June 30, 2006

STUDIES: Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights 2007-2008

Posting for Sarah Bruchez, IUKB

Subject: Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights 2007-2008

Sarah Bruchez
Programme Secretary
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Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB)
MAS in Children's Rights
P.O. Box 4176 * CH - 1950 Sion 4
Tel. +41 27 205 73 06 * Fax +41 27 205 73 01
E-mail: sarah.bruchez@iukb.ch - internet:www.iukb.ch/mcr
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Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights

Call for applications for the 2007-2008 postgraduate programme in Children?s Rights

The Master of Advanced Studies in Children?s Rights (MCR) is a part-time two-year postgraduate programme in children's rights, which is jointly organised by the Law School and the Institute for family research and counselling at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and the Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB), associated with the International Institute on children?s rights (IDE), both in Sion (Switzerland).. The MCR is an interdisciplinary and international programme which attracts a diverse range of graduate students from all over the world. The 2007-2008 cycle of this two-year programme will begin on 12 February 2007 and the deadline for applications is 15 September 2006.

The programme is designed for professionals who work with children?s rights issues, these may include; lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, judges, social workers, government officials, staff from non-governmental organisations, academics and journalists.

The programme takes place over a two-year period and requires participants to attend four week-long residential Modules per year. In addition to the residential Modules and the completion of exercises and examinations based on the required course reading materials, students are also expected to devise an individual training programme which consists of a segment of practical experience (internship) in an organisation other than their workplace, the preparation of an observation report on their own workplace and the completion of a Master?s thesis. Each residential module has a specific theme: (1) Children's rights in context, (2) International legal instruments on children's rights, (3) The general principles of the CRC, (4) Child labour, (5) Violence against children, (6) Juvenile justice, (7) Child protection and (8) Implementation and monitoring strategies. The compulsory residential modules all take place in Switzerland, and alternate between the IUKB in Sion and the University of Fribourg.

The tuition fee is CHF 10,500 (approximately 6,700 Euros / 8,250 USD); this sum does not include travel and living expenses.

For further information on the Master of Advanced Studies in Children?s Rights, please see the information provided on the web site www.iukb.ch/mcr, or contact: Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB), MAS in Children?s Rights, P.O. Box 4176, CH ? 1950 Sion 4, tel. +41 (27) 205 73 00, fax +41 (27) 205 73 01, e-mail: mcr@iukb.ch.

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EVENTS: Third Peace Camp takes forward "All Different, All Equal" Campaign

Third Peace Camp takes forward "All Different, All Equal" Campaign

Strasbourg, 30.06.2006 - Forty young Albanians, Serbs from Kosovo, Israelis and Palestinians between 18 and 22 are to meet together at "Europa Park" (Rust, Germany) for the third peace camp jointly organised by the theme park and the 46 nation Council of Europe. (1 to 8 July 2006).

The camp - the third of a series - comes just after the launch of the Council of Europe's "All Different, All Equal" campaign for diversity, participation and human rights (Thursday 28 June).

The camps aim to bring youngsters from troubled areas together to learn how to gradually break down prejudices and stereotypes. They are designed to heighten young people's awareness of cultural and social differences and similarities at a time when conflicts are never out of the headlines and to encourage them towards dialogue.

A press conference will be held at the Europa Park, Hotel Colosseo, Mille Miglia, at 10.30am on Monday, 3 July. The conference will be attended by Ralf-René Weingärtner, Director of the Council of Europe's Directorate of Youth and Sport, and Roland Mack, the Managing Director of the Europa-Park, who is the Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador for Families.

For further information see the Council's website, www.coe.int

Press contacts :
Anna Kehl, tel. 33 (0) 689 99 50 42 ; E-mail: anna.kehl@coe.int
Caroline Becker, tel. (49) (0) 7822 77 64 89 ; E-mail: caroline.becker@europapark.de

Le troisième Camp de la Paix soutient la Campagne "Tous différents, tous égaux

Strasbourg, 30.06.2006 - Quarante jeunes, Albanais, Serbes du Kosovo, habitants d'Israël et de Palestine âgés de 18 à 22 ans, se rencontreront à " Europa-Park " (Rust, Allemagne) pour le troisième camp de la paix organisé conjointement par le parc de loisirs et le Conseil de l'Europe du 1er au 8 juillet 2006.

Troisième de ce type, le camp se tient juste après le lancement de la Campagne du Conseil de l'Europe "Tous différents, tous égaux" pour la diversité, la participation et les droits de l'homme (jeudi 28 juin).

L'objectif est de réunir des jeunes venus de zones de conflits pour leur apprendre à dépasser leurs préjugés et leurs stéréotypes. A une époque où les conflits restent d'actualité, ces camps doivent renforcer la conscience que les jeunes ont de leurs différences et de leurs points communs sur le plan culturel et social et renforcer leurs capacités de dialogue.

Une conférence de presse aura lieu lundi 3 juillet à 10h30 à Europa-Park, Hôtel Colosseo, Mille Miglia, en présence de Ralf-René Weingärtner, Directeur de la jeunesse et du sport du Conseil de l'Europe, et de Roland Mack, associé gérant d'Europa-Park et Ambassadeur de bonne volonté du Conseil de l'Europe pour les familles.

Pour plus d'informations, veuillez consulter la page Internet www.coe.int

Contacts presse :
Anna Kehl, tél. +33 (0) 689 99 50 42 ; E-mail : anna.kehl@coe.int.
Caroline Becker, tél. +49 (0)7822 77 64 89 ; E-mail : caroline.becker@europapark.de

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

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June 29, 2006

RESOURCES: How to Make Grassroot Comics

How to Make Grassroot Comics

World Comics has developed a series of guides to help social activists in various fields to use comics as a communication medium. According to World Comics, activists, who have very little or no experience with drawing, can learn how to put their ideas across, using comics wallposters. Grassroots comics are usually developed by individuals in the community that the comic is intended for, rather than a professional artist, as this will encourage a storyline more appropriate to the audience. Grassroots comics are also usually in a format that requires few resources and is easy to reproduce - such as in black and white on A4 size paper.

