The main objective of the workshop in Antsirabe is to strengthen professional and ethical capacities of journalists from both print and broadcast platforms. The event also provides an opportunity for reinforcing professional identity, values and goals of the journalistic profession through an ethical charter for the coverage of the electoral period. The charter has been developed by the International Organization of La Francophonie and Reporters without Borders in partnership with local Malagasy NGOs.

This second series of exchanges was triggered by editors-in-chief themselves who also intend to train other journalists. It follows the first series that was organized in five sessions for 105 journalists around the themes related to elections and journalism – such as rights, obligations, responsibility and ethics.

“Your commitment to the improvement of professional journalistic ethics, particularly during the electoral period, is important because it will facilitate the organization of elections in Madagascar, which is a way towards democracy, peace and sustainable development,” stated the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Madagascar, Ms Fatma Samoura, in her opening speech.

Mr Ndrina Mamy Ralaiariliva, Vice-President of CENI-T (Madagascar's Independent National Electoral Commission of the transition), invited the editors-in-chief participating in the workshop to respect their mission, particularly with regard to the Malagasy wisdom: “Speech is like cobweb – if you know how to deal with it, it can become a house, otherwise it becomes a trap.” He used other Malagasy sayings to illustrate the responsibility of editors during the electoral period, particularly with regard to promoting peaceful campaigning and voting.

During the three days of the workshop, participants are analysing the electoral process in Madagascar, and learning how to process information using a gender perspective and the indicators for media monitoring developed by the Projet d'Appui à la Crédibilité et à la Transparence des Elections (PACTE).

Working in close cooperation with UNESCO and others, UNDP will organize two other training workshops: from 24 to 26 May in Fianarantsoa - for journalists from the Southern Madagascar, and from 30 May to 1 June in Majunga - for journalists from Northern Madagascar.

A round table discussion on "Improving the professional ethics and responsibility of journalists" in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day was held on 2 May 2013 in Tashkent.

El Registro de Asia y el Pacífico es relativamente reciente, pero incluye una variedad importante de inscripciones, por ejemplo:

• Negara Kertagama o la descripción del país en 1365AD (Indonesia),
• los Archivos del Museo Tuol Sleng sobre el genocidio (Camboya),
• patrimonio  documental sobre los trabajadores por endeudamiento de India(Islas Fiji),
• archivos y material de la diócesis de Macao de 1550 a 1800 (China),
• registro sobre las incriminaciones de la Guerra de Tokio entre 1946 y 1948 (Nueva Zelanda),
• estelas de piedra de los exámenes imperiales entre 1442 y 1779 ( Vietnam),
• documentos presidenciales de Manuel Luis Quezon (Filipinas), y
• la colección fotográfica de F.E. Williams “primer contrato” (Papuasia Nueva Guinea / Australia).

La inscripción al Registro permite reconocer y acrecer el valor de la herencia documental y afianza la importancia regional de los documentos en cuestión al hacer de ellos un conjunto documental visible y de gran impacto en la historia social y cultural del mundo. El programa promueve la preservación y el acceso a la herencia documental, fuente de orgullo y de reconocimiento, que justifica las inversiones para la conservación y la seguridad de los documentos.

Las candidaturas deben ser enviadas antes del 30 de noviembre de 2013 para ser examinadas por el subcomité del Registro MOWCAP y luego ser presentadas ante la junta general que se llevara a cabo en marzo de 2014. Para más información sobre la candidatura y los documentos necesarios visite el sitio internet de MOWCAP. Además, el  Memory of the World Register Companion es una guía para cumplimentar el formulario de inscripción en el Registro.

Para más información por favor contactar el Presidente de subcomité del Registro MOWCAP, Dr Rujaya Abhakorn.

Estas acciones hacen parte de la estrategia global de la UNESCO para concienciar a todos los medios de comunicación  en aras de mejorar su potencial para avanzar en temas relativos a la igualdad de género a través de sus producciones.

La Oficina de la UNESCO en Rabat publica cada trimestre el boletín informativo con el objetivo de fomentar la investigación acerca del papel que desempeñan los medios de comunicación en la transmisión de valores como la igualdad de género.

