Category: Med Net
Séminaire et journée d’étude
“La régulation dans le Maghreb et le Mashrek: Les défis”
23 mars 2015, Tunis
Au-delà de leur simple définition de « médias », les radios associatives jouent un rôle déterminant dans le pluralisme médiatique, la diversité de la production journalistique, la création de nouveaux espaces publics et le développement local. Suite aux réformes médiatiques entreprises par certains Etats arabes, les dispositifs de régulation audiovisuelle et les instances représentatives professionnelles jouent un role d’envergure. Un rôle qui a encore plus d’ampleur dans une période de transition démocratique, comme le cas de la Tunisie post-révolutionnaire.
Le développement des radios associatives en Tunisie a été accompagné par des reformes juridiques importantes. Le décret-loi N°116-2011 du 2 novembre 2011 relatif à la liberté de la communication audiovisuelle et à la création d’une haute autorité indépendante de la communication audiovisuelle (HAICA), témoigne clairement de la volonté d’organiser et de régulariser le secteur des médias, y compris les médias associatifs.
C’est dans cette perspective que l’HAICA a publié, le 5 mars 2014, le cahier des charges fixant les conditions d’octroi d’une licence de création et d’exploitation d’une chaine de radio associative sur le territoire tunisien.
Avec les radios qui possédaient déjà une licence associative et l’octroi de nouvelles licences le 2 septembre 2014, la Tunisie compte aujourd’hui un réseau de 10 radios associatives avec une licence FM et de nombreux projets en ligne, et représente aujourd’hui un modèle de développement unique dans les pays du Maghreb et Mashrek en termes de pluralisme.
Mais quelle est la situation dans les autres pays qui ont entrepris des réformes démocratiques dans le domaine audio-visuel, notemment au Maroc et en Jordanie? Quelles sont les tendances de la régulation en Europe et en Afrique Sub-Saharienne ?
C’est dans ce contexte général que s’inscrit le séminaire et journée d’étude “La régulation dans le Maghreb et le Mashrek: Les défis” organisé le 23 mars 2015 par l’Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs comunautaires (AMARC), dans le contexte du Forum Mondial des Medias Libres et soutenu par Oxfam Tunisie.
Ce séminaire sera l’occasion pour:
- Faire l’état des lieux des instruments à disposition des Instances Nationales de Régulation dans le Maghreb et Mashrek, Tunisie, Maroc, Jordanie et une vision des tendances en Europe et en Afrique sub-saharienne;
- Identifier les défis de la régulation en période de transition démocratique;
- Analyser comment les ONG internationales peuvent accompagner le travail des Instances de Régulation, notamment dans les domaines du pluralisme, diversité culturelle (ex: langues minoritaires) et de la cohésion sociale;
- Analyser comment mettre en place des mécanismes permanents de co-régulation et d’auto-régulation.
Agenda provisoire:
9:00: Accueil et enregistrement des participants.
9:30 : Séance plénière. État des lieux de la Régulation au Maghreb et Mashrek.
Nouri Lajmi, Président HAICA, Tunisie.
Miloud Chorfi, Directeur ARAV Autorité de régulation de l’audiovisuel, Algérie.
Amjad Al Kadi, Directeur Audiovisual Media Commission, Jordan (written contribution).
M Yassine Charif, Directeur adjoint au Département des Recherches et Développement – HACA, Maroc.
Mme Souad Elhammami, Suivi des activités audiovisuelles relatives au monde associatif et sur le web – HACA, Maroc.
Giacomo Mazzone, Head of Institutional Relations EBU – UER.
M. Pier Luigi Malesani, Secretary General COPEAM.
M. Michael Randall, Union Européenne, programme Med Media.
Oumar Seck Ndiaye, Président AMARC Afrique.
Salah Fourti, Sécretaire Général Syndicat Tunisien des Radio Libres.
Steve Buckley, Expert, Directeur Community Media Solutions, UK.
Saloua Oueslati, Experte, Article 19 Tunisie.
