Global Forum For Media Development

DIVANI CARAVEL HOTEL

Conference website: www.gfmd-athensconference.comConference e-mail: [email protected]

Under the Auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Dr. Karolos Papoulias

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

Welcome Messages 4

Conference Organisers 8

Greece Today 9

General Information 10

Practical Information About Athens 11

Conference Venue And Useful Conference Information 12

Social Events 14

Program at a Glance 16

Full Program 21

Speakers / Moderators & Workshops Coordinators’ Index 32

Speakers / Moderators “Who is Who” 35

Main Partners, Sponsors, Supporters, Media Partners, Donors 56

Conference Hotel Floor Plans 58

Notes 63

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Free expression, freedom of the media and independent jour-nalism are today, more than ever, the pillars of democracy, since they can guarantee accurate information for citizens, a prerequisite for the existence of democracy.

In the new global environment, free, independent and sustain-able media not only provide the circumstances for a democratic society but they also substantially contribute to the empower-ment of human development.

Therefore, the principles supported by the Global Forum for Media Development, which are clearly oriented to the above mentioned direction, as well as its active participation in the global dialogue for issues related to the development of inde-pendent media are today more critical than ever.

The Global Forum for Media Development, which takes place in Athens in the following days, provides the ideal opportunity for participants to exchange ideas, know-how and experience with distinguished professionals and media experts, and thus to discover new practises and opportunities for the worldwide development of Mass Media operation.

As the Mayor of Athens, the host city for this year’s Global Fo-rum for Media Development, I would like to welcome all par-ticipants to our city and to express my strong belief that the Forum will be crowned with absolute success.

Nikitas KaklamanisMayor of Athens

Dear Delegates and Participants,

I am honored to welcome you to the second Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD). Three years ago in Amman we did something rather unprecedented—independently gathering the diverse range of practitioners of media development from around the world. Usually, multilateral organizations, govern-ments or foundations organize large international conferenc-es. But we managed to convene local and international media NGOs from 97 countries in Amman, with our own agenda to discuss the issues that mattered most to this new media de-velopment sector. We succeeded in identifying ourselves as a significant, distinct field and came to agreement on a set of principles that will guide our work in the future. A Steering Committee was approved and tasked with building support for the sector, hiring a full-time director, organizing regional fo-rums to elect a new governing board, and reconvening in three years. With no funds of our own, we managed to do all this and more and are now ready to launch a truly grass roots, participa-tory membership organization.

There is so much more work ahead of us; but we’ve already achieved something rather remarkable, an ability to bring competitive organizations together to work collaboratively and constructively on issues that impact all of our work. In the days ahead we will share experiences, learn from each other, debate our differences and meet some incredible people. This is our own creation and GFMD will become whatever all of us make it to be. Working together we are so much more than the sum of our parts.

I am very excited to meet old friends and make new ones, to listen to your stories and concerns and to forge a movement together that can establish media development as a singularly important factor in human freedom and development.

Warmest Regards,

David HoffmanChairman, GFMD Steering Committee

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Campaigning for more support for media development: we can do it!

Dear Delegates and Participants,

Welcome to Athens – the city with the most glorious history in the world, a city worshipped by gods and people – the ideal spot for the GFMD World Conference!

Our conference marks lift-off for the GFMD as a membership network, and sees the launch of our global campaign -- Putting Media Freedom at the Heart of Development. It also gives you an opportunity to showcase your activities before the world community engaged in media assistance.

We have an illustrious list of speakers who will provide us with challenging insights. Just as importantly, our conference is about how we, together, can put media development issues where they belong – firmly on the agenda of donors, govern-ments and policymakers, many of whom will join our discus-sions.

The GFMD 2008 will not be the usual conference. Our debates will be open, interactive and lively. We know the questions – what are our priorities? What types of media development ac-tivity get missed? How do we come to grips with ever-changing technology? How do we measure the impact of our work? How do we get our message across? The conference will provide the answers to all of these and more.

We shall leave Athens with a workplan for the GFMD bolstered by many thoughtful and creative proposals to support the cause of media development.

During 2008 we organised Regional Forums for Media Develop-ment. Each gave backing to the GFMD mission and elected rep-resentatives to the GFMD Steering Committee. The caucus of in-ternational media development NGOs will meet in the coming days and elect four representatives to the Steering Committee.

To have real impact with donors and policymakers, we must show that we mean business. Our structure is flexible and effi-cient; it strengthens the work of our members, and shows the virtue of media development organisations working together around a common aim – to get recognition of the key role free, independent and pluralistic media play in promoting democra-cy, good governance and human and economic development.

The GFMD statutes have been agreed by the members of the Steering Committee, who are effectively the founding mem-bers. They have been posted on the website and are included in your conference package.

The Steering Committee invites all of you to join the GFMD by signing up during the conference. This is how you can add your voice to the campaign for change.

At last we have arrived. It has been a crazy few months, but I am very pleased that so many of you have managed to come. I now look forward to four days of discussion with new and old friends about how to address the challenges we face and how to gain more support for media development.

Thanks to the organisers in Athens we will also be well fed and watered and will have the opportunity to have some fun to-gether and bathe in the luxurious atmosphere of this ancient and remarkable city.

In that spirit it’s never too early to look forward – so let us make sure that GFMD 2008 marks the start of a truly durable Global Campaign for Media Development. When we meet for our third GFMD in 2011 we need to know that support for me-dia development has increased and media development issues do have their rightful place on the development agenda. It’s in your hands, but I’m convinced we can do it.

Enjoy the conference.

Bettina PetersDirector, Global Forum for Media Development

Welcome in Athens!

Everyone agrees that media plays an important role in provid-ing information in today’s globalised world. But the question is what kind of media and what kind of information we need.

I believe, this question has a clear cut answer:

We need media promoting peace and understanding, not tools of propaganda and hate speech, We need media strengthening democracy and its values,We need media defending justice and human rights, We need media giving voices to public concerns, We need media controlling but not manipulating politics,We need media organisations ensuring that their staff works in an environment of safety and dignity.

In other words, we need free, independent and pluralistic me-dia; we need quality information for all.

Strengthening free and independent media around the world is not an easy task. It requires commitment, time and resources. The GFMD world conference here in Athens is part of this proc-ess. Athens, the birthplace of democracy, is the ideal venue to launch the GFMD global campaign to put media freedom at the heart of development.

I am confident that the GFMD conference will be successful and fruitful and I hope that you will return home with a sense of achievement and pleasant memories of the warm hospitality provided by the organizers and their professionalism on every level.

Nikos Megrelis JournalistManaging Coordinator of GFMD Athens Conference

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CONFERENCE ORGANISERSOrganized by

Global Forum for Media DevelopmentIPC, Rιsidence Palace, Bloc C, 02/215155 rue de la loi1040 Brussels, BelgiumTel. : +32 2 235 23 34Fax : +32 2 235 22 21

Organising Committee• BettinaPeters_GFMDDirector• NikosMegrelis_ManagingCoordinatorAthens World Conference• DavidHoffman_GFMDChair(InternewsInternational)• AidanWhite_GFMDViceChair (International Federation of Journalists)

Steering Committee (in alphabetical order)• JaimeAbelloBanfi,Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI), Colombia • RobyAlampay,SouthEastAsianPressAlliance (SEAPA), Thailand • MananaAslamazyan,InternewsEurope,France• GabrielBaglo,IFJAfricaOffice,Senegal• JoyceBarnathan,InternationalCenterforJournalists (ICFJ), USA• AnthonyBorden,InstituteforWarandPeaceReporting (IWPR), USA/UK• JamesDeane,BBCWorldServiceTrust,UK• AliDjerri,AlKhabar,Algeria• DavidHoffman,InternewsNetwork,USA• VirginieJouan,WorldAssociationofNewspapers (WAN), France • RemziLani,SouthEastEuropeanNetwork for Professionalisation of Media (SEENPM), Albania• JohnLiu,EECPM,China• JeanetteMinnie,ZambeziFoX,SouthAfricaKajsaTornroth, Co-Director Press Freedom and Development Programmes • EdetaenOjo,MediaRightsAgenda,Nigeria• A.S.Panneerselvan,PanosSouthAsia,India• HaithamAtoomShibli,FarahAlNas,Jordan

• VeetVivarta,AgenciadeNoticiasdosDireitosdeInfancia (ANDI), Brazil• SasaVucinic,MediaDevelopmentLoanFund(MDLF), Singapore • AidanWhite,InternationalFederationofJournalists (IFJ), Belgium• MarkWhitehouse,InternationalResearchandExchanges Board(IREX),USA• MarkWilson,PanosInstitute,UK

Conference Organisation

AC&C International S.A.Professional Congress Organiser (PCO)1A Pierias Str., 144 51 Athens, GreeceTel.: +30 210 6889 130, Fax.: +30 210 6844 777Conference e-mail: [email protected] Conference website: www.gfmd-athensconference.comhttp://www.acnc.gr

GREECE TODAY

GeographyGreece, officially known as The Hellenic Republic, is the south-ernmost country on the European mainland. With an area of 131.940 square kilometres, Greece is about the same size as Eng-land or New York state. Greece’s longest border is with the sea. Over 3,000 Greek islands are scattered about the eastern Medi-terranean, roughly 200 of them inhabited. The Greek mainland shares land borders with Albania, the Former Yugoslav Repub-lic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bulgaria and Turkey.

Population: 10.964.020 (2001 - census) Greece’s capital city, Athens, (Population: 3,072,922) is also its largest, and is served by Piräas, which is the country’s main port. Although more than half the population is classified as urban, rural life retains a powerful influence. A strong sense of community and family ties prevail even in the busiest of met-ropolitan centres. Sex distribution: Male 49,49% , female: 50,51% (2001).

ReligionMost Greeks belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, which is governed by a synod of metropolitan bishops, presided over by the Archbishop of Athens. The largest religious minority is the concentration of Greek Muslims in northeastern Thrace. Some islands in the Ionian and Aegean have a significant number of Catholics. Greece’s once vibrant Jewish community was nearly vanished in World War II.

GovernmentThe Hellenic Republic is a parliamentary democracy with a 300 member house, the Vouli or Parliament, headed by the Prime Minister. Parliamentary sessions normally last for four years, followed by elections held on the basis of direct, secret, and universal ballot. The head of the Greek State is the President, who is elected by Parliament. The President, who has limited political powers, may hold office for a maximum of two five-year terms . Greece has been a member of the European Union since 1981. The elements that most clearly define the Greece of today are: Political stability under a moderate social democrat-ic government Sound economic progress as an increasingly sig-nificant partner in the European Union An international role, with particular influence in southeast Europe.

AthensAthens has a lot to offer to its visitors. There are many things to see not only at the historical center but also a few kilometers

away.

You can start from the commercial heart of the city, Omonoia Square, which combines modern and neoclassical architecture and walk up Panepistimiou (University) street passing by the National Library, the University of Athens, the National Acad-emy, the Catholic Cathedral and many other impressive build-ings of the Modern Greek era.

By then, you should have reached Syntagma (Constitution) Square, one of the busiest places of Athens, where the Parlia-ment is located. You will know you are in the right place when you see the Evzones -the presidential guard- in front of the monument of the Unknown Soldier.

On your right is Amalias Avenue where you will find the gate of the National Garden. Walk among typical and rare plants and treesuntiltheZappeion(ConferenceandExhibitionHall),ap-pears before you. A few meters away stands the Panathinaikon Stadium, the cradle of the Olympic Games (1896).

On your way to the Acropolis, stop to visit the Corinthian pil-lars, remains of Zeus’ temple and the Arch of the EmperorHadrian, where the pedestrian street, Dionisiou Aeropagitou, begins to lead you to the Odeon of Herodus Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis Sacred Rock. Walking up the hill, you will en-ter the site through Propylea and visit the Parthenon, the most important and characteristic monument of the ancient Greek civilization which still remains its international symbol, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erectheion and the Museum of the Acropolis.

With these pictures in mind, walk downhill to Plaka, the old-est neighbourhood of Athens, and taste the typical Greek cui-sine in one of the traditional tavernas or have a frappe (iced coffee) in one of the numerous cafes.

Other highlights you should not miss: Archaelogical Museum, Museum of Cycladic Art, Benaki Museum, National Gallery, Byzantine Museum, Frissiras Museum of Contemporary Greek and European Painting, Lycabetus Hill, Monastiraki, Thiseion, the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA), Faliro-Glyfada coastline by tramway. For an Athenian night out, choose be-tween Psiri (city center) bars and taverns, and seaside open-air bars and beach clubs.

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GENERAL INFORMATIONBanksBanks are open from Monday to Thursday 08:00-14:00 and on Friday 08:00-13:00. Central branches of some banks may be found open until 20:00 daily, and from 10:00 - 16:30 on Satur-days.

ClimateIn Athens, southern Greece and the islands, the climate is typi-cal mediterranean with warm and dry summers and mild win-ters. In October and November temperature ranges between 15°C (59°F) and 20°C (68°F).

Credit cardsAll major credit cards are accepted in almost all hotels, shops and restaurants. Stickers in the front windows will advise you as to which cards are accepted.

CurrencyEURO is the official currency. Information about exchange rates can be found at hotel lobbies and banks.

Emergency phone numbersAmbulance 166Emergency Fire Brigade 199Emergency Hospitals 1434English-greek medical information 210 89 83 146Forest Service 191Athens International Airport 210 35 30 000Pharmacies on duty 1434Poisoning Treatment Center 210 77 93 777Police 112SOS Doctors 1016Telephone Directory Service 11888Tourist Police 171

HealthcareEmergency treatment is free to all in public hospitals. Public and private hospitals can be found in big cities. Small and large islands usually have hospitals and health centres.

LanguageGreek is the official language, however most Greeks also speak English as a foreign language.

ReligionThe majority of Greeks (95%) are Christian Orthodox.

RestaurantsRestaurants and tavernas are normally open for lunch from 12:30 to 16:00 and for dinner from19:00 to midnight. Fast food and souvlaki shops usually serve food all day long, and some of them stay open till late at night. Cafes and bars are open all day from about 8:00 until late in the night.

Shopping hoursDowntown: Monday-Friday 9:00-20:00 non-stop, Saturday 9:00-15:00; Suburbs: Monday- Wednesday 9:00-14:30, Tues-day-Thursday-Friday 9:00-14:00 and 15:30-20:30, Saturday 9:00-15:00; Supermarkets: Monday- Friday 9:00-21:00, Satur-day 9:00-20:00; On Sundays all shops are closed, except tourist shops.

TelecommunicationsThe international access code for Greece is +30. The outgoing code is 00 followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 001 for the USA or Canada, 0044 for the United Kingdom). Public pay-phones are available all over Greece and use phone cards, which can be purchased from kiosks. For information concerning mo-bile phone use in Greece (telephone transmissions are based on GSM technology), please ask your provider.

TimeGreece is GMT+2. Greece 12:00 - London 10:00 - New York 05:00 - Sydney 20:00.

TippingTipping is not compulsory but is quite usual in Greece.

TransportationAthens has a broad transportation network comprising of bus-es, trolley busses, tramway, metro, suburban railway and taxis (trips at affordable prices).

WaterTap water is drinkable in Athens. For places outside Athens wa-ter quality varies.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT ATHENSAccessibility and local transportationAthens is comfortably accessible from all European countries and most international destinations around the world.

Athens International AirportThe Athens International Airport is located 33 km east of Athens and is accessible by car via the Athens City Ring Road (Attiki Odos), by bus (Express Line E96, & E95), by suburban railway and by metro. A taxi from the airport to the city centre will cost you approximately €25 - €30.

Athens MetroAthens Metro network consists of 2 lines (Line 2 and Line 3) and 23 stations, serving 500,000 passengers daily with trains arriv-ing every 3 minutes at rush hours and every 5-10 minutes at all other times. An additional line (Line 1) of the ISAP network (www.isap.gr), which already existed in Athens connecting the Port of Piraeus to the northern suburb of Kifisia, commutes another 415,000 passengers per day. The Athens Metro con-nects Syntagma Square to the Athens International Airport in 27 minutes.

Hours of operationLines 2 and 3 operate daily from 05:30-24:00.Line 1 operates daily from 05:00-00:30.Useful tips:While inside the train, announcements are made before every stop.Metro tickets are sold at the stations cashier’s and by automatic tellers.Remember to validate your ticket be-fore you move on to the platform.