Durante los últimos 25 años la condición económica, política y social de la mujer ha cambiado mucho en los países magrebíes. Sin embargo, los medios de comunicación en el Magreb siguen apegados a las desigualdades inherentes de la sociedad y no reflejan adecuadamente la realidad de estas mujeres. El “techo de cristal” sigue siendo el mayor obstáculo para la autodeterminación y para una mejor representación de las mujeres en los medios de comunicación. La imagen de la mujer es estereotipada y sus puntos de vista son a menudo ignorados.

La UNESCO invita a todos los profesionales de los medios de comunicación, investigadores, profesores y defensores de la igualdad de género a contribuir en el boletín informativo de la oficina de la UNESCO en Rabat.

En el marco de su mandato, los 30 miembros del Grupo de Naciones Unidas para la Sociedad de la Información (UNGIS) propondrán respetuosamente una Declaración Conjunta al Secretario General y al grupo de trabajo de la ONU, que además de promover una política de coherencia y una coordinación de programas dentro del sistema de Naciones Unidas, proporcionará ayuda sobre temas relacionados con las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC) con el fin de apoyar los objetivos de desarrollo acordados en el ámbito internacional.

Esta Declaración constituye una contribución colectiva para el diálogo sobre la Agenda de Desarrollo post 2015 que, mediante un esfuerzo común para desplegar la experiencia de las agencias, espera alimentar la reflexión sobre la prioridades del post 2015 y lograr un compromiso conjunto hacia la comunidad de las Naciones Unidas empeñadas en dirigir los desafíos del siglo XXI.

Tras varias semanas de consultaciones internas, dicha Declaración Conjunta ha sido adoptada ayer durante una sesión mayor de la UNGIS, presidida por el Asistente del Director General para la Comunicación e Información de la UNESCO, Janis Karklins, en el marco del foro WSIS 2013.

“Esta Declaración Conjunta, realizada por 30 organizaciones internacionales, es una manera poderosa de subrayar el hecho que el futuro yace en las sociedades de inclusión y de conocimiento sustentable y que los instrumentos que pueden transformar nuestras vidas no han alcanzado aún su máximo potencial”, ha dicho Karklins.

La declaración conjunta será transmitida al Secretario general de Naciones Unidas, Ban Ki-moon, y al presidente del grupo de trabajo abierto de la Junta General, encargada de hacer propuestas para alcanzar objetivos de desarrollo sustentable.

La declaración también será difundida y promovida entre todos los miembros de la red UNGIS.

The new section provides an overview of the main pieces of legislation regulating journalism and media in the region. It also assesses the media freedom situation and presents existing regulators, press councils and relevant professional networks for each country, with - where available - a link to their website. The webpage is a tool for everyone seeking up-to-date information.

Relevant publications, as well as a list of partners in the region, are also available, together with information about a new project financed by the European Commission to enhance freedom of expression through fostering ethical and professional standards in journalism.

In the framework of this project, UNESCO is planning a survey and a series of local events on the issue of hate speech in online media in South East Europe and Turkey. The first roundtable discussion seminar will take place in Belgrade, Serbia on 22 May 2013 and will be followed by an event in Podgorica, Montenegro on 24 May. It is expected that participants of those events discuss how media accountability mechanisms can best address hate speech in online media.

Le Registre de l’Asie et du Pacifique est assez récent, mais il compte déjà une grande variété d’inscriptions dont :

• Negara Kertagama ou la description du pays en 1365 après J-C (Indonésie)
• Les archives du Musée de Tuol Sleng sur le génocide (Cambodge),
• Le patrimoine documentaire d’ouvriers indiens sous contrat (Fidji),
• Les archives du diocèse de Macao des années 1550 à 1800 (Chine),
• Les documents du Tribunal militaire international tenu à Tokyo 1946-1948 (Nouvelle-Zélande),
• Les stèles en pierre des concours royaux des dynasties Le et Mac 1442-1779 (Vietnam)
• Les documents présidentiels de Manuel Luis Quezon (Philippines),
• La collection de photographies du « premier contact » faites par F.E. Williams (Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée / Australie).

L’inscription au Registre démontre l’importance et l’influence régionale du patrimoine documentaire en question, lui accorde une plus grande visibilité et le place au même niveau que les documents les plus importants de l’historie humaine. Une telle inscription permet également de mieux diffuser le patrimoine documentaire et de faciliter son accès, tout en encourageant des investissements potentiels dans sa conservation et sa protection.