11:00 Pause café
11:30 Suite des travaux. Table ronde ouverte aux participants et recommandations. La table ronde aura pour objectif d’établir une feuille de route pour la mise en place des mécanismes réguliers et permanents de co-regulation et de consultation sur tous les thèmes qui peuvent concerner les médias associatifs (ex: nouvelles licences, mais aussi droits d’auteur, neutralité du Net, passage à la radio numérique terrestre etc.). Les recommandations seront partagées avec tous les autres participants du Forum Mondial des Médias Libres.
13:00 – Pause déjeuner.
14:30 – Suite des travaux.
17:00 – Conclusion et clotûre du séminaire.
Category: Med Net
Since the pro-democracy uprisings of the 90s ushered in the liberalization of the media landscape in Africa, Community radio has quickly moved to establish itself as a tool of choice for poor and marginalized communities to fight poverty in Africa. In Senegal URAC, an association of 73 community radios is bringing climate advisories to some 2million farmers in their local dialect in all 14 regions of the country. Allowing farmers to adjust their planting to accurate weather forecast, saving them from the heavy losses of the past when shifting weather patterns caused millet farmers to loss their entire crop every couple of years to early cessation of rain. Radio Vos di Santa Kruz and Radio Comunitária de Promoção das Mulheres in Cape Verde were involved in drawing up a participatory budget for the municipalities of Santa Cruz and Paúl, redirecting critical resources to historically marginalized communities, and providing other communities a lesson in real world application of participatory democracy. In Niger Bankilare Radio is one of 97 community radios of the initiative “Community radio at the service of Development” which is the main vehicle for development communication with most of the country’s population—which happens to be the rural poor. Thanks to the initiative “Radio Platform for Community Development Project (RPCD)” Radio Listeners club in Mozambique spearheaded radio programs that compelled mining companies to compensate locals whose land they had appropriated for the mining, and the corrupt officials involved fired. And the list goes on.
Although community radio is recognized by communications for development (ComDev) practitioners as the champion for poor communities in their fight against poverty, huge swaths of poor and rural communities across Africa are still to get access to this cheap, easy to operate and well adapted ComDev resource.
In a 2014 regional virtual consultation organized by Yenkasa, within the framework of a consultative process on communication for development, community media and ICTs for family farming organized by FAO and AMARC, the more than 250 participants from 20 African countries, most of them community radio organizers, highlighted the need for more regional coordination and networking to improve knowledge exchange and efficient resource sharing amongst ComDev practitioners. The participants also recommended the need to take the dialogue started by the online consultation to people on the ground in Africa with particular attention to participatory research and a bottom up approach to policy design, implementation, monitoring and management4.
It is in this backdrop that we are organizing this Training of Trainers workshop on Communication for Development (Com4Dev) and Interactive online tools. With the goal of capacity building on ameliorating radio production quality in Community Radios through the social and physical technologies being deployed already to great effect by some poor and marginal communities in their fight against poverty. A process already begun at some local and country level initiatives. Like the purposeful expansion of listeners clubs by Radio Bèlèkan in Mali to their entire community, for regular feedback and community generated content. The offering of technical training to local community Radio stations by Ghana Community Radio Network (GCRN); a need expressed by many community radio stations in Africa. GCRN’s training policy mandates that at least half of the delegation of each participating station to their trainings be women, advancing a cultural transformation with significant long-term enrichment of the concerned communities. On social technologies, Community radio organizers in Mali enshrined community participation in community radio by lobbying for the law on community radio to include a provision requesting community radio station to have general assembly meetings.
CONCEPT:
To maximize its effects and foster cross fertilization processes this workshop is being organized in Tunis from March 24 to 25, 2015, to coincide with the Fourth Free media Forum (FMML) and the World Social Forum (WSF) that is will be bringing close to a hundred thousand organizer from around the world to Tunis for the week of March 22 to 28.
In this two day intensive hands-on Training-of-Trainers workshop with Representatives of 8 African national networks on community radio and Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs) and AMARC’s facilitator and coordinator of the YENKASA platform, we look to enhance community media capacity building and to network with organizers, activists and community radio makers from around the globe who will be in Tunis for the forum.
Frame of reference:
Project objectives
To improve capacities and abilities of CR journalists for better quality radio production.
Increase pertinence of local programming for local audience by:
a) Increased participation in radio programs of citizens, NGOs, Civil Society Organizations.
b) Embedding Knowledge sharing mechanisms in participating community radios to increase their social sustainability.
