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Oxfam Novib, Netherlands
Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA
Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED)
Novib-Oxfam Netherlands
Australian Agency for International Developmennt
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Organisation catholique canadienne pour le dveloppement et la paix 30 000
Centre de recherche pour le dveloppement internationale (CRDI)
UNESCO
Ford Foundation
Open Society Institute
British Council
Global Knowledge Partnership
Service public fdral Affaires trangres, Commerce extrieur et Coopration au
dveloppement (Belgium)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Henrich Bll Foundation
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
The Indonesian International Education Foundation
Institut of International Education (Ford Foundation)
Royaume du Maroc, Ministre de la Communication
Mama Cash
the ITU. A taskforce has been created by the IBOD to follow-up the digitalisation
process that will be affecting community radio spectrum allocation in the future
February. AMARC updates status with ECOSOC
The International Secretariat updated its status with UN ECOSOC, with the
presentation of its reports of activities.
March. Seminar on Good Policy and Legislation in Uruguay.
The 26-27 March there was an international seminar on good legislations models for
Community Radios organized by the legislation program of AMARC LAC, with the
participation as invitee of AMARC president. The Seminar was highlighted and some
information distributed. The president participated on behalf of AMARC international.
April. OURMedia Conference in Australia
From April 9-13 AMARC representatives from Asia Pacific, as well as from Africa and
Latin America participated in the OURMedia Conference. The presentations of AMARC
participants have been uploaded to our website and an email to all has been sent to
highlight the existence of new infos in our website.
Several dates: UNESCO 2nd WSIS follow-up meetings
AMARC representatives participated in the WSIS follow-up meetings of UNESCO and
ensured follow-up of CR recognition in the pocess.
October. IFEX Meeting in Uruguay.
AMARC LAC hosted the General assembly of IFEX in Uruguay in November 2007. These
meeting highlighted the increasing recognition by the FoE community for Community
Radio.
Participation in the Mission to Sri Lanka and Nepal
AMARC participated in the international mission to Sri Lanka and to Nepal, organised
by International Media Support. A report on the findings of the mission was issued.
October. The Rabat Roundtable of AMARC /
In Rabat for October 25, the Roundtable with partners was held (There were 32
participants as a whole. The Roundtable allowed for exchanges with partners on
AMARC priorities and the ways to reinforce the priorities of AMARC and the ways to
deepen the relations.
October. Publication of the Declaration of Rabat
At the AMARC Africa and MENA conference, the participants issued the Rabat
Declaration calling for the recognition of community radio by governments particularly
in the MENA region.
November. The Bilbao Meeting.
In Bilbao, Spain, there was a meeting of CR advocates from Latin America, Africa, Asia
and Europe. The meeting allowed to review the principles for a democratic legislation
for CR being prepared by the legislation programme of Latin America & Caribbean.
http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=OURMedia
AMARC Africa and MENA Conference: Sharing Experiences for Development and
Democracy Building from the Grassroots.
More than 140 participants were gathered in Rabat, Morocco, from October 22-24 in
Rabat, Morocco, for the First AMARC AFRICA-MENA Conference: Sharing Experiences
for development and democracy building from the grassroots. They issued the Rabat
Declaration calling governments to recognise community media in their legislations.
