[WSIS CS-Plenary] The AMARC 10 Global Conference will be held in La Plata, Argentina 2010

[AHM Bazlur Rahman]

The AMARC 10 Global Conference will be held in  La Plata, 
Argentina 2010

Montreal, October 5, 2009. The International Board of Directors of AMARC is pleased to announce that the tenth World Assembly of Community Radio 
Broadcasters will be held from 8 to 13 November 2010 in Ciudad de la  Plata, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Community Radios have come together in AMARC Argentina to host the first Global conference of community broadcasters to be held in South America, 
where community radios were born 60 years ago. Furthermore, Argentina and the Latin America & Caribbean region is going through dynamic social 
changes and has a rich in experiences to share with the world movement of community radios.

More than 400 community broadcasters and stakeholders from over 110 countries and all regions of the global community radio movement will 
gather at the AMARC 10 Global Conference from 8-13 November to, among other issues, improve good practice in community media; explore 
strategies to facilitate the establishment of enabling legal  environments for community media development, to define knowledge 
sharing and capacity building models for action-research and mentoring; to reinforce content development leading to social change; to facilitate 
the inclusion of women and; to encourage the empowerment of communities through appropriation of community radio for social justice and 
sustainable, democratic and participatory human development.

Through networking, service to members and project implementation, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters AMARC, brings together 
a network of more than 4,000 community radios, Federations, production centers and community media stakeholders in more than 125 countries. The 
main global impact of AMARC since its creation in 1983 has been to accompany and support the establishment of a world wide community radio 
sector that has democratized the media sector. AMARC advocates for the right to communicate at the international, national, local and 
neighborhood levels and defends and promotes the principles and interests of the community radio movement through solidarity, networking 
and Cooperation. For further information please to: http://www.amarc.org  <http://www.amarc.org/>




Bazlu
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AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC)
&
Member, Strategy Council
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)
 
House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh
 
Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105
 
E-mail: ceo at bnnrc.net, bnnrc at bd.drik.net
www.bnnrc.net



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