GFMD Latin America & Caribbean Summit (May 2024)
Implementing the OECD Development Cooperation Principles for Relevant and Effective Support to Media and the Information Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Implementing the OECD Development Cooperation Principles for Relevant and Effective Support to Media and the Information Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Date: 4 May 2024
Time: 09:00 - 13:00 (UTC -3)
Venue: BiblioGAM (library), Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Centro Gabriela Mistral Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 227, Santiago, Chile.
Languages: Translation will be available in Spanish and English.
Participants: This meeting will bring together GFMD members and partners (donors, researchers and policymakers) across the Latin America and Caribbean region.
Related events: The meeting is organised as an official side event of in Santiago, Chile from 2-4 May 2024.
Registration:
Discussions at the summit would be focused on the implementation of the recently adopted .
Santiago Time
Agenda
08.30 - 09.00
Welcome, coffee, and registration
09.00 - 09.20
Introduction
Ambassador Raúl Fernandez Daza, Chairperson of the IPDC and Permanent Delegate of Chile to UNESCO and Ambassador to France
Drusilla Menaker, MFC Media Dev Working Group representative, Media Specialist at USAID Introduced by Laura Becana Ball, Advocacy and Policy Manager, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
09.20 - 09.50
Using the Principles as a catalyst for change
Conversation with Nick Benequista and Jaime Abello Banfi on the OECD Development Cooperation Principles. Followed by Q&A.
In conversation with Laura Becana Ball, Advocacy and Policy Manager, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) and with participation of all attendees.
09.50 - 10.25
Flash Presentations GFMD members outline the latest evidence, trends and experiences from the region in the context of what implementing the principles would change for their organisations
Naimid Cirelli, Sembra Media
Laura Agosta, IREX
Maria Vitória Ramos, Fiquem Sabendo
Isabela Ponce, GK
Natalia Borrero Morales, Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa
10.25 - 10.30
Breakout groups briefing
Instructions for the activity of the Breakout Groups
Break
10.40 - 11.50
Breakout groups Participants will be organised into breakout groups to discuss how each of the principles could be implemented in the Latin American and Caribbean contexts.
Break
12.00 - 12.25
Reporting from breakout groups and discussion Breakout groups’ rapporteurs highlight the main areas for future work, collaboration and practical ways that the principles could be implemented.
12.25 - 12.55
Next steps: Open discussion to comment on the outcomes of the Breakout Groups and outline next steps for the implementation of the Principles in Latin America and the Caribbean.
12.55 - 13.00
Conclusion
