Monday 12 October 2009

09H00-12H00           Registration of participants (Bedford Hotel)

10H00-12H00           Briefing meeting with steering committee members, panelists, moderators, discussants, and rapporteurs

12H00-13H00           Lunch            (Bedford Hotel)

Brussels Briefing session no.14:

ACP Agriculture and Rural development: why media matters ?

13H10-13H30           Departure from Bedford Hotel to Borschette Centre

13H00-14h30           Registration to Brussels Briefing

14h30-15h00            - Introductory remarks: Mr. Ian Barber, European Commission, Sir John Kaputin, ACP Secretariat, Dr. Hansjörg Neun, CTA

- Report on CTA Seminar 2009 E-Discussions (Ms. Susanna Thorp and Ms. Laurence Lalanne, WREN Media, UK)

15H00-16H15           Panel 1: Mainstreaming media in Development: the way to go?

Moderator: Ms. Tumi Makgabo, Africa Broadcasting and Media, South Africa

Panelists

• Her Excellency Ndisale Brave, Ambassador of Malawi
• Hon. Ignatius Jean, IICA
• Mr. Thozi Gwanya, Director-General, Department of Rural Development and Land reform, South Africa
• Mr. Jean-Philippe Rapp, Director of the International Media North South Forum, Switzerland
• Dr.  Kris Rampersad, Media and Literacy Consultant, Trinidad and Tobago
• Dr Hansjörg Neun, Director of CTA, The Netherlands

16H15-16H45 Coffee Break (EU Commission)

16H45-18H30           Panel 2: How can media better serve rural communities?

Moderator: Dr. Eugenia Springer, Director of Eugenia Springer Productions, Trinidad and Tobago

Presentations and panel discussion

The needs and challenges in strengthening media capacities in ACP countries (Mr. Sayouba Traoré (RFI) and Ms. Violet Otindo, KBC-CNN Award Winner, Kenya)

Linking media with local communities (Dr. Helen Hambly, University of Guelph)
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ACP media and global challenges: bridging the gap (Ms. Tumi Makgabo, African Broadcasting and Media, South Africa)

Conclusions

19H00                        Reception (EU Commission)