http://www.unesco.org/webworld Wed, 30 May 2012 14:15:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://portal.unesco.org/en/TEMPLATE/v4_images/logo_en.gif http://www.unesco.org/webworld http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31465&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html A five-day training workshop started yesterday in Maseru, Lesotho, to promote existing legal and regulatory frameworks covering broadcasting regulation during election periods, as well as election coverage by broadcasters. This workshop for journalists and the Lesotho Communications Authority is taking place from 18 to 22 July 2011. j.dutoit@unesco.org Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31465&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31455&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO recently published the English version of Story-based inquiry: a manual for investigative journalists, a useful guide for journalists on how to best exercise investigative journalism. The manual was firstly launched in Arabic by UNESCO and the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) at the second ARIJ conference in Amman in 2009. Since then it has been used by many journalists' training organizations and introduced into curricula of university journalism programmes in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. h.hu@unesco.org Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31455&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31431&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO calls for proposals to conduct a global research aiming to map the current regulatory landscape in Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean regarding Internet privacy. The research is also expected to provide an overview of legal protections, self-regulatory guidelines, challenges and cases relating to the topic, in order to create a global snapshot of trends and developments. h.hu@unesco.org Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31431&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31429&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html On Friday, 3 June 2011, in an endeavour to strengthen Haiti's media, UNESCO and the International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF) handed over audiovisual equipment to the National Association of Haitian Media (ANMH), Haiti National Television (TNH), Haiti National Radio (RNH) and the Haitian Ministry of Culture and Communication at the UNESCO Office in Haiti. m.benchelah@unesco.org Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:45:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31429&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31427&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today expressed her concern over the escalating violence in Syria and, in particular, the crackdown on citizens' access to communication and information services and reported attacks and restrictions on journalists. s.williams@unesco.org Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:30:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31427&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31420&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Under the auspices of the President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, and in the presence of a large number of dignitaries and invited guests, the Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana was opened on 29 May 2011, the eve of the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of the Trujillo regime and the ending of the dictatorship period in the country. j.springer@unesco.org Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31420&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31398&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html As a follow up to the 185th session of UNESCO's Executive Board, which called upon the Organization to reflect on the Internet, UNESCO launches its new publication, Freedom of Connection - Freedom of Expression: The Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet. The launching event will take place at UNESCO Headquarters (Room XI) in Paris, France, on 30 May 2011. x.hu@unesco.org Wed, 25 May 2011 07:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31398&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31383&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html "Right to Communication: New Social Media and Social Transformations" is the theme of the High Level Debate, organized by UNESCO on 18 May at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2011 (16-20 May; Geneva, Switzerland). The Debate brings together stakeholders from all over the world to provide insight into the right to communication and its ethical, legal and policy implications. x.hu@unesco.org Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31383&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31381&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO organizes a briefing session on World Press Freedom Day at WSIS Forum 2011, which is taking place from 16 to 20 May 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. UNESCO takes this initiative to inform WSIS communities on its flagship activity and to take stock of its strategy of promoting freedom of expression in the digital age. x.hu@unesco.org Mon, 16 May 2011 09:35:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31381&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31349&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, is appealing to all governments to uphold their commitments in protecting and promoting freedom of expression and freedom of the press, which are the foundations of all democratic societies. Particular responsibility remains with the governments of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa to meet the aspirations of their people, notably for freedom of expression, a basic human right already largely reclaimed by the citizens of Egypt and Tunisia. s.coudray@unesco.org Mon, 02 May 2011 14:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31349&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html