Tuning in to Diversity 2004
NH Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout (Holland)
PROGRAMME
12:00
Arrival and registration of the participants
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30
Opening of the conference
Chairman: Aldit Hunkar
13.45 - 14:45
Keynote speeches
<Speaker to be confirmed>:
Responsibilities of media and minority groups in the new EU
Harm Bruin Slot, chairman Board of Governors of Dutch Public Broadcasting: responsibilities of public broadcasting in a national multicultural society
Naima Charkaoui, co-ordinator Brussels Minority Platform:
Youngsters are the future!
14:45 - 15:15
Questions and answers session
15:15 - 16:00
Break
16:00 - 18:30
Multimedia presentations of the "underlying projects and panel discussions
Multimedia presentation EQUAMEDIA:
- DREAM (Greece)
- The Image of Migrants in Italy through Media, Civil Society and the Labour Market (Italy)
Panel discussion chaired by Reggy Omar (BBC):
Intercultural reporting on global conflict?
Participants from RAI, NOS, WDR, Al Jazeera, IFJ, representatives of Islamic organizations.
Multimedia presentation EQUAMEDIA:
Panel discussion chaired by Aldit Hunkar (NPS):
Can minority community media and multicultural media programming provide an alternative to homeland or third country satellite broadcasters?
Participants from AMARC, Migra, FunX, Indvandrer TV, Institut Panos Paris, DREAM, BBC.
18:30 - 19:30
Cocktail with further multimedia presentations
Multimedia presentation CREAM
(CREAtive and practical Media education activities):
19:30
Dinner
Please note that all participants listed in this first draft programme are still to be confirmed.
9.00 - 12.30
Morning workshops
1. Journalistic intercultural media competencies.
With: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), International Media Working Group Against Racism and Xenophobia (IMRAX), European Journalism Centre (EJC), Journalist organisations, Schools of Journalism.
Aim: Definition of intercultural media competencies for journalists and methods for implementation.
Co-ordination: IFJ.
Facilitator:
2. Annual monitoring on media and diversity research progress
With: University of Rome La Sapienza, University of Amsterdam, EUMC, RAXEN National Focal Points of the EUMC, European Institute for the Media (EIM).
Aim: State of the art in the media and diversity research, definition of necessary annual monitoring and research, establishment of European network of media diversity researchers.
Co-ordination: ETNEQUAL project
Facilitator: Charles Husband - University of Bradford
3. Roadmap for change concerning media for national minorities and minority languages
With: Open Society Institute (OSI), OSCE, Human Rights Network, University of Amsterdam, OL/MCM, Council of Europe, Roma Centre, Media Diversity Institute,
Aim: Implementation strategy to follow up the OSCE recommendations concerning media and minority groups and languages
Co-ordination: OSCE
Facilitator: University of Amsterdam
4. The role of workers union as a "change agent .
With: Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU, UK), Information Network for Integration Policy and Ethnic Minorities (KIEM, the Netherlands), VERDI and other media workers unions.
Aim: To formulate strategies and methods on how to attract young minority media professionals to the unions and how to make the unions more diversity minded from within, start of European co-operation between unions
Co-ordination: BECTU.
Facilitator: Janice Turner
5. Branch organisations, knowledge centres and vocational training:
NVQ's (National Vocational Qualifications) and vocational structures.
With: Skillset (UK), AIM (Germany), ABC (the Netherlands), media training centres, media employers' organisations
Aim: to formulate obstacles and changes for ethnic minority media professionals to enter and stay in the media industry and to formulate joint strategies and methods to encourage vocational orientation among youngsters of ethnic minority groups
Co-ordination: Skillset/AIM
Facilitator:
6. Role, skills and tasks of diversity desks in national public channels.
With: EBU, diversity officers of SR, SVT, YLE, DR, WDR, NOS, BBC, VRT, FR3, RAI, ERT and others
Aim: to formulate both obstacles and chances for the implementation of diversity policies in broadcasting, to develop a joint "roadmap for change" and to start an EBU-working committee.