Suburban trainThe suburban train of Athens, a modern project inaugurated in July 2004, connects the centre of Athens (Larissis train sta-tion) to the Athens International Airport via 9 stations in 41 minutes. The suburban train operates from 04:26 to 23:36, with departures every half an hour. The coaches are modern and of-fer plenty of facilities for the comfort of passengers.

TramThe tram was enthusiastically welcomed in Athens, in July 2004, approximately 40 years after the old tram routes were terminated in the Greek capital. Its 5 routes operate daily on a 24-hour basis, serving 47 stations. Tram vehicles arrive every 8 minutes between 06:00-01:00 and every 40 minutes between 01:00-06:00.

BusesThe broad bus network of Athens covers almost every point of the city and the suburbs with 7,500 stops. The fleet consists mainly of modern buses, environmentally friendly, with air conditioning and facilities for the elderly and passengers with special needs.Useful tips: Tickets must be bought before boarding (from bus terminals and from the majority of kiosks) and validated in the designated machines (orange coloured) within the vehicles. To stop a bus for embarkation you must make a hand signal to the driver. To disembark you have to notify the driver by pressing the “stop” button in time. The OASA Call Centre (185 - dialing from within Greece) operates from 07:00-21:00 on weekdays and from 09:00-17:00 on weekends.

TaxisTaxis are yellow with a red-letter taxi-sign on top. Have in mind that taxis in Athens can be stopped on their way with a hand signal (just like buses) and they often take more than one passenger at a time embarking and disembarking at differ-ent points. For exclusive use of a taxi you are advised to call a “radio taxi”. In any case you can request a taxi from your hotel’s concierge.

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CONFERENCE VENUE AND USEFUL CONFERENCE INFORMATIONThe Global Forum for Media Development, Athens World Con-ference will take place at the Divani Caravel Hotel from Decem-ber 7 to December 10, 2008. The Divani Caravel Hotel2 Vas. Alexandrou Avenue161 21 Athens, GreeceTel. +30 210 7207000Fax +30 210 7236683

How to reach the GFMD Conference Venue The venue is situated right in the heart of Athens and is eas-ily accessible by metro, bus and trolley bus. Commuting to and from the city centre and the Athens International Airport or other locations is quite easy: • 30min.fromtheAthensInternationalAirport (www.aia.gr) • 3-5min.fromthecitycentre.

By Metro: There is direct access from the airport and the city centre to the venue from the metro station “Evangelismos” on metro line 3 (blue line). Please visit the Athens Metro website for detailed information at www.ametro.gr By Bus: The following buses, express buses and trolley buses pass and stop near “Evangelismos”, which is aprox. 300 m. walk from the Conference Venue • Buses:450,550,601,603• ExpressBuses:X95(directairportline)/ticketcosts3,20eu-ros with unlimited travel by all public transporation means for 24hoursfromthetimeofvalidation,A5,E6,E7,X14• Cable“Trolley”Buses:3,7,8,13For more information about the public transportation network in Athens please visit: www.oasa.gr

By taxi: An average journey by taxi from the airport to the city centre should take approximately 40-50 minutes, depending on traffic, costing around € 25 -30.

By conference shuttle bus: Shuttle service will be provided on December 6th and 7th from Athens International Airport to Divani Caravel Hotel to all the delegates that have indicated their flight schedule.

Shuttle Service to Athens International AirportOn December 11th and 12th there will be provided shuttle serv-ice to Athens International Airport, to all the delegates that have indicated their flight schedule. The daily transfer sched-ule will be announced from the Hospitality Desk, operating at Divani Caravel Hotel. Kindly note that, you have to be at the airport at least two hours before your flight departs.

Conference BadgesDelegates’ badges will be available at the Conference Secretariat at the Conference Venue from December 7th to December 10th, 2008. It is compulsory for all participants to wear their badges at all times both in the Conference and the Exhibition Areas.

Badges Categories Identification• Delegate(lightcyan)• Delegate/SteeringCommittee(cyan)• Delegate/SteeringCommittee/Speaker(blue)• Delegate/Speaker(darkblue)• Speaker(grey)• Participant(green)• Organiser(purple)• ConferenceStaff(red)• Press(darkyellow)• Sponsors/Donors(orange)

LanguageEnglish is the official language of the Conference. Simultane-ous translation into English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Greek and passive French will be provided during sessions – please consult the Program.

Internet CornerThe Internet Corner will operate within the Conference Venue from December 7th to December 10th, providing working sta-tions, PCs, internet access as well as printing and photocopy-ing facilities for all conference participants.

Lunch & Coffee BreaksSunday, 7 December: Coffee Break 17:30-18:00 Light Lunch: 14:00-15:30Monday, 8 December: Coffee Break 10:30-11:00 & 16:00-16:30 Light Lunch: 13:00-14:30Tuesday, 9 December: Coffee Break 10:30-11:00 & 16:00-16:30Light Lunch: 13:00-14:30Wednesday, 10 December: Coffee Break 10:30-11:00Light Lunch: 12:30-14:00

Hospitality DeskA Hospitality Desk will operate at the Conference Venue, lo-cated next to Reception

Per DiemKindly note that GFMD will not provide “per diem” and will not cover any room consumption.

Liability and InsuranceThe Organising Committee as well as the Conference Organiser will assume no liability for injuries or losses of any nature in-curred by participants and/or accompanying persons, or for the damage to, loss or theft of their personal belongings. Partici-pants are advised to take out their own personal insurance.

Mobile PhonesDelegates are asked to switch off their mobile phones while in session halls.

Smoking PolicySmoking is not allowed in the areas of the Conference Venue

RegistrationCongress registration fees on-siteDelegates/Participants …………………….. € 520Accompanying Persons …………………… € 300

Registration EntitlementsDelegates / Participants• 4nightsaccommodationinaguestroomsingleatBB (bed& breakfast) basis, at Divani Caravel Hotel (5*)• Transferfrom/toAthensInternationalAirport-Divani Caravel Hotel• Attendancetoallsessions,ConferenceMaterial• CoffeeBreaks&LunchesduringtheConference• ParticipationintheOpeningCeremony&Welcome Reception, • 3DinnersduringtheConference• HalfdayvisittoAcropolis(transportation,guides, entrance fees) Accompanying Persons• Transferfrom/toAthensInternationalAirport-Divani Caravel Hotel• ParticipationintheOpeningCeremony&Welcome Reception, • 3DinnersduringtheConference•HalfdayvisittoAcropolis(transportation,guides, entrance fees)

Speaker Ready RoomA Speaker Ready Room will operate throughout the duration of the Conference at Olympia Foyer and Macedonia Foyer. Speak-ers are kindly requested to hand in all material of their presen-tation (slides, floppy discs, USB-key, CD-ROM) at least two (2) hours before their scheduled presentation time. If your pres-entation is scheduled early in the morning, you are kindly re-quested to check your presentation at the Speaker Ready Room the day before.

Please note slides should be 5cm x 5cm each.All versions of MS PowerPoint are accepted excluding Mac. If you are using embedded video clips in your presentation, please remember to submit video files separately.

The following equipment will be available:• PC• DoubleSlidesProjector• OverheadProjector• DataVideoProjector(PowerPointpresentations)

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SOCIAL EVENTSSunday, 7 December WELCOME RECEPTIONStoa Spyromiliou (Syntagma Square)20.00-24.00 Meeting point: Divani Caravel Hotel Lobby, 20.00 pmDress Code: Business CasualWelcome Speech: Mr Nikitas Kaklamanis / Mayor of AthensWith the kind support of Piraeus Bank

Monday, 8 DecemberDINNERANAIS CLUB, Varypompi20.00-24.00Meeting point: Divani Caravel Hotel Lobby, 19.30 pmDress Code: Business Casual

Tuesday, 9 DecemberDINNERDivani Caravel Hotel, Macedonia A&B20.00-24.00Dress Code: Business Casual

Wednesday, 10 DecemberFAREWELL DINNERIPPOSTASIO, Koropi 20.00-24.00Meeting point: Divani Caravel Hotel Lobby, 19.30 pmDress Code: Business CasualKeynote Speech: H.E. Mr Aris Spiliotopoulos / Minister Of Tourism

Thursday, 11 December10.00 Visit to Acropolis

The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the cen-tre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropo-lis. The most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its greatest religious festivals, earliest cults and several decisive events in the city’s history are all connected to this sacred precinct. The monuments of the Acropolis stand in harmony with their natu-ral setting. These unique masterpieces of ancient architecture combine different orders and styles of Classical art in a most in-novative manner and have influenced art and culture for many centuries. The Acropolis of the fifth century BC is the most ac-curate reflection of the splendour, power and wealth of Athens at its greatest peak, the golden age of Perikles.

Pottery sherds of the Neolithic period (4000/3500-3000 BC) and, from near the Erechtheion, of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, show that the hill was inhabited from a very early period. A for-tification wall was built around it in the thirteenth century BC and the citadel became the centre of a Mycenaean kingdom. This early fortification is partially preserved among the later monu-ments and its history can be traced fairly accurately. The Acropo-lis became a sacred precinct in the eighth century BC with the establishment of the cult of Athena Polias, whose temple stood at the northeast side of the hill. The sanctuary flourished under Peisistratos in the mid-sixth century BC, when the Panathinaia, the city’s greatest religious festival, was established and the first monumental buildings of the Acropolis erected, among them the so-called “Old temple” and the Hekatompedos, the predeces-sor of the Parthenon, both dedicated to Athena. The shrine of Artemis Brauronia and the first monumental propylon also date to this period. Numerous opulent votive offerings, such as mar-ble korai and horsemen, bronze and terracotta statuettes, were dedicated to the sanctuary. Several of these bear inscriptions that show the great importance of Athena’s cult in the Archaic period. After the Athenians defeated the Persians at Marathon, in 490 BC, they began building a very large temple, the so-called Pre-Parthenon. This temple was still unfinished when the Per-sians invaded Attica in 480 BC, pillaged the Acropolis and set fire to its monuments. The Athenians buried the surviving sculp-tures and votive offerings inside natural cavities of the sacred rock, thus forming artificial terraces, and fortified the Acropolis with two new walls, the wall of Themistokles along the north-ern side and that of Kimon on the south. Several architectural elements of the ruined temples were incorporated in the north-ern wall and are still visible today.

In the mid-fifth century BC, when the Acropolis became the seat of the Athenian League and Athens was the greatest cultural centre of its time, Perikles initiated an ambitious building project which lasted the entire sec-ond half of the fifth century BC. Athenians and foreign-ers alike worked on this project, receiving a salary of one drachma a day. The most important buildings visible on the Acropolis today - that is, the Parthenon, the Propy-laia, the Erechtheion and the temple of Athena Nike, were erected during this period under the supervision of the greatest architects, sculptors and artists of their time. The temples on the north side of the Acropolis housed primarily the earlier Athenian cults and those of the Olympian gods, while the southern part of the Acropolis was dedicated to the cult of Athena in her many qualities: as Polias (patron of the city), Parthenos, Pallas, Promachos (goddess of war), Ergane (goddess of manual labour) and Nike (Victory). After the end of the Peloponnesian war in 404 BC and until the first century BC no other important buildings were erected on the Acropolis. In 27 BC a small temple dedicated to Augus-tus and Rome was built east of the Parthenon. In Roman times, although other Greek sanctuaries were pillaged and damaged, the Acropolis retained its prestige and continued to attract the opulent votive offerings of the faithful. After the invasion of the Herulians in the third century AD, a new fortification wall was built, with two gates on the west side. One of these, the so-called Beul? Gate, named after the nineteenth century French ar-chaeologist who investigated it, is preserved to this day.

In subsequent centuries the monuments of the Acropo-lis suffered from both natural causes and human inter-

vention. After the establishment of Christianity and especially in the sixth century AD the temples were con-verted into Christian churches. The Parthenon was dedi-cated to Parthenos Maria (the Virgin Mary), was later re-named Panagia Athiniotissa (Virgin of Athens) and served as the city’s cathedral in the eleventh century. The Erechtheion was dedicated to the Sotiras (Saviour) or the Panagia, the temple of Athena Nike became a chapel and the Propylaia an episcopal residence. The Acropolis became the fortress of the medieval city. Under Frankish occupation (1204-1456) the Propylaia were converted into a residence for the Frankish ruler and in the Ottoman pe-riod (1456-1833) into the Turkish garrison headquarters. The Venetians under F. Morozini besieged the Acropolis in 1687 and on September 26th bombarded and destroyed the Parthenon, which then served as a munitions store. Lord Elgin caused further serious damage in 1801-1802 by looting the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, the temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion. The Acrop-olis was handed over to the Greeks in 1822, during the Greek War of Independence, and Odysseas Androutsos became its first Greek garrison commander.

After the liberation of Greece, the monuments of the Acropolis came under the care of the newly founded Greek state. Limited investigation took place in 1835 and 1837, while in 1885-1890 the site was systematically ex-cavated under P. Kavvadias. In the early twentieth cen-tury N. Balanos headed the first large-scale restoration project. A Committee for the Conservation of the Monu-ments on the Acropolis was created in 1975 with the aim to plan and undertake large-scale conservation and res-toration on the Acropolis. The project, conducted by the Service of Restoration of the Monuments of the Acropo-lis in collaboration with the First Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, is still in progress.

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PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2008

14:00-15:30 Welcome Light Lunch

15:30-17:30 Quality Journalism - creating confidence in a globalised world

(Olympia A&B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, S))

15:30-17:30 Media development: information on issues that affect people’s lives

(VERGINA, Level - 2 (E, PF))

17:30-18:00 Coffee Break

18:00-19:30 Opening Session & Keynote Speech

(Olympia A&B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, S, PF, GR))

20.00 Welcome Reception

MONDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2008

09:00-10:30 8 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

•Workshop1:Mediadevelopmenttrends

(VERGINA, Level -2 (E))

•Workshop2:Communityradioinlatinamerica:adifferentformofcommunication

(MYCENAE, Level 1 (S))

•Workshop3:Loansandinvestmentsasatoolformediadevelopment

(MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))

•Workshop4:Fundraisingstrategiesinconflictsituations

(MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, R))

•Workshop5:Monitoringandevaluation

(ILISSOS, Level -1 (E, PF))

•Workshop6:Freelancers-whyshouldwecare?

(PELLA, Level 1 (E))

•Workshop7:Medialandscapesinconflictsituations

(HORIZON,Level9/RG(E))

•Workshop8:Moremediaforminorities

(ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E))

09:00-10:30 News and content in mobile technology, Citizen journalism, future of the internet

(Olympia B, Level - 2 (E, S, A))


11:00-13:00 Corporate social responsibility in media development / new models for the public sphere

(OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, S))

11:00-13:00 Access and voice in new technology (VERGINA, Level – 2 (E, GR))

11:00-13:00 Global media players - regional media players - media in transition - future strategies

(OLYMPIA B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, PF))

13.00-14.30 Light Lunch

REGIONAL CAUCUS MEETINGS

14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - Eurasia (OLYMPIA A, Level – 2 (E, R))

14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - Asia (MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))

14:30-16.00 Regional Caucus - Africa (MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF))

14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - Latin America & the Carribean(VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S))

14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus – MENA (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A))

14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus – International NGOs (ILISSOS, Level 9/RG (E))


NETWORKING SESSIONS

16:30-18:30 Would like to meet – speed dating for project ideas (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E))

16:30-18:30 Impossible Dreams? (OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E))


•Workshop1:Protectingjournalistsreportingcrime


•Workshop2:Communicationandgender

(MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, S))

•Workshop3:Improvingelectioncoverageindevelopingandemergingcountries

(MYCENAE, Level 1 (E))

•Workshop4:Partnershipbetweeninternationalmediaandlocalorganizations

(VERGINA, Level -2 (E, PF))

•Workshop5:Disastersandemergencies:roleofcommunication

(ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E, A))

•Workshop6:Monitoring+Evaluation(HORIZON,Level9/RG(E))

20.00 Dinner

TUESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2008

09:00-10:30 Freedom of expression and media development: building enabling environments -

the role of international organisations (OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF))


Language: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)

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11:00-13:00 Media development in conflict areas: safety comes first

(OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF, GR))

13:00-14:30 Light Lunch


•Workshop1:Skills:NewtechnologiesformediaNGOs

(OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, S))

•Workshop2:Strategicframeworkmediaandconflict

(MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, A))

•Workshop3:Mediaregulation:whatfuture?