Specific objective:
Increase capacities of CR on specific challenging topics like Com4Dev, food security, climate change adaptation and others.
Skills development in interactive radio formats such a hosting open-line discussions, technical convergence (mobile telephony and traditional radio),virtual consultations in order to increase citizen, NGOs and civil society in radio programming.
The trainees from the Tunis workshop will in turn run similar Training-of-Trainers workshop at the sub-regional and national levels and their trainees will do same, with the above frame of reference and specific objective. Every iteration building on local experiences and the exchange of information from other communities, ComDev practitioners, and research institutions; information of which YENKASA is syndicating in one place for easy access.
STRUCTURE:
The workshop is modeled to embed the principles of participatory organizing, whose role as the foundation for sustainable community radio development is often overshadowed by the more touchable equipment.
OUTLINE:
Prior to the workshop a draft of the workshop plan will be shared with the Representatives of the 8 African national networks on community radio and Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs), and other potential participants for feedback and revisions.
The resources of the workshop, will be group managed i.e. participatory management.
DRAFT AGENDA:
Tuesday March 24.
Morning Session: Introduction to ComDev principles and empowerment of CR in the field of food security (Vanessa Vertiz, OEKR, FAO (to be confirmed)).
Introduction to ComDev and FAO’s ComDev work: principles and main methodologies/tools.
Current projects and initiatives (particularly in Africa, SO5/SO3/SO2) – Main OPCA topics: Resilience, family farming, Voluntary guidelines in land tenure.
Good practices in radio: Rural radio / FAO – AMARC initiative (regional platforms/ IYFF campaign / FCCM, etc.)
Introduction of Yenkasa: stakeholders platform. How to get involved and participate?
Lunch break
Afternoon Session: New ICT tools to improve capacities and abilities of CR journalists for better quality radio production and to increase participation in radio programs of citizens, NGOs, Civil Society Organizations (Valentine Eben, AMARC, Yenkasa Platform).
Introduction to the concept of social Technologies and Infrastructure Development.
Social infrastructure Development i.e. Networking, solidarity and resource mobilization for community radio.
Connecting listeners and experts: On line virtual consultations, combining multiple technologies: on line, cell phones, traditional radio.
Mass SMS tools for reminders of upcoming shows, text updates and input solicitation.
Combining info sources to improve community radio (YenKasa, farmradio, freemusicarchive.org, archive.org).
Wednesday March 25.
Morning Session: Follow up new ICT tools to improve capacities and abilities of CR journalists for better quality radio production and to increase participation in radio programs of citizens, NGOs, Civil Society Organizations (Valentine Eben, AMARC, YenKasa Platform).
Collecting information and distributing information about food security: the role of Yenkasa platform and interaction with traditional radio.
Live Call-in and feedback message box.
Call out to connect radio to experts and the community.
Interactive voice response (IVR) to redirect important radio content to mobile phones.
Call-back servers for connecting listens to stations at no cost, and for use by radios for free interviewer phone calls.
Mesh network (internet in a box) and for extending internet services wirelessly.
Freedom Fone.
Lunch break
Afternoon Session: Other experiences and tools in use to improve capacities of CR journalists and increase participation. The case of Radio Farm International (To be confirmed).
Q&A session Evaluation and closing plenary.
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This page will contain various audios programs created by Miriam Meda at the 4th World Forum of Free Media (FMML) (different languages, indicated in each audio).
You can also see the videos from World Social Forum TV
See our Storifies
#FMML https://storify.com/amarceuropa/coverage-of-fmml-2015
#WSF2015 https://storify.com/amarceuropa/coverage-of-wsf-2015
LAST DAY WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2015 – SATURDAY 29 MARCH
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At least 4,000 mass-based movements and organisations and diversity of people from all over the globe, have taken part in the 13th edition of the World Social Forum (WSF), that took place in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. The four-day event served as an annual counterweight to the Davos World Economic Forum, where top political leaders and business elites meet to discuss economic issues.
Set on the campus of El Manar University in the capital Tunis, thousands of participants were milling among tents, stalls, workshops and seminars debating about key issues of our times and how to achieve social justice at local, national, regional and international levels.
