responsible for edit-
ing, reporting, and writing stories on international business and news events. There she anchored a team that won the Over-
seas Press Club Award for its coverage of China’s prison labor. Ms. Barnathan came to BusinessWeek from Newsweek, where she began her career in 1979 as senior editorial assistant in the
foreign department. In 1981 she was named State Department correspondent, and in 1983 she became special projects corre-
spondent, working on the 1984 presidential election special. In 1985 she moved to Moscow as bureau chief. Her coverage
of President Reagan’s Moscow summit won an Overseas Press Club Award, and her coverage of Chernobyl earned a National
Headliner Award. Ms. Barnathan holds a BA in Russian and Chinese studies and an MA in Asian studies from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as an MA in journalism from the University of Missouri.
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society notably through the organization of the World Press
Freedom Day and the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize. I have also collaborated very closely, through the support of an
commission on Human Rights, OAS
Before assuming the position of Special Rapporteur, Ms. Catalina Botero-Marino worked as Auxiliary Magistrate at the
Constitutional Court of Colombia on several different periods –between 2005 and 2008, 1995 and 2000, and 1992-1993-. She
had previously held a number of public and private non-profit posts in Colombia, including: National Director of the Office
for the Promotion and Dissemination of Human Rights, in the Office of the People’s Defender of Colombia; Director of the Consultancy for Human Rights and International Humanitar-
ian Law at the Social Foundation; adviser for the Office of the
Prosecutor General of the Nation; and professor and researcher at the Law School of the Universidad de los Andes. She received her law degree in 1988 at the Universidad de los Andes and did
freedom of press as well as on safety of journalists. At the
Concerned Journalists, which over the past 7 years has trained
and organization of a series of regional seminars on promoting pluralistic and independent media. At the operational level, I
took part actively in the media assistance programmes to draw up master plans for restructuring the media landscape in the aftermath of national reconciliation. I have been involved in
Former-Yugoslavia in the 1990’s, in Algeria after the interruption of the electoral process, in Indonesia after the collapse
of the Suharto’s regime and recently in Democratic Republic
of Congo. I have a M.Ssc. in History (Sorbonne) and a M.Ssc in media and communication (Institut Français de Presse). I have edited several various publications such as media and new
communication technologies, media and terrorism and media in conflict areas.
Deane James Michael,
Head of Policy Development, BBC World Service Trust
postgraduate studies at that university, as well as in Madrid,
James Deane is Head of Policy at the BBC World Service Trust
tional Studies and the Universidad Carlos III.
Programme on the role of Media and Communication in De-
Spain, at Universidad Complutense, the Center for Constitu-
and A People War.
Co-Director of Training, Committee of Concerned Journalists
normative level, I have been actively involved in the planning Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, InterAmerican
include Dateline Earth: Jouranlism As If the Planet Mattered
Committee of Concerned Journalists, US
instrumental network like IFEX, with professional organizations on global campaigns monitoring of violations against
Botero Marino Catalina,
Dean Walter,
where he manages a five year Dfid funded Policy and Research
velopment. Before joining the Trust in 2007 he was managing director of the Communication for Social Change Consortium.
He is also a founding member and former executive director of the Panos Institute, London which works globally with the
media to inform and stimulate public debate on development
Wally Dean is co-director of training for the Committee of nearly ten-thousand journalists from 150 print, broadcast and on-line news organizations in the U-S and abroad.
Dean is
co-author of “We Interrupt this Newscast,” published in April 2007 by Cambridge University Press. The book, which examines
34,000 stories on 2,400 newscasts in 50 markets, is the most extensive analysis of local TV news content ever undertaken.
Dean was senior associate at the Project for Excellence for Journalism and a member of the PEJ team awarded the 2004 Sigma
Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism Research and the
Ali Djerri is the founder president and publisher of El Khabar,
presenter at AP Managing Editor NewsTrain conferences. He
Chairman Of El Khabar
sociated Press Broadcast in Washington and has been a regular has trained at several Univision Spanish-language stations, been a consultant to NewsLab, and been published in the RT-
NDA Communicator and the Columbia Journalism Review. He often briefs foreign journalists participating in U.S. State Department programs and has conducted workshops in The Neth-
erlands, Poland, Slovenia, and Kazakhstan as well as one and two-week Washington seminars for journalists from Portugal and Norway. Dean was previously associate director of the Pew
Center for Civic Journalism following a thirty-year career in broadcast journalism that included 14 years as a producer and
news assignment manager at the Washington Bureau of CBS News and as a reporter, anchor, executive producer and associate news director at one of the country’s most successful local news stations.
Sylvie Coudray is working at UNESCO since almost twenty
years, as senior programme specialist, in the Division of Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace.
When I arrived in 1989 at UNESCO, the historical circumstances linked to the end of the Cold War gave me a unique oppor-
tunity to work out the new communication strategy that was adopted by the General Conference. My first assignment was to generate public awareness and foster advocacy to promote free-
dom of the press as an essential component of any democratic
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on media, information and communication technologies.
Djerri uses his prominent position to advance an unstinting
pursuit of press freedom. His determination and perseverance
have made the El Khabar group (which includes the El Khabar daily, a website, a weekly news-magazine and other publications) the focus of much attention. Djerri holds numerous executive positions within trade associations, a reflection of the
admiration shown by his colleagues in Algeria and throughout the Middle East and North Africa. He has also been a main supporter of bringing journalism trainers and media experts from
abroad to Algeria. He is one of two Algerian publishers supporting the Algerian Network of Media Trainers, established after a
executive council for The AL Kawâkibî Democracy Transition
Unicef, Unesco, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNFPA, IFAD, FAO, the Rock-
velopment. He has written numerous papers and publications
Khabar group. A human-rights activist throughout his career,
the Algerian League of Human Rights / Founder member of the
ida, Swiss Development Cooperation, the World Bank, WHO,
degree (distinction) in international communication and de-
In 2008 he was elected president of the supervisory broad of El
tion. As well as: Founder member of the executive council of
strategic advice and consultancies to Dfid, Sida, Norad, Dan-
communication and media for development. He has a Masters
Circulation in 2008 : 600 000 copies /day
Journalists Movement and the Algerian Journalists Associa-
in West Africa, and in the Caribbean. He has provided formal
efeller Foundation among other agencies, mostly related to
Circulation in 1998 : 80 000 copies/ day
Center for Journalists. Ali Djerri is a founder of the Algerian
Eastern Africa and South Asia and supporting similar institutes
sion, democray and peace, UNESCO
Algeria’s most widely read newspaper. In 1998 he was elected
series of training programs in Algeria run by the International
ing independent, regional Panos Institutes in Southern Africa,
Senior programme specialist, Division for freedom of expres-
Chairman, Al Khabar Newspaper
Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism. Dean consults the As-
issues. In that capacity, he was heavily involved in establish-
Coudray Sylvie,
Djerri Ali,
Center (KADEM) / Vice President of APFW Arab Press Freedom Dixit Kunda,
Editor In Chief, Nepali Times Kunda Dixit is a Nepali editor and publisher. He is a gradu-
ate of Columbia University, and started out as a radio journalist with the BBC at the United Nations in New York. He then
served as Director, Asia-Pacific of the news agency, Inter Press
Watch PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS
(mentioned only the most important )
KNIGHT International Journalism award Washington USA
Abd Al Rahman al-Kawâkibî’s Prize given by HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal Oman Jordan
Industrial merit award Algeria Manager of the Year Algeria
Service and later Panos Institute South Asia. He is the editor of
the Nepali Times newspaper in Kathmandu. His recent books
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Board.
