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Asia Media Development Forum 2008

The document outlines the programme for the Asia Regional Forum for Media Development conference held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in July 2008. Over the two day conference, sessions were held on developing independent media systems, opening closed media environments, citizen journalism, monitoring impact, ethics and self-regulation, public service broadcasting, and journalists' safety. Workshops also focused on defining issues in Asian media development and building nonprofit sustainability. The goal was to create a democratic media culture in Asia and establish a GFMD regional network.

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Asia Media Development Forum 2008

The document outlines the programme for the Asia Regional Forum for Media Development conference held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in July 2008. Over the two day conference, sessions were held on developing independent media systems, opening closed media environments, citizen journalism, monitoring impact, ethics and self-regulation, public service broadcasting, and journalists' safety. Workshops also focused on defining issues in Asian media development and building nonprofit sustainability. The goal was to create a democratic media culture in Asia and establish a GFMD regional network.

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Asia Regional Forum for Media Development

ASIA REGIONAL FORUM FOR MEDIA EVELOPMENT

Creating a Democratic Media Culture in Asia


Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 4-5, 2008

Programme

July 4

9.00 Welcome
Bettina Peters, GFMD Director
Roby Alampay, GFMD Steering Committee
Sunanda Deshapriya, FMM
Douglas Keh, UNDP Sri Lanka

9.45 Session One: What type of media systems do we need to ensure free, independent,
pluralistic and inclusive media?
Moderator: Bettina Peters

 The right regulatory framework – Roby Alampay, SEAPA


 A level playing field and investing into independent media – Milind Kokje,
Asia Media Forum
 Building journalists associations – Jacqui Park, IFJ Asia Pacific Office
 The role of international organisations: Douglas Keh, UNDP Sri Lanka,
Alonso Aznar, UNESCO Regional Advisor for Communication, Asia

11.30 Tea/Coffee break

12.00 Session Two: Opening closed media systems


Moderator: Serenade Wu

• Expanding public space and building capacity: meeting the China


challenge, – Sam Hiu , Shantou University, China
• Media development in closed media systems:
Roby Alampay – Case Study on Potentials for Media Development in Burma

13.15 Lunch

with the financial support of UNDP and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Asia Regional Forum for Media Development

14.45 Session Three: Citizen journalism and blogging in Asia: What role for media
development organisations?
Moderator: A.S. Panneersalvan

Sanjana Hattotuwa, editor [Link], Sri Lanka


Sean Ang – Southeast Asian Center for e-Media (SEACEM), Malaysia
Sam Hiu – Shantou University, China

16.00 Tea/Coffee break

16.30 Parallel workshops

o Workshop One: Defining the main issues for media development in Asia
Moderator: Roby Alampay

o Workshop Two: Building capacity: Fundraising and self-sustainability for media


NGOs in Asia
Moderator: Sunanda Deshapriya

18.00 End of first day

19.30 Focus on Sri Lanka: Evening meal with interventions, testimony, videos on media and
journalism in Sri Lanka with FMM and its coalition of journalists’ group, Sri Lanka press
institute

July 5

9.00 Report from the working groups


Moderator: Sunanda Deshapriya

10.00 Session Four: Measuring impact of our work, Monitoring and evaluation

• Spheres of influence model – A.S. Panneersalvan, Panos South Asia


• Using the UNESCO framework of indicators – how does it work? – Bettina
Peters, GFMD

11.30 Tea/Coffee break

with the financial support of UNDP and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Asia Regional Forum for Media Development

12.00 Parallel workshops

• Workshop One: Promoting ethics and self-regulation, examples of best practice


Moderator: Luis Teodoro, Philippines

• Workshop Two: Engaging with civil society, examples of best practice


Moderator: Nayeeumul Islam Khan, Bangladesh Centre for Development,
Journalism, Communication

13.30 Lunch

15.00 Session Five: Public service broadcasting in Asia

Christopher Warren, MEAA

16.00 Session Six: Safety comes first – journalists’ safety and media
development
Moderator: Jacqui Park

Examples from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan

17.30 Report from working groups, Conclusions of meeting, Creation of Asia Pacific GFMD
regional network, selection of two representatives from Asia to GFMD Steering
Committee
Roby Alampay, Bettina Peters

18.30 End of meeting

with the financial support of UNDP and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs

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