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[alice at apc.org]

 Dear all
>
> My apologies if you have seen this already.  I am subscribed to this list
> and have noticed that it does not seem to have participation from
> media people from Africa who were involved in the WSIS process.
>
> Please do consider joining this important discussion.
>
> Best
>
> Anriette
>
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> Send reply to: <dacosta at igc.org>
> From: "Peter da Costa" <dacosta at igc.org>
> To: "'Africa Media Group'" <africamedia at uneca.org>
> Subject: Invitation to join a Consultation Process - Strengthening 
> Africa's Media
> Date sent: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:37:36 +0100
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
>
>
> We'd be grateful if you could circulate the below announcement to as
> many of your contacts working in media-related fields in Africa, and
> beyond. Your participation is also welcome.
>
>
>
> Many thanks in advance, best regards
>
>
>
> Peter
>
> For the Secretariat
>
> 'Strengthening Africa's Media'
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: Martha Mogus [mailto:mmogus at uneca.org] On Behalf Of Africa
> Media
> Group Sent: 14 April 2006 06:30 Subject: Invitation to join a
> Consultation Process - Strengthening Africa's Media
>
>
>
>
> Dear colleague,
>
> As a media practitioner working in or on Africa, we're writing to
> invite you to participate in 'Strengthening Africa's Media', an online
> forum - due to kick off on Thursday 20 April 2006 and lasts for 12
> weeks.
>
> The forum will provide a platform for African media actors, in
> collaboration with their support partners, to articulate concerns and
> perspectives, identify priority issues and areas requiring support,
> and propose concrete initiatives and programmes towards a
> strengthened
> media sector.  We define media inclusively, spanning the mainstream
> press and broadcast media, alternative and community media, civil
> society media, formal and non-formal communication, and new media.
> The
> definition also includes special interest media, addressing
> cross-cutting concerns such as gender equity and human rights.
>
> The 'Strengthening' online forum is part of a broader consultation
> process - supported by the Department for International Development
> (DFID) - that includes physical meetings, both at sub-regional level
> and on specific issues of concern. Your views will form the basis of a
> 'Strategic Framework for Strengthening Media in Africa', a document
> intended to make the case for enhanced investment in media. What
> you
> have to say will also be of critical importance in framing the issues
> for a Stakeholder Conference, to be held in September 2006, at which
> the priorities for strengthening Africa's media will be further
> discussed and agreed upon.
>
> The content of the electronic consultation will be structured around
> four groups of media actors - Owners, Practitioners, Trainers and
> Support Organizations. Two weeks will be dedicated to discussions
> related to each group, with a two-week period of open discussion at
> the end during which the main points contributed will be revisited and
> summarized. Each segment of the consultation will be informed by a
> series of questions.
>
> These questions, along with instructions on how to participate, will
> be sent to you in a Welcome Message which you will receive once you
> confirm that you are interested in taking part. Once we get
> confirmation from you, we will register you and you will receive the
> Welcome Message and guidelines as to how to participate. Should you
> wish to do so, you can also sign up on your own by visiting
> http://www.dgroups.org/groups/AMDP and following the instructions.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you and hope that you can join us in
> what promises to be a lively and stimulating discussion!
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Martha Mogus
> For the Secretariat
> 'Strengthening Africa's Media'
> Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
> africamedia at uneca.org
>
>
>
>
> ------- End of forwarded message -------
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director
> Association for Progressive Communications
> anriette at apc.org
> http://www.apc.org
> PO Box 29755, Melville, South Africa. 2109
> Tel. 27 11 726 1692
> Fax 27 11 726 1692
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