The resource collection includes information about how to make wallposter comics and eight-page booklets. Wallposter comics are pasted up on walls and similar places to create interest in the community. Guidance is provided on format, creating the story, placing text and pictures, adding depth and perspective, drawing people and sound, putting up the posters and samples of comics. There is also information about how to develop and run a comics workshop. Each of the following resources may be accessed in PDF format or online:

Wallposter comics manual (English, French, Arabic, Portuguese)
Comprehensive manual (Swahili)
How to run a wallposter comics workshop (English)
Training plan for wallposter comics workshop (English)
How to make wallposter comics (English, Finnish)
How to make eight-page booklet comics (English)
How to make eight-page accordion minibooklet comics (English)

Click here for this resource online.

Click here for How to Make Campaign Comics

Publisher: World Comics
Cost: Free to download
Language(s): English, French, Arabic, Swahili, Portuguese, Finnish
Contact:
Leif Packalén
World Comics
Vanamontie 4 E 156, 01350
Vantaa, Finland
Tel: +358-40-5318235
leif.packalen@worldcomics.fi
World Comics website

Source: World Comics website, April 6 2006.

SOURCE: http://www.comminit.com/materials/ma2006/materials-2827.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

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Unite For Children - Unite Against AIDS video - UPDATE

Dear all,

short update on the "Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS"-video. The latest version is online at www.unicef.org/uniteforchildren.

Go to the "youth" box on the right and you can chose low or high resolution (both in RealMedia format).

Current languages are:

Albanian
Romanian
Roma
Portuguese
Spanish
Vietnamese
Korean
Georgian
German
Macedonian
Bulgarian

I still have English and French to add (I only have NTSC versions and need to convert them to PAL...), but I would like to ask all of you again who have not sent anything in to please check out the film and the short explanations (see links below for the English, French and Spanish versions) and start filming! :-)

http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_2621.html

http://www.unicef.org/voy/french/takeaction/takeaction_2621.html

http://www.unicef.org/voy/spanish/takeaction/takeaction_2621.html

PS - If your language is already there, don't worry. You can never say "Unite for children, unite against AIDS" enough - I will definitely add your short clip when you send it!

Thanx,

Chris

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
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GAMES: Beat HIV/AIDS on a computer

Beat HIV/AIDS on a computer

Wednesday Jun 28 14:31 AEST

Clicking to destroy demons, escape terror or hit a six in cricket are common video game scenarios on mobile phones.

Now an Indian software firm says its also a great platform to fight HIV/AIDS and plans to take its campaign global.

New Delhi-based gaming company ZMQ Software Systems released four games as part of a fund raising effort for HIV/AIDS awareness that can be accessed by users of Reliance Infocomm, one of India's largest private cellphone service providers.

"The games are now very popular," the company's chief technology officer Hilmi Quraishi said, adding that 2.9 million people had downloaded the games between their December launch and April 30 this year.

"Games will educate mobile subscribers and create awareness while reducing stigma and discrimination," he said. "We have a target of getting at least 13-14 million people to download the games" by the end of this year.

FULL ARTICLE: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=109228

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2006/06/02/stories/2006060200200300.htm

http://www.indiantelevision.com/anex/y2k5/headlines/anex384.htm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
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June 28, 2006

RADIO: Youth Radio Gives Teens a Voice (USA)

Youth Radio Gives Teens a Voice
By Shelley Schlender Boulder, CO 27 June 2006

While the American media often talk about them, teenagers have had little chance to talk about themselves on the air. Now some are using the power and simplicity of a radio program to speak out.

"There's a problem in American culture," a teen journalist from Atlanta tells a conference of radio professionals. "Not enough young women are being encouraged to be fairy princesses. They're being encouraged to grow up and be doctors and lawyers. The ranks of fairy princesses are dwindling because of that.

That's why Alex Black wears a stunning red tiara. "I can be a radio journalist and still be a fairy princess. I want to keep that dream alive."

For Alex, the dream of being on the radio came alive in a high school communications class, taught in partnership with a local radio station. She says her classroom skills have led to professional pay for a radio essay on Hurricane Katrina.

FULL ARTICLE AND AUDIO FILES AT: http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2006-06-23-voa24.cfm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
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Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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June 27, 2006

PROJECTS: WFU to host new program for U.S. and European youth

WFU to host new program for U.S. and European youth

June 26, 2006

This summer, Wake Forest University will be the first university in the nation to host a new, U.S. Department of State-sponsored program aimed at strengthening U.S.-European relations by building bridges between youth from the United States and 32 European and Eurasian countries.

Named in honor of America?s first diplomat, the ?Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Initiative: Summer Institute for Youth? (BFTFI) is the first youth-oriented program funded by the U.S. Department of State to focus exclusively on U.S.-European relations and to involve youth from all regions of Europe and Eurasia. Wake Forest was selected to host the program in its inaugural year and awarded a $171,750 grant from the State Department.

While in Vienna, Austria, earlier this month for the annual U.S.-European Union summit, President Bush emphasized the need for fostering American connections to European youth. He told a group of young Europeans, ?One of the things that is very important for our country is to have exchanges with students such as yourselves. And the reason that I say that is because I want you to get to see America the way it is.?

Approximately 35 high school age students from Europe and Eurasia, ranging from Norway to Kazakhstan, and 10 American high school age students from across the nation will come to Wake Forest July 1 and stay through July 22. The students will live

together in a residence hall, participate in three workshops addressing diplomacy-related topics, complete a community service project, visit the European Studies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, stay for a weekend with Winston-Salem area host families and take field trips to Williamsburg, Va., Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

?This program aims to empower the younger generation of Americans and Europeans to face global challenges in the 21st Century together,? said Allan Louden,

director of the BFTFI, associate professor of communication and director of debate at Wake Forest. ?We hope to achieve this by improving the understanding the participants have of the political and cultural environments in each others? countries.?

Two of the workshops will be led by Wake Forest faculty. John Dinan, the Zachary T. Smith Associate Professor of Political Science, will lead ?Comparative Constitutionalism? in which students will examine the U.S. process of constitution-making and compare it to the constitution-making processes in European and post-Soviet countries, as well as within the European Union. Ross K. Smith, Wake Forest debate coach, will oversee ?Media Criticism in the Age of the Internet? in which students will explore how the Internet and blogs impact the media, public opinion and political situations around the world. The third workshop, ?Bridging Differences though Public Argument? will be led by a professor from the University of Pittsburgh.

