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Dear All,<br>
the 1st CMFE Conference and General Assembly will take place in
Nicosia from today and until 19 November, marking the first major
event organized directly by CMFE with the the support of the 'Europe
for Citizens' programme, co-organised and hosted by the Cyprus
Community Media Centre (CCMC), with the organizational support of
the World Association of Community Radio broadcasters (AMARC) and
International Media Support (IMS) for the <i>Community Media and
the Arab Spring panel.<br>
<br>
</i>The event is now glad to welcome new supporters for the
initiative: apart from European Union under the 'Europe for
Citizens Programme 2011', European Commission Representation in
Cyprus and the United Nations Development Programme, Action for
Cooperation and Trust in Cyprus (UNDP-ACT), we have the pleasure to
add the Goethe Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus, the World Association
of Community Radio broadcasters (AMARC) and International Media
Support (IMS) who will respectively provide another venue for the
conference in the Buffer zone and financial support for the <i>Community
Media and the Arab Spring panel.</i><br>
<br>
It has been a year of tremendous growth for CMFE, that now counts a
total of <b>90</b> members from <b>23 </b>European countries: <b>39</b>
Individual Members and <b>51</b> Organizational Members, of which <b>25</b>
are (National) Federations. Among its affiliate members it counts
also individuals and organisations from Africa, Asia and North
America. <br>
<br>
The Nicosia conference will be one of the key community media events
of this year in Europe, expected to bring together over <b>100 </b>conference
participants from all over Europe and include members from North
America and a special plenary on Community Media and Arab Spring,
organized by World Association of Community Radio broadcasters
(AMARC) in collaboration with CMFE, and support of IMS and the
Europe for Citizens Programme (EACEA) that will bring together key
activists from the Middle East and North Africa.<br>
<br>
Five plenary session will include <b>24</b> contributions, where
parallel sessions and workshops are expected to deliver a further <b>43</b>
contributions. Representatives from the media regulatory authorities
from Albania, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and United Kingdom will be
participating to the conference, as well as key representatives from
civil society in Cyprus, UNDP, UNAMA, AMARC Europe and AMARC
International.<br>
<br>
In this occasion CMFE will be convening its 2011 ordinary General
Assembly on <b>17 November 2011 </b>at <b>10.00am</b> at the Home
for Cooperation Conference Room, Home for Cooperation, located at
the Ledra Palace Grounds in the UN Buffer Zone of Nicosia, Cyprus. <br>
<br>
<b>Updated documents</b><br>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span
style="color: #135cae;"><a
href="http://www.cmfe.eu/images/events/2011/cmfe-conference/abstracts-16_nov_2011.pdf"
target="_self" title="Abstracts" style="color: #135cae;"><span
style="color: #135cae;"><strong>> Abstracts book </strong></span><em
style="color: #135cae;"><strong>(pdf, 920 kb)</strong></em></a></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://www.cmfe.eu/images/events/2011/cmfe-conference/programme-16_nov_2011.pdf"
target="_self" title="Programme" style="color: #135cae;"><strong>>
Conference Programme <em>(pdf, 320 kb)</em></strong></a></span></strong></p>
<strong><br>
Live from the conference<br>
</strong>For those not able to attend the conference, we are glad to
inform that the plenary sessions will be streamed live. <br>
<a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cmfe" title="Live"><br>
> Live streaming of plenary sessions</a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://cypruscommunitymediacentre.wordpress.com/"
title="Link">> Conference blog </a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://cmfe2011.posterous.com/" title="Link">> Live
conference updates</a><br>
<br>
It will be also possible to comment on <a
href="http://www.facebook.com/cmfe.eu" target="_self" title="Link">Facebook</a>
and <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/cmfe_eu" target="_self"
title="Link">Twitter</a>, where live updates will be posted.<br>
<br>
Looking forward to hear from you, especially if you were not able to
come this year.<br>
<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
<br>
Salvatore Scifo<br>
on behalf of the 2011 CMFE Conference Committee<br>
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