Fray Paula,
Regional Director – Inter Press Service: Africa
Gibbings Wesley,
President, Association of Caribbean Media Workers
Paula Fray has worked in media for over 22 years – the last four
Wesley Gibbings is a Trinidad and Tobago born journalist, me-
ly the Regional Director for IPS Africa, with management re-
the business for 25 years. He has also served as visiting lecturer
in the field of media training and development. She is current-
sponsibilities for the news service and related media and communication projects in Africa.Prior to joining IPS, she founded and managed frayintermedia, a media training organisation
focused on training reporters and newsroom managers. The organisation also strives to empower civil society activists through practical media skills training. Since 2004, Fray has trained reporters throughout South Africa and in the various other African countries with a focus on skills and knowledge
training. As a trainer for IPS, she has facilitated workshops on reporting SADC, microfinance and desertification issues in
Africa. Fray is the founder and convenor of the annual Narra-
dia trainer and communication consultant who has been in at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication at the
Mona, Jamaica campus of the University of the West Indies. Gibbings has worked as Public Relations Officer of the CARI-
COM Secretariat in Guyana, Communications Advisor to the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute in St Lucia and as Communication Coordinator for the Fifth Summit of the Amer-
icas. He is a freelance journalist, editor and author of four po-
etry collections. He currently serves as President of the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers which he co-founded in 2001.
tive Journalism Conference in South Africa. An award-winning
Halperin Jonathan
urday Star newspaper in South Africa, Fray was also executive
at SustainAbility
journalist who rose to become the first female editor of the Satnews editor of The Star newspaper in Johannesburg. She has
Director, Research, Communications and Advocacy
edited IPS’ flagship newspaper Terraviva in Bamako, Nairobi
Jonathan J. Halperin is the Director of Research, Communica-
newspaper at the MDGs conference in New York in September,
sultancy and research center founded in 1987. Based in Sus-
and Glasgow and also participated as a journalist on Terraviva
2005. She has wide-ranging consultancy and project manage-
ment experience and has served as a mentor for organisations such as e-Health and the Media Development and Diversity
Agency (MDDA). Fray graduated with a BJourn degree from Rhodes University and has a Woman and Law Certificate from
UNISA. A recipient of the prestigious Nieman Fellowship at
Harvard University, she currently serves on the Nieman Foundation Advisory
Board.
Haraszti Miklos,
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Hungarian writer, journalist, human rights advocate and uni-
Board.
Himelfarb Sheldon,
USIP, Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding
versity professor Miklos Haraszti was appointed the OSCE Rep-
Sheldon Himelfarb joined USIP in June 2008 from The Corpo-
2004. He was born in Jerusalem in 1945. Mr. Haraszti studied
Leadership Team, working with chief information officers on
resentative on Freedom of the Media effective from 10 March
Philosophy and literature at the Budapest University and in 1996 received an Honorary Degree from Northwestern University in the United States. In 1976 Mr. Haraszti co-founded the
Hungarian Democratic Opposition Movement and in 1980 he became editor of the samizdat periodical Beszélo. In 1989, he
participated in the “roundtable” negotiations on transition to free elections. A member of the Hungarian Parliament from
1990-1994, he then moved on to lecture on democratization and
media politics at numerous universities. Mr. Haraszti has written several essays and books, including “A Worker in a Worker’s State” and “The Velvet Prison”, both of which have been trans-
lated into several languages. His essays have been published in The New York Times and The Washington Post. He speaks English, Russian and German.
rate Executive Board, where he was on the Technology Practice
technology, business and management strategy. Prior to this
he served as foreign policy adviser to a member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, the head of North American Documentary Development for Yorkshire TV, and the CEO/Ex-
ecutive Producer for Common Ground Productions, the media
division of Search for Common Ground. He is an award-win-
ning filmmaker, former commentator for National Public Radio (Sunday Morning Edition) and author of numerous articles on politics, popular culture and media. Sheldon holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University and a B. A. in Political Science from
John Hopkins University. He has held visiting or guest scholar positions at the Brookings Institution, Harvard University and
the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
tions and Advocacy at SustainAbility, the global strategic containAbility’s Washington office, Halperin guides the firm’s
research to ensure that projects advance the firm’s core mission of a just and sustainable world for current and future genera-
tions. Building on two decades of consulting and management experience, Halperin also provides strategic counsel to some of the firm’s largest clients. Prior to joining SustainAbility, Halperin developed the strategic communications operations at Re-
sources for The Future, founded and for 17 years managed FYI Information Resources for A Changing World, and led numerous
research projects for The Committee for National Security and The Public Agenda Foundation. He also served as a policy and
strategy advisor for a number of political campaigns, worked at the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, and is a trustee of the Grace R. and Alan D. Marcus Foundation as well as the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
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Jannusch A. Sofie
Johnston Alan,
A. Sofie Jannusch is responsible for the desk for Eastern Eu-
Alan Johnston was born in Tanzania in 1962, and was raised in
consultancy for media and communication in developing and
Politics at the University of Dundee, and went on to complete a
CAMECO, Germany Board.
rope and Central Asia at CAMECO, (Catholic Media Council), a transitional countries. She is specialised in media training,
Hoffman David,
Chair of the GFMD Committee,
President of Internews Network Chair of the GFMD Management Committee, Hoffman convened and established the initial cross sector initiative of 15
media development organizations worldwide, representing 400 media assistance organizations in 97 countries. He is also President of Internews Network, a global non-profit organiza-
tion headquartered in California that empowers local media
worldwide to serve the information needs of their communities. Through its programs, Internews strives to improve the
reach, quality, and sustainability of local media. With offices in 23 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and
North America, Internews has worked in 70 countries, and
trained over 70,000 people in media skills. Hoffman has writ-
ten widely about media and democracy, the Internet, and the
importance of supporting pluralistic, local media around the world. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Foreign Affairs, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He has also testified before U.S. House and Senate committees on the issue of press freedom. Hoffman was project director of the Emmy-award
winning television series Capital to Capital in 1987-1990, produced in association with ABC News and Soviet State Television, and was project director for Internews’ broadcasts of the
proceedings of the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugosla-
via, for which Internews was awarded the European Commission’s ECHO Award for Broadcast Commitment in 1996. From 1980-1982 Hoffman was the editor of Evolutionary Blues, a jour-
nal of political thought on international conflict, the threat of nuclear war, and US-Soviet relations. He previously served as National Director of Survival Summer, a coalition of peace
and environmental groups that helped launch the anti-nuclear war movement of the early 1980s. Hoffman has a BA in Politi-
cal Science from Johns Hopkins University and has completed doctoral work at the University of Colorado in the Social and Intellectual History of the United States.
