Draft programme:

 

DAY ONE: ORGANISATION BUILDING

TIME

TOPIC

OBJECTIVES

TOOLS

WHO

8.30

Introductions

Participants to get to know each other

Group participation

NIZA/Rhodes

Chair: Luckson Chipare, Director, MISA

9.30

Context: Media Training Needs Assessment Research

Provide up to date background/ information on media training in the SADC region

Research report

CLM

10.30                                               TEA

Chair: Emily Brown, Namibia Polytechnic

11.00

Concept paper

To outline key issues to be decided on organisation building

Power point presentation

Questions for group

GB

 

Steering Committee

11.30

Group work

Debate key issues

 

Gp facilitators

12.10

Report back

Share findings

 

 

13.00                                              LUNCH

14.00

Consolidation and consensus

Reach agreement on purpose, structure

Flip chart

CLM

Chair                          John Mukela

15.00

Action planning

Identify key activities for the collaborative effort

Planning grid

CLM

16.00

Report back

Share findings

 

 

19.00

Dinner presentation by UNESCO

Sharing of information on African framework for media training

UNESCO curriculum document

GB to approach UNESCO

21.00

Drafting committee meeting

Pull together concept paper, action plan

 

Steering committee plus any others

DAY TWO: PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES

9.00

Mainstreaming critical social concerns in media training

To gain insights on how to bring a human rights perspective to bear on all reporting.

 

MISA (Tracey)

IAJ/GL (gender)

NCRF (HIV/AIDS)

 

10.30              TEA

Chair: Siraj (NCRF)

11.00

Presenting methodologies

Share and compile a compendium of best training practices

Draft compendium based on advance submissions

Rhodes University

13.00                     LUNCH

14.00

Adoption of concept paper and action plan/ election of office bearers

Blueprint for further action

Draft prepared by drafting committee

Drafting committee

15.00

Evaluation

Learn lessons for the future

Evln form

CLM

18.30

LAUNCH

Public announcement of the new initiative to a captive media audience

Press release/kit

CLM/ZK

 

Concept document