(VERGINA, Level -2 (F))

•Workshop4:Monitoringattacksonjournalists


•Workshop5:Assessingmedialandscapes

(OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E))

•Workshop6:Workinginclosedmediasystems:casestudiesfromburma,iran,tibet,sudan

(NAOUSSA, Level 1 (E))

•Workshop7:AHolisticapproachtomediadevelopment-theCIMAreport


•Workshop8:Coveringclimatechange

(KOZANI,Level1(E))

•Workshop9:Skillsworkshop:gettingaroundtheinternetfiltersinrestrictivemediasystems

(MYCENAE, Level 1 (E, R))

•Workshop10:Mediaanddiversity:thebusinesscasefordiversity

(EDESSA, Level 1 (E))

•Workshop11:Therighttocommunicationandpoverty:TheMDGs

(ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (S))

•Workshop12:Strengtheningcollaborativeapproachestomediaandconflict



16:30-18:00 The case for media development, economic development and good governance

(OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, S, PF, GR))

IN PARALLEL WITH

16:30-18:00 Measuring Impact: How does free, independent media promote democracy

and economic development? (VERGINA, Level -2 (E, GR))

16:30-18:00 Creating enabling environments: media regulation mechanisms that can guarantee

effective media development - with special intervention on defending media freedom

inZimbabwe(OLYMPIAB,Level-2(E,R,A))

20.00 Dinner

WEDNESDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2008


•Workshop1:Skillstraining:newtechnologiesformediaNGOs

(OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E))

•Workshop2:Sidemeeting:internewsinternational

(ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E))

•Workshop3:Sidemeeting:europeanjournalismtrainingassociation

(VERGINA, Level -2 (E))

•Workshop4:Mediaandchildren’srights

(KOZANI,Level1(S))

•Workshop5:Challengestomediaintransitionandeanregion

(MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (S))

•Workshop6:Independentjournalismandmediaoffer:

How to take into account the needs of the population

(MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E, PF))

•Workshop7:ImpactofradioondevelopmentinAfrica

(MYCENAE, Level 1 (E))

•Workshop8:Safetyinqualitynewscoverage


•Workshop9:Womenjournalists–buildingbridgesacrossconflictzones

(EDESSA, Level 1 (E, R))

•Workshop10:Globalvoicesandaccesstomedia

(ILISSOS, Level – 1 (E, S))

•Workshop11:Fundraisingstrategiesformediadevelopmentgroups

(OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A))

•Workshop12:Newframeworkofdoingjournalism


•Workshop13:SidemeetingICFJ,mentoringprogramme

(ARISTOTELIS 2, Level 8 (E))



11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus – Eurasia (OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, R))

11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus – Asia (MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E))

11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus – Africa (MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF))

11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus – Latin America (VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S))


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11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus – MENA (OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A))

11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus – International NGOs (MYCENAE, Level 1 (E))


14:00-16:30 Closing ceremony / Launch of GFMD membership network

(OLYMPIA A&B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, GR, PF))

16:30-18:00 Press conference (ILISSOS, Level 1)

20.00 Farewell Dinner

THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2008

10:00-12:00 Visit to Acropolis

FULL PROGRAMME

SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2008

14:00-15:30 Welcome Light Lunch

15:30-17:30 Quality journalism – creating confidence in a globalised world

Olympia A&B, Level – 2 (E, R, A, S)

Speaker and Moderator: Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists

•Stephen Pritchard, President, Organisation of News Ombudsmen, UK

•Andres Gomez, Executive Director, ERBOL, Bolivia

•Luis Teodoro, Deputy Director, CMFR, Philippines

•Bambang Harymurti, Editor in Chief, Tempo Weekly Magazine and Tempo Daily Newspaper, Indonesia

•Jose Buendia, Executive Director, PRENDE, Mexico

IN PARALLEL WITH

15:30-17:30 Media development: information on issues that affect people’s lives

VERGINA, Level – 2 (E, PF)

Speaker and Moderator: Mark Wilson, Executive Director, The Panos Institute, London-UK

•Diana Senghor, Panos, West Africa

•Kunda Dixit, Editor in Chief, Nepali Times, Nepal

•Maria Pia Matta, AMARC, Latin America


OFFICIAL OPENING

18:00 - 19:30 Opening Session & Keynote Speech

Olympia A&B, Level – 2 (E, R, A, S, PF, GR)

Opening Remarks: David Hoffman, President of Internews Network and Chair of GFMD

Keynote Address: Is media development making a difference for the bottom billion?

Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, Oxford University, Author of The Bottom Billion

Welcoming Remarks: Panos Sobolos, President of E.S.I.E.A.

Welcoming Remarks: H.E. Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Hellenic Minister for the Interior,

Public Administration and Decentralization

20.00 Welcome Reception

Welcome Speech: Mr Nikitas Kaklamanis, Mayor of AthensLanguage: E (English), R (Russian), A (Arabic), S (Spanish), PF (Passive French), GR (Greek)

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MONDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2008


•Workshop1:Mediadevelopmenttrends/VERGINA,Level-2(E)

Warren Feek, Communication initiative, canada

•Workshop2:Communityradioinlatinamerica:adifferentformofcommunication/MYCENAE,Level1(S)

Maria Pia Matta, Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC / ALC), Latin America &

Nestor Busso, Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica (ALER), Latin America

•Workshop3:Loansandinvestmentsasatoolformediadevelopment/MACEDONIAB,Level1(E)

Sasa Vucinic & Patrice Schneider, Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF), Singapore

•Workshop4:Fundraisingstrategiesinconflictsituations/MACEDONIAA,Level1(E,R)

Manana Aslamazyan, Executive Director, Internews Europe, Eurasia

•Workshop5:Monitoringandevaluation/ILISSOS,Level-1(E,PF)

Gerry Powers, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service Trust, UK

•Workshop6:Freelancers-whyshouldwecare?/PELLA,Level1(E)

Carr Tina, Director, Rory Peck Trust, UK

•Workshop7:Medialandscapesinconflictsituations/HORIZON,Level9/RG(E)

Sheldon Himelfarb, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding, US

•Workshop8:Moremediaforminorities/ATHENSVIEW,Level9/RG(E)

Andrew Lam, Co-founder of New America Media (NAM), US

IN PARALLEL WITH

09:00-10:30 News and content in mobile technology, citizen journalism, future of the internet

Olympia B, Level – 2 (E, S, A)

Moderator: Alleida Calleja, Deputy President, AMARC, Mexico

•Sameer Padania, Hub manager, WITNESS

•Jun Matsushita, Internews Europe

•Guy Berger, Professor, Director of School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa


11:00-13:00 Corporatesocialresponsibilityinmediadevelopment/newmodelsforthepublicsphere

OLYMPIAA,Level–2(E,S)

Speaker and Moderator: Jaime Abello Banfi, Executive Director, FNPI, Colombia

•Patrice Barrat, Executive Director, Bridge Initiative International, France

•Rosa Maria Alfaro, President, A.C.S. Calandria, Peru

•Jonathan Halperin, Director of Research, Communications and Advocacy, SustainAbility, US

IN PARALLEL WITH

11:00-13:00 Accessandvoiceinnewtechnology/VERGINA,Level–2(E,GR)

Moderator: James Michael Deane, Head of Policy Development, BBC World Service Trust

•Eduardo Avila, Director, Voces Bolivianas, Bolivia

•Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices

•Jane Ransom, Executive Director, IWMF

•Ying Chan, Professor, University of Hong Kong / Shantou University, China

•Pashos Mandravelis, columnist, KATHIMERINI

IN PARALLEL WITH

11:00-13:00 Globalmediaplayers–regionalmediaplayers–mediaintransition-futurestrategies

OLYMPIAB,Level–2(E,R,A,PF)

Keynote Address: His Excellency Petar Stoyanov, Former President of Bulgaria

Moderator: Joyce Barnathan, President, ICFJ

•Chris Cramer, New Media Development Director - Thomson-Reuters,

Former Managing Director - CNN International

•Abdul Rahman Alrasheed, Managing Director, Arabiya/MBC

•Tony Naets, Special Advisor Broadcast News, EBU

•Sevanti Ninan, The Hoot, India

13.00-14.30 Light Lunch


14:30-16:00 RegionalCaucus–Eurasia/OLYMPIAA,Level–2(E,R)

Moderators: Manana Aslamazyan and Remzi Lani, GFMD Steering Committee

•ReviewofRegionalForum

•DefiningTwoKeyObjectivesforGFMDWorkplan

•FundraisingStrategiesfortheRegion

•PresentationofGFMDmembershipnetwork


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IN PARALLEL WITH

14:30-16:00 RegionalCaucus–Asia/MACEDONIAB,Level1(E)

Moderators: Roby Alampay and A.S. Panneerselvan, GFMD Steering Committee





IN PARALLEL WITH

14:30-16.00 RegionalCaucus–Africa/MACEDONIAA,Level1(E,PF)

Moderators: Gabriel Baglo and Jeanette Minnie, GFMD Steering Committee





IN PARALLEL WITH

14:30-16:00 RegionalCaucus–LatinAmerica&theCarribean/VERGINA,Level-2(E,S)

Moderators: Jaime Abello Banfi and Veet Vivarta (ANDI), GFMD Steering Committee





IN PARALLEL WITH

14:30-16:00 RegionalCaucus–MENA/OLYMPIAB,Level-2(E,A)

Moderators: Shibli Haitham and Ali Djerri, GFMD Steering Committee





IN PARALLEL WITH

14:30-16:00 RegionalCaucus–InternationalNGOs/ILISSOS,Level9/RG(E)

Moderator: David Hoffman, GFMD Chairman



•GlobalAdvocacyStrategies


NETWORKING SESSIONS

16:30-18:30 Wouldliketomeet–speeddatingforprojectideas/OLYMPIAB,Level-2(E)

Participants present new, different, innovative, successful project ideas to share

experience and look for partners.

IN PARALLEL WITH

16:30-18:30 ImpossibleDreams?/OLYMPIAA,Level-2(E)

Participants present ideas on advocacy, projects, research, etc. that they always wanted

to do but never got around to.

IN PARALLEL WITH


•Workshop1:Protectingjournalistsreportingcrime/MACEDONIAB,Level1(E)

Drew Sullivan, Organized Crime & Corruption, Bosnia & Herzegovina

•Workshop2:Communicationandgender/MACEDONIAA,Level1(E,S)

Maria Pia Matta, Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC), Latin America

•Workshop3:Improvingelectioncoverageindevelopingandemergingcountries/MYCENAE,Level1(E)

Wesley Gibbings, Association Of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), Trinidad & Tobago

•Workshop4:Partnershipbetweeninternationalmediaandlocalorganisations/VERGINA,Level-2(E,PF)

Marie-S.Frère, Institut Panos Paris (IPP), France &

Donat M’Baya Tshimanga, Journaliste En Danger (JED), DRC

•Workshop5:Disastersandemergencies:roleofcommunication/ATHENSVIEW,Level9/RG(E,A)

Imogen Wall, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service Trust, UK &

Mark Frohardt, Internews Network, US

•Workshop6:Monitoring+Evaluation/HORIZON,Level9/RG(E)

Sofie Jannush, Catholic Media Council (CAMECO), Germany &

Remzi Lani, South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media (SEEPNM), Albania

20.00 Dinner


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TUESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2008

09:00-10:30 Freedom of expression and media development: building enabling environments –

theroleofinternationalorganisations/OLYMPIAA&B,Level-2(E,A,R,S,PF)

Moderator: Eduardo Bertoni, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation

•Catalina Botero Marino, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression,

InterAmerican commission on Human Rights, OAS

•Miklos Haraszti, OSCE representative on freedom of the media

•Sylvie Coudray, Senior programme specialist, Division for freedom of expression,

democracy and peace, UNESCO

•Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression


11:00-13:00 Mediadevelopmentinconflictareas:safetycomesfirst/OLYMPIAA&B,Level-2(E,A,R,S,PF,GR)

Keynote Speech: H.E. Mrs Dora Bakoyannis, Hellenic Minister of Foreign Affairs

Moderator: Nikos Megrelis, GFMD Athens World Conference Managing Coordinator,

member of the Executive Committee of International Federation of Journalists

•Alan Johnston, BBC

•Santiago Lyon, Director of Photography , The Associated Press

•Rodney Pinder, Director, INSI

•Carlos Cortes Castillo, Executive Director, FLIP, Colombia

•Donat M’ Baya Tshimanga, JED, Democratic Republic of Congo



•Workshop1:Skills:NewtechnologiesformediaNGOs/OLYMPIAB,Level–2(E,S)

Amy Webb, Webb media consulting, US

•Workshop2:Strategicframeworkmediaandconflict/MACEDONIAA,Level1(E,A)

Sheldon Himelfarb, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding, US

•Workshop3:Mediaregulation:whatfuture?/VERGINA,Level–2(F)

Patrick Leusch, Deutsche Welle, Germany

•Workshop4:Monitoringattacksonjournalists/PELLA,Level1(E)

Carlos Cortes Castillo, Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP), Colombia

•Workshop5:Assessingmedialandscapes/OLYMPIAA,Level–2(E)

Gwyneth Henderson, Open society institute media program, UK &

Fakson Banda, Rhodes University, South Africa

•Workshop6:Workinginclosedmediasystems:

CaseStudiesfromBurma,Iran,Tibet,Sudan/NAOUSSA,Level1(E)

Roby Alampay, South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Thailand &

Albana Shalla, Press Now, Netherlands &

YingChan, Professor, University of Hong Kong / Shantou University, China

•Workshop7:AHolisticapproachtomediadevelopment–theCIMAReport/MACEDONIAB,Level1(E)

Marguerite Sullivan, Center For International Media Assistance (CIMA), US

•Workshop8:Coveringclimatechange/KOZANI,Level1(E)

Mark Harvey, Internews Europe, UK

•Workshop9:Skillsworkshop:gettingaroundtheinternetfiltersinrestrictivemediasystems

MYCENAE,Level1(E,R)

Eric Johnson, Internews International, France

•Workshop10:Mediaanddiversity:thebusinesscasefordiversity/EDESSA,Level1(E)

Milica Pesic, Media Diversity Institute, UK

•Workshop11:Therighttocommunicationandpoverty:TheMDGs/ATHENSVIEW,Level9/RG(S)

Nestor Busso, Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica (ALER), Latin America

•Workshop12:Strengtheningcollaborativeapproachestomediaandconflict/HORIZON,Level9/RG(E)

Jesper Hojberg, International Media Support (IMS), Denmark


16:30-18:00 The case for media development, economic development and good governance

OLYMPIAA,Level-2(E,S,PF,GR)

Moderator & Speaker: William Orme, Policy Advisor for Independent Media Development,

UNDP Bureau for Development Policy

•Sina Odugbemi, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program, World Bank

•Sandor Orban, Executive Director, SEEPNM

•Mark Nelson, Program Manager, The World Bank Institute

•Paula Fray, IPS Regional Director Africa

•Stephen Salyer, President, Salzburg Global Seminar

•George Koumoutsakos, Spokesman, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs


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IN PARALLEL WITH

16:30-18:00 Measuringimpact:howdoesfree,independentmediapromotedemocracyandeconomicdevelopment?

VERGINA, Level – 2 (E, GR)

Moderator: Bettina Peters, Director, GFMD

•Gerry Powers, Director of Research and Learning, BBC World Service Trust

•Susan Abbott, Associate Director, Annenberg School for Communication, U/PENN

•Mark Whitehouse,ExecutiveDirector,IREX,US

•A.S. Panneerselvan, Panos South Asia

•Kostas Betinakis, General Secretary of of E.S.I.E.A.