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strategic planning and organisational development, regularly conducting workshops with partners on the spot. She is the
coordinator to start-up mediaME – media development monitoring and evaluation. mediaME is a participatory platform
sharing tools and approaches for monitoring and evaluation
in media development, comprising the mediaME-Wiki and
discussion forums. mediaME is being launched as a follow up to a two-day conference, Measuring Change: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation in Media Development organised by the
German Forum Medien und Entwicklung (Media and Development) at Bad Honnef, Germany, at the end of September 2007. Sofie is also a founding member of the Forum Medien und En-
twicklung, an informal network of organisations and experts
active in the field of media development cooperation. Before joining CAMECO, Sofie worked as a journalist in different media fields and graduated with a Diploma in Journalism, with
special emphasis on international communications. With a
university fellow-ship she evaluated the work of German training centres for media personnel from Asia and Africa, with extensive field trips to Pakistan, Thailand, Kenya and Ghana.
Reporter, BBC
different parts of Africa, and Scotland. He studied English and post graduate diploma in Journalism Studies at the University
of Wales. Alan began work in British provincial newspapers, but joined the BBC World Service in 1991. After a period in the
BBC’s London headquarters he was appointed to be its Central Asia Correspondent. This was a post based in Tashkent, but
Nikitas Kaklamanis Mayor of Athens
involved reporting on the newly emerging post-Soviet Mus-
Nikitas Kaklamanis was born on the Cycladic island of Andros
During this period Alan covered the intensifying repression
School in 1971 and specialized in radiotherapy and oncology. In
lim states that stretched from the Caspian Sea to Mongolia.
in countries like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and the civil war in Tajikistan. He also reported on the battle for Grozny in
the Chechen war in 1995.After another spell in London, Alan was sent to Afghanistan, and became the BBC’s Kabul correspondent in 1997. The city had just fallen to the Taleban, and
throughout the following year Alan reported on the movement’s efforts to impose its austere regime on the capital, and
capture the rest of the country.A period in London was followed
by a posting to the Gaza Strip. For three years Alan was the only foreign correspondent living in the territory. Among the events
he covered in that time were the death of Yasser Arafat, Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, the continual confrontation between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army, and the rise of the
Hamas movement. Three weeks before the end of his assignment, Alan was kidnapped by a jihadi organisation called the Army of Islam. The BBC led a major international campaign
for his release, and he was eventually freed unharmed after ahundred-and-fourteen days in captivity.Alan is currently work-
ing in the BBC World Service’s London headquarters, focusing largely on events in South Asia, and presenting the “From Our
Own Correspondent” radio programme. He has won several awards, and published a book of his collected journalism.
in 1946. He graduated from the University of Athens Medical 1981 he received his doctorate from the Athens Medical School
and in 1989 was unanimously elected Assistant Professor of Radiotherapy for the School. He has undertaken extensive scien-
tific and research work and is a member of several scientific
organizations. From 1975 to 1989 he was consistently elected to head medical doctors’ unions. In 1987 he was elected General
Secretary of the Pan Hellenic Medical Association, for a second
time, with an unprecedented 93% of the vote. In 1986 he was voted in as a member of New Democracy party’s Central Committee and in 1987 he entered the party’s Executive Committee.
Mr. Kaklamanis was first elected as MP for New Democracy in 1990, winning the Athens A constituency. In the October 1993
elections he retained his parliamentary seat and in June 1994 joined the European Parliament, with the Political Spring party. During his term in the European Parliament, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and as member of the Committee on Budgets. Additionally, he
was a member of the European Parliament’s delegations to the
EU - Turkey and Cyprus joint Parliamentary Committees. In the 2000 national elections Mr. Kaklamanis was elected MP for the
Athens A constituency with New Democracy and assumed the post of “shadow minister” for the party’s Health and Welfare Section. On July 11, 2001 he was elected Parliamentary Coordi-
nator of the party’s Standing Committee for Social Affairs. In the 2004 national elections Mr. Kaklamanis was re-elected MP for the Athens A constituency with New Democracy. In March 2004 he was named Minister of Health and Social Solidarity, a post he served until February 2006. Mr. Kaklamanis was elect-
ed Mayor of Athens with the municipal ticket “Athens, the City of our Life” on October 15, 2006 and assumed his Mayoral duties in January 2007.
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Board.
Lam Andrew,
Co-Founder, New America Media
Andrew is a writer and an editor with the Pacific News Serv-
Director, SEENPM, Albania Born in Lezha, Albania, on February 22, 1958.Currently work-
ice, a short story writer, and a commentator on National Public
ing as the Executive Director of the Albanian Media Institute.
Media, an association of over 2000 ethnic media organizations
ent of the Spanish newspaper “El Mundo”, 1991 - 1993; “Zeri”
Radio’s “All Things Considered.” He co-founded New America in America.His essays have appeared in dozens of newspapers
across the country, including the New York Times, The LA Times,
the San Francisco Chronicle, The Baltimore Sun, The Atlanta
Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. He has also written essays for magazines like Mother Jones, The Nation, San Francisco Focus,
Proult Journal, In Context, Utne Magazine, California Magazine and many others. His short stories are also anthologized widely and taught in many Universities and colleges. His short stories
appeared in many literary journals, including Manoa Journal, Crab Orchard Review, Nimrod International, Michigan Quarterly West, Zyzzyva, Transfer Magazine, Alsop Review, Terrain,
and others. Lam’s awards include the Society of Professional Journalist “Outstanding Young Journalist Award” (1993) and
“Best Commentator” in 2004, The Media Alliance Meritorious awards (1994), The World Affairs Council’s Excellence in Inter-
national Journalism Award (1992), the Rockefeller Fellowship in UCLA (1992), and the Asian American Journalist Association
National Award (1993; 1995). He was honored and profiled on KQED television in May 1996 during Asian American heritage month.Lam was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University
during the academic year 2001-02, studying journalism. He lec-
tured widely at many universities and institutions, including Harvard, Yale, Brown, UCLA, USF, UC Berkeley, University of
Hawaii, William and Mary, Hong Kong, and Loyola university, and so on. Lam, who was born in Vietnam and came to the US
in 1975 when he was 11 years old, has a Master in Fine Arts from
San Francisco State University in creative writing, and a BA de-
gree in biochemistry from UC Berkeley. He was featured in the documentary “My Journey Home,” which aired on PBS nation-
wide on April 7, 2004, where a film crew followed him back to his homeland Vietnam. His book, Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora has recently won the Pen American
“Beyond the Margins” Award in 2006, and short-listed for “Asian American Literature Award.” Lam first short story collection, “Birds of Paradise” is due in 2009. He’s working on a novel.
