[grc] AMARC still functional in Asia-Pacific region

[Frieda Werden]

4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference and Assembly

June 24, 2018, Kathmandu. The Regional Board of World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC Asia-Pacific is pleased to announce
that the 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference cum Assembly will be
held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 16-19 November 2018. The Community Radio
Network of Indonesia, (Jaringan Radio Komunitas Indonesia, JRKI) and
Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, UAJY will co-organise the Conference.

The 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific regional conference will focus on ‘building
resilient communities.’ Plenary sessions, panel discussions and hands-on
skill development workshops will be held on issues and subjects ranging
from ‘disaster risk reduction’ to ‘migration and human trafficking,’ from
‘rise of radicalism & extremism’ to ‘gender based violence and violence
against minorities,’ from ‘widening social and economic inequalities’ to
‘freedom of speech.’

Community radio broadcasters, academics, policy makers, representatives of
donor organisations, government representatives, and other stakeholders
from countries in the Pacific, East Asia, South East Asia, and South Asia
are expected to participate in the conference. Community radio experts from
Africa, Latin America and Europe are also expected to attend.

The 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference will serve multitude of
objectives including advocacy for community broadcasting, sharing of good
practices, strengthening network of community radios, and finalising
strategies for the next four years for the development of community radio
broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific region.

Community radio network and federations are welcome to bring in their
delegations to the conference and collaborate in the forming of a strategic
plan for the advancement of the community radio sector in the Asia Pacific
region. Online registration details will be announced shortly.

For further information, please write to Regional Coordinator AMARC
Asia-Pacific at sumanbasnet at amarc-ap.org.

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Frieda Werden, Series Producer
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org