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Conference > Agenda - Conference Köln

  Sat 19th March PART I - The Background
   
0930 Coffee, welcome and introduction of participants Chair Ritchie Cogan, One World Broadcasting Trust
   
1000 Address by Fritz Pleitgen, Director-General WDR and Vice-President of the European Broadcasting Union
   
1010 Short video from Alterdoc - The Other Side of the Earth
   
1015 Marina Ponti, Deputy Director, Civil Society Outreach, Millennium Development Goals Campaign, UNDP 'The MDGs and why they matter'
   
1025 Kevin Watkins, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP via Telephone Conference Link The UN's latest research projections on MDG trends for the next ten years, 2005-2015
   
1035 Panel Discussion MDGS - ambitions, obstacles and limitations ; the role of the media Moderator Patrice Barrat, Article Z / Bridge Initiative Andre Carvalho, Chief of Development Programme and Operations Group, United Nations Volunteers Luis Morago, Head, Brussels Office, Oxfam International Advocacy Marina Ponti, Deputy Director, Civil Society Outreach, Millennium Development Goals Campaign, UNDP
   
  Sun 20th March PART II - Participant reactions and responses
   
1130 Chair Jenny Richards Address by Norway's Development Minister, Hilde Frafjord Johnson:'Reaching the Millennium Development Goals Together'with question and answer
   
1215 Mark Harvey - an overview of the TVE / OWBT ' MDGs in Focus' Project
   
1225 Structured 'round-table' among media participants:What plans (if any) exist in their home media networks in Europe to cover MDGs or related subject areas in 2005/6?, What are the obstacles to getting media airtime for such coverage? What are the key pointers to success in getting airtime?
   
  PART III - Summary projects in hand and Workshops
   
1400 Chair Ritchie Cogan Three workshops of approx 7 participants each discuss practical ideas for media programme output. Chairs and participants as agreed before lunch
   
  PART IV - Workshop reports to plenary meeting
   
1600 Preparation of Workshop Reports
   
1620 Structured reports from each of the three workshops, followed by round-table discussion of ideas. Chair Karl Mertes. Reports, Discussion, Summary and video
   
  Monday 21st March Part V
   
0930 Chair Steve Bradshaw, Video, Summary of new media co-production ideas, Review of projects in hand, Identification of most practical media co-production proposals, Time frames envisaged for 2005 (and beyond)
   
  PART VI - Next steps
   
1120 Round-table among media participants on What media co-production groups are possible?, How would they organise themselves?, How can Southern partners participate?, How will we measure the impact of these productions on audiences?
   
  PART VII Communications
   
1220 The practicalities of moving forward, Key organisers, Exchange of prime contacts
   

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'The MDGs in Focus' was made in association with:

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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Oxfam Novib

NCDO

The UN Foundation

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