[pima.nius] Request for Expressions of Interest in the UNESCO International Conference for Broadcast Media & Climate Change

 

Serving: Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

 

 

Lisa Williams Lahari

WAVE

Cook Islands

 

Dear Lisa,

 

The UNESCO Office for the Pacific States based in Apia, Samoa is inviting Expressions of Interest from Pacific broadcasting media organizations to participate at the International Conference on Broadcast Media & Climate Change at the UNESCO HQ in Paris from the 4^th – 5^th September, 2009.

 

The aim of the Conference is to highlight the public-service remit of broadcast media in raising awareness on climate change, and to increase cooperation between national broadcasters.

 

For more information and to register your participation, please visit:

www.unesco.org/webworld/en/media-cliamte-change

 

The UNESCO Apia Office has adopted a Climate Change Intersectoral Platform with a key result of contributing to small island responses to coping with climate change through the application of scientific and local knowledge in policy, education and awareness raising.

 

The Apia Communication & Information (CI) Sector with the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) organized 2 Pacific Media and Climate Workshops in 2008 and 2009.

 

2008 - http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10463&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

 

2009 - http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10910&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

 

Together with SPREP, we will also be launching a Pacific Media and Climate Change Poster in 2009.

 

To build on our Pacific efforts, we would like to support up to 3 Pacific representatives at the International Conference. Applications are invited from individuals/organizations that fulfil the following criteria:

 

1)                  Existing or planned commitment to climate change reporting in Annual Reports or strategic planning documents. Applicants are advised to attach copies of the strategic documents listing the relevant sections;

2)                  Attach copies or website links of up to 5 very recent climate change articles/broadcasts or extended features/programmes highlighting impact by known reach/comments or awards/commendations;

3)                  Demonstrate how the articles contribute to increased knowledge of the effects of climate on human security components including: food security, health security, environmental security, economic security, personal security, political security and community security;

4)                  Demonstrate increased frequency, quality (by way of journalist training in climate change or participation in climate change events), prominence, and permanence (internet access/archiving/retrieval);

5)                  Highlight any dedicated climate change page on your website or commitment to developing a dedicated section;

6)                  List the full contact details of the National Climate Change Department in your country and other climate change agencies and any partnerships;

 

Applications are to be e-mailed to: a.caine@unesco.org by Thursday 23^rd April, 2009 Apia time (GMT -11 hours). Please don't hesitate to request additional information.

 

We are sending this message to all contacts in our UNESCO Apia Media Contacts Database including the Pacific National Commissions for UNESCO. We apologize if this message is not relevant to you or if you have received multiple copies.

 

Please also don't hesitate to forward the contact details of other members of your organization to add to our database. We would greatly appreciate it if you could please forward this message to colleagues in your organization.

 

Regards,

Abel Caine

 

Adviser for Communication & Information

UNESCO Office for the Pacific States

Apia, Samoa

 

ph: +685 24276

web: www.unesco.org/apia

 

Join the UNESCO Frontlines Forum of Climate Change

www.climatefrontlines.org

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"More and more, if you're not in the digital conversation about your community, you're not in a conversation that matters"
--   Alberto Ibargüen, President, The Knight Foundation.

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