La date limite pour envoyer les propositions est le 30 novembre 2013. Elles seront d’abord examinées par le Sous-comité du Registre MoWCAP, puis soumises pour décision à la prochaine Assemblée Générale du MoWCAP prévue pour mars 2014. Le formulaire d'inscription et les autres documents sont disponibles sur le site internet du MoWCAP.

Le Memory of the World Register Companion sert de guide à la rédaction du formulaire de proposition d’inscription au Registre. 

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter le Président du Sous-comité du Registre MoWCAP, Dr. Rujaya Abhakorn.

Cela s’inscrit dans la stratégie générale de l’UNESCO de sensibilisation aux médias et de renforcement de leurs capacités afin de faire progresser l’égalité des sexes à travers leurs productions.

La lettre d’information est publiée tous les trois mois par le Bureau de l’UNESCO à Rabat. Elle a pour objectif d’encourager la recherche sur le rôle des médias en tant qu’acteurs dans la diffusion de l’idée d’égalité des sexes.

Ces 25 dernières années, les femmes dans les pays du Maghreb ont connu de grands changements économiques, sociaux et politiques. Cependant, les médias au Maghreb restent imprégnés des inégalités sociales et ne reflètent pas suffisamment la réalité des femmes dans ces sociétés. Le « plafond de verre » constitue l’obstacle principal à l’autonomisation des femmes et à l’amélioration de leur représentation dans les médias. L’image des femmes reste stéréotypée et leur opinion est souvent négligée.

L’UNESCO invite tous les professionnels des médias, chercheurs, enseignants et défenseurs de l’égalité des sexes à envoyer leur contribution à la lettre d’information au Bureau de l’UNESCO à Rabat.

Engagés à promouvoir la cohérence des politiques et la coordination des programmes au sein des Nations Unies et à servir de guide pour les sujets liés aux technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) en soutien aux objectifs de développements internationalement reconnus, les 30 membres du Groupe des Nations Unies sur la société de l’information (UNGIS) soumettront respectueusement une déclaration commune au Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies et à l’Equipe spéciale des Nations Unies. Cette déclaration constitue une contribution collective aux discussions sur l’Agenda pour le développement post-2015, dans un effort commun d’exploiter l’expertise et l’expérience des différentes agences pour alimenter les réflexions sur les priorités post-2015, mais aussi un engagement uni dans une communauté des Nations Unies sur le point d’aborder les obstacles au développement du XXIe siècle.

La déclaration commune a été adoptée hier, après des semaines de consultation interne lors d’une session de fond de l’UNGIS, présidée par Janis Karklin, Sous-Directeur général pour l’information et la communication de l’UNESCO, en parallèle du Forum 2013 du SMSI.

« Cette déclaration commune des 30 organisations internationales permet de bien insister sur le fait que l’avenir repose sur des sociétés de la connaissance durables et inclusives, et que les instruments qui transforment notre vie ne sont pas encore entièrement exploités », déclare M. Karklins. La déclaration commune sera transmise au Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies Ban Ki-moon et au président du groupe de travail ouvert de l’Assemblée Générale chargé de la définition des objectifs du développement durable pour l’après-2015. La déclaration sera également diffusée sur les réseaux des membres de l’UNGIS.

The meeting was convened by UNESCO’s Windhoek Office in close collaboration with the Journalists Union of Swaziland and the Media Institute of South Africa (MISA) Swaziland Chapter. It was attended by journalists from Namibia, representatives of various Southern Africa journalists’ associations, other media practitioners and civil society organizations in Swaziland.

The two-day activities included a high level panel discussion on the state of press freedom and safety of journalists in Southern Africa countries, which was well attended by different media stakeholders. This debate was deemed necessary in the wake of the recent research on the status press freedom in all Southern-African countries, which was carried out by MISA and whose results depict a very grim picture and declining freedom of the press.

Securing freedom of the media by strengthening and revamping Southern Africa national and regional journalists associations was the main focus of the second day of the meeting. Presentations from the various countries revealed the state of weak and inactive associations that require concerted effort to enable them play their role in defending their members’ right and in promoting the principles of journalism they stand for. According to a journalist from Namibia, “the laid back nature of the Namibian journalists got a hold of the association that has been inactive”.

