Agenda
Published by jphil on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:14Draft Agenda – version 2.0 | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | |
ACCRA – AMARC 11 Conference | 10 August | 11 August | 12 August | 13 August | 14 August | |
THEMES | Global introduction to the Conference, development of the main theme under diverse perspectives | Community Radio, holistic security and sustainable development | Community Radio, culture and identity security | Community Radio, conflict and institutional security | Community Radio for a secure, just world | |
The promise of Community Radio | ||||||
H 8.30 | registration | announcements | announcements | announcements | announcements | |
Morning Sessions | ||||||
H 9:00 | Plenary - Regional Perspectives | Plenary - Regional Perspectives | Plenary - Regional Perspectives | Plenary - Workshop Outcomes | ||
To deepen participants' knowledge of each other's context, each Region - Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East/North Africa and North America - will, facilitated by its Regional Board or equivalent interim structure, give a 10-minute (maximum) presentation on the appropriate day on each of the three themes, delineating their reality and highlighting their main achievements, concerns and aspirations. | ||||||
H 11.00 | welcome refreshments | refreshment break | refreshment break | refreshment break | refreshment break | |
H 11.30 | Plenary - Official Opening | Parallel workshops | Plenary - International Youth Day | Parallel workshops | Plenary - Conference Wrap-up | |
His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has kindly accepted the invitation to open AMARC 11. | ||||||
H 13.00 | lunch break | lunch break | lunch break | lunch break | lunch break | |
interaction time | interaction time | interaction time | interaction time | interaction time | ||
Afternoon Sessions | ||||||
H 14.30 | Plenary - Thematic Keynote Panel | Parallel workshops | Parallel workshops | AMARC General Assembly | AMARC Elections | |
A main keynote speaker addresses the global theme, which is respectively taken up in relation to the three sub-themes by a specialist in each of the areas. | ||||||
H 16.00 | refreshment break | refreshment break | refreshment break | refreshment break | refreshment break | |
H 16:30 | Parallel workshops | Parallel workshops | AMARC Extraordinary General Meeting | AMARC General Assembly | Plenary - Official Closing | |
Workshops on the various themes will be defined by the AMARC 11 committee and the IBOD and also drawn from submissions from AMARC members, community media activists and practitioners, academics and researchers. | The Extraordinary General Meeting will deal exclusively with proposed amendments to the Constitution or Statutes of AMARC, which would have been discussed beforehand at electronic discussions facilitated at the Regional level. | The Official Closing will feature statements from the outgoing and incoming AMARC Presidents as well as a keynote speech by a figure renowned for seminal work in line with the themes of AMARC 11. | ||||
H 18.00 | close for the day | close for the day | close for the day | close for the day | end of conference | |
opening reception | closing jam | |||||