The Conference was organized by the World Association of Community Radio
Broadcasters (AMARC) Africa, the UNESCO Office in Rabat and the ORBICOM/UNESCO
Chair in Public and Community Communication. The conference reflected on how
AMARC can most effectively contribute to increase the impact of community radio in
Sub-Sahara Africa as well as how to transfer its rich African experience to the MENA
region in order to strengthen community media as an important factor for democracy
building. The participants exchanged on the situation of community radio in their
respective countries and on the contribution of the community radio concerning key
issues such as the democratization of societies, the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG), and the resolution of the conflict situations. AMARC Africa
held a special general assembly to define the process of reconstruction of the AMARC
network in Africa and the MENA working group held a meeting to plan for the
organisation of the work in the North of Africa and in the Middle East. For information
visit: http://africa.amarc.org/africa-mena-conference
AMARC GK3 Activities and Workshop on Women and Governance /
The 3rd Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) was one of the most important
knowledge sharing and creative development conferences in the world It was held in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 11 -13 December 2007. Themed "Emerging People,
Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies," GK3 was a dynamic event focused on the
future. The GK3 Conference explored concrete solutions and possibilities within the
inter-play, interface and interweaving of issues related to the Knowledge for
Development (K4D) and Information and Communication Technologies for Development
(ICT4D) in the context of our globally evolving societies, economies and technologies
worldwide. The multi-stake holder Conference gathered more than 1500 participants
from all over the world to reflect on ICT4D and on knowledge and information sharing
as the way of the future for a truly democratic and inclusive information society. The
AMARC delegation of 45 community radio journalists and representatives participated
in the coverage of the event and held several seminars. Of particular importance was
the seminar on Women empowerment and Good Governance through Community
Radio. For information on AMARC Activities at the GK3 Conference visit:
http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=Global_Knowledge_Conference_GK3&l=EN
visitors (625 visit it through the AMARC website, and 137 through the AMARC North
America Website.) 381 visitors downloaded audio documents. For notes on the USSF
please
visit:
http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=USSF2007-
Atlanta&l=EN&nosafe=1
AMARC Covered the Quebec Social Forum and the Montebello Summit
Community Radios from Quebec (Canada) covered and participated in the Quebec
Social Forum that was held in Montreal, August 23-26, 2007. They also covered the
heads of government summit of United States, Mexico and Canada for the Security and
Prosperity Partnership held in Montebello, Qubec from 21-23 August 2007. For the
FSQ go to: http://fsq.amarc.org . For the Montebello Summit go to:
http://montebello.amarc.org
http://www.amarc.org/16days
The AMARC website has been consistently ameliorated from the interactivity
perspective and the appearance.
A Private Website called Coordination is online to support the harmonisation
process. Visit http://wikiamarc.amarc.org/private .
Coordination List. A list called coordination AMARC, has been established
(international, regional Boards and WIN and employees). It has 55 names
(Cara y Seal), New Technlogies, Regional Office, National Offices (Uruguay, Mexico,
Brasil) Subregional office in Central America (Salvador)
March. Seminar on Network assessment and Development in LAC in Argentina.
From March 29-31, AMARC LAC Board and programme managers from the region came
together to assess the situation of CR in the region and to define plans of actions and
programmes for 2007-2008.
Women and Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean
From July 4-7 women from radio and those working with new ICTs, met in Managua,
Nicaragua. The meeting contributed to knowledge exchange and experiences
exchange; discuss propositions and strategies that would allow advancing in the use
and the ownership by women of new technologies, so they will serve as platforms for
social change and tools for the exercise of information rights and freedom of
expression. The gathering was organized by the AMARC Women International network
in LAC, the network Nosotras en el Mundo (Cordoba and Madrid) and radio Tierra
(Chile). For further information http://www.rednosotrasenelmundo.org
IFEX Conference in Montevideo, Uruguay
More than 120 free expression advocates from around the world gathered from 7-12
October in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the International Freedom of Expression eXchange
(IFEX) General Meeting. As a priority, 20 participants set up a Burma Action Group to
support protesters and journalists in their struggle against the recent military
crackdown in the country. At the conference, hosted by World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and the Institute of Press and Society
(Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, IPYS), participants examined the cause of the decline and
the most pressing threats to free expression: impunity, media concentration, criminal
press laws and Internet censorship. In a joint declaration, the Latin American groups
at the conference, which have been developing a regional initiative on the issue,
urged the whole IFEX network to denounce the growth of parallel powers outside
recognized institutions and the problems of impunity and self-censorship that often
accompany them - a major priority in the coming years. They also called upon the
governments of the region "to take action in the face of the threats and guarantee,
with concrete and legal actions, the exercise of free expression for journalists, media
and all citizens." http://amarcuruguay.org/content/view/22/42
4th Conference of Community Media and Legislation for CR
From November 23-25, Spanish Community Media practitioners gathered in the IV
Conference of Community Media in the Albergue Municipal de Bilbao. The
organisation Tas Tas Irrati Librea was the host of the event. More than 150
representatives from more than a 100 Media of the third tier of communication,
gathered to the call of the Red Estatal de Medios Comunitarios (REMC). Together with
this event, and the 22-23 November, Community Radio practitioners from AMARC Latin
America and the Caribbean, from Asia Pacific, Africa and MENA and from Europe,
discussed on legislation models for community radio. The meeting was related to the
AMARC LAC Legislations & Communication Rights Programme, supported by Open
Society Justice Initiative: Best Practices in Regulation of Community Broadcasting.