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Lani Remzi,
Also co-editor of Albanian edition of Foreign Policy.Correspond-
newspaper, Pristina, 1993-1995; editor of Alternative Information Network in Tirana (1995-2000) Founding member of the
first Human Rights Group in Albania (The Forum for Human Rights), December 1990.Author of various articles on Balkan affairs for different local and foreign papers and magazines such as: “El Mundo”- Madrid, “The Guardian” - London, Quimera
- Barcelona, The International Spectator - Rome, FuturibiliTrieste, Transition-Brussels, Fokus - Skopje, Vreme-Belgrade,
Osllobogjenie - Sarajevo, Monitor - Podgorica, War Report London, Transition-Prague.Expert for the International Com-
mision for the Balkans, headed by Giulliano Amato. (2004) First President of the South East Network of Media Centers and
Media Institutes, which brings together 17 organisations from SEE. Now, Chairman of SEENPM Board. Member of the Board
of Scripto Magazine, Viena. Member of the Advisory Board of Balkan Trust for Democracy. Consultant in media Projects in
different African countries: Mozambique, Zimbabve, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Zwaziland, Bostwana etc.
Megrelis Nikos,
GFMD Athens World Conference Managing Coordinator
Ninan Sevanti
Professional Experience: Being a professional journalist, since February of 1980 started his career in the major Greek newspapers “To Vima” & “Ta NEA”. Editor in chief, diplomatic and political editor-analyst at the private T.V. channels “Mega” and “Antenna”. Editorial associate of the leading English review “Odyssey” (1999-2004). During the years 2001-2004 was the producer and anchor of the weekly news program “50 Minutes” at the Greek Public Television “NET” where he continues to work. Pioneer among the Greek journalists regarding the improvement of Greek - Turkish relations, his interview after the Imia crisis in 1996 with President of Turkey Suleiman Demirel, turned to be a point of reference for the relations between the two countries. Professional Skills: Specified in issues of foreign politics and international affairs, has a long experience on the issues of the European Union. He has also lectured (2002 &2003) in the post-graduate Mass Media and Communication Department of the Athens University. In 2006 he published two books: “A Greek century in Cairo 1904-2004,” (Greek and Arabic edition) and “Thoughts within 300 words”. He has made speeches in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad, about issues of journalism and foreign politics. Awards: In 2002, he received the most prestigious Greek award that of the Botsis Foundation, “for the quality of his T.V. programs”. He has been also awarded with the European prize “Eurocomenius 2003”, for his program on the Prestige wreckage and the environmental disaster at the coastlines of Spain. In 2007, he received the “K. KALLIGAS” award from European Journalists Association - Greek section being honoured “for his professional ethics and European orientation in journalism.” Social Activities: In May 2004 was elected member of International Federation of Journalists’ Executive Committee (IFJ) that represents more than 500.000 journalists in more than 100 countries. He was re-elected at the Moscow Congress in 2007. During the years 2003-2005 was General Secretary of the Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (JUADN). During the period 1999-2005 he was elected to JUADN’s Executive Board. He was also a member (Alternate Secretary) of the Panhellenic Federation of Journalists’ Union’s Executive Board, in 1997-1998. He contributed to the IFJ campaign at the U.N. Security Council in order to approve the resolution (24th December 2006.) for the protection of journalists in conflict zones. Since 2006 is elected as a member of the Contact Group of Greek and Turkish journalists. He is a founding member of the Greek-Chilean Cultural Chamber and also, of the Greek-Georgian Friendship Association.
is a media critic, author, and founder-editor of the media watchdog TheHoot.org. She worked for the Hindustan Times
and Indian Express as a reporter for many years before turn-
ing author and columnist. She is the author of Rajasthan, Roli Books 1980, Through the Magic Window, Television and Change in India, Penguin India 1995, Plain Speaking, with Chandrababu Naidu , Viking, 2000, and most recently, Head-
lines from the Heartland—Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere published by Sage Publications, in April 2007. She is a contributor to Broadcasting Reform in India, ed. Monroe Price
and Stefan Verhulst, OUP 1998. She has written a column on the media for The Hindu since 1991, and writes a media column
for the Hindi newspaper, Hindustan. In 2007 she was a visit-
ing scholar at the Centre for Advanced Study of India, at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2001 she launched for the Me-
dia Foundation in Delhi a media watch website, Thehoot.org, which strives to raise issues of media ethics, professionalism, and press freedom for India’s community of journalists. She
was educated at the University of Madras and the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana.
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includes writers, producers and reporters – is about 400 people.
Orme William,
I report directly to the Chairman and Managing Editor of the Sun Network. I also hosted special analytical programmes. As
Policy Advisor for Independent Media Development,
hands-on editor, I functioned as a fulcrum in coordinating be-
UNDP Bureau for Development Policy Board.
tween various languages, departments and bureaus. 2) Worked
Bill Orme was appointed in December 2006 as the United Na-
as Chief of Bureau, for Outlook magazine since its inception
tions Development Programme’s Policy Advisor for Independ-
in mid 1995 till May 2001. My area included economy, politics
ent Media Development, based in the Democratic Governance Odugbemi Sina,
Head of Communication For Governance And Accountability Program, World Bank
Sina Odugbemi heads the Communication for Governance and Accountability Program at the World Bank. He has over 20 years of experience in journalism, law and development com-
munication. Before he joined the World Bank in 2006, he spent seven years with the UK’s development ministry, DFID. His
last position was Program Manager and Adviser, Information and Communication for Development. Mr. Odugbemi holds a Bachelors degree in English (1980) and in Law (1986) from the
University of Ibadan and a Masters degree in Legal and Political Philosophy (1999) from the University College London. He is finishing his doctoral thesis in Laws this year at the same uni-
versity. His subject is Public Opinion and Direct Accountability between Elections: A Study of the Constitutional Theories of
Jeremy Bentham and A.V. Dicey. Mr. Odugbemi’s publications include a novel entitled The Chief’s Grand-daughter (Spectrum
Books, 1986) and two co-edited volumes: With the Support of Multitudes - Using strategic communication to fight poverty
through PRSPs and Governance Reform under Real-World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice.
Group at UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy (BDP). In his
previous four years at UNDP Bill was chief of External Com-
munications, overseeing UNDP’s global press relations and
advocacy campaigns and acting as UNDP’s chief spokesman. Bill is now charged with strengthening UNDP’s support for in-
and neighbourhood relations. I was heading the South Indian George A. Papandreou
President of PASOK, President of the Socialist International
dependent and effective journalism in developing countries,
George A. Papandreou holds an M.Sc. in Sociology and De-
and other avenues of UN assistance to local news media.From
Center for International Affairs. An MP since 1981, he served
through training programs, regulatory reform, policy support, 1992 to 1998 Bill was Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists,an international press freedom organiza-
tion headquartered in New York. He returned to daily journal-
ism as a Jerusalem-based Middle East correspondent for The New York Times (1998-2001) and UN bureau chief for The Los Angeles Times (2001-2). Previously he served as the founding
editor of LatinFinance, a regional business monthly launched
in 1988, following ten years of reporting in Latin America as a correspondent for the Washington Post, The Economist, and other publications. Bill is the author of “Understanding NAF-
TA: Mexico, Free Trade and the New North America” (University of Texas, 1996) and the editor and lead essayist of “A Culture
of Collusion: An Inside Look at the Mexican Press” (University
velopment from LSE, and is a fellow at Harvard University’s in several government posts before becoming Foreign Minister from 1999-2004. An active supporter of the Information Society
and the driving force behind the Greek EU Presidency’s e-Vote, in 2003 he was placed among the “25 Who are Changing the World of Internet Politics”. He has received several honours for
his commitment to promote peace and democracy, notably his successful campaign, as Foreign Minister, to engineer a rapprochement between Greece and Turkey. As President of PASOK
(Panhellenic Socialist Movement) since January 2004, George
A. Papandreou is leading radical reforms of the Greek party po-
litical system. He was unanimously elected as President of the Socialist International in January 2006.
