[UgaBYTES] 4th Pan African AMARC confernce - Abdjan Ivory Coast

[Lwanda Keya]

Charles,
That is indeed a great step and we certainly look forth to your feedback.The
role of community radio is quite critical in conflict resolution and peace
building.
Cheers and Peace,
Lwanda

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Charles Oduor Ogada <
charlesogada at swift-mail.com> wrote:

> Dear Kentel and Ugabytes Family,
>
> Receive greetings from Abidjan – Ivory Coast.  We are here attending the
> 4th Pan African AMARC conference.  The conference started yesterday
> 27th, April and is scheduled to end on 30th April.  The conference is
> bringing together community radio broadcasting stations, partners
> working with community radio and development partners form Africa and
> other parts of the world.  From the telecentres fraternity, UCRC
> presented by myself from Kenya is participating and Joseph Sekiku from
> Tanzania.
>
> The agendas for this conference are not quite different from what we
> have been battling with as the telecentres family.  They are almost the
> same as the challenges we face in managing our telecentres
> organizations.  The agendas are as scheduled below:
> 1.      Contribution of community radio to conflict resolution and good
> governance within African communities
> 2.      Strategies for lobbying and advocating for recognition and
> development of community radio by African government and the community
> 3.      Role of community radio and communication rights – challenges as
> regards climate change.
> 4.      Community radio content for development and gender equality
> strategies
> 5.      Increasing sustainability and effectiveness of community radios
> through better programming and increased participation
> 6.      Strengthening AMARC Africa network for increased impact and
> effectiveness.
> The agendas are discussed in workshop groups and debates led by experts
> around the issues.  At the end of each workshop resolutions are drawn
> for AMARC action and follow up.  I will collect all the resolutions and
> share when the conference ends.
> Best Regards
>
> Charles Ogada
> ARIT
> Ugunja Community Resource Centre (UCRC)
> www.ugunja.org
>
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