OPPORTUNITIES: Children's drawing contest to spotlight young Russians' image of India

Children's drawing contest to spotlight young Russians' image of India

Submitted by Mudassir Rizwan on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 06:58.

* India News <http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/india_news>

*By RIA Novosti*

Moscow : The publishers of Russia's oldest humour magazine for children
have announced a contest for the best drawing about India.

"The contest is being held as part of the Year of Russia in India and is
devoted to Russia's participation as a guest of honour at the 18th New
Delhi World Book Fair," the head of the Vesyolye Kartinki Publishing
House, Irina Deshkova, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

Vesyolye Kartinki is organising the event in association with Russia's
Federal Agency for Print and Mass Media as well as the International
Projects Centre Ima Dialogue.

School children from all across Russia will take part in the
competition, Deshkova said. Drawings about Indian history and culture
can be submitted until Jan 15. Winners will receive souvenirs and will
be guests of honour at the Indian Embassy in Moscow. Members of the
embassy staff will sit on the jury panel.

The most interesting entries will be displayed at New Delhi book fair
from Feb 2-10.

A similar contest will be held next year in India, where children will
be invited to draw images of Russia.

SOURCE:

http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/dec/28/childrens_drawing_contest_spotlight_young_russians_image_india.html

NEWS / FESTIVALS: ????????? ??????? ??? ????? ? ????????? ????????? ????? ???????? (IN RUSSIAN)

Фестиваль фильмов для детей и юношества определит своих призеров

29/12/2007 04:00

МОСКВА, 29 дек - РИА Новости, Наталия Курова. Первый этап Московского международного фестиваля фильмов для детей и юношества завершится в субботу церемонией вручения главных призов фестиваля в Белом зале Центрального Дома актера, сообщили РИА Новости в оргкомитете.

В конкурсную программу фестиваля вошло 11 картин из Франции, Финляндии, Великобритании, Испании, Китая, Словении, Германии, Швеции, Норвегии и России, которая представила два фильма. Это "Золотой полоз" режиссера Владимира Макеранеца и "Крэйк" режиссера Марины Казьминой.

Победителей и лауреатов определяло международное жюри во главе с народной артисткой СССР Адой Роговцевой. Ее коллегами по жюри стали режиссер из Германии Маттиус Айчер, продюсер и директор Парижского фестиваля нового российского кино "Весна" Мирей Антуан, народный артист России Александр Панкратов-Черный и народный артист СССР, президент Ереванского института театра и кино Сос Саркисян.

Но эта церемония не станет финальным мероприятием фестиваля фильмов для детей и юношества, который продлится до 8 января. Именного тогда будут подведены его окончательные итоги и своих лауреатов назовет родительское и детское жюри.

SOURCE: http://rian.ru/culture/cinema/20071229/94657112.html

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: StrangerFestival is looking for a Communications Officer - DL 16 January

StrangerFestival is looking for a Communications Officer - DL 16 January

I. Communications Officer for the ECF Stranger Festival
Communications and Press Relations on a free lance basis

THE PROJECT

The Stranger Festival 2008 will bring together 3000 young video-makers from the Netherlands and from across Europe to the City of Amsterdam. The festival will be a fantastic experience for the young participants (age range 15 to 25) as there will be the opportunity to participate in workshops led by leading European broadcasters, exchange artistic views, show and comment on videos, and on day three, to contribute to a debate with politicians and policy-makers on their experience of Europe. Participants will be asked to personalise the Stranger brand, upload their videos on the Stranger website and there will be awards for the best videos made. Promotion of the festival will kick-off with a call to young people to contribute videos, and the special website will go live early in 2008.

CONTRACT

>From January 2008 - till September 2008, 2 days per week, on a freelance basis, starting date 28 January. Reporting to ECF Head of Communications and Stranger Project Leader.

