(January 22 to 27, Kothmale (Sri Lanka)) Integrating Modern and Traditional Information and Communication Technologies for Community Development
This meeting, organised by UNESCO, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Information and the Media, and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, will be an opportunity to pool project experiences concerning a promising area for the struggle against poverty: the harnessing of new information and communication technologies together with community media – especially radio – for community development and empowerment. The meeting will be organised in two parts. A four-day workshop will bring together some 20 community radio and television managers and project co-ordinators from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss their experiences and present case studies. A two-day roundtable of international partners, including development agencies and NGOs, will focus on best practices, partnership strategies and programme development.

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