of Miami, 1997). Other books to which he has contributed in-
sion division of the Business India group in Chennai. 4) Have written more than 200 articles for various nation and inter-
national publications.5) Have directed a video film “Making
Trouble where there is none.” This documentary, produced by Frontline magazine of The Hindu group, is about the commu-
nal mobilisation using the Lord Ganesh festival in Chennai. 6) Have been covering Sri Lanka since 1984. Have travelled exten-
sively all over the island. And my reports from Colombo, Jaffna, UP Country and Ampara were widely reproduced in Indian
and International media. Have presented more than 20 major papers on the question of devolution in various national and
international seminars. Major papers:1) As a Reuters Fellow at University of Oxford in 1998. I wrote a comprehensive paper on Fiscal Federal Relations in India. The extended version of the paper will be published as a book in early 2005. During my stay
as a fellow, I delivered four lectures on Indian politics and was a
part of the special studies group at Nuffield College. University
Federation in Canberra, Australia. My paper “Peace: Obstacles
Co., 1999), and “Journalists in Peril” (Nancy J. Woodhull and
and Opportunities” looks at the crisis from the point of view
Robert W. Snyder, eds., Transaction, 1998). For his work at the
of an Indian Tamil.3) Was invited to give a lecture on Indian
Committee to Protect Journalists, Bill was presented the First
ies at the University of Southern California.
Between August 1994 and July 1995, I was heading the televi-
ised by the Australian Human Rights Foundation in June 1996,
of War” (Roy Gutman and David Rieff, eds., W.W. Norton &
post-graduate courses in journalism and Latin American stud-
porate economy, environment, energy and political economy.
on the conflict in Sri Lanka titled “Peace with Justice”, organ-
nications” (Elsevier Science - Academic Press, 2003); “Crimes
ists. Bill is an alumnus of Friends World College and has taught
Chennai for Business India for seven years. My area was cor-
of Oxford.2) Presented a paper at the International Conference
clude the “Encyclopedia of International Media and Commu-
Amendment Award by the U.S. Society of Professional Journal-
editorial team. 3) Worked as Special correspondent based at
Media at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University Panneerselvan A.S.,
Executive Director, Panos South Asia 1) Working as Executive Director for Panos South Asia since July
2004, which has seven offices across five countries in Southa-
of London in November 1998. 4) Was invited to take part in a
four day residency programme at Bellagio, Italy by the Panos Institute on the theme: “Can India and Pakistani Media Help
Prevent a Nuclear Escalation in South Asia?”5) Contributor to Economic and Political Weekly and the Little Magazine.
sia. Panos works closely with media on five thematic areas: Conflict, Environment, Public Health, Globalisation
and Media Pluralism. 2) Worked as Managing Editor for Sun Network between June 2001 and June 2004, based in Chennai. As the managing editor, my primary job was to evolve and implement an editorial policy across the network which runs 10 chan-
nels in five languages-viz-Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English. The total strength of the editorial team – which
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Pavlopoulos Prokopis,
Hellenic Minister for the Interior,
Public Administration and Decentralization 
Born in Kalamata (southern Peloponnese) in 1950. Pavlopoulos studied at the Athens Law School and earned a doctorate in
law at the University of Paris II in France. A member of New
Democracy’s central committee, he held a post in the office
of president of the republic Michael Stasinopoulos (1974) and
served as a legal adviser to president of the republic Constantine Karamanlis (1990-1995). Between 1978 and 1981 he served
as a legal adviser to the ministry of coordination (national economy and planning). During 1989-1990 he was appointed
as alternate minister of state, while also serving as spokesman in an ecumenical government headed by Xenophon Zolotas in 1989. In 1995, he became a political adviser to then New Democ-
racy president Miltiades Evert. Pavlopoulos became ND’s Par-
liament spokesman following the April 2000 elections. He has
been elected to Parliament from Athens’ first election district since 1996. He is married and has two daughters and a son.
Board.
Board.
Board.
Peters Bettina,
Pinder Rodney,
Salyer Stephen,
Bettina Peters is the director of the Global Forum for Media
Rodney Pinder is Director of the International News Safety In-
Stephen Salyer is president and chief executive officer of the
organisations from around the globe. Before joining GFMD in
journalists and other news media personnel working in areas
ganization whose mission is to challenge present and future
GFMD Director
Development (GFMD), a network of some 500 media assistance July 2007, Bettina worked as the director of programmes at the
European Journalism Centre, where she was in charge of EJC’s
programme of media support and journalism training, in particular in the Middle East/ North Africa and in Eastern Europe.
From 1990 until 2002 Bettina worked at the International Federation of Journalists, first as European coordinator and later as
Deputy General Secretary. She was instrumental in setting up
the IFJ’s Project Division and was responsible for the IFJ’s global programme on media development and capacity-building for
journalists’ organisations. In the course of her work, Bettina has supervised and managed media development projects in more than 80 countries. She holds a Masters Degree in political
science and journalism from the University of Hamburg and has edited a range of publications, including a global survey
of women in journalism for the IFJ, the EJC handbook on Civic Journalism and the IFJ handbook on Human Rights Reporting
in Africa. For the last five years, she has been a reviewer of the Freedom House Press Freedom Index. Most recently, she wrote the conclusions to European Media Policy, the Brussels Per-
spective, published in 2007. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Bettina now lives with her partner in Belgium.