State Department officials say they hope the summer institute will pave the way for the establishment of other programs aimed at building bridges between American and European youth under the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Initiative.

?Support for freedom is the foundation of our foreign policy, but America cannot advance freedom alone,? said Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried. ?Europe and the United States are partners in this great task. A new generation is growing up in Europe and America for which the Cold War, the advent of democracy in 1989 and the break up of the Soviet Union are history, not memory. It is only by renewing this close relationship between younger Europeans and Eurasians and American young people that we can continue this critical partnership in the 21st Century. That is why this program is so important to me.? For more information on the BFTFI, go to www.bftf.org. For more information about U.S. policy goals in Europe and Eurasia, see www.state.gov/p/eur/.

SOURCE: http://www.wfu.edu/news/release/2006.06.26.b.php

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
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NEWS: MTV and Kaiser Family Foundation announce first-ever multi-media community to give American youth voice on HIV/AIDS

MTV and Kaiser Family Foundation announce first-ever multi-media community to give American youth voice on HIV/AIDS

Disease/Infection News

Published: Monday, 5-Jun-2006

Since the first AIDS case was documented twenty-five years ago by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this June 5th, a generation of young people has grown up never knowing a time without the disease.

Today, think MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation - as part of their think: Sexual Health campaign and with support from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), iFilm and WebMD - announced the creation of think HIV, the first ever multi-platform, interactive community for this first generation of Americans who have lived their entire lives during the AIDS epidemic. The initiative seeks to provide a platform to foster dialogue and active engagement on the topic of HIV/AIDS and especially its impact on young people, as well as provide information and resources to young people about HIV/AIDS. According to UNAIDS, half of new HIV infections worldwide are among those under the age of 25.

"The MTV audience has never known a day without HIV, and young people around the world are at the center of the epidemic," said Brian Graden, President of Entertainment for MTVN Music Group and President of Logo. "We have a long history of educating and empowering our audience on this issue, and while progress has been made, there is still work to be done. think HIV will offer our viewers a new, interactive and safe place to learn about and fight it."

"By utilizing the latest media technologies, think HIV gives voice to a generation of young people about a topic that deeply affects them in unique and powerful ways," said Tina Hoff, Vice President and Director of Entertainment Media Partnerships for the Kaiser Family Foundation. "A core tenant of work has always been to go where young people go to reach them with information and this new joint venture brings us into the new age of media."

think HIV will feature the following components:

think HIV Online Community - think HIV online will serve as an interactive community that will launch following the premiere of the "THINK HIV" documentary on August 18th. The site will be an engaging and interactive, safe space for young people to share their personal stories through videos, photos and blogs and text about HIV/AIDS. The user-friendly site will also provide easy access to information and resources about HIV/AIDS including prevention and testing as well as how to get involved in the global fight - including access to health information, resources and the online community at WebMD. Visitors will be able to upload their videos to the site via software from iFilm. The Alive at 25 HIV Vlogging Competition winners will be featured on the site with official state information about HIV/AIDS, links to local services, and key resources for young people developed in partnership with NASTAD members.
Alive at 25 - National HIV Vlogging Competition - Beginning June 5th and running until June 30th, young people ages 13-25 from around the country are encouraged to submit essays of 250 words or less at think.mtv.com on why they should be selected as the exclusive think HIV vlogger (video blogger) for their state. One winner will be selected from each state by Kaiser, MTV and NASTAD, and will be given a video camera to vlog about what HIV/AIDS means from their unique perspective. Vlogs will go live on the think HIV website on August 18th. One vlogger will be awarded a grand prize VIP trip to the MTV studios in New York, and earn the opportunity to showcase their vlog on MTV. For details about the competition visit www.think.mtv.com.
THINK HIV Documentary - MTV News & Docs - in partnership with Kaiser - will produce "THINK HIV," a documentary in which young people themselves tell the story of how their generation has been impacted by the virus. Part memorial, part testimony, these short vignettes filmed entirely by infected or affected young people will paint a raw, intimate, and informative portrait of the epidemic's impact on their lives. The half hour show will premiere on MTV on August 18th - the last day of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto.

think HIV builds on both MTV and Kaiser's long-term commitment to educating and empowering young people in the fight against HIV/AIDS, in part through their 10-year partnership, currently called think: Sexual Health. To date, the Emmy and Peabody Award winning partnership has garnered more than 100 million viewers to its documentaries, 1.2 million calls to the toll-free hotline (1-888-BE-SAFE-1), and has distributed more than 450,000 informational guides. More than two out of three think: Sexual Health campaign viewers are more likely to use condoms, talk to their partner about safer sex, and to get tested for HIV or other STDs.

think: Sexual health is part of think MTV - a vibrant community where young people get informed, connect to each other, express themselves and take action on the issues important to them, their community and their world. With the credo "Reflect. Decide. Do." think MTV, in partnership with almost 40 national and international organizations, enables young people to get involved in important domestic and international issues - such as education, sexual health, discrimination, the environment & natural disasters, and global affairs - through long-form documentaries, public service announcements, news segments, think moments, a comprehensive website and interactive forum at think.mtv.com, emerging media platforms, speaking engagements, and grassroots activities, materials and issue guides.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation dedicated to providing information and analysis on health issues to policymakers, the media, and the general public. It is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries. Information on HIV/AIDS is available at www.kff.org, and a daily news summary report on developments in HIV/AIDS is available on www.kaisernetwork.org, the Foundation's free health information service.

SOURCE: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=18259

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

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June 22, 2006

FUNDING: Adobe Launches New Global Philanthropy Program

I will try to find out more about eligible countries.

Chris

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Adobe Launches New Global Philanthropy Program

Adobe Youth Voices? Engages Teens through Multimedia Projects

SAN JOSE, Calif. ? June 21, 2006 ? Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today launched its new global philanthropy program, Adobe Youth Voices, designed to help underserved middle- and high-school aged youth develop critical skills necessary to become active and engaged members of their communities. Working in collaboration with five leading youth media organizations, Adobe will introduce the program at 36 sites worldwide by year-end, including locations in San Francisco, San Jose, New York, Seattle, London, and Noida and Bangalore, India. Adobe is committing $10 million in funding over five years as well as donating Adobe software and encouraging employee volunteerism.