IN PARALLEL WITH

16:30-18:00 Creating enabling environments: media regulation mechanisms that can guarantee effective

mediadevelopment–withspecialinterventionondefendingmediafreedominZimbabwe

OLYMPIAB,Level-2(E,R,A)

Moderator: Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria

•Gordana Jankovic, Open Society Media Programme, UK

•Veet Vivarta, Director, ANDI, Brazil

•Jeanette Minnie,ZambeziFoX,SouthAfrica

•Wesley Gibbings, President, ACM, Trinidad & Tobago

20.00 Dinner

WEDNESDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2008


•Workshop1:Skillstraining:newtechnologiesformediaNGOs/OLYMPIAA,Level-2(E)

Amy Webb, Webb media consulting, US

•Workshop2:Sidemeeting:internewsinternational/ATHENSVIEW,Level9/RG(E)

Eric Johnson, Internews International, France

•Workshop3:Sidemeeting:europeanjournalismtrainingassociation/VERGINA,Level-2(E)

Marianne Peters, President, European Journalism Training Association, Netherlands

•Workshop4:Mediaandchildren’srights/KOZANI,Level1(S)

Veet Vivarta, Director, Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia (ANDI), Brazil

•Workshop5:Challengestomediaintransitionandeanregion/MACEDONIAA,Level1(S)

Cesar Ricaurte, Fundamedios, Andean Region

•Workshop6:Independentjournalismandmediaoffer:howtotakeintoaccounttheneedsofthepopulation

MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E, PF)

Caroline Vuillemin, Fondation Hirondelle, Switzerland

•Workshop7:ImpactofradioondevelopmentinAfrica/MYCENAE,Level1(E)

Armorer Wason, Panos, UK

•Workshop8:Safetyinqualitynewscoverage/PELLA,Level1(E)

Rodney Pinder, Director, International News Safety Institute (INSI), Belgium – UK

•Workshop9:Womenjournalists–buildingbridgesacrossconflictzones/EDESSA,Level1(E,R)

Nadezha Azhgikhina, Russian Union Of Journalists (JUR), Russia

•Workshop10:Globalvoicesandaccesstomedia/ILISSOS,Level–1(E,S)

Eduardo Avila, Voces Bolivianas, Bolivia

•Workshop11:Fundraisingstrategiesformediadevelopmentgroups/OLYMPIAB,Level-2(E,A)

David Hoffman, President of Internews Network and Chair of GFMD

•Workshop12:Newframeworkofdoingjournalism/HORIZON,Level9/RG(E)

Walter Dean, Committee of Concerned Journalists, US

•Workshop13:SidemeetingICFJ,mentoringprogramme/ARISTOTELIS2,Level8(E)

Joyce Barnathan, President, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)



11:00-12:30 RegionalCaucus–Eurasia/OLYMPIAA,Level-2(E,R)

Moderators: Manana Aslamazyan and Remzi Lani, GFMD Steering Committee

•DefiningKeyObjectivesfortheRegion

•ElectionofonereservememberforGFMDSteeringCommittee

•FollowuptoNetworkingSessions

IN PARALLEL WITH

11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus – Asia / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)

Moderators: Roby Alampay and A.S. Panneerselvan, GFMD Steering Committee





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IN PARALLEL WITH

11:00-12:30 RegionalCaucus–Africa/MACEDONIAA,Level1(E,PF)

Moderators: Gabriel Baglo and Jeanette Minnie, GFMD Steering Committee




IN PARALLEL WITH

11:00-12:30 RegionalCaucus–LatinAmerica&theCarribean/VERGINA,Level-2(E,S)

Moderators: Jaime Abello Banfi and Veet Vivarta (ANDI), GFMD Steering Committee




IN PARALLEL WITH

11:00-12:30 RegionalCaucus–MENA/OLYMPIAB,Level-2(E,A)

Moderators: Shibli Haitham and Ali Djerry, GFMD Steering Committee




IN PARALLEL WITH

11:00-12:30 RegionalCaucus–InternationalNGOs/MYCENAE,Level1(E)

Moderator: Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists

•Election of four members to GFMD Steering Committee

•ElectionoftworeservestoGFMDSteeringCommittee

•FollowuptoNetworkingSession


14:00-16:30 ClosingCeremony/LaunchofGFMDMembershipNetwork/OLYMPIAA&B,Level-2(E,A,R,S,GR,PF)

•ClosingRemarks:George Papandreou, President of PASOK, President of the Socialist International

•Speech:MediaDevelopment–StateoftheMediaintenyear’stime–FutureStrategiesandDevelopments,

Pavlos Tsimas, commentator, MEGA TV, columnist, TA NEA

•LaunchoftheGFMDMediaDevelopmentAwards

Joyce Barnathan & Manana Aslamazyan, GFMD Steering Committee

•Presentationof2009-2011SteeringCommittee

•OfficialLaunchofGFMDMembershipNetwork

•PuttingMediaFreedomattheHeartofDevelopment–KeyObjectivesforGFMD2009

Bettina Peters, Director, GFMD

16:30-18:00 PressConference/ILISSOS,Level1

20.00 Farewell Dinner

THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2008

10:00-12:00 VisittoAcropolis(MeetingPoint:DivaniCaravelLobby,09.30am)

14.00-17.00 Meeting of New GFMD Steering Committee


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SPEAKERS / MODERATORS & WORKSHOPS COORDINATORS’ INDEX(in alphabetical order)

• Abbott Susan, Associate Director, Annenberg School for Communication, U/PENN• Αbello Banfi Jaime, Executive Director, FNPI, Latin America • Alampay Roby, South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Thailand• Alfaro Rosa Maria, President, A.C.S. Calandria, Peru• Al Rashed Abdul Rahman, Managing Director, Al Arabiya/MBC• Aslamazyan Manana, Executive Director, Internews Europe, Eurasia • Avila Eduardo, Director, Voces Bolivanas, Bolivia • Azhgikhina Nadezha, JUR , Russia• Baglo Gabriel, IFJ Africa Office, Senegal• H.E. Mrs Dora Bakoyannis, Hellenic Minister of Foreign Affairs • Banda Fakson, Professor, School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa• Barnathan Joyce, President, ICFJ • Barrat Patrice, Executive Director, Bridge Initiative International, France• Berger Guy, Professor, Director of School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa • Bertoni Eduardo, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation • Betinakis Kostas, General Secretary of E.S.I.E.A.• Botero Marino Catalina, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, InterAmerican commission on Human Rights, OAS • Buendia Hose, Executive Director, PRENDE, Mexico • Busso Nestor, ALER, Latin America • Calleja Alleida, Deputy President, AMARC, Mexico• Carr Tina, Director, Rory Peck Trust, UK• Castillo Carlos Cortes, Executive Director, FLIP, Colombia• ChanYing, Professor, University of Hong-Kong / Shantou University, China• Collier Paul, Professor of Economics, Oxford University Economics Department, Author of The Bottom Billion • Coudray Sylvie, Senior programme specialist, Division for freedom of expression, democray and peace, UNESCO• Cramer Chris, New Media Development Director, Thomson-Reuters, Former Managing Director – CNN International • Dean Walter, Committee of Concerned Journalists, US• Deane James Michael, Head of Policy Development, BBC World Service Trust • Dixit Kunda, Editor in Chief, Nepali Times, Nepal • Djerri Ali, Chairman, Al Khabar, Algeria• Feek Warren, Communication Initiative, Canada• Fray Paula, IPS Regional Director, Africa• FrereMarie-S., IPP, France• Frohardt Mark, Internews Network, USA• Gibbings Wesley, President, ACM, Trinidad & Tobago • Gomez Andres, Executive Director, ERBOL, Bolivia • Halperin Jonathan, Director of Research, Communications and Advocacy, SustainAbility, US• Haraszti Miklos, OSCE representative on freedom of the media • Harvey Mark, Internews, US• Harymurti Bambang, Editor in Chief, Tempo Weekly Magazine and Tempo Daily Newspaper, Indonesia • Henderson Gwyneth, Open Society Institute Media Program, UK• Himelfarb Sheldon, USIP, Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding • Hoffman David, Chairman of Internews Network and Chairman of GFMD• Hojberg Jesper, IMS, Denmark • Jankovic Gordana, Open Society Media Programme, UK

• Jannush Sofie, CAMECO, Germany• Johnson Eric, Internews International, France• Johnston Alan, BBC • Kaklamanis Nikitas, Mayor of Athens• Koumoutsakos George, spokesman, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs• Lam Andrew, Co-founder, LAM, US• Lani Remzi, South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media (SEENPM), Albania• La Rue Frank, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression • Leusch Patrick, Deutsche Welle, Germany• Lyon Santiago, Director of Photography, The Associated Press • M’ Baya Donat Tshimanga, JED, DRC• Mandravelis Pashos, columnist, KATHIMERINI• Matsushita Jun, Internews Europe• Matta Maria Pia, AMARC, Latin America• Megrelis Nikos, GFMD Athens World Conference Managing Coordinator, Member of the Executive Committee of International Federation of Journalists• Minnie Jeanette,ZambeziFox,SouthAfrica• Naets Tony, Special Advisor Broadcast News, EBU• Nelson Mark, Program Manager, The World Bank Institute• Ninan Sevanti, The Hoot, India• Odugbemi Sina, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program, World Bank • Ojo Edetaen, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria • Orban Sandor, Executive Director, SEEPNM• Orme William, Policy Advisor for Independent Media Development, UNDP Bureau for Development Policy • Padania Sameer, hub manager, WITNESS • Panneerselvan A.S., Panos South Asia, India• Papandreou George, President of PASOK, President of the Socialist International• H.E. Mr Pavlopoulos Prokopis, Hellenic Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization• Pesic Milica, Media Diversity Institute, UK • Peters Bettina, Director, GFMD• Peters Marianne, President, European Journalism Training Association, Netherlands• Pinder Rodney, Director, INSI, Belgium-UK• Powers Gerry, Director of Research and Learning, BBC World Service Trust • Pritchard Stephen, President, Organisation of News Ombudsmen, UK• Ransom Jane, Executive Director, IWMF• Ricaurte Cesar, Fundamedios, Andean Region• Salyer Stephen, President, Salzburg Global Seminar • Schneider Patrice • Shalla Albana, Press Now, Netherlands• Sigal Ivan, Executive Director, Global Voices • Senghor Diana, Panos West Africa • Shibli Haitham, Farah Al Nas, Jordan• Sobolos Panos, President of E.S.I.E.A.• H.E. Mr Aris Spiliotopoulos, Minister Of Tourism • H.E. Stoyanov Petar, Former President of Bulgaria• Sullivan Drew, Organized Crime & Corruption, Bosnia and Herzegovina• Sullivan Marguerite, CIMA , US• Teodoro Luis, Deputy Director, CMFR Philippines • Tsimas Pavlos, commentator, MEGA TV, columnist, TA NEA • Vivarta Veet, Director, ANDI, Brasil• Vucinic Sasa, MDLF, Singapore

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• Vuillemin Caroline, Fondation Hirondelle, Switzerland• Wall Imogen, BBC World Service Trust, UK• Wason Armorer, Panos UK • Webb Amy, Webb media consulting, US• White Aidan, General Secretary, IFJ, Belgium • Whitehouse Mark, ExecutiveDirector,IREX,US• Wilson Mark, Executive Director, The Panos Institute, London-UK

ORGANIZATIONS’ FULL TITLEACM : Association Of Caribbean Media Workers ALER : Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica AMARC : Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs CommunautairesANDI : Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de InfanciaBBC: British Broadcasting CorporationCAMECO: Catholic Media CouncilCIMA : Center For International Media AssistanceCMFR: Center For Media Freedom And Responsibility EBU : European Broadcasting UnionERBOL : Asociación de Educación Radiofónica de BoliviaE.S.I.E.A. : Journalists Association of Daily Athens NewspapersFLIP : Press Freedom Foundation FNPI: Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano GFMD: Global Forum for Media DevelopmentICFJ : International Center for Journalists IFJ : International Federation of Journalists IMS : International Media SupportINSI : International News Safety Institute IWMF : International Women Media Foundation IPP : Institut Panos Paris IPS : Inter Press ServiceIREX : International Research and Exchanges BoardIWPR: Institute for War and Peace Reporting JED: Journaliste En DangerJUR : Russian Union Of Journalists MDLF : Media Development Loan Fund NAM : New America MediaOAS : ORGANIZATIONOFAMERICANSTATESOSCE : Organization For Security And Co-Operation In EuropePRENDE Mexico / Fundación Prensa y DemocraciaSEAPA : South East Asian Press Alliance SEENPM : South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media UNDP : United Nations Development ProgramUNESCO : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUSIP : U.S. Institute of PeaceWAN : World Association of Newspapers

SPEAKERS / MODERATORS & WORKSHOPS COORDINATORS’ “WHO IS WHO*”

SPEAKERS BIOS & PHOTOS

Abbott Susan, Associate Director, Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Susan Abbott is the Associate Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communica-tion, University of Pennsylvania. Abbott is the project man-ager for Annenberg’s role in the USAID-funded Jordan Media Strengthening Program, and Researching Attitudes to Conflict and Peace in Darfur. She is currently working with CGCS staff and the Center for International Media Assistance on develop-ing a media law assistance website aimed at lawyers, regula-tors and civil society. Abbott is especially interested in under-standing the relationship between media development and its role in democracy building, promoting political and economic transitions, and better understanding the impact that media assistance has in affected countries. Abbott is one of the course directors for the upcoming summer course on “Media, democra-tization and international development: Foundations for a more robust research agenda,” to be held in Budapest in June 2009.Abbott previously worked for the Stanhope Centre for Com-munications Policy Reearch in London, and Central European University in Budapest, where she helped establish the CEU Center for Media and Communications Studies. Prior to this she was a program officer in the Media Development Division at the International Research & Exchanges Board, in Washing-ton, DC, on the USAID-funded Serbia Professional Media Pro-gram. Other previous experience includes working as an editor for Central Europe Review, as a communications officer at The Media Institute in Washington, DC, and as an intern at the In-ternational Federation of Phonographic Industry in Brussels. She received her BA from American University in Washington, DC, and MA from Central European University in Budapest.

Alfaro Rosa Maria, President, A.C.S. Calandria, Peru

Professor and communicator. Founder of the A.C.S. Calandria, an institution with 25 years of experience. She was her Direc-tor by 10 years and actual president of the Board of Directors. She has 26 years as professor of communication at University of Lima and 8 years at Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. Interna-tional Consultant. Founder and Director of the Civic Veeduría Social Communication Coordinator of the Latin American Net-work of Observatories Media. Books published: - “Another Compass. Innovations in communication and de-

velopment - ACS Calandria. 2.006 - “Selfregulation-Now. Ethical searches from the media “ACS

Calandria y Veeduría Ciudadana Lima 2006. - “Communication and Politics in a Democracy to build ethics.”

Veeduria Ciudadana and British Council-Peru. Lima 2005 “ - The public health as a public issue. Civic journalism experi-

ences at university. Consorcio de universidades. Lima 2005 - “From state to the public. Media, of whom and for what? “.

Lima 2.006 - “Towards new ethical routes in our media. Memory of the

campaign on the Law of Radio and Television “Veeduría Ciu-dadana, Lima 2005

- True Citizens. A proposal for vigilance of public manage-ment from a media “. A.C.S Calandria, DFID, CIDA, EED. Editing 2.003

- “Towards a new Law on Telecommunications. Media, Public Ethics and democracy. “ , Veeduría Ciudadana. Lima 2000.

- “A communication for the another development.” Caland-ria, 1993

- “From the conquest of the city to the appropriation of the word” ACS Calandria y Tarea. Lima 1988

* Kindly note that this section includes speaker’s bio and photo as available on the date of printing.

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Aslamazyan Manana, Executive Director, Internews Europe Manana Aslamazyan, a media and television expert who has worked with Russian journalists for more than 15 years, is Executive Director of Internews Europe. Aslamazyan and Alexei K. Simonov launched Russia’s first freedom of speech organization in 1991, the Glasnost Defense Foundation (GDF). In 1992, Aslamazyan began to work with Internews Network to organize events for newly formed independent TV stations around the former Soviet Union. She became its first foreign staff person and by 1994, was managing the Russian operation, which in 1997 registered as a fully independent Russian non-commercial organization. In 2006, in response to changing legislation and its increased focus on training, Internews Rus-sia re-organized as the Educated Media Foundation (EMF). As director, Aslamazyan led Internews Russia/EMF in the creation of numerous innovative and ambitious projects. Aslamazyan’s constant drive to respond to the changing needs of Russian me-dia led to the launch of Internews Russia/EMF’s month-long Journalism School, the News Factory newsroom automation project, and the Russian-American Media Entrepreneurship Dialogue. Aslamazyan has served as an expert to the Russian Duma Committee on Information Policy, and from 2000 to 2004, she was one of three representatives of civil society on the influential Federal Competition Commission of Ministry of Press, TV Broadcasting and Mass Media. She is a board member of the prestigious Academy of Russian Television and served for three years as a Vice-President of the National Association of TV and Radio Broadcasters (NAT). Aslamazyan serves on the boards of several Russian nonprofit organizations, Internews Network, and Internews International, which unites local In-ternews organizations around the world. She is currently Ex-ecutive Director of Internews Europe.

