08:00-09:00

09.00-10.15

Welcome address

Keynote speech

Other speakers

Special message

Objectives of the Forum:

10.15-10.10:30

March 28, 2007

10.30-13.00

Discussion themes

13.00-14.00

14.00-15.00

15.00-15.15

15.15-17.30

Discussion themes

17.30-17.45

17.45 – 18.30

19.30-21.00

March 29, 2007

09.00-10.30

Discussion themes

10.30-10.45

10:45-12:00

12:00-13:00

13:00-14:00

14:00-15:00

15.00-15.15

15.15-17.00

17.00-18:00

Registration of participants

INAUGURAL SESSION

Shahir Zahine , Chairman TKG (10m) Download Dari Message     Download English Message

Mario Lubetkin , IPS Director General (10m) Download

Message from His Excellency President Hamid Karzai (10m) Download Dari Message

Ambassador Francesc Vendrell , Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan (10m)

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Ambassador Hansjorg Kretschmer , Head of Delegation, European Commission Delegation to

Afghanistan (10m) Download

Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, Message to the forum from the Italian MinisterPatrizia Sentinelli (10m) Download

Aziz Hakimi , TKG (10m) Download

Break (Tea/ coffee)

The Media Forum

SESSION A: State of the Afghan Media

Chair: Shirazuddin Siddiqi, Director, Afghan Education Project (BBC)

• Media in South Asia , a regional assessment of growth trends, constraints and opportunities.

  Imtiaz Alam, secretary general, SAFMA (10-15m) Download

• The Nepali media experience

  Kanak Dixit, editor, Himal South Asian (10-15m) Download

• From boom to uncertainty: An assessment of the media in Afghanistan

  Fazel Sancharaki (10-15m) Download

• Press freedom in Afghanistan , an assessment of the challenges on the ground (including skills and capacity building)

  Rahimullah Samander , Director, CIJ (10-15m)

• Challenges and opportunities for the independent media

  Shahir Zahine , TKG (10-15m) Download

• The proposed media law

  Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq , MP, chairman Culture, Media and Religious Affairs committee of parliament (10-15m) Download

• A critical review of the proposed media law

  Abdul Hamid Mubariz , former deputy minister of information and culture (10-15m) Download

• Media is Development: the Afghan Voice

  Ricardo Grassi , Inter Press Service (10-15m) Download

• What advertisers want in terms of media availability, government policy and regulation?

  Emmanuel de Dinechin, Director, marketing Altai consulting (10m) Download

  Antoine Heudre, Director Sayara Media & Communications (10m) Download

Lunch

Discussions on SESSION A (With concluding remarks from the Chair)

Break (Tea/ coffee)

SESSION B: Government, donors and the media

Co-chairs: Kanak Dixit and Aziz Hakimi

• Overview of state and donor support to media after 2002

  Ricardo Grassi , Inter Press Service (10m) Doawnload

• Government media: Where do we go from here in terms of policy, legislation and regulation?

  Mubarez Rashidi , Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth (10-15m) Download

• Donor support/ involvement in media projects in post-2001 Afghanistan : Experiences/ reflections (10m each)

  Elisabeth Rousset , EC Download

  Shigeru Aoyagi, UNESCO Download

  Tsuneo Sugishita, JICA Download

• The coverage of Afghanistan on the BBC and Radio Free Europe before and after 9/11

  Massoumeh Torfeh , researcher, SOAS-LSE (10m) Download

• Afghanistan in South Asia : The missing regional media link

  Aunohita Mojumdar , journalist, India (10-15m) Download

• The coverage of Afghanistan by the government media

  Sakhi Munir , Anis daily (10-15m) Download

• Afghans reporting on Afghanistan regionally and internationally: The experience of TKG and IPS

  Ann Ninan , Inter Press Service , India (10-15m) Download

Break (Tea/ coffee)

Discussions on SESSION B (With concluding remarks from the Chair) Download

Dinner hosted by The Killid Group

The Civil Society Forum

SESSION C: The Civil Society – Public service providers or conscious but excluded socio-political mediators?

Chair: Abdul Salam Rahimi, General Director, CHA Network

• The Afghan traditions of self-help, community building and partnerships for change

• The evolution of “new” civil society actors in the post-2001 Afghanistan

  Mohammad Halim Fidai, Media and Communication Coordinator, CI (10-15m) Download

• Case study: India 's civil society

  Vinod Raina , Peoples Science Movement of India (10-15m) Download

• Media and civil society: Collaborators or competitors?

  Dr Mohammad Akbar, Director, Media Support Solutions (10-15m) Download

• Challenges and opportunities for civil society participation in the Afghan process

  Mirwais Wardak, Program Director, CAPAU (10-15m) Download

• Are we “implementing partners” or socio-political constituents and the real stakeholders?

  Jilani Popal , Chairman, ADA (10-15m) Download

Break (Tea/ coffee)

Discussions on SESSION C (With concluding remarks from the Chair) Download Dari

Discussion on the draft Kabul Declaration on Afghan Media and Civil Society

Facilitator/s : Shahir Zahine & Salam Rahimi

Lunch

Review and adoption of Kabul declaration on Afghan Media and Civil Society

Facilitator/s: Shahir Zahine & Salam Rahimi

Break (Tea/coffee)

Interaction with selected ministers

Concluding session

Presentation of the summary of the report on Media is Development: Afghanistan Media and Civil Society Forum

Massoumeh Torfeh

Concluding remarks

Shahir Zahine , Chairman The Killid Group Download