Adobe Youth Voices will provide young people access to multimedia tools and training, enabling them to explore and comment on their world through video, audio, multimedia, digital art, animation and Web design. According to a study* by The Pew Charitable Trusts, two thirds of young Americans believe their generation has an important voice, but that no one is listening. At Adobe Youth Voices sites worldwide, teens will be encouraged to create works that communicate their ideas, concerns and aspirations. By engaging with their communities in this way, young people can further develop critical skills needed for success in school, career and life.

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=15592

OTHER LINKS: www.adobe.com/go/youthvoices

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
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Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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June 20, 2006

EVENTS: Conference asks what media can do to improve plight of children in Africa

Conference asks what media can do to improve plight of children in Africa

2006-06-19

By Ernest Waititu and Nick Claussen

Athens NEWS Writers

The Institute for the African Child's seventh annual conference was held on the Ohio University campus on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, bringing together experts from around the world to discuss how the media can be used to help children in Africa.

The conference coincided with the International day of the African Child, which was held on Friday, and featured speakers from OU, experts from across the U.S. and representatives from the media, academia and non-profit sector in Africa.

W. Stephen Howard, director of the Institute for the African Child and telecommunications professor at OU, said the conference was established "to bring attention to the world's most marginalized population group, children of Africa."

The Institute for the African Child has a different theme for the conference every year, and this year focused on the uses of media for African children.

Media experts from around the world were brought into share their skills and knowledge about how to use the media to improve the lives of African children and to improve the image of African children in the West, Howard said.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=25273

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
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Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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June 19, 2006

EVENTS: Documentary camp offered at national park

Documentary camp offered at national park

Region :Eastern Europe-Central Eurasia
Country :Serbia-Montenegro
Topic :Television, International Experience , Documentaries

15/06/2006

Young TV journalists who want to hone their investigative and documentary skills can sign up for an upcoming summer camp at Fru?ka Gora National Park, in Serbia. Registration deadline: June 25.

The Novi Sad School of Journalism is organizing the summer camp for young European journalists. Participants will work on making documentaries in the park's unique setting, known for its attractive scenery, rare plants and animals, and centuries-old monasteries.

The camp will take place in mid-July. Experienced documentary filmmakers and TV producers will lead the training in English. There is a course fee of EU?350 (about US$430), not including travel expenses. Applicants should be 18 to 30 years old.

For more information or to apply, contact office@novinarksa-skola.org.yu, telephone +381-21-42-4246, or visit http://www.novinarska-skola.org.yu/index.php?nav=prijava.

SOURCE: http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=305113&LID=1

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
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Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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EVENTS: Jana. Int. Film Festival For Children & Youth 2006

SOURCE: Email from ARCPA

Subject: Jana. Int. Film Festival For Children & Youth 2006

Youth on the Margin Create their world:
Jana International Film Festival for Children & Youth

Call for entries
Deadline for Submission: July 15 - 2006
Jana Int. Film Festival for Children & Youth
Nov. 7-12, 2006

The 2006 Jana International Film Festival for Children & Youth will display films on and by children under 19 years of age. Preference will be given to films by children & youth themselves, or with their active participation. The festival invites work by children & young adults, about or for children and youth globally. Already, the festival has received submissions from Germany, Italy, Palestine, France, USA, UK, Croatia, Bangladesh, Sweden, Finland, Colombia, Portugal, Argentina, Australia, Spain, and Serbia.

Video and multimedia Workshops

The festival will be hosting workshops on animation and video, as tools of learning and creative expression for children and youth. These hands-on workshops are directed at children and youth living in communities of limited income.

Photo Exhibit:

The festival will display photos by children that we receive from them. So far, we know of some coming from the AL-JANA project with children of Al-Sikki - Saida, Lebanon.

The AL-JANA active learning team decided in February to start working with a marginalized community on the fringes of the Ein El-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, namely the Al-Sikki gathering of displaced refugee families from destroyed Palestinian camps (Nabatiyeh and Tal il Zaa'taz) and destitute Lebanese and gypsy families.

Please, visit our Website: www.al-jana.com

For downloading the entry form:
http://www.al-jana.com/jana/productions/fChildren2006.htm

Kindly circulate this message to all who may have interest.

For more information, please contact:

Hicham Kayed
Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts / AL-JANA
P.O. Box: 114/ 5017
E-mail: arcpa@cyberia.net.lb
Website: www.al-jana.com
Tel/Fax: +961 1 819970 - Mobile: +961 3 839917
Beirut - Lebanon

Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts/ AL-JANA, is a registered, non-profit Lebanese NGO involved in the promotion of active learning and creative expression, and works with low income communities in Lebanon.

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

TAKE ACTION: JUNIOR 8 & UNICEF's Voices of Youth - Information for young people around the world

JUNIOR 8 & UNICEF?s Voices of Youth

Information for young people around the world

For the first time in G8 history a children?s forum will be incorporated into the official program at this year?s G8 summit in St. Petersburg. The event called the ?Junior 8? meeting will be held in Pushkin, near St. Petersburg from 7 to 18 July 2006. The main highlight of this event will be that G8 children will get the chance to share their views directly with the world?s leaders on 16 July 2006.

UNICEF is supporting the Government of the Russian Federation in the preparation and organization of the Junior G8 at which selected children from G8 countries, with inputs from children from developing countries through video-conferencing, will assemble to discuss HIV/AIDS, Education, Tolerance and Energy and other issues they think should be prioritized. Gathering before the world leaders convene their meeting, the Junior G8 will continue through the G8 summit, allowing children to exchange ideas before they present their final communiqué to the leaders.

UNICEF?s Voices of Youth has launched a Junior 8 website with the latest news on the Junior 8 2006 process at http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_2403.html . In addition, Junior 8 participants and young people from around the world will have the opportunity to communicate with each other in a yahoo e-discussion group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junior8russia2006/).

Background Voices of Youth

· Voices of Youth, UNICEF?s website for young people, reaches adolescents and young people in 180 countries, more than half of whom are girls, and 60% of whom live in the developing world.

· Over 14,000 young people have signed up to participate in Voices of Youth online discussion boards, and Voices of Youth receives around 10,000 visitors per day who spend an average of 10+ minutes on the site (100,000 page views).

