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Global Forum for Media Development Conference

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Some 500 media experts from over 100 countries are invited to attend the second Global Forum for Media Development aimed to develop common strategies for media development and to ensure that free, independent and pluralistic media are at the core of development programmes.

When	07 Dec, 2008 09:00 AM to 10 Dec, 2008 06:00 PM
Where	Athens
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Some 500 media experts from over 100 countries will be invited to attend the second Global Forum for Media Development in Athens on December 7-10, 2008 to develop common strategies for media development and to ensure that free, independent and pluralistic media are at the core of development programmes. The President of Greece, Dr. Karolos Papoulias will open the conference. Key speakers, such as Nobel-Prize winner Orhan Pamuk have been invited to attend. High-level representatives from the UN, UNESCO, World Bank and other intergovernmental institutions will address the conference. Senior media executives and key representatives from a wide range of media development organisations will present new and innovative ideas for ensuring sustainability of independent media and media development goals.