> Communication and Information at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre,
> January 2005: Communication: counter-hegemonic practices, rights and
> alternatives
>
>
************************************************************************
>
> TUESDAY 25th JANUARY: WORLD FORUM ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
> The First World Forum on Information and Communication will be held on
25th
> January. It will take place in the spirit of Porto Alegre, and it will be
> an open space for those that want to those interested and attending the
> World Social Forum. It would be useful for the thousands of journalists
who
> will attend the Forum to spend a day to share with the speakers (Civl
> Society, Unions and researchers) the current status of information and
> communication in the world.
>
> Organised by: IBASE IPS - Inter Press Service Le Monde Diplomatique Media
> Watch Global Oxfam / NOVIB
> With the participation of: FAIR, ATTAC, MESA DE LA PAZ, and CRIS
>
>
> THURSDAY 27th JANUARY, ROOM D601, 8.30 AM - 18.30 PM
> Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS)
> In an age of growing surveillance, of people being sold to advertisers for
> the profits of the few, of a reduced public sphere where an ever tiny
group
> of media moguls lead the political agenda, a backlash against gender
> equality, groups and individuals are coming together to build a new
> communication agenda, mindful of equity, dignity, diversity and justice.
In
> promoting a world "where communication is possible" activists will come
> together to denounce abuses against communication rights as well as
sharing
> on a common agenda of actions, rallying forces to work together to turn
> communication wrongs into communication rights.
>
> Organised by CRIS, including ALAI, ALER, AMARC, APC, OCLACC, One World,
WACC.
> Speakers: Sean O'Siochru, Dennis Smith, Dafne Plou, Mavic Cabrera Balleza,
> Steve Buckley, Sihem Bisadrine, Ismar de Oliviera Suarez, Nestor Busso,
> Grace Githaiga, Carlos Alfonso and many more...
> Translation available
>
> THURSDAY 27th JANUARY, ROOM B504, 19.00 - 21.00
> Community Media and Cultural Diversity
> How can civil society and community media organisations better confront
the
> challenges to cultural diversity by neoliberal globalisation and in
> particular media concentration. Particular attention will be given to the
> debate in UNESCO regarding the Convention on the Protection of the
> Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions. The objectives
> of the seminar, besides exploring the cultural diversity debate, will be
> to exchange and explore lobbying strategies of the participating
> organizations working in communication rights and cultural diversity.
>
> Organised by AMARC
> Participants: Marcelo Solervicens (Moderator), Steve Buckley (AMARC),
> Bernard Cassen (Le Monde Diplomatique/ATTAC), Maria Pia Matta (Radio
> Tierra/AMARC-ALC), Fatou Binetou Mbaye (Radio Afia/AMARC-Afrique) and
others
>
> FRIDAY 28th JANUARY, ROOM D102, 12.00 - 15.00
> Women's Empowerment and Community Media
> The seminar will analyse the Women`s International network (WIN)
strategies
> and discuss local/global challenges, experiences, projects for women's
> empowerment through community media. Particular attention will be given to
> the International Women Charter for Humanity Proposed by the World March
of
> Women and the Beijing + 10 Evaluation. The Seminar should facilitate
> coordination of WIN activities and consolidate partnerships, with the
World
> March of Women and other organisations.
>
> Organised by : AMARC-WIN (International Women's Network of AMARC)
> Participants: Gabriela Ayzanoa (Moderator), Diane Matte (World March of
> Women), Mavic Cabrera Balleza, (AMARC-WIN), Perla Wilson (Radio Tierra),
> Mariela Jara (Radio Milenia), Fatou Binetou Mbaye (AMARC-Afrique)
> Translation available (ES, FR, PT)
>
> FRIDAY 28th JANUARY, Room D601, 15.30
> Brazilian civil society articulation in struggle for communication rights.