· Informed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Voices of Youth presents rights-related information in an interactive way in the ?Explore? section, allows young people to discuss these issues using message boards in a section called ?Speak Out? and highlights their projects and initiatives in ?Take Action?.

Voices of Youth & Junior 8 2006

· Voices of Youth provides you with the opportunity to know more, do more and say more about the Junior 8 2006 in St. Petersburg.

· In the ?Take Action? section, Voices of Youth features the Junior 8 Youth Meeting 2006 in St. Petersburg. Check out the latest news on the Junior 8 2006 on http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_2403.html.

Take action! Participate in an e-discussion on Junior 8 2006!

· Don?t miss the opportunity to meet online with Junior 8 participants from the G8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Russian Federation) and young people from around the world at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junior8russia2006/ to discuss the main themes of the Junior 8 2006 and other issues that are important to you.

· If you would like to become a member of the ?junior 8 russia 2006? yahoo group, you can:

o Send a blank (empty) email to junior8russia2006-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to request membership, OR

o Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junior8russia2006/ , click on ?Join This Group!?, set up your own yahoo!ID and password (or use your existing yahoo!ID), fill out all required information.

o Congratulations! You are a member of the yahoo group!

o You will now receive emails from the Junior 8 email group and, of course, you are invited to start posting to the list or send your comments on other posts. To post, address your email to junior8russia2006@yahoogroups.com. To reply to a message, simply click reply, write your comment and send the email to the auto-generated reply address. You can also access the group on the web (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junior8russia2006/), change your settings there and/or post directly from the website. If you do not receive any emails from the "junior 8 russia 2006" yahoo group, contact the list moderator(s) at junior8russia2006-owner@yahoogroups.com.

· The yahoo group will serve as interactive linkage space between you who are participating in the Junior 8 meeting in St. Petersburg and young people from other countries and regions.

· The yahoo group will be time limited (15 June ? 20 July 2006) and will only be accessible prior to and during the Junior 8 2006.

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

June 15, 2006

TRAINING: Usak Hosts Children Rights Reporting Seminar (TURKEY)

Usak Hosts Children Rights Reporting Seminar

BİA² and UNICEF Turkey hold two-day Children Rights News Reporting training meeting in Usak on invitation of governor Kayhan Kavas. 26 reporters attend occasion where target is set to create Turkey's first child-friendly media network.

BIA News Center
06/06/2006 Kemal OZMEN

BİA (Usak) - The Children's Rights News Reporting training meeting organised jointly by the "Establishing a Countrywide Network in Turkey for Monitoring and Covering Media Freedom and Independent Journalism" BİA² project implemented by the IPS Communication Foundation and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was held on invitation of governor Kayhan Kavas between 3-4 June in Usak.

A total of 257 reporters from 62 provinces, including 83 women, have participated in similar training events organised jointly by BİA² and UNICEF Turkey between December 2005 and March 2006 in the provinces of Erzurum, Diyarbakir, Ankara, Mugla, Adana, Samsun abd Kocaeli.

The training events focusing on reporting on children's rights have so far hosted reporters from 127 newspapers, 14 news agencies 28 radio and 25 television stations and attracted participation from children rights activists, academic and students of communication faculties.

The training days that previously gathered regional journalists together this weekend saw a unification of reporters in Usak on a special invitation and initiative of the provincial governor Kavas who was previously a UNICEF advisory board member.

26 journalists working in the Usak press came together at the meeting at Agaoglu Hotel where discussions were held to reveal possibilities of creating a children-friendly media and increasing the participation of children in the media.

News people had the opportunity to relay personal experiences face to face citing past and current examples as Usak journalists agreed that children are not only the adults of the future, but individuals with certain rights within the society. It was commonly agreed that while children themselves were not "offenders", they were being pushed towards offending and in danger.

Reporters concluded during the two day training that while preparing news on children on together with children, far more attention needs to be paid to avoid violating the rights of the child and to respect the freedom of expression of children as well as their right to express views on issues that concern them. In order to achieve this, a target was set to create Turkey's first children-friendly media network in Usak.

Kavas: In-service training very important

Usak governot Kayhan Kavas said in his opening speech for the event that in-service seminars were always very important and that with this training the target was to enhance the procession and lives of the journalists involved.

Noting that Usak had stood as candidate for UNICEF's "Child Friendly City" project, Kavas explained that only eight provinces would be elected for the project in Turkey adding, "and we want Usak to be one of these. Because of this we want the Usak media to contribute to us and feel that training is important in this perspective".

Onat: Everyone responsible

On Saturday, Antalya Bar Association lawyer Yasemin Onat started the event with a presentation on "Children's Rights and News Reporting" where she covered and explained the Convention on Children's Rights and rights relating to the child as well as the use of the child in the media in new reports.

Onat explained that the United Nations (BM) convention guaranteed for fundamental rights to children which were the right to life, development, protection and participation.

Saying that there was a wide spread opinion that the whole responsibility of a child fell on his or her parents, Onat explained that the convention guaranteeing the rights of the child assigned responsibility to people other than parents as well, including those responsible for education, to workers of law and health sectors, the state institutions, to politics, the budget, the civilian society, the media and international organisations.

Onat said media itself, within the structure of overall responsibility, was the primary element in children accessing rights.

She added that legal concepts misused led to a justification of rights violations and said "according to the law, children under 18 cannot be questioned. Those under the age of 12 do not have a criminal responsibility, cannot be regarded as guilty".

In a subsequent workshop held by Onat under the title "The Role of the Press", participants analysed expectations of the children, their mothers, the society and media managers.

Tosun: News is not impartial

Ege University Faculty of Communication lecturer Dr. Gulgun Tosun explained in her presentation how children rights could and were being violated with examples of news reports stressing the need for journalists to create a child-friendly media.

Tosun argued that news itself by nature was not true or impartial and said then in cases where news reports replaced the truth, rights were being ignored.

The importance of a child-friendly media network, she said, was in the many purposes it would serve and listed among its important functions:

* Holding children rights on the agenda

* Exposing not the children but the processes violating their rights

* Correcting the wide spread image related to children

* Providing the participation of children in the media

* Protecting children from harmful influences

Tosun noted that a majority of news reports that violated children rights were based on the assumption that information provided by the police, security forces or administrative officials as being the only correct information and warned "the principle of balance in news reporting needs to be respected".

