[comradio-l] Fwd: AMARC 10 WORLD CONFERENCE

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From: secretariat <secretariat at si.amarc.org>

Participate in AMARC 10 Global Conference in La Plata, Argentina 2010

Montreal, March 25, 2010. The Tenth World Assembly of Community Radio
Broadcasters will be held from 8 to 13 November 2010 in Ciudad de la
Plata, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. To register visit:

http://amarc10.amarc.org

To propose a self organised workshop write to secretariat at si.amarc.org

Community Radios have come together in AMARC Argentina to host the first
Global conference of community broadcasters to be held in South America,
where community radios were born 60 years ago. Furthermore, Argentina
and the Latin America & Caribbean region is going through dynamic social
changes and has a rich in experiences to share with the world movement
of community radios.

More than 400 community broadcasters and stakeholders from over 110
countries and all regions of the global community radio movement will
gather at the AMARC 10 Global Conference from 8-13 November to, among
other issues, improve good practice in community media; explore
strategies to facilitate the establishment of enabling legal
environments for community media development, to define knowledge
sharing and capacity building models for action-research and mentoring;
to reinforce content development leading to social change; to facilitate
the inclusion of women and; to encourage the empowerment of communities
through appropriation of community radio for social justice and
sustainable, democratic and participatory human development.

Through networking, service to members and project implementation, the
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters AMARC, brings together
a network of more than 4,000 community radios, Federations, production
centers and community media stakeholders in more than 125 countries. The
main global impact of AMARC since its creation in 1983 has been to
accompany and support the establishment of a world wide community radio
sector that has democratized the media sector. AMARC advocates for the
right to communicate at the international, national, local and
neighborhood levels and defends and promotes the principles and
interests of the community radio movement through solidarity, networking
and Cooperation. For further information please go to:

http://www.amarc.org

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