Discussions and presentations at the meeting revealed that most journalists from the Southern Africa region largely use self-censorship to avoid being in the “wrong books” of their government, a practice that has become the norm in Swaziland, thus contributing to the deterioration of press freedom in the country. In this regard Ms Zungu, the Secretary-General of the Swaziland National Commission for UNESCO, reiterated the need for the Swaziland National Association of Journalists (SNAJ) to work closely with her office in approaching the relevant ministries that would address their issues of concern. She also offered her assistance for in the preparation of requests for funding from UNESCO.

The lack of licensing and the need for recognition of the community media in the region, especially in Swaziland, were raised as issues of great concern. “Community media has a special niche in every country as it is a major platform that gives voice to the marginalised groups and enables community members to address policy makers on issues related to their local needs,” said Lydia Gachungi, from UNESCO’s Windhoek Office. Participants echoed the need to have the community media sector recognised in the various countries and legal structures supporting the sector growth, put in place.

As a way forward, main elements of a funding proposal that would support the strengthening of the national journalists’ associations in Southern Africa was discussed and formulated, mandating UNESCO to coordinate the various activities that would also include an exchange programme among journalists’ associations.

For more information please contact Lydia Gachungi, UNESCO Office in Windhoek.

At the WSIS Forum 2013, hosted by ITU and co-organized with UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, a number of sessions were dedicated to the WSIS+10 Review process. At the Ministerial Roundtable, entitled WSIS+10 Visioning Challenge, 33 ministers discussed WSIS achievements, remaining challenges, the link to the Post Millennium Development Goals Process and also key elements that should be considered in the WSIS+10 review process.

At the plenary session on the WSIS+10 Review, Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of UN, stressed the importance of including in this review process young people. “I firmly believe they are the most promising of our resources. Young people have the drive, the capacity and skills to accept positive change. They are creative and idealistic. They find solutions to problems and they often speak out too,” said Kofi Annan.

Mr Karklins shared the results of the UNESCO-hosted WSIS+10 event, discussed the way forward and stressed the importance of ensuring a truly inclusive, multistakeholder WSIS+10 process. The final statement of the first WSIS+10 review event was indeed developed in an open, inclusive manner and adopted by consensus in the closing session of the UNESCO hosted event, which attracted 1450 participants from 130 countries, plus 800 remote participants.

Member States are expected to decide on the exact modalities of the WSIS+10 Review process at the UN General Assembly at the end of 2013.

This is for the 8th year that UNESCO convened the facilitation meeting of WSIS Action Line C9 - Media at WSIS Forum. This year’s meeting took place on 13 May at ITU, in Geneva, Switzerland. To set a scene for the theme “Internet Universality: Conceptualizing evolving mediascape and updating strategies for post-2015”, a UNESCO representative focused on the media aspects of the Final Recommendation of WSIS+10 Review Meeting, and on the ongoing consultation about a new concept of Internet Universality. This concept is being explored by UNESCO to highlight Internet as a free, open, accessible for all medium, driven by multi-stakeholder engagement. A UNESCO-commissioned report Exploring evolving mediascape was also presented at the meeting.

A representative from the Council of Europe (CoE) presented the CoE Internet Governance Principles and the Recommendation on the protection and promotion of the universality, integrity and openness of the Internet. This Recommendation reaffirms that protection of freedom of expression and access to information on the Internet, as well as the promotion of the public service value are parts of a larger set of concerns about how to ensure the universality, integrity and openness of the Internet. CoE also endorsed the Recommendation on a new notion of media, which calls its Member States to adopt a new, broad notion of media, encompassing all actors, contents and applications (such as social networks and online games), and to accordingly review regulatory needs in respect of all actors delivering services or products in the media ecosystem.

Panelists from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the World Association of Community Radios (AMARC) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) discussed the challenges of digital convergence on defending public service broadcastings and developing community radios in the areas of technical coordination, spectrum management, harmonization of commercial and public interests, digital safety, legislative and regulatory framework and digital literacy. Representative from the Association of Progressive Communication (APC) highlighted the human rights and ethical dimensions of Internet and echoed the concept of Internet Universality in a sense of promoting freedom of expression, universal access and practical use of Internet as a public good for humanity.

Participants raised various aspects ranging from a concern about violence organized through social media, online safety, the tension between online freedom and other digital rights, to gender issues in media development and the role of media in promoting cultural diversity and social cohesion. The debate focused on the increased complexity of defending freedom of expression and advancing media development in the digital era.