The event provided mosaic of youth and labour unions, environmental and peace associations, as well as various communities and activists from across the globe. It offered a space to put forward alternative ideas for a better society based on the principles of equality, reciprocity and solidarity.
More than 200 cultural activities were on display in Tunis as part of the event. They included exhibitions, alternative media fair, film screenings, street performances and music concerts.
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[Español] Entrevista: Jóvenes que luchan contra el desempleo en la zona del Mediterráneo.
Edgar, un miembro de Mediterranean y de la Universidad de Savoir explica las reivindicaciones que están realizando los jóvenes del Mediterráneo para mejorar el desempleo juvenil en los países de la zona.(Photo: AMARC)
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[Français] Association Tunisienne des Ingénieurs Agronomes
L’association Tunisienne des ingénieurs agronomes est une association de
développent, scientifique et écologique.
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[Français] Interview: Association Résistance à l’Agression Publicitaire
Cette association a pour objet principal de lutter contre les effets négatifs, directs
et indirects, des activités publicitaires sur l’environnement et les citoyens.En
dénonçant les procédés publicitaires destinés à la mise en condition de la personne,
elle se propose de combattre les nuisances qui en résultent pour l’environnement
(gaspillage des ressources, pollution paysagère et du cadre de vie, déchets, bruit…)
et la société (développement de la surconsommation, inégalités, obésité, violence…). ….
[English] Inteview Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa
GRILA was founded in 1984. It is an autonomous, non-profit, entirely volunteer-based organization of researchers and activists. It functions on the basis of the material and intellectual contribution of its sections, made up of members and supporters. Within its vision of a universalist world, GRILA’s goal is to contribute to the emergence and consolidation of self-directed and self-reliant development in Africa, and to foster international solidarity in support of this form of development. Concretely, this work involves popular education and political action in Africa and internationally.
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[Français] Interview: Association Marocaine des Droits Humains
Association pour la défense des droits humains et des libertés collectives et individuelles au Maroc, et pour la réalisation d'une société où régnera le droit, la justice et la liberté.
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[Français] Mali, climate change and development
Un militant de Mali explique les questions de développement
au Mali et au changement climatique.
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[Français] Jeunesse algerienne
En Algérie, les moins de 30 ans représentent 75% de la population. Avec
l'avènement d'Internet et des nouvelles technologies, la jeunesse algérienne
s’est emparée de nouveaux moyens d’expression qui transforment progressivement
l’ensemble de la société et contribuent à l’émergence d’une nouvelle culture.
THIRD DAY WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2015 – FRIDAY 28 MARCH
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[Français] Interview to the Comité de Vigilance pour la Démocratie en Tunisie (CVDT)
Le comité de vigilance pour la démocratie a pour but de défendre et de promouvoir, partout dans le monde, la démocratie dans ses trois aspects fondamentaux : politique ; économique et social.
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[Français] Interview: Conseil National de Concertation et de Coopération des Ruraux de Sénegal
Le Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux du Sénégal a
pour finalité de contribuer au développement d’une agriculture paysanne qui assure
une promotion socio-économique durable des exploitations familiales.
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[Español] Entrevista: Delegación saharaui del Foro Mundial Social 2015
Uno de los representantes de la Delegación saharaui del Foro Social Mundial 2015
habla sobre las actividades que están llevando a cabo estos días en Túnez, así como
de la situación actual del Sáhara Occidental y su relación con España.
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[Português] Interview: activist from La Via Campesina
La Vía Campesina, Movimiento Campesino Internacional, está representado en el Foro Social Mundial en Túnez del 24 al 28 de marzo por alrededor de cincuenta delegados, compuestos por campesinos y campesinas y trabajadores agrícolas, provenientes de más de 20 países de todas las regiones del mundo con una atención preferencial por los delegados del mundo árabe.
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[English] Interview: activist from Rising Tide North America
Rising Tide was formed in the Netherlands in 2000 by environmental and social
justice activists attending the UN Conference of the Parties climate talks. Rising
Tide now spans four continents, with activists in North and South America, the UK,
Ecuador and Australia. Rising Tide’s North American network was founded in the
spring of 2006. Many of Rising Tide’s original members met during the original
Mountain Justice Summer, inspired by the movement’s lack of distinction between
human rights and environmental concerns, as well as at Earth First! gatherings.