Avila Eduardo, Director, Voces Bolivanas, Bolivia

Eduardo (Eddie) Ávila is the Founder and Director of Voces Bo-livianas (Bolivian Voices), an organization that teaches the use of blogging and other participatory media tools to underrepre-sented groups in Bolivia, such as indigenous groups, residents from the rural countryside, and especially those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Prior to starting Voces Bolivi-anas, he was the Director of the Cathedral Scholars Program, an academic and leadership development program for high school students from the inner-city of Washington, DC, where he also taught the Participatory Media course. He is also the co-founder of the Emerging Leaders Program, which is a lead-ership development program for Latino and immigrant youth in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. Currently, he is on staff at Global Voices Online as the Regional Editor for Latin America. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and he currently resides in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Azhgikhina Nadezha, JUR , Russia

Born 1960 in Tomsk.Education1989 – Ph.D, Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism1982 – MA, Moscow State University, Faculty of JournalismExperience2001- pre Russian Union of Journalists, Executive Secretary, Center for Creative programs, Director 1996-2001–“Nezavisimaya Gazeta” (national political daily), columnist, chair of section “Women” 1990-1996 – “Ogonyok” magazine (national political weekly), writer, columnist, department chief1986-1989 – Moscow State University, post graduated student1982 – 1986 – “Komsomolskaya Pravda” (national youth news-paper) writerTeaching1996- Pre – Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism, special courses “Gender Issues in The Media”, “Contemporary Press”, “Creative Reporting”2006 –Tampere University, special course” Popular Culture and Media in Russia”1993-1996 – New University of Humanities, master classes and course of current journalism1991 - 1993 - Moscow Youth Institute, Faculty of Journalism, regularcourse“RussianJournalisminXX”Lectures (on journalism, culture and gender issues) Bath University, University of London ( Great Britain) , Colum-bia University, Princeton University, University of Arizona, New York University, Brooklyn College, Colgate University, Amherst College, Drew University , (USA), Carleton University (Canada), Sodertorn, Stockholm, Gotheborg ( Sweden),.Professional and Public AffiliationsMember of Union of Russian Writers since 1991Co-founder and co-chair of The Association of Women Journal-ists since 1994Russian gender coordinator for International Federation of Journalists since 2004 Board member, Vice president of “Women’s World” (interna-tional women writer’s association) since 2001Member of KARAT Coalition since 1996Member of Consortium of women’s Russian NGOs since 1994

Member of International Women‘s Media Foundation network since 1999Member of Reproductive Rights Russian- American Coalition since 1994Russian Editor of International women’s magazine “WE/ MY” since 1996 President of “Woman Journalist” inter-regional club since 2001Member of Women in Slavic Studies network since 1998Member of International Women’s Media Foundation since 1999ConferencesParticipated in AAASS conferences since 1991, member of Russian-American joint projects on contemporary Russian culture. Participated in more than 100 national, regional and international conferences on journalism, culture and gender issues, including UN Conference on Population and Develop-ment (Cairo, 1994), UN Beijing 4 World Conference on women ( 1995), UNESCO Conference on Women and the Media ( To-ronto, 1995), UNDP Conference on Women and Politics ( New Delhi, 1997), UN Special Session on Beijing + 5 ( New York, 2000) Beijing + 10 ( Geneva, 2005), International Federation of Jour-nalist Forums ( Seoul, 2001, Athens, 2004), 9 AWID Conference ( Guadalajara, 2002) and others. Organized with The Association of Women Journalists and Russian Union of Journalists more than 20 international and national conferences and roundtables on current media issues, culture and gender in Moscow.Publications and booksAuthor and editor of 12 books in Russian and English on human and women’s rights, culture and journalism.Author of more than 1000 articles in periodical publications and collection of short stories and essays, translated into Eng-lish, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, German, Italian, Georgian, Ukranian, Armenian, Hindi, Finnish.

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Bakoyannis Dora, Hellenic Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born in 1954, she is the eldest of four children of veteran Greek statesman Constantine Mitsotakis and Marika Yannoukou- Mitsotakis. In 1968, Dora Bakoyannis and her family were exiled to Paris by the military dictatorship, which ruled Greece for seven years. They returned to Athens in 1974, when military rule collapsed.In December of the same year, she married respected journalist and scholar Pavlos Bakoyannis. They had two children, Alexia and Kostas. On 26 September 1989, the November 17 terrorist group gunned down her husband, then a New Democracy party deputy as he was entering his office building. Nine years later, in July 1998, she married entrepreneur Isidoros Kouvelos.Dora Bakoyannis completed her secondary schooling at the German School of Paris. She studied political science and com-munication at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, and continued her academic studies in political science and public law at the University of Athens. She is fluent in English, French and German. In 1977, following examinations, Dora Ba-koyannis was appointed at the Ministry of Economic Coordi-nation in the Department of European Economic Community (EEC) affairs. Between 1984 and 1989, she served as Chief of Staff for opposition New Democracy party leader Constantine Mitso-takis. After her husbands assassination, she stood as candidate for Pavlos Bakoyannis seat in the remote mountainous region of Evrytania, where he had been elected in June 1989. On 5 No-vember 1989, she was elected New Democracy deputy for Evry-tania, where she was re-elected on 8 April 1990 and 10 October 1993. In October 1990, she assumed the post of Under-Secretary of State in the Mitsotakis government, and in December 1992, that of Culture Minister. For the 1996 elections, she stood as a candidate for the Athens 1st electoral district.On 22 September 1996, she was elected deputy for New Democracy in Athens 1st electoral district, where she was re-elected by a majority vote in the April 9, 2000 polls. Between September 1991 and August 1992, she served as the General Secretariat of International Af-fairs for New Democracy, and represented the party at the Eu-ropean Democratic Union (EDU) and International Democratic Union (IDU). On 29 April 1994, she was elected by the New De-mocracy 3rd Congress to the partys Central Committee.

At the 4th Congress on 22 March 1997, she was once again elect-ed to the Central Committee, which re-elected her twice as chairperson of the partys executive committee. In September 1997, she was appointed by New Democracy leader Costas Ka-ramanlis as party representative for development, and in May 2000, was appointed Shadow Foreign and Defence Minister. On 29 March 2002, during a convention of the partys parliamen-tary committee, she accepted party leader Costas Karamanlis proposal to run as mayoral candidate for Athens in the October 2002 local elections. On 20 October 2002, Dora Bakoyannis was elected Athens first female mayor winning by a greater major-ity - 60.6% - than any Athens mayor in the history of Modern Greece. On 15 February 2006, Dora Bakoyannis assumed her du-ties as the first woman Foreign Minister of Greece in the govern-ment of Costas Karamanlis. In March 1992, the International Centre for Women awarded Dora Bakoyannis the International Leadership Award, and in June 1993, she was recognised by the 14th International Symposium Fontana di Roma for her valu-able contribution to culture.In 2003, upon the invitation of Ro-mano Prodi, then President of the European Commission, Mrs. Bakoyannis joined a group of 12 high-level independent figures as a member of a prestigious round-table conference, contrib-uting proposals on the social character, cultural identity and economic future of the new Europe. In December 2005, she was voted World Mayor in an annual international competi-tion organised by the London-based City Mayors organisation. Of the 550 Mayors from around the world nominated for the title, Mrs. Bakoyannis received the greatest number of votes and most positive comments in the Internet-based contest. In September 2006, Dora Bakoyannis was included in Forbes list of the Worlds Most Powerful Women together with 99 other fe-male leaders in politics, business and philanthropy.

Barnathan Joyce, President, International Center for Journalists

Joyce Barnathan is president of the International Center for Journalists, a non-profit professional organization working to foster high-quality journalism across all media platforms. Created in 1984, ICFJ is the premier trainer of global journal-ists and media organizations, and has offered programs, work-shops, fellowships and exchanges to more than 40,000 jour-nalists around the world. Previously, Ms. Barnathan served as the executive editor, Global Franchise, for BusinessWeek. She oversaw editorial quality for existing line extensions, man-aged editorial product launches, created alliances, and ensured the integration of BusinessWeek offerings across all delivery channels. During her BusinessWeek career, Ms. Barnathan also served as assistant managing editor, responsible for the magazine’s Finance, Economics, Investing and Lifestyle de-partments. Prior to that, Ms. Barnathan completed a seven-year assignment as Asia regional editor and Hong Kong bureau manager. In addition to her reporting and writing duties, Ms. Barnathan coordinated BusinessWeek’s growing network of correspondents and stringers throughout Asia. During her ten-ure, the magazine won three Overseas Press Club Awards for coverage of the Asia financial crisis, Indonesia, and the global economy.Ms. Barnathan joined BusinessWeek in 1990 in New York as international department editor, responsible for edit-ing, reporting, and writing stories on international business and news events. There she anchored a team that won the Over-seas Press Club Award for its coverage of China’s prison labor.Ms. Barnathan came to BusinessWeek from Newsweek, where she began her career in 1979 as senior editorial assistant in the foreign department. In 1981 she was named State Department correspondent, and in 1983 she became special projects corre-spondent, working on the 1984 presidential election special. In 1985 she moved to Moscow as bureau chief. Her coverage of President Reagan’s Moscow summit won an Overseas Press Club Award, and her coverage of Chernobyl earned a National Headliner Award. Ms. Barnathan holds a BA in Russian and Chinese studies and an MA in Asian studies from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as an MA in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Bertoni Eduardo, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation

Title(s) Professorial Lecturer in LawBiographical SketchEduardo Bertoni has been the executive director of the Due Process of Law Foundation since June 2006. Previously, he was the special rapporteur for freedom of expression of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights at the Organization of American States (2002 to 2005) and a former fellow of the Hu-man Rights Institute at Columbia University School of Law.

Mr. Bertoni also has worked as a private lawyer in Argentina and has been a legal advisor for several nongovernmental organiza-tions in his country. He holds a master’s in international policy and practice from The George Washington University, and was appointed professor of criminal law and criminal procedure at the School of Law of Universidad de Buenos Aires, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses. Mr. Bertoni has written several publications on the right to freedom of expres-sion, judicial reforms, and international criminal law, and has given lectures and conferences in several countries on these is-sues.

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Botero Marino Catalina, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, InterAmerican commission on Human Rights, OAS

Before assuming the position of Special Rapporteur, Ms. Ca-talina Botero-Marino worked as Auxiliary Magistrate at the Constitutional Court of Colombia on several different periods –between 2005 and 2008, 1995 and 2000, and 1992-1993-. She had previously held a number of public and private non-profit posts in Colombia, including: National Director of the Office for the Promotion and Dissemination of Human Rights, in the Office of the People’s Defender of Colombia; Director of the Consultancy for Human Rights and International Humanitar-ian Law at the Social Foundation; adviser for the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Nation; and professor and researcher at the Law School of the Universidad de los Andes. She received her law degree in 1988 at the Universidad de los Andes and did postgraduate studies at that university, as well as in Madrid, Spain, at Universidad Complutense, the Center for Constitu-tional Studies and the Universidad Carlos III.

Coudray Sylvie, Senior programme specialist, Division for freedom of expres-sion, democray and peace, UNESCO

Sylvie Coudray is working at UNESCO since almost twenty years, as senior programme specialist, in the Division of Free-dom of Expression, Democracy and Peace. When I arrived in 1989 at UNESCO, the historical circumstanc-es linked to the end of the Cold War gave me a unique oppor-tunity to work out the new communication strategy that was adopted by the General Conference. My first assignment was to generate public awareness and foster advocacy to promote free-dom of the press as an essential component of any democratic

society notably through the organization of the World Press Freedom Day and the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize. I have also collaborated very closely, through the support of an instrumental network like IFEX,with professional organiza-tions on global campaigns monitoring of violations against freedom of press as well as on safety of journalists. At the normative level, I have been actively involved in the planning and organization of a series of regional seminars on promoting pluralistic and independent media. At the operational level, I took part actively in the media assistance programmes to draw up master plans for restructuring the media landscape in the aftermath of national reconciliation. I have been involved in Former-Yugoslavia in the 1990’s, in Algeria after the interrup-tion of the electoral process, in Indonesia after the collapse of the Suharto’s regime and recently in Democratic Republic of Congo. I have a M.Ssc. in History (Sorbonne) and a M.Ssc in media and communication (Institut Français de Presse). I have edited several various publications such as media and new communication technologies, media and terrorism and media in conflict areas.

Deane James Michael, Head of Policy Development, BBC World Service Trust

James Deane is Head of Policy at the BBC World Service Trust where he manages a five year Dfid funded Policy and Research Programme on the role of Media and Communication in De-velopment. Before joining the Trust in 2007 he was managing director of the Communication for Social Change Consortium. He is also a founding member and former executive director of the Panos Institute, London which works globally with the media to inform and stimulate public debate on development issues. In that capacity, he was heavily involved in establish-ing independent, regional Panos Institutes in Southern Africa, Eastern Africa and South Asia and supporting similar institutes in West Africa, and in the Caribbean. He has provided formal strategic advice and consultancies to Dfid, Sida, Norad, Dan-ida, Swiss Development Cooperation, the World Bank, WHO, Unicef, Unesco, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNFPA, IFAD, FAO, the Rock-efeller Foundation among other agencies, mostly related to communication and media for development. He has a Masters degree (distinction) in international communication and de-velopment. He has written numerous papers and publications on media, information and communication technologies.

Dean Walter, Committee of Concerned Journalists, US

Co-Director of Training, Committee of Concerned JournalistsWally Dean is co-director of training for the Committee of Concerned Journalists, which over the past 7 years has trained nearly ten-thousand journalists from 150 print, broadcast and on-line news organizations in the U-S and abroad. Dean is co-author of “We Interrupt this Newscast,” published in April 2007 by Cambridge University Press. The book, which examines 34,000 stories on 2,400 newscasts in 50 markets, is the most extensive analysis of local TV news content ever undertaken. Dean was senior associate at the Project for Excellence for Jour-nalism and a member of the PEJ team awarded the 2004 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism Research and the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism. Dean consults the As-sociated Press Broadcast in Washington and has been a regular presenter at AP Managing Editor NewsTrain conferences. He has trained at several Univision Spanish-language stations, been a consultant to NewsLab, and been published in the RT-NDA Communicator and the Columbia Journalism Review. He often briefs foreign journalists participating in U.S. State De-partment programs and has conducted workshops in The Neth-erlands, Poland, Slovenia, and Kazakhstan as well as one and two-week Washington seminars for journalists from Portugal and Norway. Dean was previously associate director of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism following a thirty-year career in broadcast journalism that included 14 years as a producer and news assignment manager at the Washington Bureau of CBS News and as a reporter, anchor, executive producer and associ-ate news director at one of the country’s most successful local news stations.

Dixit Kunda, Editor In Chief, Nepali Times

Kunda Dixit is a Nepali editor and publisher. He is a gradu-ate of Columbia University, and started out as a radio journal-ist with the BBC at the United Nations in New York. He then served as Director, Asia-Pacific of the news agency, Inter Press Service and later Panos Institute South Asia. He is the editor of the Nepali Times newspaper in Kathmandu. His recent books

include Dateline Earth: Jouranlism As If the Planet Mattered and A People War.