Koman: Principle of equals in participation

Çoluk Çocuk [Home Folks] magazine Editor Ezgi Koman delivered a presentation on "the Right of Participation of Children in the Media" where participation itself was described as taking part in the life of the society and becoming part of social life.

Koman, noting that the right to participation had first come up in the UN convention on children rights, said children and youth had the right to be in every process and activities that concerned them including issues and decisions. Koman said participation of children was not a privilege but a right and added that there should be the principle of equals between adults and children.

Ozmen: First off accept children as individuals

On the second day of the training UNICEF's Sema Hosta gave a presentation on correct informing on Bird Flue and issues that were important in the media coverage of this issue.

Following Hosta's presentation, BİA² Project Consultant Nadire Mater gave an explanation on the work of the project and the bianet site while BIA Children's Rights Editor Kemal Ozmen explained the children's site to participants.

Ozmen later on held a workshop titled "Following children rights violations in the media, reporting on children, interviewing children".

Ozmen listed the important points for journalists interviewing children:

* The child should be accepted as an independent individual

* The location should be a location of the child and not that of the journalist

* Consent should be received from the mother and father of the child

* Language used should be plain and understandable with short, clear questions

* Directing questions should not be asked

* Confidentiality of the child should be respected

* Questions reminding sufferings, raising negative emotions should not be asked

Before the workshop Ozmen spent time with other participants evaluating violations of children rights in the press in the case of a 16-year-old child caught in Trabzon province for killing the Santa Maria Church priest Andrea Santoro where his capture was reported on the front pages and under banner headlines of some newspapers.

At the end of the workshop participants divided in three groups and analysed children rights violations in the media based on chosen examples.

Following the two-day training event all participants concluded that it was an extremely beneficial session and that they would do their very best to put into practice the issues that were covered. (KO/II/YE)

Participants

Ibrahim Ethem Karahan, Nezihe Hatun Karahan (Usak's Yenigun Newspaper), Ahmet Bilge Ozkurt, Osman Kirhan, (Usak's Asrın Newspaper), Ali Rıza Durak (Anadolu Agency Usak Office), Alaettin Yakın (Usak's Yenigun newspaper), Yıldıray Camtepe (Olay newspaper), Salih Kilinc (Egem TV), Tufan Guven, Mehmet Ozdemircelik (ART TV, Radio), Yavuz Kusdemir (Dogan News Agency), Serap Kiraz (Banaz Dost FM), Yusuf Ucar (Gencliğin Sesi), Kadir Yesil (İhlas News Agency), Murat Ugur (Yeni Asır Newspaper), Senol Yesilova (Oz Ege TV), Melik Evren (Zaman Newspaper), Kazim Sen, Ali Erkin Sarıoglu (Yesil Banaz Newspaper), Sibel Salkım (Ses FM), Coskun Ozler (Usak Ilk Haber), Taskın Ozler (Usak Haber), Hulusi Dincer (Dunya Newspaper).

SOURCE: http://www.bianet.org/2006/06/01_eng/news80059.htm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

June 12, 2006

EVENTS: Conference addresses problems of children and unmonitored media (USA)

Conference addresses problems of children and unmonitored media

BY MARGARET HAIR

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON - In deciding who is responsible for protecting America's children from inappropriate media, speakers at a Washington conference agreed Wednesday that is does indeed take at least a village to raise a child.

The conference, organized by the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank, addressed the problem of potentially negative media influence on America's increasingly tech-savvy youth.

"If we don't try to get ahead of this, the consequences are hard to predict," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., said of a rapidly expanding access to media.

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14763797.htm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

EVENTS: Keynote speakers for Showcomotion Children's Media Conference announced (UK)

Keynote speakers for Showcomotion Children?s Media Conference announced

Richard Deverell, BBC Children?s Controller, and Tess Alps, Thinkbox CEO, will launch the Showcomotion Children?s Media Conference (July 7-8) with keynote presentations on the children?s media environment.
Deverell will speak about the BBC?s position in the current marketplace and Alps will outline the perspective of the commercial broadcasters and advertisers.
During the full two days of debates and sessions the speakers include: Steven Andrew, Director of Programmes, ITV Digital Channels; Finn Arnesen, SVP & GM, Original Animation & International Development, Cartoon Network, Boomerang & Toonami; Anne Brogan, Controller, Granada Kids, Jenny Buckland, CEO Australian Children?s Television Foundation, Claire Fox, Institute of Ideas and The Moral Maze; Anne Gilchrist, Creative Director, CBBC; Estelle Hughes, Controller, CITV; Anthony Lilley, MD, Magic Lantern; Debbie Macdonald, VP, Programming Director, Nickelodeon UK; Nigel Pickard, Director, Family & Children's Programming, RDF Media.
The 2006 conference theme is ?The New Gatekeepers?. The two-day event will be looking at changing relationships as television broadcasters and television commissioners adjust to their role as just one component in a multiplicity of content outlets. How will changing business models impact upon creativty, content and the eventual quality of the product that young people will see on their screens?
The Showcomotion Children?s Media Conference is the premier conference in the UK dedicated to children?s television, film, radio and interactive media. It?s the only time in the UK when independent producers, broadcasters, film makers, commissioners and freelancers can get together for a full two days of discussions, workshops and intensive sessions which focus on all the new and future developments in children?s media.
(GB)

SOURCE: http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=52261

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

June 9, 2006

WORKSHOPS: salzburg expedition future

salzburg expedition future

in total 19 youngsters (aged 12-20) from austria, germany, italy, slovenia,
slovakia, hungary and taiwan participated in theoneminutesjr workshop in
salzburg (may 28th -june 1st).

the topic 'expedition: future' inspired the participants to think about the
meaning of time. when is the future exactly? is it later today, tomorrow,
next week or in a hundred years? who will you be in the future? a business
man stuck in the daily routine of the working system, a sick woman lying in
the hospital, or the person who changes the way news in broadcasted in the
world? others asked themselves what the future would look like. will there
still be traditions in a world where technology is getting more and more
important? some youngsters decided to create a one minute video on other
topics such as child rights, communication, gambling and school. all the
videos were screened for the first time during the award ceremony of the
netdays festival in salzburg with a big audience, are part of our
international competition and available online at www.theoneminutesjr.org

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

The opinions and views expressed in this message and/or articles & websites
linked to from this message do not necessarily reflect the views of the
United Nations or its agencies.
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June 2, 2006

NEWS RELEASE - The Alliance for Children and TelevisionReveals Award of Excellence Recipients

SOURCE: email from info@act-aet.tv

NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release

The Alliance for Children and Television Reveals Award of Excellence Recipients

Montreal, June 1, 2006?The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) recognized Canada?s finest French-language youth television programs at its Awards of Excellence Gala, held June 1 in Montreal. A total of 10 awards were given out at this major celebration of the children and youth television industry.