Director, International News Safety Institute stitute, a Brussels-based organisation dedicated to the safety of of danger of all kinds. The non-governmental, independent
institute was created in 2003 by news organisations and sup-
port groups out of growing concern over a rising incidence of attacks on journalists. More than 1,200 news media workers – journalists and critical support staff -- have died in the line
of duty in the past decade. INSI is an unprecedented coalition
of the news media and individual journalists, media freedom groups, journalist unions and humanitarian campaigners
working to create a culture of safety in news gathering. INSI, a non-profit organisation, operates as a network for safety information that will be of help to journalists in the field, with its
website www.newssafety.com as its hub. The institute raises
funds from international donors to provide basic safety training free of charge for journalists and other news professionals around the world who are unable to afford their own. It has so
far trained almost 1,000 news media staff and freelances in 16 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. Amongst
other initiatives, INSI undertook a global inquiry, the first of its kind, into the causes of journalist deaths and produced a re-
port and recommendations for action by governments and the
international community. The survey disclosed most casualties were not war correspondents but ordinary reporters trying to
expose crime and corruption in their own countries in peace-
time. It also worked with members to persuade the UN Security Council to pass Resolution 1738 on the safety of journalists in
conflict.And INSI has set up a kidnap/hostage network to help
news organisations and individuals facing such a crisis for the
first time. Pinder, 64, is a former senior foreign correspondent
and news executive for Reuters. He retired in 2002 after four years as global Editor of Reuters Television News and 37 years
President & Chief Executive, Salzburg Global Seminar Salzburg Global Seminar, an independent international orleaders to solve issues of global concern. Proposed in 1947 by a young Austrian as a “Marshall Plan of the Mind,” Salzburg is recognized for programs that build professional networks,
facilitate cross-cultural problem-solving, and propose strategic approaches to global challenges. Salzburg’s program is centered at historic Schloss Leopoldskron, an Austrian palace
once owned by Max Reinhardt, and today a well-equipped, in-
spirational setting for advancing thought toward action. The world’s leading experts and rising private- and public-sector leaders gather in Salzburg to address subjects from independ-
ent media to climate change, new economic architecture
to the future of philanthropy, and to produce policy recommendations and concerted action plans. Before assuming the Salzburg presidency in 2005, Mr. Salyer was chief executive of
Public Radio International (PRI), a leading provider of news and cultural programming to more than 800 US radio stations. Mr. Salyer also served for nine years as vice president of WNET/ Thirteen in New York City, the flagship producer for the PBS
television network. His recent board service includes Guidestar USA, Inc., Davidson College, MacPhail Center for Music, Salz-
burg Global Seminar, Public Interactive, LLC and Public Radio International. Mr. Salyer credits attending a Salzburg seminar with changing his career focus to public service media. Before
joining public broadcasting, Mr. Salyer directed the Population
Council’s Public Issues Program, and was the youngest person ever appointed to a U.S. presidential commission. He holds degrees from Davidson College, the Kennedy School of Govern-
ment at Harvard University, and was a Root-Tilden Scholar at New York University Law School.
covering international affairs in three hemispheres. He has a
long experience of conflict reporting. He has covered wars and civil conflicts in the Middle East, Northern Ireland, Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe, Southern and South Africa, Indonesia, Iraq and Iran and the Gulf.
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tion, and the eastern part of the Palestinian area), presenting around-the-clock-news with a focus on local events in addition
to a coverage of the world and the region. Jun 2007 Co-Founder Board.
of (ALWATAN) political Weekly.April 2001- Aug 2007 Director of foreign services –Radio Jordan
• Head of the English (20 hours daily), and the French (13
Board.
hours daily) speaking Radios: Setting Program Cycles, superShibli Haitham S.,
Radio Station Manager, Radio Farahalnas -Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development/Jordanian Women
1997-High diploma in Diplomacy and Foreign Services- Jordan Institute of Diplomacy-Amman-Jordan (average: very good)
vising news editing and coverage Hiring DJ’S and News Editors and casters, Organizing Training Courses in Jordan and Abroad
Aris Spiliotopoulos
Broadcasting JRTV on the web. November 1992 – April 2001 Ra-
Ivan Sigal is executive director of Global Voices, a citizen media
Nea Demokratia Political Party
• Founder of the French FM service: Tasks included hiring and
ternet & Society that is now an independent, nonprofit organi-
Graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public
the global conversation online by shining light on places and
pleted his postgraduate studies in the Department of Commu-
ing Radio Jordan programming, broadcasting, and archiving.
dio Jordan Assistant director of foreign services at Radio Jordan
1988, B.A Economics- Yarmouk University-Irbid-Jordan.(av-
training the staff for the French section at Radio Jordan
search, Crete Island –Greece / March 1992, Radio programming
Broadcasting Union)
erage: very good)/ November 1991, Radio Reporting &field reorganized by Radio France international in Amman-Jordan
September-1992, News editing for French speaking radio organized by Radio France internationale - Amman Jordan
• 2003 – September 2007: Jury Member of the ABU (Asian • 2001 September 2007: Liaison Officer for the EBU (European Broadcasting Union)
• January2002 - November 2002: TV host of a French 50 min
OCTOBER 1992, Radio Programming. Radio Auxerre. France
political weekly program
te Carlo, Amman September 1993, Program Director Training,
Television
nationale – Paris –France October 1995, Managing local Radio
taries, series and movies.
Trainers - the European institute of journalism in Strasbourg
department of research and development-Ministry of Munici-
April 1993, supervising news editing, organized by Radio MonRMC, Paris September 1994, Media Ethics – Radio France Inter– Auxerre- France. December 1995, Training for News Editing
– France September 1997, preparing graduation thesis for the Institute of Diplomacy on EU-Jordan Security and Military
Partnership – Brussels - Belgium December 1999, Digital Technologies in Broadcasting – Paris - France November 2000, Digitalizing Radio Stations at Radio France internationale & Radio Monte Carlo – Paris – France September 2001, Training of direc-
tors of stations, Paris, Melun, Strasbourg December 2002, The new technology and its programming requirements, Paris
September 2005, Market research and Radio management,
MEDIAMETRIE, Paris September 2005, Privatizing Media and the Role Audio-Visual Councils. CSA, Paris May 2006, seminar on the role of media in targeting social and economic issues:
Lebanon May 2007, The role of the Media in fighting terrorism
Sigal Ivan,
Executive Director, Global Voices Online
• Member of the Technical Committee in charge of Digitaliz-
• 1991-2001 Chief screening officer of French Programs- Jordan
• 1990-2001 French Translator for Jordan Television, documen-
January - June 1988 : Head of economic feasibility unit at the palities and Rural Affairs.August1988 - November 1989:Investement Dept. Arab Bank Casablanca Morocco.
Interpreter:- (French-Arabic) for over 40 conferences and inter-
national gatherings.- Interpreter for His Majesty King Abdullah the second, during several ceremonies, accepting letters of accreditation of foreign ambassadors to the Royal Court.
Extracurricular activities- Radio Jordan’s Reporter at the peace
negotiations between Jordan & Israel in Eilat, Tiberius,Wadi Araba and Aqaba.- Radio Jordan’s reporter at the MENA Summits in Casablanca, Doha, Amman.
project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for In-
zation. Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify
people other media often ignore. Before joining Global Voices in August 2008, Sigal was a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of
Peace, where he researched digital media in conflict-prone parts
of the globe. Sigal spent a decade working at Internews, an international media development organization, designing and
implementing numerous media development projects in the former Soviet Union and Asia. Sigal has also worked as a freelance photographer, and in print media as a writer and editor.