Djerri Ali, Chairman, Al Khabar Newspaper

Ali Djerri is the founder president and publisher of El Khabar, Algeria’s most widely read newspaper. In 1998 he was elected Chairman Of El Khabar Circulation in 1998 : 80 000 copies/ dayCirculation in 2008 : 600 000 copies /dayIn 2008 he was elected president of the supervisory broad of El Khabar group. A human-rights activist throughout his career, Djerri uses his prominent position to advance an unstinting pursuit of press freedom. His determination and perseverance have made the El Khabar group (which includes the El Khabar daily, a website, a weekly news-magazine and other publica-tions) the focus of much attention. Djerri holds numerous ex-ecutive positions within trade associations, a reflection of the admiration shown by his colleagues in Algeria and throughout the Middle East and North Africa. He has also been a main sup-porter of bringing journalism trainers and media experts from abroad to Algeria. He is one of two Algerian publishers support-ing the Algerian Network of Media Trainers, established after a series of training programs in Algeria run by the International Center for Journalists. Ali Djerri is a founder of the Algerian Journalists Movement and the Algerian Journalists Associa-tion. As well as: Founder member of the executive council of the Algerian League of Human Rights / Founder member of the executive council for The AL Kawâkibî Democracy Transition Center (KADEM) / Vice President of APFW Arab Press Freedom WatchPRIZESANDDISTINCTIONS(mentioned only the most important ) KNIGHT International Journalism award Washington USA Abd Al Rahman al-Kawâkibî’s Prize given by HRH Prince Has-san Bin Talal Oman Jordan Industrial merit award Algeria Manager of the Year Algeria

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Fray Paula,Regional Director – Inter Press Service: Africa Paula Fray has worked in media for over 22 years – the last four in the field of media training and development. She is current-ly the Regional Director for IPS Africa, with management re-sponsibilities for the news service and related media and com-munication projects in Africa.Prior to joining IPS, she founded and managed frayintermedia, a media training organisation focused on training reporters and newsroom managers. The organisation also strives to empower civil society activists through practical media skills training. Since 2004, Fray has trained reporters throughout South Africa and in the various other African countries with a focus on skills and knowledge training. As a trainer for IPS, she has facilitated workshops on reporting SADC, microfinance and desertification issues in Africa. Fray is the founder and convenor of the annual Narra-tive Journalism Conference in South Africa. An award-winning journalist who rose to become the first female editor of the Sat-urday Star newspaper in South Africa, Fray was also executive news editor of The Star newspaper in Johannesburg. She has edited IPS’ flagship newspaper Terraviva in Bamako, Nairobi and Glasgow and also participated as a journalist on Terraviva newspaper at the MDGs conference in New York in September, 2005. She has wide-ranging consultancy and project manage-ment experience and has served as a mentor for organisations such as e-Health and the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA). Fray graduated with a BJourn degree from Rhodes University and has a Woman and Law Certificate from UNISA. A recipient of the prestigious Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, she currently serves on the Nieman Foun-dation Advisory

Board.

Gibbings Wesley, President, Association of Caribbean Media Workers Wesley Gibbings is a Trinidad and Tobago born journalist, me-dia trainer and communication consultant who has been in the business for 25 years. He has also served as visiting lecturer at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication at the Mona, Jamaica campus of the University of the West Indies.Gibbings has worked as Public Relations Officer of the CARI-COM Secretariat in Guyana, Communications Advisor to the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute in St Lucia and as Communication Coordinator for the Fifth Summit of the Amer-icas. He is a freelance journalist, editor and author of four po-etry collections. He currently serves as President of the Associa-tion of Caribbean MediaWorkers which he co-founded in 2001.

Halperin Jonathan Director, Research, Communications and Advocacy at SustainAbility

Jonathan J. Halperin is the Director of Research, Communica-tions and Advocacy at SustainAbility, the global strategic con-sultancy and research center founded in 1987. Based in Sus-tainAbility’s Washington office, Halperin guides the firm’s research to ensure that projects advance the firm’s core mission of a just and sustainable world for current and future genera-tions. Building on two decades of consulting and management experience, Halperin also provides strategic counsel to some of the firm’s largest clients. Prior to joining SustainAbility, Halp-erin developed the strategic communications operations at Re-sources for The Future, founded and for 17 years managed FYI In-formation Resources for A Changing World, and led numerous research projects for The Committee for National Security and The Public Agenda Foundation. He also served as a policy and strategy advisor for a number of political campaigns, worked at the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, and is a trustee of the Grace R. and Alan D. Marcus Foundation as well as the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.

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Haraszti Miklos, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Hungarian writer, journalist, human rights advocate and uni-versity professor Miklos Haraszti was appointed the OSCE Rep-resentative on Freedom of the Media effective from 10 March 2004. He was born in Jerusalem in 1945. Mr. Haraszti studied Philosophy and literature at the Budapest University and in 1996 received an Honorary Degree from Northwestern Univer-sity in the United States. In 1976 Mr. Haraszti co-founded the Hungarian Democratic Opposition Movement and in 1980 he became editor of the samizdat periodical Beszélo. In 1989, he participated in the “roundtable” negotiations on transition to free elections. A member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1990-1994, he then moved on to lecture on democratization and media politics at numerous universities. Mr. Haraszti has writ-ten several essays and books, including “A Worker in a Worker’s State” and “The Velvet Prison”, both of which have been trans-lated into several languages. His essays have been published in The New York Times and The Washington Post. He speaks English, Russian and German.

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Himelfarb Sheldon,USIP, Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding

Sheldon Himelfarb joined USIP in June 2008 from The Corpo-rate Executive Board, where he was on the Technology Practice Leadership Team, working with chief information officers on technology, business and management strategy. Prior to this he served as foreign policy adviser to a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the head of North American Documentary Development for Yorkshire TV, and the CEO/Ex-ecutive Producer for Common Ground Productions, the media division of Search for Common Ground. He is an award-win-ning filmmaker, former commentator for National Public Ra-dio (Sunday Morning Edition) and author of numerous articles on politics, popular culture and media. Sheldon holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University and a B. A. in Political Science from John Hopkins University. He has held visiting or guest scholar positions at the Brookings Institution, Harvard University and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

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Hoffman David, Chair of the GFMD Committee, President of Internews Network Chair of the GFMD Management Committee, Hoffman con-vened and established the initial cross sector initiative of 15 media development organizations worldwide, representing 400 media assistance organizations in 97 countries. He is also President of Internews Network, a global non-profit organiza-tion headquartered in California that empowers local media worldwide to serve the information needs of their communi-ties. Through its programs, Internews strives to improve the reach, quality, and sustainability of local media. With offices in 23 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, Internews has worked in 70 countries, and trained over 70,000 people in media skills. Hoffman has writ-ten widely about media and democracy, the Internet, and the importance of supporting pluralistic, local media around the world. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Foreign Affairs, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He has also testified before U.S. House and Senate committees on the issue of press freedom. Hoffman was project director of the Emmy-award winning television series Capital to Capital in 1987-1990, pro-duced in association with ABC News and Soviet State Televi-sion, and was project director for Internews’ broadcasts of the proceedings of the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugosla-via, for which Internews was awarded the European Commis-sion’s ECHO Award for Broadcast Commitment in 1996. From 1980-1982 Hoffman was the editor of Evolutionary Blues, a jour-nal of political thought on international conflict, the threat of nuclear war, and US-Soviet relations. He previously served as National Director of Survival Summer, a coalition of peace and environmental groups that helped launch the anti-nuclear war movement of the early 1980s. Hoffman has a BA in Politi-cal Science from Johns Hopkins University and has completed doctoral work at the University of Colorado in the Social and Intellectual History of the United States.

Jannusch A. SofieCAMECO, Germany

A. Sofie Jannusch is responsible for the desk for Eastern Eu-rope and Central Asia at CAMECO, (Catholic Media Council), a consultancy for media and communication in developing and transitional countries. She is specialised in media training, strategic planning and organisational development, regularly conducting workshops with partners on the spot. She is the coordinator to start-up mediaME – media development moni-toring and evaluation. mediaME is a participatory platform sharing tools and approaches for monitoring and evaluation in media development, comprising the mediaME-Wiki and discussion forums. mediaME is being launched as a follow up to a two-day conference, Measuring Change: Planning, Moni-toring, Evaluation in Media Development organised by the German Forum Medien und Entwicklung (Media and Develop-ment) at Bad Honnef, Germany, at the end of September 2007. Sofie is also a founding member of the Forum Medien und En-twicklung, an informal network of organisations and experts active in the field of media development cooperation. Before joining CAMECO, Sofie worked as a journalist in different me-dia fields and graduated with a Diploma in Journalism, with special emphasis on international communications. With a university fellow-ship she evaluated the work of German train-ing centres for media personnel from Asia and Africa, with ex-tensive field trips to Pakistan, Thailand, Kenya and Ghana.

Johnston Alan, Reporter, BBC

Alan Johnston was born in Tanzania in 1962, and was raised in different parts of Africa, and Scotland. He studied English and Politics at the University of Dundee, and went on to complete a post graduate diploma in Journalism Studies at the University of Wales. Alan began work in British provincial newspapers, but joined the BBC World Service in 1991. After a period in the BBC’s London headquarters he was appointed to be its Central Asia Correspondent. This was a post based in Tashkent, but involved reporting on the newly emerging post-Soviet Mus-lim states that stretched from the Caspian Sea to Mongolia. During this period Alan covered the intensifying repression in countries like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and the civil war in Tajikistan. He also reported on the battle for Grozny in the Chechen war in 1995.After another spell in London, Alan was sent to Afghanistan, and became the BBC’s Kabul corre-spondent in 1997. The city had just fallen to the Taleban, and throughout the following year Alan reported on the move-ment’s efforts to impose its austere regime on the capital, and capture the rest of the country.A period in London was followed by a posting to the Gaza Strip. For three years Alan was the only foreign correspondent living in the territory. Among the events he covered in that time were the death of Yasser Arafat, Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, the continual confrontation between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army, and the rise of the Hamas movement. Three weeks before the end of his assign-ment, Alan was kidnapped by a jihadi organisation called the Army of Islam. The BBC led a major international campaign for his release, and he was eventually freed unharmed after a-hundred-and-fourteen days in captivity.Alan is currently work-ing in the BBC World Service’s London headquarters, focusing largely on events in South Asia, and presenting the “From Our Own Correspondent” radio programme. He has won several awards, and published a book of his collected journalism.

Nikitas KaklamanisMayor of Athens

Nikitas Kaklamanis was born on the Cycladic island of Andros in 1946. He graduated from the University of Athens Medical School in 1971 and specialized in radiotherapy and oncology. In 1981 he received his doctorate from the Athens Medical School and in 1989 was unanimously elected Assistant Professor of Ra-diotherapy for the School. He has undertaken extensive scien-tific and research work and is a member of several scientific organizations. From 1975 to 1989 he was consistently elected to head medical doctors’ unions. In 1987 he was elected General Secretary of the Pan Hellenic Medical Association, for a second time, with an unprecedented 93% of the vote. In 1986 he was voted in as a member of New Democracy party’s Central Com-mittee and in 1987 he entered the party’s Executive Committee. Mr. Kaklamanis was first elected as MP for New Democracy in 1990, winning the Athens A constituency. In the October 1993 elections he retained his parliamentary seat and in June 1994 joined the European Parliament, with the Political Spring party. During his term in the European Parliament, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and as member of the Committee on Budgets. Additionally, he was a member of the European Parliament’s delegations to the EU - Turkey and Cyprus joint Parliamentary Committees. In the 2000 national elections Mr. Kaklamanis was elected MP for the Athens A constituency with New Democracy and assumed the post of “shadow minister” for the party’s Health and Welfare Section. On July 11, 2001 he was elected Parliamentary Coordi-nator of the party’s Standing Committee for Social Affairs. In the 2004 national elections Mr. Kaklamanis was re-elected MP for the Athens A constituency with New Democracy. In March 2004 he was named Minister of Health and Social Solidarity, a post he served until February 2006. Mr. Kaklamanis was elect-ed Mayor of Athens with the municipal ticket “Athens, the City of our Life” on October 15, 2006 and assumed his Mayoral duties in January 2007.

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Lam Andrew, Co-Founder, New America Media Andrew is a writer and an editor with the Pacific News Serv-ice, a short story writer, and a commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” He co-founded New America Media, an association of over 2000 ethnic media organizations in America.His essays have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including the New York Times, The LA Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Baltimore Sun, The Atlanta Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. He has also written essays for magazines like Mother Jones, The Nation, San Francisco Focus, Proult Journal, In Context, Utne Magazine, California Magazine and many others. His short stories are also anthologized widely and taught in many Universities and colleges. His short stories appeared in many literary journals, including Manoa Journal, Crab Orchard Review, Nimrod International, Michigan Quar-terlyWest,Zyzzyva,TransferMagazine,AlsopReview,Terrain,and others. Lam’s awards include the Society of Professional Journalist “Outstanding Young Journalist Award” (1993) and “Best Commentator” in 2004, The Media Alliance Meritorious awards (1994), The World Affairs Council’s Excellence in Inter-national Journalism Award (1992), the Rockefeller Fellowship in UCLA (1992), and the Asian American Journalist Association National Award (1993; 1995). He was honored and profiled on KQED television in May 1996 during Asian American heritage month.Lam was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University during the academic year 2001-02, studying journalism. He lec-tured widely at many universities and institutions, including Harvard, Yale, Brown, UCLA, USF, UC Berkeley, University of Hawaii, William and Mary, Hong Kong, and Loyola university, and so on. Lam, who was born in Vietnam and came to the US in 1975 when he was 11 years old, has a Master in Fine Arts from San Francisco State University in creative writing, and a BA de-gree in biochemistry from UC Berkeley. He was featured in the documentary “My Journey Home,” which aired on PBS nation-wide on April 7, 2004, where a film crew followed him back to his homeland Vietnam. His book, Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora has recently won the Pen American “Beyond the Margins” Award in 2006, and short-listed for “Asian American Literature Award.” Lam first short story collection, “Birds of Paradise” is due in 2009. He’s working on a novel.

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Lani Remzi, Director, SEENPM, Albania

Born in Lezha, Albania, on February 22, 1958.Currently work-ing as the Executive Director of the Albanian Media Institute. Also co-editor of Albanian edition of Foreign Policy.Correspond-entof theSpanishnewspaper“ElMundo”, 1991 - 1993;“Zeri”newspaper, Pristina, 1993-1995; editor of Alternative Informa-tion Network in Tirana (1995-2000) Founding member of the first Human Rights Group in Albania (The Forum for Human Rights), December 1990.Author of various articles on Balkan af-fairs for different local and foreign papers and magazines such as: “El Mundo”- Madrid, “The Guardian” - London, Quimera - Barcelona, The International Spectator - Rome, Futuribili- Trieste, Transition-Brussels, Fokus - Skopje, Vreme-Belgrade, Osllobogjenie - Sarajevo, Monitor - Podgorica, War Report - London, Transition-Prague.Expert for the International Com-mision for the Balkans, headed by Giulliano Amato. (2004) First President of the South East Network of Media Centers and Media Institutes, which brings together 17 organisations from SEE. Now, Chairman of SEENPM Board. Member of the Board of Scripto Magazine, Viena. Member of the Advisory Board of Balkan Trust for Democracy. Consultant in media Projects in differentAfricancountries:Mozambique,Zimbabve,Zambia,Namibia,SouthAfrica,Zwaziland,Bostwanaetc.

Megrelis Nikos, GFMD Athens World Conference Managing Coordinator

Professional Experience: Being a professional journalist, since February of 1980 started his career in the major Greek news-papers “To Vima” & “Ta NEA”. Editor in chief, diplomatic and political editor-analyst at the private T.V. channels “Mega” and “Antenna”. Editorial associate of the leading English review “Odyssey” (1999-2004). During the years 2001-2004 was the pro-ducer and anchor of the weekly news program “50 Minutes” at the Greek Public Television “NET” where he continues to work. Pioneer among the Greek journalists regarding the im-provement of Greek - Turkish relations, his interview after the Imia crisis in 1996 with President of Turkey Suleiman Demirel, turned to be a point of reference for the relations between the two countries. Professional Skills: Specified in issues of foreign politics and international affairs, has a long experience on the issues of the European Union. He has also lectured (2002 &2003) in the post-graduate Mass Media and Communication Depart-ment of the Athens University. In 2006 he published two books: “A Greek century in Cairo 1904-2004,” (Greek and Arabic edi-tion) and “Thoughts within 300 words”. He has made speeches in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad, about issues of journalism and foreign politics. Awards: In 2002, he received the most prestigious Greek award that of the Botsis Founda-tion, “for the quality of his T.V. programs”. He has been also awarded with the European prize “Eurocomenius 2003”, for his program on the Prestige wreckage and the environmental dis-aster at the coastlines of Spain. In 2007, he received the “K. KA-LLIGAS” award from European Journalists Association - Greek section being honoured “for his professional ethics and Euro-pean orientation in journalism.” Social Activities: In May 2004 was elected member of International Federation of Journalists’ Executive Committee (IFJ) that represents more than 500.000 journalists in more than 100 countries. He was re-elected at the Moscow Congress in 2007. During the years 2003-2005 was General Secretary of the Journalists’ Union of the Athens Dai-ly Newspapers (JUADN). During the period 1999-2005 he was elected to JUADN’s Executive Board. He was also a member (Al-ternate Secretary) of the Panhellenic Federation of Journalists’ Union’s Executive Board, in 1997-1998. He contributed to the IFJ campaign at the U.N. Security Council in order to approve the resolution (24th December 2006.) for the protection of journal-ists in conflict zones. Since 2006 is elected as a member of the Contact Group of Greek and Turkish journalists. He is a found-ing member of the Greek-Chilean Cultural Chamber and also, of the Greek-Georgian Friendship Association.

