[FoME] Deadline extended: FoME-Symposium "Media and Media, Assistance in Fragile Contexts" 3-4 November 2016

[Lara Eckstein]

The Forum Media and Development (FoME) cordially invites you to this
year's symposium "Observer, Agitator, Target Media and Media Assistance
in Fragile Contexts" on November 3rd and 4th 2016 in Berlin.

Registration deadline has been extended to the 7th of October 2016.

Register now  with Lara Eckstein: eckstein at mict-international.org.


The conference will investigate the relationship between media and
conflict development in the context of violence and fragile statehood.
One aim is to evaluate existing concepts and to develop new approaches
for media assistance in crisis-riven and unstable countries. Another aim
is to foster exchange between academic research and practices of media
assistance in these countries. Experts from around the globe will gather
to discuss the following subjects:

- Challenges of fragile statehood for media and media assistance
- Measuring the impact of media and communication on conflict
- Ethical dilemmas for journalists and media development actors in
conflict societies
- The role of media in reconciliation and transitional justice
- Information verification and Open Source intelligence
- Safety and protection of journalists in conflict zones

Besides presentations and discussions, the symposium will also include a
Media Development Coaching Session and a Practitioner Roundtable with
contributions from Afghanistan, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia,
South Sudan and Timor Leste.

Please find more detailed information on speakers, topics and the
programme at www.fome.info.( http://www.mict-international.org/)

The conference will take place at the Robert Bosch Stiftung
(Französische Strasse 32, 10117 Berlin) from 3 4 November 2016.
Admission fee is 50,00 EUR (including lunch on both days).

Registration will be open until 7 October.
Please register with Lara Eckstein: eckstein at mict-international.org.

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MiCT


Lara Eckstein
Assistant to the management

Media in Cooperation and Transition gGmbH
Brunnenstraße 9
10119 Berlin, Germany

P  +49 30 4849 302 34
M  +49 176 60996123
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