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[English] Interview: Norway Social Forum
Norway Social Forum (NSF) is part of a broad international movement working for a just world and against the neoliberal economy and politics that dominate the world today. The Norway Social Forum is an offshoot of and the Norwegian Committee for the World Social Forum. The Norway Social Forum is thus based on the Charter of the World Social Forum.
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[Português] Interview: activist from the Movimiento Sin Tierra
El Movimiento de los Trabajadores Sin tierra surgió en Brasil hace más de dos décadas como respuesta al hambre secular de tierra de los campesinos que no la tienen. En este breve período de tiempo este movimiento ha conseguido por vías no violentas convertirse en un instrumento de transformaciones revolucionarias en la sociedad brasileña.
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Photos
Alternatiba (Photo: AMARC)
Peasant women in the Arab world (Photo: AMARC)
La Via Campesina (Photo: AMARC)
SECOND DAY WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2015 – THURSDAY 27 MARCH
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[English] Interview to Boaventura de Sousa Santos
De Sousa Santos is a professor of Sociology at the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra. He has taught in varios universities including Yale, Wisconsin-Madison Law School and University of Warwick. He is active in the World Social Forum in Brazil. He has written on a range of areas including human rights, sociology of law and democracy.
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[Spanish, English + French] Interview to LGTB movements from Tunisia, Morocco, Brazil and Beni
In this audio we can find different testimonies from LGBT organizations and
activists gathered in the World Social Forum 2015. The speakers are Gabriel
Teixira (Coletivo de Entidades Negras, Brasil), activists from Tunisia, Hamza
Mala Badi (Collectif Aswat pour la lutte contre la discrimination fondée sur la
sexualité et le genre, Morocco), Léo Mendes (ABGLT, Brasil) and one activist
from Beni.………
[English] Interview to Iraq´s Women Journalists movement
The situation of Iraqi female journalists and reporters is not easy in this post-war period. They are trying to manage new opportunities and new freedoms of speech following the war. So many Arab women journalists were attending the activity "Women movement from the Maghreb and the fight for the equality world" celebrated by COSPE.(Photo: AMARC)
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[Français] Speech of l’Association Tunisienne des Femmes Democrates (ATFD)
Les droits de l’Homme sont le fondement d’une société garantissant l’égalité, la liberté et la dignité de chaque être humain. La ATFD, par sa légitimité, son expérience, ses méthodes et sa crédibilité, a un rôle unique à jouer pour contribuer à leur réalisation.(Photo: AMARC)
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[English] Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement
EACPE was founded in 2001 with the goal of promoting democratic development and improving the human rights situation in Egypt. It works toward these goals by raising awareness of political and human rights among the population and building capacities of various organizations, networks and coalitions. The organization works closely with other non-profit organizations as well as youth organizations, trade unions and political parties.(Photo: AMARC)
FIRST DAY WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2015 – WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH
This is the first day at the World Social Forum of 2015. The International Council of the #WSF2015 estimates that it is still necessary to:
- Consolidate the dynamics of changes born thanks to the Tunisian revolution and to the democratic movements in the region.
- Deepen the debates held about the liberal model crisis and about the civilization crisis.
- Deepen the debates about new geopolitical issues.
- Promote alternatives which respect the people rights, and which are based on peace and social justice.
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[Français] Interview: Institut PANOS Afrique du l’Ouest
Le Institut PANOS Afrique du l'Ouest parle del travail dans l'organisation et ses
différent projets.
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[English] Interview: COSPE – Med Net Project
The organization COSPE explains its currently Med Net Project, in which AMARC
Europe is a partner, and the work done -and to do- in the countries Morocco, Tunisia,
Egypt and Palestine.
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[Español] Entrevista: Mohcine, activista social
Mohcine, activista social de Marruecos, explica su visión del
activismo y la militancia, sus retos y sus oportunidades.
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[Français] Organisation RESO Tunisie
L’association RESO est une association tunisienne apolitique qui inscrit son action
dans le renforcement de la citoyenneté active et la promotion de la démocratie locale.
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[Français] Conclusions de l’atelier du Med Net Project – Sofien Ammar (AMARC)
Sofien Ammar, coordinateur de l'AMARC a la Tunisie, rend un aperçu des résultats
de l'atelier du Med Net Project.