ROLE

To lead on communications for the Stranger project on behalf of the ECF. This implies:

* To create and implement a highly effective communications strategy for the Stranger together with the Coolpolitics Communications person with a special emphasis on the stakeholders and institutional partners (main responsibility for the cooperation between the two Communications Officers)
* To devise different ways of reaching and getting our target audience interested in the festival - including audience development
* To create strong media interest which results in coverage - in a mix of online, broadcast and print media
* To write and distribute press releases
* To edit and develop the Stranger website
* To organise media 'moments' where appropriate including briefings and interviews
* To raise brand-awareness and to devise a package of marketing tools, with particular emphasis on online marketing routes together with Coolpolitics - and to organise the distribution of marketing tools together with Coolpolitics
* To work to agreed budget and deadlines
* To liaise with the Coolpolitics team where appropriate

YOUR PROFILE

* Proven track record in youth marketing, youth media, education
* Excellent knowledge of online marketing and new media and in particular knowledge of youth media outlets
* Excellent and practical knowledge of the way in which European media works. Knowledge of the EU media circuit would also be useful
* Good creative writing skills in Dutch and English
* Knowledge of festival organisation and/or programming would also be an advantage
* Experience of project management including budgeting skills, planning, delivering to deadlines, and working as a member of a team
* Fluent in English and Dutch (either may be mother tongue) - ability to speak other European languages would be an advantage

DEADLINE

Please send your CV and application letter by email to Tommi Laitio, before 16 January 2008.

http://www.eurocult.org/job-opportunities/

ARTICLES / PEOPLE: The shining star

The shining star

/*Kalyan Singh Kothari - */ <mailto:>*OneWorld South Asia*
<http://southasia.oneworld.net/external/?url=http://southasia.oneworld.net>
27 December 2007
"/When you go to school and do well, the world forgets what you cannot
do and starts seeing what you can/." - *Anuradha Rathore, Medical Student*

Picture this.... Canada's first international film festival on
disability selected a 7.30 minutes long film on /Anuradha the Medical
Student/ from India for this year's award.

Anuradha's story of how a little girl takes up a challenge to complete
her education and overcomes her disability to become a doctor is
captured among the beautiful landscapes of blue houses in Jodhpur, India.

Anuradha at her medical college, ready to take on the world, is a role
model among differently abled persons.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156392/1/

DIGITAL DIARIES: Nigerian street children tell their stories of life without security

Digital Diary: Nigerian street children tell their stories of life
without security

***By Christine Jaulmes*

NEW YORK, USA, 26 December 2007 -- Isaiah has spent 5 of his 15 years
living on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, the second largest city of
Africa. Like hundreds of other children, he spends his days and nights
in this sprawling metropolis trying to fend for himself.

"It is not easy living on the street but what can I do?" asks Isaiah,
one of 25 children who have told their stories on Nigerian national
radio through a UNICEF-supported project.

"I have two sisters that I have not seen in five years, I have smoked
Indian hemp like other boys of my age, got beaten by bigger boys, robbed
of my money, took my bath in the canal and slept under the bridge,"
Isaiah says in one broadcast. "The good thing is that I am alive!"

Given the opportunity to go to school, Isaiah says he would like to
become a lawyer. "I want to be defending people," he explains.

FULL ARTICLE AND AUDIO AT
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nigeria_42282.html

NEWS / FUNDING: Hughes delivers bumper Christmas for disadvantaged young people (UK)

Hughes delivers bumper Christmas for disadvantaged young people

PRNewswire-GNN London 26 December

London, 26 December /PRNewswire-GNN/ --

DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES News Release (2007/0244)
issued by The Government News Network on 26 December 2007

PLEASE NOTE EMBARGO
Not for publication or broadcast before
0001 hours Wednesday 26 Dec 2007

Young People's Minister Beverley Hughes today presented disadvantaged young
people with an extra special Christmas present as she announced £9 million
for creative youth-led projects including film making, designing computer
games, and online and print news.

The money will be available over the next three years and will help young
people get hands-on experience in one of the country's growing industries. The
Department for Children, Schools and Families are already discussing with
Mediabox how the first £2 million of this funding can build on the innovative
work they do in inspiring young people to take part in creative youth-led
projects.

Beverley Hughes said:

"Often when I meet young people they tell me about a lack of things to do
and places to go. That is why our Youth Strategy is all about creating
opportunities that empower young people to make decisions and engage in
their communities.