Ninan Sevanti

is a media critic, author, and founder-editor of the media watchdog TheHoot.org. She worked for the Hindustan Times and Indian Express as a reporter for many years before turn-ing author and columnist. She is the author of Rajasthan, Roli Books 1980, Through the Magic Window, Television and Change in India, Penguin India 1995, Plain Speaking, with Chandrababu Naidu , Viking, 2000, and most recently, Head-lines from the Heartland—Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere published by Sage Publications, in April 2007. She is a contributor to Broadcasting Reform in India, ed. Monroe Price and Stefan Verhulst, OUP 1998. She has written a column on the media for The Hindu since 1991, and writes a media column for the Hindi newspaper, Hindustan. In 2007 she was a visit-ing scholar at the Centre for Advanced Study of India, at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2001 she launched for the Me-dia Foundation in Delhi a media watch website, Thehoot.org, which strives to raise issues of media ethics, professionalism, and press freedom for India’s community of journalists. She was educated at the University of Madras and the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana.

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Odugbemi Sina, Head of Communication For Governance And Accountability Program, World Bank

Sina Odugbemi heads the Communication for Governance and Accountability Program at the World Bank. He has over 20 years of experience in journalism, law and development com-munication. Before he joined the World Bank in 2006, he spent seven years with the UK’s development ministry, DFID. His last position was Program Manager and Adviser, Information and Communication for Development. Mr. Odugbemi holds a Bachelors degree in English (1980) and in Law (1986) from the University of Ibadan and a Masters degree in Legal and Politi-cal Philosophy (1999) from the University College London. He is finishing his doctoral thesis in Laws this year at the same uni-versity. His subject is Public Opinion and Direct Accountability between Elections: A Study of the Constitutional Theories of Jeremy Bentham and A.V. Dicey. Mr. Odugbemi’s publications include a novel entitled The Chief’s Grand-daughter (Spectrum Books, 1986) and two co-edited volumes: With the Support of Multitudes - Using strategic communication to fight poverty through PRSPs and Governance Reform under Real-World Con-ditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice.

Orme William,Policy Advisor for Independent Media Development,UNDP Bureau for Development Policy

Bill Orme was appointed in December 2006 as the United Na-tions Development Programme’s Policy Advisor for Independ-ent Media Development, based in the Democratic Governance Group at UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy (BDP). In hisprevious four years at UNDP Bill was chief of External Com-munications, overseeing UNDP’s global press relations and advocacy campaigns and acting as UNDP’s chief spokesman. Bill is now charged with strengthening UNDP’s support for in-dependent and effective journalism in developing countries, through training programs, regulatory reform, policy support, and other avenues of UN assistance to local news media.From 1992 to 1998 Bill was Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists,an international press freedom organiza-tion headquartered in New York. He returned to daily journal-ism as a Jerusalem-based Middle East correspondent for The New York Times (1998-2001) and UN bureau chief for The Los Angeles Times (2001-2). Previously he served as the founding editor of LatinFinance, a regional business monthly launched in 1988, following ten years of reporting in Latin America as a correspondent for the Washington Post, The Economist, and other publications. Bill is the author of “Understanding NAF-TA: Mexico, Free Trade and the New North America” (Univer-sity of Texas, 1996) and the editor and lead essayist of “A Culture of Collusion: An Inside Look at the Mexican Press” (University of Miami, 1997). Other books to which he has contributed in-clude the “Encyclopedia of International Media and Commu-nications” (Elsevier Science - Academic Press, 2003); “Crimes of War” (Roy Gutman and David Rieff, eds., W.W. Norton & Co., 1999), and “Journalists in Peril” (Nancy J. Woodhull and Robert W. Snyder, eds., Transaction, 1998). For his work at the Committee to Protect Journalists, Bill was presented the First Amendment Award by the U.S. Society of Professional Journal-ists. Bill is an alumnus of Friends World College and has taught post-graduate courses in journalism and Latin American stud-ies at the University of Southern California.

George A. PapandreouPresident of PASOK, President of the Socialist International

George A. Papandreou holds an M.Sc. in Sociology and De-velopment from LSE, and is a fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs. An MP since 1981, he served in several government posts before becoming Foreign Minister from 1999-2004. An active supporter of the Information Society and the driving force behind the Greek EU Presidency’s e-Vote, in 2003 he was placed among the “25 Who are Changing the World of Internet Politics”. He has received several honours for his commitment to promote peace and democracy, notably his successful campaign, as Foreign Minister, to engineer a rap-prochement between Greece and Turkey. As President of PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) since January 2004, George A. Papandreou is leading radical reforms of the Greek party po-litical system. He was unanimously elected as President of the Socialist International in January 2006.

Panneerselvan A.S., Executive Director, Panos South Asia

1) Working as Executive Director for Panos South Asia since July 2004, which has seven offices across five countries in Southa-sia. Panos works closely with media on five thematic areas:Conflict, Environment, Public Health, Globalisation and Media Pluralism. 2) Worked as Managing Editor for Sun Network between June 2001 and June 2004, based in Chennai. As the managing editor, my primary job was to evolve and imple-ment an editorial policy across the network which runs 10 chan-nels in five languages-viz-Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English. The total strength of the editorial team – which

includes writers, producers and reporters – is about 400 people. I report directly to the Chairman and Managing Editor of the Sun Network. I also hosted special analytical programmes. As hands-on editor, I functioned as a fulcrum in coordinating be-tween various languages, departments and bureaus. 2) Worked as Chief of Bureau, for Outlook magazine since its inception in mid 1995 till May 2001. My area included economy, politics and neighbourhood relations. I was heading the South Indian editorial team. 3) Worked as Special correspondent based at Chennai for Business India for seven years. My area was cor-porate economy, environment, energy and political economy. Between August 1994 and July 1995, I was heading the televi-sion division of the Business India group in Chennai. 4) Have written more than 200 articles for various nation and inter-national publications.5) Have directed a video film “Making Trouble where there is none.” This documentary, produced by Frontline magazine of The Hindu group, is about the commu-nal mobilisation using the Lord Ganesh festival in Chennai. 6) Have been covering Sri Lanka since 1984. Have travelled exten-sively all over the island. And my reports from Colombo, Jaff-na, UP Country and Ampara were widely reproduced in Indian and International media. Have presented more than 20 major papers on the question of devolution in various national and international seminars. Major papers:1) As a Reuters Fellow at University of Oxford in 1998. I wrote a comprehensive paper on Fiscal Federal Relations in India. The extended version of the paper will be published as a book in early 2005. During my stay as a fellow, I delivered four lectures on Indian politics and was a part of the special studies group at Nuffield College. University of Oxford.2) Presented a paper at the International Conference on the conflict in Sri Lanka titled “Peace with Justice”, organ-ised by the Australian Human Rights Foundation in June 1996, Federation in Canberra, Australia. My paper “Peace: Obstacles and Opportunities” looks at the crisis from the point of view of an Indian Tamil.3) Was invited to give a lecture on Indian Media at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in November 1998. 4) Was invited to take part in a four day residency programme at Bellagio, Italy by the Panos Institute on the theme: “Can India and Pakistani Media Help Prevent a Nuclear Escalation in South Asia?”5) Contributor to Economic and Political Weekly and the Little Magazine.

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Pavlopoulos Prokopis, Hellenic Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization

Born in Kalamata (southern Peloponnese) in 1950. Pavlopou-los studied at the Athens Law School and earned a doctorate in law at the University of Paris II in France. A member of New Democracy’s central committee, he held a post in the office of president of the republic Michael Stasinopoulos (1974) and served as a legal adviser to president of the republic Constan-tine Karamanlis (1990-1995). Between 1978 and 1981 he served as a legal adviser to the ministry of coordination (national economy and planning). During 1989-1990 he was appointed as alternate minister of state, while also serving as spokesman inanecumenicalgovernmentheadedbyXenophonZolotasin1989. In 1995, he became a political adviser to then New Democ-racy president Miltiades Evert. Pavlopoulos became ND’s Par-liament spokesman following the April 2000 elections. He has been elected to Parliament from Athens’ first election district since 1996. He is married and has two daughters and a son.

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Peters Bettina, GFMD Director

Bettina Peters is the director of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), a network of some 500 media assistance organisations from around the globe. Before joining GFMD in July 2007, Bettina worked as the director of programmes at the European Journalism Centre, where she was in charge of EJC’s programme of media support and journalism training, in par-ticular in the Middle East/ North Africa and in Eastern Europe. From 1990 until 2002 Bettina worked at the International Fed-eration of Journalists, first as European coordinator and later as Deputy General Secretary. She was instrumental in setting up the IFJ’s Project Division and was responsible for the IFJ’s global programme on media development and capacity-building for journalists’ organisations. In the course of her work, Bettina has supervised and managed media development projects in more than 80 countries. She holds a Masters Degree in political science and journalism from the University of Hamburg and has edited a range of publications, including a global survey of women in journalism for the IFJ, the EJC handbook on Civic Journalism and the IFJ handbook on Human Rights Reporting in Africa. For the last five years, she has been a reviewer of the Freedom House Press Freedom Index. Most recently, she wrote the conclusions to European Media Policy, the Brussels Per-spective, published in 2007. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Bet-tina now lives with her partner in Belgium.

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Pinder Rodney, Director, International News Safety Institute

Rodney Pinder is Director of the International News Safety In-stitute, a Brussels-based organisation dedicated to the safety of journalists and other news media personnel working in areas of danger of all kinds. The non-governmental, independent institute was created in 2003 by news organisations and sup-port groups out of growing concern over a rising incidence of attacks on journalists. More than 1,200 news media workers – journalists and critical support staff -- have died in the line of duty in the past decade. INSI is an unprecedented coalition of the news media and individual journalists, media freedom groups, journalist unions and humanitarian campaigners working to create a culture of safety in news gathering. INSI, a non-profit organisation, operates as a network for safety infor-mation that will be of help to journalists in the field, with its website www.newssafety.com as its hub. The institute raises funds from international donors to provide basic safety train-ing free of charge for journalists and other news professionals around the world who are unable to afford their own. It has so far trained almost 1,000 news media staff and freelances in 16 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. Amongst other initiatives, INSI undertook a global inquiry, the first of its kind, into the causes of journalist deaths and produced a re-port and recommendations for action by governments and the international community. The survey disclosed most casualties were not war correspondents but ordinary reporters trying to expose crime and corruption in their own countries in peace-time. It also worked with members to persuade the UN Security Council to pass Resolution 1738 on the safety of journalists in conflict.And INSI has set up a kidnap/hostage network to help news organisations and individuals facing such a crisis for the first time. Pinder, 64, is a former senior foreign correspondent and news executive for Reuters. He retired in 2002 after four years as global Editor of Reuters Television News and 37 years covering international affairs in three hemispheres. He has a long experience of conflict reporting. He has covered wars and civil conflicts in the Middle East, Northern Ireland, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Southern and South Africa, Indonesia, Iraq andIran and the Gulf.

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Salyer Stephen, President & Chief Executive, Salzburg Global Seminar

Stephen Salyer is president and chief executive officer of the Salzburg Global Seminar, an independent international or-ganization whose mission is to challenge present and future leaders to solve issues of global concern. Proposed in 1947 by a young Austrian as a “Marshall Plan of the Mind,” Salzburg is recognized for programs that build professional networks, facilitate cross-cultural problem-solving, and propose stra-tegic approaches to global challenges. Salzburg’s program is centered at historic Schloss Leopoldskron, an Austrian palace once owned by Max Reinhardt, and today a well-equipped, in-spirational setting for advancing thought toward action. The world’s leading experts and rising private- and public-sector leaders gather in Salzburg to address subjects from independ-ent media to climate change, new economic architecture to the future of philanthropy, and to produce policy recom-mendations and concerted action plans. Before assuming the Salzburg presidency in 2005, Mr. Salyer was chief executive of Public Radio International (PRI), a leading provider of news and cultural programming to more than 800 US radio stations. Mr. Salyer also served for nine years as vice president of WNET/Thirteen in New York City, the flagship producer for the PBS television network. His recent board service includes Guidestar USA, Inc., Davidson College, MacPhail Center for Music, Salz-burg Global Seminar, Public Interactive, LLC and Public Radio International. Mr. Salyer credits attending a Salzburg seminar with changing his career focus to public service media. Before joining public broadcasting, Mr. Salyer directed the Population Council’s Public Issues Program, and was the youngest person ever appointed to a U.S. presidential commission. He holds degrees from Davidson College, the Kennedy School of Govern-ment at Harvard University, and was a Root-Tilden Scholar at New York University Law School.

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Shibli Haitham S., Radio Station Manager, Radio Farahalnas -Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development/Jordanian Women

1997-High diploma in Diplomacy and Foreign Services- Jordan Institute of Diplomacy-Amman-Jordan (average: very good) 1988, B.A Economics- Yarmouk University-Irbid-Jordan.(av-erage: very good)/ November 1991, Radio Reporting &field re-search, Crete Island –Greece / March 1992, Radio programming organized by Radio France international in Amman-JordanSeptember-1992, News editing for French speaking radio organ-ized by Radio France internationale - Amman Jordan OCTOBER 1992, Radio Programming. Radio Auxerre. FranceApril 1993, supervising news editing, organized by Radio Mon-te Carlo, Amman September 1993, Program Director Training, RMC, Paris September 1994, Media Ethics – Radio France Inter-nationale – Paris –France October 1995, Managing local Radio – Auxerre- France. December 1995, Training for News Editing Trainers - the European institute of journalism in Strasbourg – France September 1997, preparing graduation thesis for the Institute of Diplomacy on EU-Jordan Security and Military Partnership – Brussels - Belgium December 1999, Digital Tech-nologies in Broadcasting – Paris - France November 2000, Digi-talizing Radio Stations at Radio France internationale & Radio Monte Carlo – Paris – France September 2001, Training of direc-tors of stations, Paris, Melun, Strasbourg December 2002, The new technology and its programming requirements, ParisSeptember 2005, Market research and Radio management, MEDIAMETRIE, Paris September 2005, Privatizing Media and the Role Audio-Visual Councils. CSA, Paris May 2006, seminar on the role of media in targeting social and economic issues: Lebanon May 2007, The role of the Media in fighting terrorism and radicalization: Dublin- Ireland. June 2007, Training Media Trainers (holding training courses for radios & newspapers). London – UK June 2007, Radio & TV Monitoring. Redding - UK Work experience Since may 2008 Station manager / founder of Frahalnas Station, a community project to focus on women , youth and pwd’s in media . Jordanian Hashemite Fun For Hu-man Development.( working with local and international do-nors ) Feb 2006 till jan 2008 Founder, and chief editor of news of Watan Radio; a news radio station covering the capital Amman and the northern part of the kingdom (85% of Jordan’s popula-

tion, and the eastern part of the Palestinian area), presenting around-the-clock-news with a focus on local events in addition to a coverage of the world and the region. Jun 2007 Co-Founder of (ALWATAN) political Weekly.April 2001- Aug 2007 Director of foreign services –Radio Jordan• Head of the English (20 hours daily), and the French (13hours daily) speaking Radios: Setting Program Cycles, super-vising news editing and coverage Hiring DJ’S and News Editors and casters, Organizing Training Courses in Jordan and Abroad • MemberoftheTechnicalCommitteeinchargeofDigitaliz-ing Radio Jordan programming, broadcasting, and archiving. Broadcasting JRTV on the web. November 1992 – April 2001 Ra-dio Jordan Assistant director of foreign services at Radio Jordan • FounderoftheFrenchFMservice:Tasksincludedhiringandtraining the staff for the French section at Radio Jordan• 2003 – September 2007: Jury Member of the ABU (AsianBroadcasting Union) • 2001September2007:LiaisonOfficerfortheEBU(EuropeanBroadcasting Union)• January2002 -November 2002:TVhostofaFrench50minpolitical weekly program• 1991-2001ChiefscreeningofficerofFrenchPrograms-JordanTelevision• 1990-2001FrenchTranslatorforJordanTelevision,documen-taries, series and movies.January - June 1988 : Head of economic feasibility unit at the department of research and development-Ministry of Munici-palities and Rural Affairs.August1988 - November 1989:Investe-ment Dept. Arab Bank Casablanca Morocco.Interpreter:- (French-Arabic) for over 40 conferences and inter-national gatherings.- Interpreter for His Majesty King Abdul-lah the second, during several ceremonies, accepting letters of accreditation of foreign ambassadors to the Royal Court.Extracurricular activities- Radio Jordan’s Reporter at the peace negotiations between Jordan & Israel in Eilat, Tiberius,Wadi Araba and Aqaba.- Radio Jordan’s reporter at the MENA Sum-mits in Casablanca, Doha, Amman.