Minister Of Tourism, Member of Parliament
Administration of the University of Athens (1985 – 1989). Comnications Policy, City University, London with a Masters degree
in Communications Policy and Mass Media (1990 –1992). Title of postgraduate dissertation: “Communications Policy and Adver-
tising of Greek Political Parties in the three Electoral Contests of 1989 – 1990”. Doctoral candidate in the Department of Com-
munication and Mass Media of the University of Athens. Honoured by the State Scholarship Institute. Speaker on commu-
nications issues at the NATO Education Committee. Served as representative of the Students Union at the University of Athens (1985 – 1989). Leading member of MAKI, ONNED and Nea
Demokratia. Speaks and writes English and Italian. Taught Communications Policy, special Communications issues, Po-
litical Science and Market Research in the Department of Jour-
nalism and Marketing of the European Education Organisation (1992 – 1993). Took part in many scientific conferences in Greece and abroad. Has had articles published in many newspapers
and magazines. Served as Head of the Secretariat of Political
Planning, Communication and Ideology of Nea Demokratia
(1994 – 1996). Was appointed Press Spokesman of New Democracy (April 1997-August 2000).
Was elected Member of the
Greek Parliament (April 2000). Was reelected Member of the
Greek Parliament (Elections: March 2004 and September 2007). Appointed Minister of Greek Tourism (September 2007)
and radicalization: Dublin- Ireland. June 2007, Training Media Trainers (holding training courses for radios & newspapers). London – UK June 2007, Radio & TV Monitoring. Redding - UK
Work experience Since may 2008 Station manager / founder
of Frahalnas Station, a community project to focus on women , youth and pwd’s in media . Jordanian Hashemite Fun For Hu-
man Development.( working with local and international do-
nors ) Feb 2006 till jan 2008 Founder, and chief editor of news of Watan Radio; a news radio station covering the capital Amman and the northern part of the kingdom (85% of Jordan’s popula-
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• Officer-In-Charge, UP Film Center, June 1994 to May 2000
• Member, Management Team, UP College of Mass Communication-UNESCO Tambuli community radio project 1994-2000. Board.
• Chair, Department of Journalism, UP College of Mass Com-
munication (1988-1994) •Coordinator, Journalism Program,
Board.
UP Institute of Mass Communication (1986-1988) •Officer-In-
Charge, UP College of Mass Communication, June-November,
Sullivan Drew,
Philippine Center for Advanced Studies (1975-1978)•Program
Assistance – National Endowment for Democracy
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
ippines Information Office, 1982 •Director, Publications Divi-
and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a consortium of
Marguerite Sullivan is senior director of the Center on Internation-
nalism and Creative Writing), 1964, University of the Philip-
tions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia dedicated to reporting on
a new center that aims to support and strengthen media assist-
Advising Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Drew Sullivan is the advising editor of the Organized Crime leading investigative centers, reporters and news organizatransnational organized crime. OCCRP’s first project won the Global Shining Light Award for investigative reporting under
duress. He is a founder and managing member of the Journalism Development Group LLC, a small, innovative media de-
velopment organization with projects around the world. He is also a founder and former editor of the Center for Investigative Reporting in Bosnia-Herzegovina, an independent, regional investigative news service that won the 2007 Online Journalism
Award for best small investigative reporting web site. He was
a city hall and investigative reporter for the Tennessean news-
paper in Nashville and the news data editor for the Associated Press’s special assignment team in New York. He has served on the board of directors of Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. He taught investigative journalism and computer-assisted re-
porting at New York University. Before coming to journalism, he was an aerospace engineer on the Space Shuttle project for Rockwell Space Systems in Downey, California.
Sullivan Marguerite Hoxie,
Senior Director, Center for International Media
al Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy,
ance initiatives and highlight the indispensable role independ-
ent media play in the creation and development of sustainable democracies around the world. She has worked as a journalist, a communications practitioner, and an executive in government and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and
has done more than a hundred trainings on issues of freedom of the press, transparency, ethics and effective and open communications.
Before joining NED, she was Executive Director
of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and director of the
UNESCO Affairs Office at the U.S. Department of State. She previ-
Deputy Director, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
pines Attended the Master of Arts Program in Comparative
• The Undiscovered Country (selected short fiction). Published
Literature, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, 1965- 68 Attended the Master of Arts Program, Asian Center, University of the Philippines, 1975-77 Was a research
fellow at the East-West Center. Honolulu, Hawaii USA, 1980 Was a senior fellow, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India, 1967
AREAS OF ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL INTEREST
Service and newspapers, covering Congress and executive branch
of government. She also served as president of the Washington
Press Club, now the National Press Club and also was executive
by the University of the Philippines Press, June 2004 •Media in Court (Manila: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility,
1998); editor and chief contributor•Community Communica-
tion: An Introduction (Los Banos: UP Institute of Development Communication, 1997); editor, with Crispin Maslog and Louie Tabing.•The Summer of Our Discontent (Manila: Kalikasan
Publishers, 1990) A collection of critical essays •Mass Media,
Democracy and Development Volume (ed.) , Pamana Anthol-
CURRENT INVOLVEMENTS
the University of the Philippines National College of Public Ad-
Opinion writing. Magazine writing and editing. Editing
• Professor of Journalism (retired but still teaching), Colers, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
D.C., where she was a reporter and columnist for Copley News
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
Media criticism, Journalism ethics. Philippine press history.
institutes. She began her career as journalist working for news-
papers in Boston and California before moving to Washington,
Philippines, 1982- 1984 •Deputy Director, University of the Phil-
sion, President’s Center for Special Studies, 1984-1986
lege of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines
of the International Republican Institute, one of the NED core
Development Assistant to the President of the University of the
Graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English (Jou
ously was vice president for communications and external affairs
Diliman•Deputy Director and member of the board of advis•Editor, Philippine Journalism Review and PJR Reports (CMFR
Publications)•Member, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Panel on Communication and the Social
Sciences.•Chair, Technical Committee on Journalism Education, CHED•Lecturer in journalism, Konrad Adenauer Center
ogy of Filipino Socio-Political Thought Since 1872 (a project of ministration and Governance) PUBLICATIONS ABROAD
• Mass Media Laws and Regulations in the Philippines ( Singapore: Asian Mass Media Information Center, 1998); with
Rosalinda V. Kabatay (a second, revised edition was published
August, 2001; a third edition has been published for 2006) • Two Perspectives on Philippine Literature and Society (Honolulu: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii,
1982); with Epifanio San Juan Jr. •Out of This Struggle: the Fili-
editor of The Washington Woman magazine. Her articles have
for Journalism, Ateneo de Manila University•Member of the
pinos in Hawaii (Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1980);
Post, the Boston Globe, and Washingtonian magazine among
Press)•Member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chair, Center
JOURNALISM PRACTICE
appeared in numerous publications including The Washington
others. She authored a book A Responsible Press Office: An In-
sider’s Guide for the U.S. Department of State on media that has won a number of awards and has been translated into 30 languages. She has worked as an executive or communications director
in federal and state government, including at the White House, State Department, National Endowment for Humanities and served as a member of the Cabinet of a U.S. governor. Ms. Sullivan represents the U.S. as region one representative to UNESCO’s
Board of Directors, National Center for Print Media (Cyber for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS (University of the Philippines) :•The Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair in Journalism, 1987
• Columnist (once a week; May 11, 2007 to present), Business
World newspaper • Columnist (twice a week; October 2005 to
munication, 1989•The Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair in
day newspaper •
• The Teodoro F. Valencia Professorial Chair in Mass ComJournalism, 1992•The Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair in
Journalism, 1993•The Hernando J. Abaya Professorial Chair in
UNESCO, the U.S. National Council on the Humanities, and has
PHILIPPINES:•Dean, University of the Philippines College of
where she received her master and bachelor degrees.