Participants recognized the interdependence between human rights aspects and content and infrastructure convergence of media-ICT which requested a more comprehensive framework to formulate the post-2015 media strategy and facilitate collaboration between C9 and other WSIS Action Lines such as C3 - Access, C7 – E-earning, C8 - Cultural diversity and C 10 - Ethics.

The concept of Internet Universality was considered as a timely and pertinent exploration of such a broader framework to re-contextualize post-2015 strategies on media and related Action Lines. The session served as a first step in the exploration, through various consultations, of the idea of developing and reinforcing the concept of Internet Universality.

In cooperation with the Jordan National Commission for UNESCO and Arab Women Media Center, UNESCO has been working to incorporate media and information literacy (MIL) into the Jordanian school curriculum by providing high school teachers and students the training to gather, analyze and utilize information through new and traditional media, and to develop debating skills so that they are able to express themselves in a professional manner.

In keeping with its mandate to promote policy coherence and programme coordination within the UN system, as well as to provide guidance on issues related to information and communications technologies (ICTs) in support of internationally agreed development goals, the 30 members of the UN Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) will respectfully submit a joint statement to the UN Secretary General and the UN Task Team. This statement is a collective contribution to the dialogue on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, in a unified effort to harness inter-agency expertise and experience to support deliberations on Post-2015 priorities, and a united commitment to a UN community poised to address development challenges in the 21st century.

The joint statement was adopted yesterday, after weeks of internal consultation at a substantive session of UNGIS, chaired by UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, Janis Karklins at the margin of the WSIS Forum 2013.

“This joint statement by 30 International Organizations is a very powerful way of stressing that the future lies in inclusive, sustainable knowledge societies, and that the tools which transform all parts of our lives have not been fully harnessed yet,” said Mr Karklins. The joint statement will be transmitted to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and to the chairperson of the open working group of the General Assembly, which is tasked with submitting a proposal for sustainable development goals. It will also be disseminated and promoted through the UNGIS’ members’ networks.

The Asia Pacific Register is relatively young, but it already includes a diverse array of inscriptions, such as:

• Negara Kertagama or description of the country in 1365AD (Indonesia),
• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archive (Cambodia),
• Documentary Heritage of the Indian Indentured Laborers (Fiji),
• Archives and materials of the Macao Diocese 1550s to 1800s (China),
• Records of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials 1946-1948 (New Zealand),
• Stone Stele Records of the Royal Examinations 1442-1779 (Vietnam), 
• Presidential Papers of Manuel Luis Quezon (Philippines), and
• F.E. Williams “first contact” photographic collection (Papua New Guinea/Australia).

An inscription on the Register demonstrates the significance and regional impact of the documentary heritage in question, provides it with more visibly and places it on the same level with the most valuable documents of human history. Such inscription also ensures a greater promotion of the documentary heritage and a better access to it, and may encourage investment in its conservation and security.

The deadline for submission of nominations is 30 November 2013. Nominations will be first examined by the MOWCAP Register Subcommittee and then presented for decision at the next MOWCAP General Meeting to be held in March 2014. The nomination form and other related documents can be found on the MOWCAP website.

The Memory of the World Register Companion provides guidance in completing the nomination form for inscription on the Register.

For further information please contact the Chair of the MOWCAP Register Subcommittee, Dr Rujaya Abhakorn.

This activity is part of UNESCO’s overall strategy to raise awareness of all media and to increase their capacities to advance gender equality through their productions.

The newsletter is published every trimester by UNESCO’s Office in Rabat. It seeks to be an advocacy tool by encouraging research on the role of media as an actor in spreading gender equality culture.

Since the last 25 years economic, social and political situation of women in the Maghreb countries has consistently changed. However the media in the Maghreb remain steeped in the socially built inequalities and do not adequately reflect the realities of women in the societies. “Glass ceiling” is the major obstacle for women’s self-empowerment and the improvement of their representation in the media. Women’s image remains stereotyped and their points of view are often neglected.

UNESCO invites all media professionals, researchers, teachers and gender advocates to send their contributions to the newsletter to UNESCO’s Office in Rabat.

As a part of UNESCO Amman Office’s Media and Information Literacy (MIL) project to incorporate MIL into the Jordanian curriculum, four high schools were chosen to pilot a series of debating classes and a training workshop for its students over the past two months.