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Photos [All the photos: AMARC]
DEMONSTRATION, OPENING OF THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2015 AND RE-OPENING OF BARDO MUSEUM – TUESDAY 24 MARCH
The World Social Forum 2015 has just started. Most of the people who is attending this international event were supporting in the streets the demonstration in favour of peace and solidarity. Thousands of people walked under the rain singing, waving flags and working for a better world.
That´s the spirit of the coming days at the World Social Forum 2015. In Tunisia, country where the people contestations started, while the political transition seems near to be achieved, the economical crisis and the violence of extremist groups are serious threats against the development of a political system and of institutions which could protect the economic and social rights, as well as the freedom.
All the audios are produced on the demonstration / opening of the #WSF2015.
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[English] Interview: CMNPU Foundation – Finland
One of the project coordinators of CMNPU Foundation talks about this Finnish
organization which is focused in the development cooperation for the south, and also
she talks about the activities that they are prepared for this #WSF2015.
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[English] Interview: ATTAC International
One of the activists of the network of ATTAC International talks about the
significance of the battles of this organization, mainly focused in more fair
economic issues.
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[Français] Interview: Organisation des Étudiants Nationalistes – Tunisie
Un très jeune membre de l'Organisation des Étudiants Nationalistes de la Tunisie parle au sujet de la raison d'être de l'organisation, les luttes de la jeunesse en ce pays et les activités qu'ils produira dans le #WSF2015.Photo: AMARC
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[Español] Entrevista: Colectiva de Pueblos Originarios
Una activista de la organización latinoamericana de Colectiva de Pueblos Originarios habla sobre los diversos y múltiples grupos humanos y culturales a escala global. Van a mostrar su trabajo conjunto a través de diversas actividades los próximos días en el #WSF2015.Photo: AMARC
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Photos of the demonstration and audio of some songs [All the photos: AMARC].
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PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE RE-OPENING OF BARDO MUSEUM (END OF THE DEMONSTRATION)
LA RÉGULATION DANS LE MAGRHEB ET LE MASHREK: LES DÉFIS. SÉMINAIRE ET JOURNÉE D’ÉTUDE ORGANISÉ PAR L’AMARC – LUNDI 23 MARS
Quelle est la situation dans les pays qui ont entrepris des réformes démocratiques dans le domaine audio-visuel, notamment au Maroc et en Jordanie? Quelles sont les tendances de la régulation en Europe et en Afrique Sub-Saharienne ?
C’est dans ce questions générales que s’inscrit le séminaire et journée d’étude “La régulation dans le Maghreb et le Mashrek: Les défis” organisé le 23 mars 2015 par l’Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC), dans le contexte du Forum Mondial des Medias Libres et soutenu par Oxfam Tunisie.
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[Français] Interview: Nouri Lajmi, Président HAICA, Tunisie
Nouri Lajmi parle sur les privilèges et les défis de l'autorité de régulation de l'audiovisuel en Tunisie.(Photo: AMARC)
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[Français] Interview: Yassine Charif, Directeur adjoint au Département des Recherches et Développement – HACA, Maroc
Yassine Charif parle sur les privilèges et les défis de l'autorité de régulation de l'audiovisuel en Maroc sur la radio communautaire.(Photo: AMARC)
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[English] Interview: Giacomo Mazzone, Head of Institutional Relations EBU – UER
Giacomo Mazzone parle sur les défis des médias publics aujourd'hui dans le
Maghreb et le Mashrek.
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[Français] Saloua Oueslati, experte, Article 19, Tunisie.
Saloua Oueslati décrit l'organisation Article 19 et parle de ses défis dans la lutte
pour la liberté d'expression.
(Photo: AMARC)
COBERTURA ACTOS DE APERTURA – DOMINGO 22 DE MARZO
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[Español] Programa completo
Acaba de ser inaugurada la 4ª edición del Foro Mundial de Medios Libres, que se
desarrollará en Túnez del 22 al 28 de marzo. En este foro se darán cita activistas y
organizaciones que luchan en favor de la libertad de expresión y de otra
comunicación posible.
