[cr-india] AMARC round table on CR & its Social Impact, 5 May

[sajan venniyoor]

AMARC Asia Pacific Round Table discussion: 

“Community Radio & its Social Impact: Removing barriers, Increasing Effectiveness.”

AMARC Asia-Pacific Round Table will be organised in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 5, 2006. It will bring together community radio practitioners, advocates, NGO and Donors in order to assess the social impact of community radio in the Asia Pacific Region. 

The three key issues of the Agenda to be discussed by the participants to the Roundtable are: 

1. Community Radio in Asia Pacific Review. The review will place community radio in the context of poverty reduction, fighting exclusion, developing accountability, the emergence of new ICTs, and its contribution to international development goals. It will focus, in particular, on learning that can improve the effectiveness of community radio in achieving development goals. 

2. Community radio Impact Assessment. Assess community radio impact in poverty reduction and to develop tools for community radio impact assessment in the Asia Pacific Region. This will include also the generation of new and the review of existing impact assessment material at community, country, international and thematic level that can contribute to the development of the knowledge base and advocacy materials on the impact and effectiveness of community radio; 

3. AMARC Effectiveness Evaluation. Engage community radio leaders and stakeholders in a participatory and interactive process contributing to an evaluation of AMARC’s effectiveness in relation to its mission and goals and informing its future priorities and strategies. The review will seek to better define expectations of community radio and communications for development stakeholders towards AMARC as a global network and sector lead body. 

Venue for meeting: 

Bandaranaike International Conference Hall (BMICH), Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

Registration to the Round Table: 

To register for the Round Table send an e-mail to sophie (at) amarc.org, marcelo.solervicens (at) amarc.org, suman (at) wlink.com.np
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