African Media Partners Network: Proceedings of the Amsterdam Meeting
Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (1999), 28 pp.
"The 6th meeting of the African Media Partners Network, which followed on from the meetings held in Paris (1995), Brussels (1996), Bellagio, Copenhagen (1997) and Johannesburg (1998), was organised by the network's technical secretariat in collaboration with the Dutch non-profit association CAF/SCO. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the meeting in Amsterdam, from 6 to 9 Decem-ber 1999. Gertie Hesseling, Director of the Centre for African Studies and representing CAF/SCO, chaired the opening session. Apart from the various presentations of activities by new members and by Dutch partners, the meeting focussed on three main working themes: issues of professional organisation and structure; law and ethics; the use of new information and communication technologies (NICT), training and pro-duction. Work took place in plenary sessions following a programme designed to allow flexibility and debate. The object of the present report is to provide a faithful (but not exhaustive) record of thepresentations and the debates to which the meeting gave rise. The programme and the list of delegates are provided in annex." (Page 1)
I. SUPPORT POLICIES FOR THE MEDIA IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF THE NETHERLANDS, 1
1 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Leen Boer, Dewi Van De Weerd, Piet de Lange
2 Communication Assistance Foundation (CAF/SCO) / Fenneke Hulshoff Pol
3 Netherlands institute for southern Africa (NIZA) / Bob Van der Winden
4 International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) and HIVOS / Loeki Schaeffers and Maartje op de Coel
II. SUPPORT POLICIES FOR THE MEDIA IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF GERMANY, 5
1 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) / Peter Holasek
2 Friedrich Ebert Foundation / Reinhard Keune
3 Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) / Michel Philippart
4 Evangelisches Missionswerk Deutschland (EMW) / Glenine Hamlyn
III. REGIONAL MEDIA ASSISTANCE POLICIES, 7
1 The Social Development Department of the World Bank / Stephen Stern
2 Southern African Development Community (SADC) / Moses Mabunde
IV. ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE, 7
1 Press freedom observatories / Daniel Fra
2 Press houses / Marie-Soleil Frère
3 The Ghana International Press Centre / Kabral Blay Amihere
4 Objectives and operational modes of the forum for press houses and observatories in Africa / Marie-Soleil Frère
5 World Association of Newspapers (WAN) / Aralynn MacMane
V. LAW AND ETHICS, 11
1 Results of the Accra seminar / Chudi Ukpabi
2 The African Communication Regulation Authorities, their network (NACRA) / Elisabeth Paquot
3 Clarifying the respective roles of regulation authorities andprofessional associations / Kabral Blay Amihere
VI. THE USE OF NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGIES (NICT) AND MEDIA TRAINING IN AFRICA, 13
1 Matching the supply and the demand for training in media skills inAfrica / Michel Philippart
2 The training activities of the Thomson Foundation / Val Williams
3 The Centre audionumérique de Ouagadougou / Jean-Claude Crépeau
4 The internal organisation of the World Bank: the Africa region / Richard Uku
5 Distance learning: the programme of the World Bank Institute / Roderick MacDonell
6 NICT, the Internet and journalism in the Netherlands / Jonathan Marks
VII. CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING AND PROSPECTS FOR THE NETWORK IN THE YEAR 2000, 16
VIII. ANNEXES, 18
1 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Leen Boer, Dewi Van De Weerd, Piet de Lange
2 Communication Assistance Foundation (CAF/SCO) / Fenneke Hulshoff Pol
3 Netherlands institute for southern Africa (NIZA) / Bob Van der Winden
4 International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) and HIVOS / Loeki Schaeffers and Maartje op de Coel
II. SUPPORT POLICIES FOR THE MEDIA IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF GERMANY, 5
1 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) / Peter Holasek
2 Friedrich Ebert Foundation / Reinhard Keune
3 Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) / Michel Philippart
4 Evangelisches Missionswerk Deutschland (EMW) / Glenine Hamlyn
III. REGIONAL MEDIA ASSISTANCE POLICIES, 7
1 The Social Development Department of the World Bank / Stephen Stern
2 Southern African Development Community (SADC) / Moses Mabunde
IV. ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE, 7
1 Press freedom observatories / Daniel Fra
2 Press houses / Marie-Soleil Frère
3 The Ghana International Press Centre / Kabral Blay Amihere
4 Objectives and operational modes of the forum for press houses and observatories in Africa / Marie-Soleil Frère
5 World Association of Newspapers (WAN) / Aralynn MacMane
V. LAW AND ETHICS, 11
1 Results of the Accra seminar / Chudi Ukpabi
2 The African Communication Regulation Authorities, their network (NACRA) / Elisabeth Paquot
3 Clarifying the respective roles of regulation authorities andprofessional associations / Kabral Blay Amihere
VI. THE USE OF NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGIES (NICT) AND MEDIA TRAINING IN AFRICA, 13
1 Matching the supply and the demand for training in media skills inAfrica / Michel Philippart
2 The training activities of the Thomson Foundation / Val Williams
3 The Centre audionumérique de Ouagadougou / Jean-Claude Crépeau
4 The internal organisation of the World Bank: the Africa region / Richard Uku
5 Distance learning: the programme of the World Bank Institute / Roderick MacDonell
6 NICT, the Internet and journalism in the Netherlands / Jonathan Marks
VII. CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING AND PROSPECTS FOR THE NETWORK IN THE YEAR 2000, 16
VIII. ANNEXES, 18