For
further
information
on
these
activities
visit
http://bilbao.medioscomunitarios.net
AMARC from the Asia Pacific region has also helped in reinforcing networking
and experience sharing among community radio stations in the region. It helped
in strengthening the network and building a stronger and more vocal civil
society for the development of CR as a sector.
A key regional event where AMARC Asia Pacific was represented was the OurMedia Sydney, Australia in April 9 to 13, 2007. The regional coordinator as
well as a board member of AMARC Asia Pacific made presentations about the
CR sector in the region.
Develop communication tools:
Statements and alerts: The regional office of AMARC in the Asia Pacific region
has issued a number of statements and alerts in support of its members across
the region. AMARC has continued to raise its voice against the oppression of
community radio stations and workers in the different parts of the region. In
the reported period, much of the focus was in the Philippines, which saw some
of the most heinous crimes committed against the freedom of expression.
Newsletter:
The newsletter continues to be published and serves as an important
communication cum advocacy tool. In the reported period two issues were
published including a Womens Special Edition in March 2007. This issue of the
newsletter dealt with some of the most pertinent concerns of women
community broadcasters of the region. The creation of the issue was
participatory, which allowed for valuable interactions among WIN Members in
the region. The newsletter, which is distributed through AMARC email lists and
email lists of other networks and organizations, is estimated to reach more
than 1500 recipients within and outside the Asia Pacific region.
Email and online discussions:
Email-list based as well as online discussions have been carried out to discuss
key issues pertaining to the development of community radio in the region.
During the reported period, discussions have been held with members in the
Philippines, Thailand, Fiji and India to assess the ground situations in those
countries vis--vis community radio and to formulate appropriate responses.
Website:
The Asia Pacific website has grown steadily with more and more information
added to it. The promotion of the website is continuously pursued and is a work
in progress.
2007
2006
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash
Receivables
Prepaid Expenses
Total Current Assets
105 078
108 286
15 060
228 424
378 769
137 987
14 851
531 607
4 143
232 567
3 115
534 722
LIABILITIES (PASSIF)
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
Reported Income
Short term portion of long term debt
Total liabilities
90 658
41 379
11 277
143 314
97 484
386 758
19 716
503 958
Net Assets
Not-Affected
Affected
85 110
4 143
27 649
3 115
89 253
232 567
30 764
534 722
2007
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2006
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1 027 478
1 123 336
130 239
824 501
954 740
1 009 743
30 825
1 040 568
223 734
638 183
72 941
934 858
82 768
25 307
57 461
19 882
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Omar Mamadou
Coordinator
International secretariat Staff
Marcelo Solervicens, Secretary General
Sonia Hudon, Administrative Assistant
Jean-Philippe Thberge, ICT Officer
Nick Fillomore, Project Development Officer
Dominique Legendre, Accountant
President
Hungary
France
United Kingdom
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Broadcasters
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