Grand Prize for Best Program

Sponsored by CBC/Radio-Canada, the Grand Prize for Best Program goes, by consensus, to the best program out of all nominees. This year?s recipient is Zone3?s Cotoons (aired on Radio-Canada). The show stands out for its bold concept; rising to the challenge of producing a 3D program in French for preschoolers; excellent blending of live-action and animation; the relevance of its message and its knack for speaking to kids; choice and quality of topics covered; and a marked ability to reach its target audience.

Awards of Excellence

Sponsored by the Independent Production Fund, TFO and Hit Entertainment, six Awards of Excellence were given out by the juries to programs that shone for their excellence:

Je vis ta vie (episode: ?Voir la vie différemment?), Instinct Films (aired on TFO)

A+, Pram Québec (aired on VRAK.TV)

Ramdam, Vivaclic (aired on Télé-Québec)

R-Force, R-Force Productions (aired on VRAK.TV)

Kid Paddle, Spectra Animation and Dupuis Audiovisuel (aired on TELETOON)

Banzaï, Productions Pixcom (aired on Télé-Québec)

Award of Excellence for An Accompanying Website

Sponsored by the Bell Fund, this award recognizes a youth or children?s program website that is clearly a cut above in terms of excellence. The award went to the website for the Fairplay / Inpix Media program ADN-X (www.telequebec.tv/adnx), for originality, high level of interest among its target audience, the user-friendliness of creative tools available to Internet users; and the richness and variety of its content, because it encourages innovation and turns the user into a content producer rather than an everyday viewer.

In addition to recognizing the top programs and the best accompanying website, ACT gave out two special awards acknowledging the remarkable work of two homegrown professionals who help make our youth television among the most respected in the world.

Outstanding Achievement Award

Sponsored by Télé-Québec, the Outstanding Achievement Award is presented in recognition of the recipient?s exceptional career in Canadian children?s programming. This prestigious prize salutes the individual?s contributions to the industry, leadership skills, innovativeness, inspirational qualities and career-long commitment to young Canadians.

This year?s Outstanding Achievement Award goes to André A. Bélanger. André has been producing animated kids? series for over 30 years. Since 1967, he?s worked on dozens of projects and founded several production companies. He has collaborated on a number of international co-productions, such as Fennec, Blake & Mortimer, Bob Morane, Marsupilami, Fantômette, La famille Pirates, Les aventures d?une mouche, Papyrus, Xcalibur (3D), and the 3D feature Keana the Prophecy. He has also produced a total of 12 live-action children?s series, including Les débrouillards, Popular Mechanics for Kids (Hearst) and Dans une galaxie près de chez vous (I and II).

Emerging Talent Award

Sponsored by VRAK.TV, the Emerging Talent Award is given to a promising professional under age 30 whose achievements have made him or her a rising star in children?s programming. By publicly recognizing those who are carving out a niche in the industry, this award aims to encourage young creators and craftspeople to excel and, above all, to pursue a career in children?s programming in Canada.

This year?s recipient is Vincent Bolduc. An actor from a young age in television series and youth programming (such as Sur la piste and Les débrouillards), Vincent Bolduc became interested in writing early on and began studying playwriting at the National Theatre School in 1999. As soon as he finished the program, he started writing for the series Ayoye! Vincent soon also began co-hosting and scripting the Radio-Canada program Sofa. For two years, he penned the series Kif kif and demonstrated his gift for writing dialogue for kids of all ages and for providing a nuanced look at the lives of young people. After earning the trust of Téléfiction through different projects, he was asked by Films Vision 4 to write a feature film examining the quest for independence among teens and their path to adulthood.

The ACT?s Awards of Excellence are made possible thanks to financial assistance of CBC/Radio-Canada, Vivavision, Télé-Québec, VRAK.TV, the Independent Production Fund, Cirque du Soleil, Hit Entertainment, TFO, the Bell Fund, the NFB, Pixcom Productions and Zone3.

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Pictures and video on demand.

Information: Domenico Micheletti, ACT Project Coordinator

(514) 597-6809

info@act-aet.tv

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

COMPETITIONS / REMINDER: 2006 UNICEF/OneWorld Radio Competition

2006 UNICEF/OneWorld Radio Competition

2006 UNICEF/OneWorld Radio Competition

OneWorld Radio in collaboration with UNICEF are hosting a contest for radio features and public service announcements to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and highlight young people?s participation in the media. The contest highlights OneWorld/UNICEF?s ongoing commitment to youth participation and development. The contest will also offer an additional opportunity to promote OneWorld/UNICEF?s HIV/AIDS campaign ?Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS,? in which UNICEF played a critical coordinating role.

This year the competition runs for eight months, starting in April 2006. The winners will be announced in December 2006 in conjunction with the International Children?s Day of Broadcasting.

This year?s competition theme is ?Unite for Children. Unite Against AIDS.?

Children are ?missing? from the HIV/AIDS picture in many ways. They are missing parents, missing teachers, missing treatment and care, missing protection, missing many things, except for the devastating effects of this disease. A whole generation of young people today has never known a world free of HIV/AIDS. It is a disease that has redefined their childhood, forcing them to grow up alone, too fast or, sadly, not at all.
Every minute of every day, a child dies because of AIDS. And every day, there are nearly 1,800 new HIV infections among children under 15.
For young people in the most affected countries where the life expectancy has plummeted from the mid-60s to the early-30s turning 18 means reaching middle age. Today, an estimated 15 million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. But only a fraction of the children and parents who need help are getting it. The size of the problem is staggering, but the world has been largely unresponsive. Less than 10 percent of pregnant women are offered services to prevent transmission to their infants. Less than 10 percent of children who have lost parents or who have been made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS get needed support or assistance. And less than 5 percent of children in need of treatment for HIV/AIDS receive it. Be part of this campaign as it meant to change that. And it is meant to keep a promise the world?s own promise of progress toward the Millennium Development Goals not only the goal on AIDS, but in other areas where AIDS has left its indelible and destructive mark.
And that is why, today, we Unite for Children and Unite Against AIDS.

