The Regional Board of World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters – AMARC Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that the 3rd AMARC Asia Pacific Regional Conference and Assembly will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 2-5 December 2013. The Korean Associstion of Community Radio (KACR) will host the conference where community broadcasters and advocates from over 30 countries of Asia-Pacific region will gather to take stock of the sector and to chart the way forward.
The 3rd AMARC Asia Pacific Regional Conference is going to be one of the most important consultations for advancing freedom of expression and community development through Community Radios. It will be an important opportunity to review the status of community radios in the Asia-Pacific region and for setting the agenda of the sector for the coming years.
A diversity of people, ideas, and issues will come together in the conference to review progress and plan strategies to deal with challenges facing the sector in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference will host regional and international community broadcasters, activists, academic, policy makers, and donors to deliberate on topics ranging from content development for climate change adaptation, food security, and sustainable development to media legislation and community radio policies, media freedom, media democratisation, communication rights, right to information, community radio & new media, and access to community media and impact evaluation.
Discussions will be organised on gender challenges, community radio for the marginalised including dalits, migrants, indigenous people, and sexual minorities (SOGI). 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 inquiries, please write to the suman_basnet@asiapacific.amarc