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Sigal Ivan, Executive Director, Global Voices Online

Ivan Sigal is executive director of Global Voices, a citizen media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for In-ternet & Society that is now an independent, nonprofit organi-zation. Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online by shining light on places and people other media often ignore. Before joining Global Voices in August 2008, Sigal was a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where he researched digital media in conflict-prone parts of the globe. Sigal spent a decade working at Internews, an in-ternational media development organization, designing and implementing numerous media development projects in the former Soviet Union and Asia. Sigal has also worked as a free-lance photographer, and in print media as a writer and editor.

Aris SpiliotopoulosMinister Of Tourism, Member of Parliament Nea Demokratia Political Party

Graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens (1985 – 1989). Com-pleted his postgraduate studies in the Department of Commu-nications Policy, City University, London with a Masters degree in Communications Policy and Mass Media (1990 –1992). Title of postgraduate dissertation: “Communications Policy and Adver-tising of Greek Political Parties in the three Electoral Contests of 1989 – 1990”. Doctoral candidate in the Department of Com-munication and Mass Media of the University of Athens. Hon-oured by the State Scholarship Institute. Speaker on commu-nications issues at the NATO Education Committee. Served as representative of the Students Union at the University of Ath-ens (1985 – 1989). Leading member of MAKI, ONNED and Nea Demokratia. Speaks and writes English and Italian. Taught Communications Policy, special Communications issues, Po-litical Science and Market Research in the Department of Jour-nalism and Marketing of the European Education Organisation (1992 – 1993). Took part in many scientific conferences in Greece and abroad. Has had articles published in many newspapers and magazines. Served as Head of the Secretariat of Political Planning, Communication and Ideology of Nea Demokratia (1994 – 1996). Was appointed Press Spokesman of New Democ-racy (April 1997-August 2000). Was elected Member of the Greek Parliament (April 2000). Was reelected Member of the Greek Parliament (Elections: March 2004 and September 2007). Appointed Minister of Greek Tourism (September 2007)

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Sullivan Drew, Advising Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Drew Sullivan is the advising editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a consortium of leading investigative centers, reporters and news organiza-tions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia dedicated to reporting on transnational organized crime. OCCRP’s first project won the Global Shining Light Award for investigative reporting under duress. He is a founder and managing member of the Journal-ism Development Group LLC, a small, innovative media de-velopment organization with projects around the world. He is also a founder and former editor of the Center for Investigative Reporting in Bosnia-Herzegovina, an independent, regional investigative news service that won the 2007 Online Journalism Award for best small investigative reporting web site. He was a city hall and investigative reporter for the Tennessean news-paper in Nashville and the news data editor for the Associated Press’s special assignment team in New York. He has served on the board of directors of Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. He taught investigative journalism and computer-assisted re-porting at New York University. Before coming to journalism, he was an aerospace engineer on the Space Shuttle project for Rockwell Space Systems in Downey, California.

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Sullivan Marguerite Hoxie, Senior Director, Center for International Media Assistance – National Endowment for Democracy

Marguerite Sullivan is senior director of the Center on Internation-al Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy, a new center that aims to support and strengthen media assist-ance initiatives and highlight the indispensable role independ-ent media play in the creation and development of sustainable democracies around the world. She has worked as a journalist, a communications practitioner, and an executive in government and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and has done more than a hundred trainings on issues of freedom of the press, transparency, ethics and effective and open com-munications. Before joining NED, she was Executive Director of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and director of the UNESCO Affairs Office at the U.S. Department of State. She previ-ously was vice president for communications and external affairs of the International Republican Institute, one of the NED core institutes. She began her career as journalist working for news-papers in Boston and California before moving to Washington, D.C., where she was a reporter and columnist for Copley News Service and newspapers, covering Congress and executive branch of government. She also served as president of the Washington Press Club, now the National Press Club and also was executive editor of The Washington Woman magazine. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Washingtonian magazine among others. She authored a book A Responsible Press Office: An In-sider’s Guide for the U.S. Department of State on media that has won a number of awards and has been translated into 30 languag-es. She has worked as an executive or communications director in federal and state government, including at the White House, State Department, National Endowment for Humanities and served as a member of the Cabinet of a U.S. governor. Ms. Sulli-van represents the U.S. as region one representative to UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communica-tion. She also is a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, the U.S. National Council on the Humanities, and has served on and chaired several committees at Stanford University, where she received her master and bachelor degrees.

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Teodoro Luis V., Deputy Director, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility

ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDGraduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English (Jou nalism and Creative Writing), 1964, University of the Philip-pines Attended the Master of Arts Program in Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Phil-ippines, 1965- 68 Attended the Master of Arts Program, Asian Center, University of the Philippines, 1975-77 Was a research fellow at the East-West Center. Honolulu, Hawaii USA, 1980 Was a senior fellow, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India, 1967AREAS OF ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTMedia criticism, Journalism ethics. Philippine press history.Opinion writing. Magazine writing and editing. EditingCURRENT INVOLVEMENTS• Professor of Journalism (retired but still teaching), Col-lege of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman•DeputyDirector andmember of the board of advis-ers, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) •Editor,PhilippineJournalismReviewandPJRReports(CMFRPublications)•Member, Commission on Higher Education(CHED) Technical Panel on Communication and the Social Sciences.•Chair, Technical Committee on Journalism Educa-tion,CHED•Lecturer in journalism,KonradAdenauerCenterfor Journalism,Ateneo deManila University•Member of theBoard of Directors, National Center for Print Media (Cyber Press)•MemberoftheBoardofDirectorsandViceChair,Centerfor People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS (University of the Philippines) :•TheCarlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair in Journalism, 1987• TheSanMiguelCorporationChairinCommunication,1988• The Teodoro F. Valencia Professorial Chair in Mass Com-munication, 1989•TheCarlos P.Romulo Professorial Chair inJournalism, 1992•TheCarlos P.Romulo Professorial Chair inJournalism,1993•TheHernandoJ.AbayaProfessorialChairinJournalism, 2001-2002; 2004-2005 ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS HELD, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES:•Dean, Universityof thePhilippinesCollegeofMass Communication for two terms (June 1, 1994 to May 31, 1997; June 1, 1997 to May 31, 2000)

• Officer-In-Charge,UPFilmCenter,June1994toMay2000• Member,ManagementTeam,UPCollegeofMassCommuni-cation-UNESCO Tambuli community radio project 1994-2000.• Chair,DepartmentofJournalism,UPCollegeofMassCom-munication (1988-1994) •Coordinator, Journalism Program,UP Institute ofMass Communication (1986-1988) •Officer-In-Charge, UP College of Mass Communication, June-November, 1988•Head,PublicationsOffice,UniversityofthePhilippinesPhilippine Center for Advanced Studies (1975-1978)•ProgramDevelopment Assistant to the President of the University of the Philippines,1982-1984•DeputyDirector,UniversityofthePhil-ippines InformationOffice, 1982 •Director,PublicationsDivi-sion, President’s Center for Special Studies, 1984-1986 BOOKS PUBLISHED: • TheUndiscoveredCountry(selectedshortfiction).PublishedbytheUniversityofthePhilippinesPress,June2004•MediainCourt (Manila: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, 1998); editor and chief contributor•Community Communica-tion: An Introduction (Los Banos: UP Institute of Development Communication, 1997); editor, with Crispin Maslog and Louie Tabing.•The Summer of Our Discontent (Manila: KalikasanPublishers, 1990)A collection of critical essays •MassMedia,Democracy and Development Volume (ed.) , Pamana Anthol-ogy of Filipino Socio-Political Thought Since 1872 (a project of the University of the Philippines National College of Public Ad-ministration and Governance)PUBLICATIONS ABROAD• MassMediaLawsandRegulationsinthePhilippines(Sin-gapore: Asian Mass Media Information Center, 1998); with Rosalinda V. Kabatay (a second, revised edition was published August, 2001; a third edition has been published for 2006) •Two Perspectives on Philippine Literature and Society (Honolu-lu: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii, 1982);withEpifanioSanJuanJr.•OutofThisStruggle:theFili-pinos in Hawaii (Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1980); editor JOURNALISM PRACTICEA. Current• Columnist(onceaweek;May11,2007topresent),BusinessWorldnewspaper•Columnist (twice aweek; October 2005 toMay,2007)BusinessMirrornewspaper• C o l u m n i s t(twice a week; March 2005 to April 2005) Manila Standard- To-daynewspaper• Columnist(twiceaweek;May2000toMarch2005),Todaynewspaper•Columnist(onceaweek;June2004tothe present), Gulf News •Contributor, Diyarista (publicationoftheNationalUnionofJournalistsofthePhilippines)•Con-tributor, Planet Philippines (international online publication on Philippine affairs)B.Previous•EditorandChiefContributor,PhilippineJournal-ism Review 2000-2004.

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• Editor, Philippine Journalism Review refereed journal,2007-• Philippine Country Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Journalism Asia (The ASEAN Press- Monitoring Annual) 2001-2004•Columnist(onceaweek;May2001toMarch2005),ABS-CBNNewsInteractive•Editor,PhilippineNewsandFea-tures(printedition),1983-1989•Contributor,PhilippineNewsandFeaturesonline(InternetEdition),1990-1995•ChiefCon-tributor, Philippine News and Features print edition, 1983-1989 • Editor and Columnist, National Midweek Magazine •Col-umnist,TheManilaTimes•Columnist,TheManilaStandard• Sub-Editor (Deskperson) ,TheManilaChronicle •Principalwriter,Archipelagoonline• Bookeditor,GraphicMagazine• Review editor, Asia-Philippines Leader •Editor, ReviewMagazine•Editor-In-Chief,ThePhilippineCollegian(studentnewspaper of the University of the Philippines)AWARDS• ModelTeacherAward,2007.BatoBalaniFoundation• First Prize,Carlos P.Romulo LiteraryAward for the ShortStory,1969•SecondPrize,CarlosPalancaMemorialAwardsforLiterature,EnglishShort•StoryDivision,1969•Second Prize,Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, English Short StoryDivision,1978•ThirdPrize,PhilippinesFreePressShortStoryAward,1968•SecondPrize,GraphicMagazineShortStoryAwards, 1970

PROFESSOR TEODORO HAS BEEN A SPEAKER AND RESOURCE PERSON IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS

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Vivarta Veet, Director, ANDI, Brazil Veet Vivarta is a journalist and the Executive Secretary of ANDI - Brazilian News Agency for Children’s Rights. He coordinates initiatives on media monitoring, social mobilization and ca-pacity building that have been carried out by the organization in Brazil since 1993 in order to promote the Children’s Rights. The Media Development Methodology implemented by ANDI has been also replicated by the other 12 organizations in dif-ferent countries that are members of the ANDI Latin American Network. Subjects as poverty and inequality, public expendi-ture, child labor, education, commercial sexual exploitation,

disabilities, corporate social responsibility, climate change and communication policies are subject covered by the Agency that works closely with the various sectors that are – or should be – engaged in fostering the quality of the public agenda in Latin America: media groups, governments, civil society organiza-tions, the universities, and international agencies. During the last 15 years, more than a 100 reports and books on media, rights and development issues have been published by ANDI and the ANDI Latin American Network Agencies.

Vucinic Sasa, Managing Director, Media Development Loan Fund

Sasa Vucinic has been Managing Director of Media Develop-ment Loan Fund, Inc. since he co-founded the organization in 1995.Prior to that, he worked as a media consultant to the Soros Foundations Network (which later became the Open Society In-stitute), advising the national foundations on strategy for de-velopment of assistance to their respective independent media sectors. He also advised on overall foundation media strategy and implemented specific assistance to individual media com-panies deemed to be the most significant in the country. From 1990 to 1993 he served as General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of the independent radio station B-92 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He served as the station’s first Director and was responsible for all aspects of operations including editorial content and gener-al and financial management. He began his journalism career as a reporter at the weekly political newsmagazine Non, even-tually becoming its editor-in-chief. Sasa is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade, and he completed the General Managers Program of Harvard Business School.

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Wall Imogen, Project Manager, BBC World Service Trust

Imogen Wall is an independent international communica-tions consultant currently working with the BBC World Service Trust, handling Sudan and Ethiopia amongst other work. She specialises in beneficiary communication strategies including mass information campaigns, with a particular interest in post-conflict and humanitarian work. Educated at Cambridge and SOAS and a former BBC journalist, she works primarily on techniques and strategies for improving information exchange between international organisations and local populations. She has worked in East Timor, Aceh and Sudan for a range of organisations including UNDP, UN-OCHA, ActionAid and the World Bank. Her publications include “The Right To Know”, an analysis of public information and accountability work in the tsunami response, authored on behalf of President Clinton for the UN; a number of studies on media and communications in Aceh for UNDP and the World Bank and “Left in the Dark: the unmet need for information in humanitarian response”, a policy paper co-authored with Lisa Robinson on behalf of the BBC World Service Trust.

White Aidan, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists

Aidan White is the General Secretary of the International Fed-eration of Journalists. He was born in Derry, Ireland, and ed-ucated in the United Kingdom where he learned his trade as a journalist. He is 57. He joined the International Federation of Journalists from The Guardian in 1987. He has worked as a reporter, feature writer, sub-editor, and editorial manager for leading regional and national newspapers in Britain. Through-

out this time he has been an active trades unionist. Today he campaigns for the rights of journalists worldwide. He has writ-ten extensively on the social and professional conditions of journalism. He is an international consultant on press rights and journalistic ethics and has produced reports for UNESCO, the ILO, the UN Human Rights Commission, the Council of Eu-rope, and the European Union. He has extensive knowledge of the human rights field. Under his leadership the IFJ has grown into the largest organisation of journalists in the world with a range of projects and solidarity programmes that cover the globe.

Wilson Mark, Executive Director, Panos London

Mark Wilson is Executive Director of Panos London. A former journalist and communications director in London, Hong Kong and Geneva, he joined Panos London in 2004 after eleven years with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cres-cent Societies, where he was responsible for operations in the Balkans, Kosovo and Mozambique, was its Head of Planning and Senior Adviser to the Secretary General. He has specialized in reporting on international politics, trade and economics, and holds four Masters degrees in International Politics, Soviet and East European Studies, Journalism and Management. He is the co-author of At the Heart of Change: The role of commu-nication in sustainable development.

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MAIN PARTNERS, SPONSORS, SUPPORTERS, MEDIA PARTNERS, DONORS

MAIN PARTNERSThe GFMD Conference Organisers are grateful to the City of Athens for their generous support.

The GFMD Organisers would like to thank the following sources for supporting the 2nd GFMD Athens World Conference

HOST ORGANISER

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SUPPORTERThe GFMD Organisers would like to thank the following supporter:

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Exclusive International Broadcast Sponsor

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DONORSGFMD would like to thank the following donors:

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