En este programa completo puede encontrarse la introducción y cobertura del primer
día del Foro, así como las entrevistas a Roberto Savio (fundador y Presidente emérito
de la agencia independiente Inter Press Service) y de Beatriz Barbosa
(directora del proyecto Intervozes).
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[Español] Entrevista individual Roberto Savio (Inter Press Service)
En esta entrevista, D. Savio habla sobre la necesidad del Foro Mundial de Medios Libres, de las cualidades de la buena comunicación y los buenos comunicadores/ periodistas, así como del peligro de la concentración de medios.De derecha a izquierda, Roberto Savio, Nozha Ben Mohamed y Maria Moukrim. (Foto: AMARC).
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[Español] Entrevista individual Beatriz Barbosa (Intervozes)
En esta entrevista, Dña. Barbosa habla sobre los puntos más importantes de la Carta Mundial de los Medios Libres, la dicotomía entre la FM y la emisión por internet, así como las contribuciones que realizan los autodenominados "activistas" de la comunicación en el periodismo y en el sistema establecido de medios.De izquierda a derecha, François Soulard, Beatriz Barbosa, Myriam Merlant, Mohamed Legthas y Said Essoulami. (Foto: AMARC).
Category: Med Net
Measuring the Impact and Ensuring the Sustainability of Community Radio Practices
What is the impact of community radio and are sustainable practices possible? Community media institutions, like community radio stations, provide locally-owned infrastructure for accessing media production and broadcasting. By community media, we mean non-profit, participatory media institutions that are largely volunteer-run and provide a service to a specific community. Community radio stations worldwide are mandated to empower audiences and facilitate participation in community life. Thus, the perspectives of listeners are vital to ascertain how effective community radio stations are in facilitating political learning environments that motivate listener engagement in the station and in the community.
This workshop is based on ten-weeks of data gathered among listeners and staff of Radio al- Balad 92.4FM, Jordan’s first community radio station. Drawing on these data, this research scrutinizes the station’s goal to “exercise democracy” in Jordan by revealing how listeners and participants evaluate the station’s presence in and service to the community based on their experiences. The first qualitative study on the impact of community radio in the Middle East, this workshop will reflect upon how community radio, from the perspective of Radio al-Balad 92.4FM listeners and members, offers a transformative experience by providing a participatory platform for media and political education, broadcasting programming that raises civic awareness, and providing space for autonomous collective action through which audience members can increase their access to political power as well as opportunities for social change.
This interactive presentation will also consider the practices that can help sustain community radio. Participating stations will be asked to critically reflect on the challenges for cultivating sustainable community radio in the MENA region. Based on this workshop at the WSF, we will produce a radio documentary about community radio in the region, focusing on sustainability issues. This radio documentary will build upon the experiences documented in one doctoral fieldwork at Radio al-Balad in Jordan and as such will offer a new understanding on the problems and possible solutions for creating sustainable community radio in the MENA region. We will draw on this documentary in the concluding chapter of my dissertation. To be presented in conjunction with the WFFM and AMARC.
Convergence Assembly on communications rights
Le droit des peuples et de toutes les personnes de communiquer est fondamentale à la construction des sociétés justes, libres et démocratiques. Aujourd’hui, par contre, l’exercice de ce droit est médiée par le pouvoir économique, soumis aux intérêts du marché et, dans de nombreux pays, refusé par les gouvernements totalitaires. Le niveau d’accès aux médias et aux ressources technologiques, ainsi que les conditions dans lesquelles ils sont offerts, sont des facteurs déterminants de la participation populaire dans la société contemporaine et de la sensibilisation de la population aux luttes qui y ont lieu. Le message “un autre monde est possible”, qui provient des luttes et des alternatives rencontrées dans le processus du FSM, dépend du plein exercice du droit à la communication pour faire partie des débats aux sein de la société. Par conséquent, ce droit à la communication est indissociable de toutes les luttes sociales. En comprenant ce défi, les associations membres du Forum Mondial des Médias Libres (E-Joussour, Ritimo, Ciranda, STRL, Institut Panos, Novact, Amarc, Intervozes etc), dont la quatrième édition se déverrouillera du 22 au 28 mars à Tunes, invitent tous les mouvements et militants préoccupés par cette question et attachés à la défense de la liberté d’expression, d’un internet libre et à la promotion de médias libres de participer à l’Assemblée de Convergence sur le droit à la communication. Ce sera un moment pour bâtir des stratégies communes au niveau international pour faire face à des défis similaires dans différentes régions du monde. Au cours de l’Assemblée, sera lancée et adoptée la Charte Mondiale des Médias Libres.