Empowering people through media and information literacy (MIL) is essential for the promotion of a free and pluralistic media environment. The UNESCO Amman Office has begun a pilot project called "Integrating Media and Information Literacy in Jordanian Schools" to provide Jordanian youth with knowledge and training on MIL and information and communication technologies (ICT).

This year’s theme, “Developing the Caribbean”, focused on the role of Open Data and software in catalyzing regional development and innovation. Mr Eric Nurse, IFAP Vice-Chairman for Latin America and the Caribbean traveled to Trinidad and Tobago to share with delegates IFAP’s tangible regional contribution to the conference theme.

Since December 2012, with the financial support of the UNESCO Director-General’s Multi-donor and Emergency Fund, IFAP has been conducting a 17-country study in the Caribbean. This study has been assessing the state of the art around national usage of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), Open Data and Open Source in the region and how to better integrate them into the existing national information strategies, frameworks and development programmes. Regional workshops to validate the study’s finding and to roll-out national policy implementation pilots are expected to begin in July 2013.  According to Mr Nurse, youth and the education system have a key role to play in this process. As he explained, "If we start teaching our secondary students open source and how they can use Open Data, it will go a long way in driving the use of Open Data in the region...".

The Code sprint component of the conference pitted competing teams from across the region to develop software applications using FOSS and Open Data over a 24-hour period to solve practical problems in health, education, census data collection as well as in key areas such as tourism and agriculture that are vital to the regions social and economic progress. The IFAP Vice-Chair shared with other members of the jury the difficult task of selecting the finalists who will participate in the International Code Sprint finals to be held in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation from 30 June to 4 July 4 2013.

Dr Margaret Bernard, Head of the Department for Computing and Information Technology drew attention to nascent Open Data projects that are addressing regional practical development challenges, "In our department, we have a project called AgriNet that aims toward food security”. However she underscored the need for policy frameworks and cooperation pointing to the fact that “there are several information silos that are un-integrated, so we are currently working towards an e-portal to pull data from the various sources."

The event expanded IFAP’s network of regional partners and opened avenues for cooperation with organizations such as Slash Roots, the University of the West Indies (UWI), The Caribbean Open Institute and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

The intergovernmental Information for All Programme was established in 2001 to provide a platform for international policy discussions and guidelines for action in the area of access to information and knowledge and for the participation of all in the knowledge societies.

For more information on this story and IFAP’s activities you may visit the following websites:

• IFAP and its global network
• Developing the Caribbean Open Data Conference.

L'événement réunira des journalistes, des professionnels des médias, la société civile ainsi que des représentants gouvernementaux et des experts étrangers. Il vise à fournir une plate-forme professionnelle et publique pour favoriser le dialogue et les échanges sur la liberté d'expression et la liberté de la presse en tant que piliers fondamentaux d'une société démocratique, et d'établir un état des lieux de la liberté d'expression en Tunisie, deux ans après la Révolution du 10 janvier 2010.

La conférence du 3 mai intitulée "Parler sans crainte : garantir la liberté d'expression dans tous les médias" mettra l'accent - à travers une série d'ateliers - sur les questions de la sécurité des journalistes, les défis rencontrés dans l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre d’un code de déontologie, l'impact des médias dans le développement régional, et les femmes dans les médias tunisiens, avec des témoignages de journalistes de Tunis et des régions, et une présentation du plan d'action des Nations Unies sur la sécurité des journalistes et la question de l'impunité.

A cette occasion, la télévision et la radio publiques présenteront leurs projets de code de déontologie, la Fédération tunisienne des directeurs de journaux présentera un code d'éthique pour la presse dans la région MENA, l'Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires présentera son rapport de diagnostic sur ​​les radios communautaires tunisiens, l’Arabe Working Group pour l'observation des médias présentera un rapport sur l'image des femmes dans les médias tunisiens, et le Centre de Tunis pour la liberté de la presse présentera ses rapports sur les violences faites aux femmes journalistes en Tunisie.

L’Institut de presse et des sciences de l’information est partenaire de cet événement. Encadrés par l’équipe pédagogique, des étudiants de l’IPSI ont réalisé un journal spécial « liberté de la presse », en Arabe et en Français, qui sera distribué lors de la conférence et dont certains articles seront publiés dans des journaux partenaires.

La conférence de la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse bénéficie du soutien du Royaume d'Espagne et du Royaume des Pays-Bas.

Le programme détaillé est disponible en cliquant sur ce lien.