> Discussion on the possibilities for a common agenda to the Brazilian civil
> society fighting for communication rights. The CRIS Brasil proposals will
> be presented and there will be a dialogue with the attendants to the
> possibilities and priorities for the consecution of actions that iMPACT on
> the issue, taking into account the following lines: constitution of a
> communication public system, cultural diversity, intellectual property,
> ICTs social appropriation.
>
> Organised by CRIS Brazil
> Participants: VenùÄio Artur de Lima, Gustavo Gindre (Indecs), Regina
Santos
> (Dombali), Paulo Lima (RITS), JoåÐ Brant (Intervozes)
> Tanslation available
>
>
> SATURDAY 29th JANAURY, 9:00 - 11:00, ROOM D501
> The Global Citizens and the Explosion of Communication Tools: bearing the
> brunt or getting a grip?
>
> Intervenants : Armand Mattelart - Professeur des UniversitñÔ, PrñÔident de
> l'Observatoire FraníÂis des MñÅias, Fernando Santoro, Directeur du
> programme TV CidadãÏia, Professeur à l'Université de SåÐ Paulo, Lidio
> Peretti, Directeur ñÅitorial des Editions Vozes, VñÓonique Kleck -
> SecrñÕaire gñÏñÓale de VECAM, Michel Sauquet - Editions Charles LñÐpold
Mayer
>
> SATURDAY 29th JANUARY, ROOM D102, 12.00 - 15.00
> Communication Rights and the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS)
> - Campaign Assessment
> Evaluation of civil society involvement in the World Summit on the
> Information Society and discussion on strategy for the WSIS Summit to be
> held in Tunisia in November 2005. The workshop will take the form of a
> round table including dialogue with independent civil society
organisations
> from Tunisia working in the human rights field. The objective of the
> workshop is to develop a strategy to defend and promote communication
> rights at the WSIS Summit.
>
> Organised by AMARC
> Participants: Elizabeth Robinson (Moderator), Steve Buckley (AMARC),
Sihem
> Bensedrine (OLPEC, Tunisie), Mokhtar Trifi (Ligue tunisienne des droits de
> l'homme), Gustavo Gomez (AMARC-ALC) and others
> Translation available (ES, EN, PT)
>
> SATURDAY 29th JANUARY, 17h30 - 18h30, ROOM D601:
> Democratising Communication and the Media
> CRIS, in collaboration with IPS, Le Monde Diplomatique and the
Observatoire
> International des Media amongst many others will bring together a panel of
> international experts and activists to raise awareness of media and
> communication issues in relation to the different challenges in the
> struggle for democratization in various parts of the world. From specific
> struggles in the face of government and corporation cooption of the media,
> the un-democratization of the internet, the commodification of knowledge
> and culture through ever more aggressive trade initiatives, to civil
> society responses (media observatories and monitoring, Internet freedom
> fighters, campaigns), the panel will create a space for sharing and
> converging of civil society actions and initiatives around media and
> communication.
>
> Speakers: Ignacio Ramonet (LMD), on Global Media Watch; Sihem Bensadrine
> (Tunisia), on Freedom of Expression; Sony Esteus (Saks-Haiti), on
community
> media and the struggle for citizenship.
> Moderator: Sally Burch (ALAI, Ecuador)
> Translation available
>
> SATURDAY 29th JANUARY, ROOM D1202, 8h30:
> Building an information agenda of social movements
> This workshop is open to peoples' organizations, as well as media and
> communication networks, to coordinate information coverage of the future
> action agenda of social movements, campaigns and networks, in Latin
America
> and the Caribbean and with other continents. It will address working
> agreements, mechanisms and a calendar of activities, based on the agenda
> drawn up by the Assembly of Social Movements.
>
> Organizer: Social Movements Information Pool
> Co-organizers: ALAI, HSA, Caribbean Peoples Assembly, CLOC, FCOC, Cry of
> the Excluded, REMTE, GLBT South- South Dialogue, CMMLK.
> Translation Available
>