Participez à la construction de la Charte: https://charte.fmml.net
MED NET Civil Society and Media Development – Société Civile et Développement des Médias
The Conference will bring together organizations from Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Palestine, Italy and the International Association for Community Broadcasting AMARC, already partners in the framework of the MED NET regional project, to discuss priority issues to the Mediterranean area such as freedom of association- freedom of expression – freedom of information and the relation between civil society and independent, free media as a channel to convey the struggle for a more democratic and free speech environment in the target countries. More partners and organizations as well as independent and mainstream media journalists will be invited to attend and bring their contribution to the debate in view of a common regional strategy. A position paper will be prepared and presented to introduce the above issues: report about: the status of freedom of expression, the real participation and role of CSO in the political agenda, the status of the democratic reforms; describe good and bad practices realized by CSO and institutions; identify the common situations affecting the target countries and, in general, the South Mediterranean countries; define strategies, objectives, methodologies and programs, to be undertaken at regional level, aiming to increase the role of CSO in advocacy and work for freedom of expression, participatory processes and democratic reforms. The Conference recommendations shared with all participants as a first step to build a regional frame for policy making and advocacy actions.
Workshop to improve capacity and abilities of community radio journalists for better quality radio productions
Training of Trainers: Communication for Development (ComDev) and Interactive online tools to ameliorate the production of Community Radio (CR) – Platform YenKasa, Tunis, March 24-25, 2015.
Objectives:
• Increased participation in radio programs of citizens, NGOs, Civil Society Organizations.
• Embedding knowledge sharing mechanisms in participating community radios to increase their social sustainability.
Specific objectives:
• Gathering information to define the production of series of programs with NGOs on specific topics (ComDev, food security, etc.)
• Skills development in interactive radio formats such a hosting open-line discussions, virtual consultations.
The workshop is part of activities of the project “Empowering the poor and marginalized to fight poverty through Community Radio” supported by BFTW. In order to maximize its effects and foster cross fertilization processes, It will take place in coincidence of the Fourth Free Media Forum (FMML), March 22-24 and the World Social Forum (WSF), March 24-28 in Tunis. The two day intensive hands-on Training-of-Trainers workshop for Representatives of 8 African national networks on community radio and Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs) seeks to enhance community media capacity building. The workshop will address content production, infrastructure development, and introduce participants to some emerging technologies that couples mobile telephony and web interfaces.
Workshop attendees will learn how to use these technologies to participate in online knowledge sharing projects developed by AMARC in partnership with FAO, and in particular the Yenkasa platform. Underlying every aspect of the workshop will be participatory organizing and community development. Several case studies illustrating the considerable impact of participatory projects over their mainly technology transfer focused counter parts will be considered. The workshop will be run in a participatory manner.
Day 1: Horizontal Organizing and developing solidarity and networking relationships. ICT tools and radio programming, information sources, how a platform like Yenkasa can facilitate knowledge sharing and improve radio programming
Day 2: Tech day. Building media production and distribution skills through the interaction of different technical tools, with other Civil Society Organizations and African Social Movements.
Category: Med Net
Palestine civil society is squeezed between all kinds of dichotomies: Israeli occupation and the lack of a truly Palestinian State; Fatah and Hamas; trust and resignation..
Despite the good wills and a vibrant non profit sector, the dialogue between organizations and Palestinian Authority Institutions is almost non existent. Moreover, the limited amount of financial resources and the difficulties related to the daily life represent a strong impediment to cross fertilization activities between organizations themselves. Instead of cooperation, concurrence; instead of synergies, a chemical fractionation.
The lack of dialogue with decision makers and the legislative bodies also makes difficult any kind of political lobby activity. While advocacy activities are on the top of the agendas of CSOs, their concrete follow up through the promotion of political instances is quite limited. This generates a strong frustration among community based organizations and decrease their credibility towards citizens. Being less attractive, the participation is declining and the impact of social campaigns is compressed among limited societal layers.