Co-ordination: Multiple Choice
Facilitator:
7. Programme-making in the new multicultural society.
With: Programme makers, EBU-Intercultural Programming Group, ERT, RAI, Multicultural Media Masterclasses (Equal project), network of the Prix Europa IRIS and representatives from major news programmes
Aim: to redefine producers' guidelines, formulated by Public Broadcasting for Multicultural Europe (PBME) and EBU in 1994
Co-ordination: Institut PANOS Paris
Facilitator: ???
8. Minority Community Media.
With: Community Media Association (CMA, UK), Indvandrer TV (Denmark), Organisation for Hindu media (OHM, the Netherlands), Multicultural Dutch Television (MTNL), FunX (Multicultural Urban Radio, The Netherlands), Migra Online Immigrant Information Agency (Italy), national co-ordinators of Manifesto network
Aim: Strategies to achieve the recognition of Minority Community Media as public service media and as important participants to implement the social inclusion policies.
Co-ordination: CMA
Facilitator:
9. Intercultural media education for youngsters with minority background
With: Cospe (Italy), Media Centre for Children and Youngsters (JFC, Germany), Mira Media (The Netherlands), Amina Krüger, University of Brussels
Aim: Empower the role of children and youngsters with minority backgrounds media consumer.
Co-ordination: Mira Media
Facilitator: Anna Meli (Cospe)
10. Minority NGO's as "change agents".
With: Dimitra ITD (Greece), Minderhedenforum (Belgium), Mira Media, Landelijk Bureau ter Bestrijding van Rassendiscriminatie, OL/MCM Empowerment and Media Watch Network.
Aim: to formulate methods and strategies for NGO's to play an effective role as "change agent" in the media.
Co-ordination: DREAM network (Greece)
Facilitator: Ntina Vrakopoulou.
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
Review of the morning workshops to formulate conclusions for "Roadmap for Change .
15.00 - 15.30
Break
15.30 - 17.30
Info market with interactive presentations of good practice
Flexible mini-workshops each feature a presentation of good practice, after which those who work in the field can discuss practical follow-up strategies on the topic.
1. European week of Media Monitoring: an effective method to start a dialogue between NGO's, journalists and programme makers and a co-operation with research institutes
Co-ordination: Mira Media
Facilitators: EUMC, PressWise Trust
2. How to make European policies and legislation on media more diversity.
Facilitators: Communications Rights in the Information Society (CRIS), European Parliament, OL/MCM
3. Long-term and short-term chances and pitfalls in diversity policies in the Media.
Co-ordination: BECTU
Facilitators: BBC-Diversity Centre, Mira Media,
4. Effects of media globalisation on the multicultural society.
Co-ordination: International Organisation of Migration (IOM)
Facilitators: British Film Institute, Open University (UK), Media Watch (Denmark), national politicians
5. Media contribution to integration and full civic citizenship.
Co-ordination: Forum van Etnische-Culturele Minderheden (Minderhedenforum)
Facilitators:
6. Co-operation between ethnic media and mainstream media.
Co-ordination: PANOS Paris
Facilitators:
7. Intercultural programming for youngsters.
Facilitators: FunX - Multicultural Urban Radio, the Netherlands
8. Roots & Routes project - A model
Facilitators: Roots & Routes
9. Examples of ethnic broadcasting
Co-ordination: OL/MCM
Facilitators:
10. Examples of intercultural programming
Co-ordination: EBU-Intercultural Programming Group
Facilitators:
18.30 - 20.00
Dinner
20.00 - 22.00
Information market:
For all the attendants to the European Conference a virtual "information market will be established on www.olmcm.org (currently under construction) in order to make appointments and exchange information before the event.
Please note that all participants listed in this first draft programme are still to be confirmed.
Chairman: Reggy Omar
9.00 - 10.00
Short report and conclusions on the workshops
10.00 - 12.00
Closing keynote speeches / commitments:
Speaker to be confirmed - DG Education and Culture - European Commission
Pat Cox - President, European Parliament
Walter Schwimmer - Secretary General, Council of Europe
Aidan White - General Secretary, IFJ
Speaker to be confirmed - EUMC
Rolf Ekéus - High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE
Speaker to be confirmed - EBU
Ed Klute - Online/More Colour in the Media
12.30 - 13.00
Closing speech: Maria van der Hoeven, Minister of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands
13.00 - 14.00:
Lunch
Departure