A. Current
May, 2007) Business Mirror newspaper•
Journalism, 2001-2002; 2004-2005
served on and chaired several committees at Stanford University,
editor
• The San Miguel Corporation Chair in Communication,1988
International Programme for the Development of Communica-
tion. She also is a member of the U.S. National Commission for
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1988 •Head, Publications Office, University of the Philippines
Teodoro Luis V.,
ADMINISTRATIVE
POSTS
HELD,
UNIVERSITY OF THE
Mass Communication for two terms (June 1, 1994 to May 31, 1997; June 1, 1997 to May 31, 2000)
Columnist
(twice a week; March 2005 to April 2005) Manila Standard- To-
Columnist (twice a week; May 2000 to March
2005), Today newspaper•Columnist (once a week; June 2004 to
the present), Gulf News •Contributor, Diyarista (publication
of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines) •Contributor, Planet Philippines (international online publication on Philippine affairs)
B. Previous •Editor and Chief Contributor, Philippine Journal-
ism Review 2000-2004.
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• Editor, Philippine Journalism Review refereed journal,
disabilities, corporate social responsibility, climate change and
out this time he has been an active trades unionist. Today he
Chief, Journalism Asia (The ASEAN Press- Monitoring Annual)
works closely with the various sectors that are – or should be –
ten extensively on the social and professional conditions of
2007- •
Philippine Country Editor and Editor-in-
2001-2004 •Columnist (once a week; May 2001 to March 2005),
ABS-CBN News Interactive •Editor, Philippine News and Fea-
tures (print edition), 1983- 1989 • Contributor, Philippine News and Features online (Internet Edition), 1990-1995 • Chief Con-
tributor, Philippine News and Features print edition, 1983-1989 • Editor and Columnist, National Midweek Magazine •Columnist, The Manila Times • Columnist, The Manila Standard
communication policies are subject covered by the Agency that
campaigns for the rights of journalists worldwide. He has writ-
engaged in fostering the quality of the public agenda in Latin America: media groups, governments, civil society organizations, the universities, and international agencies. During
the last 15 years, more than a 100 reports and books on media,
journalism. He is an international consultant on press rights Board.
rights and development issues have been published by ANDI and the ANDI Latin American Network Agencies.
• Sub-Editor (Deskperson) , The Manila Chronicle •Principal
Wall Imogen,
• Review editor, Asia-Philippines Leader •Editor, Review
Imogen Wall is an independent international communica-
newspaper of the University of the Philippines)
Trust, handling Sudan and Ethiopia amongst other work. She
Magazine •Editor- In -Chief, The Philippine Collegian (student
Literature, English Short •Story Division, 1969• Second Prize,
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, English Short
Vucinic Sasa,
Managing Director, Media Development Loan Fund Sasa Vucinic has been Managing Director of Media Develop-
Awards, 1970
1995.Prior to that, he worked as a media consultant to the Soros
PROFESSOR TEODORO HAS BEEN A SPEAKER AND RESOURCE
PERSON IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS
ment Loan Fund, Inc. since he co-founded the organization in Foundations Network (which later became the Open Society Institute), advising the national foundations on strategy for development of assistance to their respective independent media
sectors. He also advised on overall foundation media strategy
and implemented specific assistance to individual media companies deemed to be the most significant in the country. From
1990 to 1993 he served as General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of the independent radio station B-92 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Board.
Director, ANDI, Brazil Veet Vivarta is a journalist and the Executive Secretary of ANDI
- Brazilian News Agency for Children’s Rights. He coordinates
initiatives on media monitoring, social mobilization and ca-
and SOAS and a former BBC journalist, she works primarily on techniques and strategies for improving information exchange
between international organisations and local populations. She has worked in East Timor, Aceh and Sudan for a range of
organisations including UNDP, UN-OCHA, ActionAid and the tsunami response, authored on behalf of President Clinton for
and Geneva, he joined Panos London in 2004 after eleven years
the UN; a number of studies on media and communications in Aceh for UNDP and the World Bank and “Left in the Dark:
the unmet need for information in humanitarian response”, a policy paper co-authored with Lisa Robinson on behalf of the BBC World Service Trust.
He served as the station’s first Director and was responsible for
ture, child labor, education, commercial sexual exploitation,
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with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cres-
cent Societies, where he was responsible for operations in the
Balkans, Kosovo and Mozambique, was its Head of Planning and Senior Adviser to the Secretary General. He has specialized
in reporting on international politics, trade and economics,
and holds four Masters degrees in International Politics, Soviet is the co-author of At the Heart of Change: The role of commu-
al and financial management. He began his journalism career
nication in sustainable development.
tually becoming its editor-in-chief. Sasa is a graduate of the
Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade, and he completed the General Managers Program of Harvard Business School.
White Aidan,
General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists
ucated in the United Kingdom where he learned his trade as
Network. Subjects as poverty and inequality, public expendi-
journalist and communications director in London, Hong Kong
and East European Studies, Journalism and Management. He
all aspects of operations including editorial content and gener-
The Media Development Methodology implemented by ANDI
ferent countries that are members of the ANDI Latin American
Executive Director, Panos London Mark Wilson is Executive Director of Panos London. A former
analysis of public information and accountability work in the
Aidan White is the General Secretary of the International Fed-
has been also replicated by the other 12 organizations in dif-
Wilson Mark,
World Bank. Her publications include “The Right To Know”, an
pacity building that have been carried out by the organization in Brazil since 1993 in order to promote the Children’s Rights.
globe.
post-conflict and humanitarian work. Educated at Cambridge
as a reporter at the weekly political newsmagazine Non, evenVivarta Veet,
a range of projects and solidarity programmes that cover the
mass information campaigns, with a particular interest in
Story Division, 1978 •Third Prize, Philippines Free Press Short
Story Award, 1968 •Second Prize, Graphic Magazine Short Story
into the largest organisation of journalists in the world with
specialises in beneficiary communication strategies including
• Model Teacher Award, 2007. Bato Balani Foundation
Story, 1969 •Second Prize, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for
rope, and the European Union. He has extensive knowledge of
tions consultant currently working with the BBC World Service
AWARDS
• First Prize, Carlos P. Romulo Literary Award for the Short
the ILO, the UN Human Rights Commission, the Council of Eu-
the human rights field. Under his leadership the IFJ has grown Project Manager, BBC World Service Trust
writer, Archipelago online • Book editor, Graphic Magazine
and journalistic ethics and has produced reports for UNESCO,
eration of Journalists. He was born in Derry, Ireland, and eda journalist. He is 57. He joined the International Federation of Journalists from The Guardian in 1987. He has worked as a
reporter, feature writer, sub-editor, and editorial manager for
leading regional and national newspapers in Britain. Through-
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