2nd REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMARC ASIA PACIFIC

Community Radio for Sustainable development and Good Governance

February 20-23, 2010 - Bangalore, India

The 2nd AMARC Asia Pacific Regional Conference has been postponed to February 20-23, 2010. The event was scheduled to take place from 10-13 October 2009. The location of the conference remains unchanged and will be held in Bangalore, India. The organisers made this decision to enable more people to participate in the conference so that the community radio movement in the region is consolidated and strengthened.

The 2ND AMARC Asia Pacific Conference : Community radio for Sustainable Development and Good Governance, will bring together community radio broadcasters, activists, academics, policy makers, and representatives of the donor community and governments to review the development of the community broadcasting in the Asia Pacific region in the last 4 years. It will take a careful look at thematic areas of development such as the empowerment of women within the CR sector, the role of community broadcasting in peace building, it’s role in the face of global climate change and at times of natural disasters as well as for poverty eradication. The regional conference will address practical issues such as capacity building in areas of management, technology, community participation, monitoring and evaluation, media convergence, and networking and the conference will recommend steps that will ensure the way forward for the CR sector in the region. The 2nd Regional Assembly of AMARC Asia-Pacific will be held in conjunction with the Regional Conference.

The Asia Pacific chapter of AMARC was formally established in November 2005 by the 1st Regional Assembly of AMARC’s members in the Asia Pacific region during the regional conference held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Conference provided a significant push to Community Radio in the Region by bringing together practitioners from Asia-Pacific and beyond along with experts and NGO representatives from the community media and communications rights sector. The Jakarta Regional Assembly elected a regional board and decided upon an action plan aimed at developing the community broadcasting sector in the region. As per the statutes of AMARC Asia Pacific, the regional assembly is held every four years.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE 2ND ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE

The Asia Pacific region of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC Asia Pacific, will hold its 2nd Regional conference and Assembly from 20-23, February 2010 in Bangalore, India. The conference will be hosted by VOICES, a Bangalore based NGO working to promote community broadcasting in India.

VENUE OF THE 2ND ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE

The Venue of the conference is

The United Theological College,
63, Millers Road, Benson Town,
BANGALORE - 560046, INDIA.
Telephone (General): 091-80-23333438/23330502
(Principal): 0091-80-23332844
Fax: 0091-80-3330015
E-mail(General): unitedtcb@gmail.com ;
Web: http://www.utcbangalore.in/

CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA

Draft Agenda 2nd Asia Pacific Conference

DRAFT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Draft List of Participants

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