Entries should be all be about HIV and AIDS ? prevention, education, the scope of the epidemic, youth work around the epidemic, etc., etc.

Entries: All work must be produced by youth ? persons under 21 years of age.

It can be produced in any language, anywhere in the world, but must be radio broadcast quality.

There will be two kinds of entries accepted:

1) Feature Stories: 3-6 minutes in length.
2) PSAs or Spots: up to 60 seconds in length

When: Entries will be accepted by OneWorld Radio from April 15th, 2006 through October 1st, 2006.

Judging will take place in October, with a panel of judges from OneWorld, UNICEF and other places.

Winners will be announced in conjunction with the ICDB (International Children?s Day of Broadcasting) in December, 2006.

Winners: There will be one first place winner chosen in each category, with two runners up in each category.

All entries will be posted on the OneWorld Radio website, and throughout the entry period, UNICEF Radio may feature entries on the UNICEF website.

The winners will be featured on both the OneWorld Radio and UNICEF sites, and will be pod cast by UNICEF Radio as well.

The top winners in each category will receive new radio production equipment in the amount of approximately $500 from UNICEF Radio, and a ceremony for the winners will be celebrated in a ceremony in conjunction with the ICDB (International Children?s Day of Broadcasting).

HOW TO ENTER

Submissions for the competition must consist of an original audio format, not more than 60 seconds for the PSA category and up to 6 minutes for the feature category.

All submissions must be original ideas and contain original audio footage.

Each submission should also include entrant?s name, address, age, e-mail address (if applicable), and phone number.

ONLINE

Applications can be submitted to radio@oneworld.netor

You can upload your audio entry to OneWorld Radio website. Check URL below

OneWorld Radio-English. URL: http://radio.oneworld.net

To do this you need to follow these easy steps:

? Join OneWorld Radio (http://radio.oneworld.net/user/userorgchoice?RedirectURL=/article/frontpage/251/4907) indicating that you are an entrant to the competition

? When your application is approved login to the website and click on ?upload? link in the left hand side
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You may enter both categories but you will only be eligible to receive only one prize.
Submissions in the PSA category should be no more than 60 seconds in length.
Submissions in the Feature category can be up to 6 minutes in length.

Submissions that are not original work of the entrant will not be accepted.
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? Materials which endorse or condone illegal drug or alcohol abuse.

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

EVENTS / ARTICLES: Super Buddies walks tall in Bamako

Super Buddies walks tall in Bamako
By Thabile Masuku

LOCAL children?s magazine Super Buddies will this month be showcased as one of the best child and youth media in the world at the Youth Media Development Forum to be held in Bamako, Mali

A Netherlands-based organisation, known as Plan, is sponsoring the Youth Media Development Forum (YMDF ?06). The organisation has invited producers of the local children?s magazine Miles Communications to attend the conference that will begin on Sunday and end on Saturday next week.

Over 60 media professionals from Africa, Asia, Latin American & the Caribbean will attend the Forum.

Miles Communications? Siphiwe Nkambule will make a presentation on Improving Audiences? thinking and behaviour during the forum. She will also exhibit the Super Buddies magazine as a tool being used for behavioural change among children in Swaziland.

?Miles is very grateful to Plan for giving them the opportunity to be part of other media professionals working on youth and children?s issues,? said Nkambule, in a statement.

She described the YMDF ?06 as a unique event that will bring together media professionals from developing countries to share and learn about media productions with children and youth. Producers; broadcasters; researchers; sponsors; representatives from NGOs, funding agencies and international donors will discover the wide range of child media projects available to promote children?s rights and reach development goals.

?Children and youth form a significant part of the population in most developing countries, yet generally a very small percentage of media programming, much of it imported, is aimed at them. The global aim of YMDF ?06 is to produce more quality media projects with children, using all technologies and art forms available - television, radio, internet, print, video, music, theatre, photography, cartoons, etc,? she said.

SOURCE: http://www.observer.org.sz/main.asp?id=22336&Section=main

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

June 1, 2006

WORKSHPOS: OneMinutesJr workshop with asylumseekers in amsterdam (1-5 june)

workshop with asylumseekers in amsterdam (1-5 june)

a oneminutesjr workshop with asylum seekers will take place in amsterdam
between 1 and 5 june.

since the murders of politician pim fortuyn and filmmaker theo van gogh and
the dutch government?s decision to remove 26,000 rejected asylum seekers,
the atmosphere in a country that used to be known as a humanitarian haven
has become increasingly tense.

to help combat the negative perception of cultural diversity, the ecf is
organising a oneminutesjr workshop with twenty young asylum seekers who have
been living in special centres in the north-holland province while waiting
for residency permits. the aim is to give these youngsters (aged 12-20) the
opportunity to tell their stories in a very personal way. they will create
mini video-portraits revealing aspects of their daily lives, environments,
communities and circumstances. the results will be shown at the
international documentary festival in amsterdam (idfa) in november 2006 and
shortly after the workshop at www.theoneminutesjr.org. the workshop is being
organised in collaboration with idfa and the stichting ter bevordering van
de vrolijkheid.

SOURCE: http://www.theoneminutesjr.org
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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

The opinions and views expressed in this message and/or articles & websites
linked to from this message do not necessarily reflect the views of the
United Nations or its agencies.
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June 30, 2006

Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights

Call for applications for the 2007-2008 postgraduate programme in Children?s Rights

June 29, 2006

Beat HIV/AIDS on a computer

June 28, 2006

June 27, 2006

WFU to host new program for U.S. and European youth

MTV and Kaiser Family Foundation announce first-ever multi-media community to give American youth voice on HIV/AIDS

Since the first AIDS case was documented twenty-five years ago by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this June 5th, a generation of young people has grown up never knowing a time without the disease.

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Documentary camp offered at national park

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BY MARGARET HAIR

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

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