"We have committed £679million for positive activities for young people
and projects like Mediabox offer a fantastic opportunity for young people
to get some hands-on experience in one of our growing industries, to talk
about their lives and hopes and to showcase what they are capable of."

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://media.netpr.pl/notatka_91061.html

NEWS / TECHNOLOGY: Heathrow Express and Sidetrack make 2008 a happy new year for UNICEF

Heathrow Express and Sidetrack make 2008 a happy new year for UNICEF

Heathrow Express and SideTrack donate £20,000 of high profile videowall ad space to UNICEF to raise funds through the New Year period.

Heathrow Express – the non-stop rail link between Heathrow airport and London Paddington – and partner SideTrack Technologies get the New Year off to a happy start for UNICEF today by announcing the donation of innovative new in-tunnel advertising space. The international children’s charity’s advert will be shown using state-of-the-art videowall technology, allowing passengers to see a constantly moving image whilst travelling in Heathrow Express’ tunnels between Heathrow and London. The Heathrow Express/SideTrack videowall is, at 450 metres, the world’s largest LED screen. The videowall is Europe’s first ever LED tunnel wall lighting system and will enable UNICEF to highlight its Change for Good campaign between Thursday 27 December 2007 and Sunday 6 January 2008. The joint UNICEF/British Airways campaign, which encourages air travellers to donate any currency during BA flights, has already raised more than £24 million (US $48 million).

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.creativematch.co.uk/viewNews/?95272

OPPORTUNITIES: European Young Journalist Award

Competition

The *European Young Journalist Award* invites print and online
journalists from the 27 EU Member States
<http://www.eujournalist-award.eu/your-eu/member-states.html> and the
candidate
<http://www.eujournalist-award.eu/your-eu/candidate-countries.html> and
potential candidate countries
<http://www.eujournalist-award.eu/your-eu/potential-candidate-countries.html>
to participate. All you have to do is send us your article telling us
your vision of the European Union's enlargement.

*The following themes will help you to find a topic for your article:*

* From six to 27 countries: What do you think about European
integration in the last 50 years? What do you think about future
enlargements?
* What are the benefits and challenges of future enlargements of the EU?
* Joining the EU -- good for the European Union or good for the new
Member State?
* What does belonging to the EU mean for you/your country?
* What is the purpose and/or value of opening the EU to new Member
States?
* What do "European values" mean to you?
* Do you feel like a European citizen? Do people in your country
feel like European citizens?

Entries should be published between January 1st 2007 and March 15th 2008
in either a print or an online media outlet. The main editorial office
of the media in which the entry was published must be based in one of
the abovementioned countries. All entries should be written in the
author's mother language as long as it is an official EU language or
language from the candidate countries and potential candidate countries.
The article can be a maximum of 2,000 words. An abstract of 200 words
should also be provided in English.

The article should be written in a journalistic style and represent the
personal perspective of the writer in the context of his or her country.

The European Young Journalist Award is supported by the European
Commission, DG Enlargement
<http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/enlargement/index_en.htm>.

SOURCE: http://www.eujournalist-award.eu/your-competition/competition.html

EVENTS: Barcamp 2008 in Riga

Barcamp 2008 in Riga

Barcamp is a unique international unconference on new media, blogs,
podcasts, social networking, citizen journalism, web 2.0, open source
and everything else that is connected with it. Unconference includes
open presentations, workshops and workgroups; everything is held by the
participants themselves.

Barcamp Baltics will take place in Riga, Latvia, from the 8th till the
10th of February 2008. 200 to 300 specialists from various fields of
information technology are expected to gather during the event; they
will mostly represent the Baltic and CIS states. Participants will
include active content managers and Internet users, as well as owners of
the websites with a stable popularity and audience.

The main goal of the event is to stimulate the development of new media
projects in the Baltic states. Barcamp is an effective way to share the
experience and to create a common vision on the new media development.

This will be the first time when the event of such a scale will take
place in the Baltic region. It is planned that Barcamp will become
annual and will give its participants an opportunity to present their
own ideas and projects to other professionals from this region.

The unconference will be held in the Barcamp format that was established
in 2005 when the first event of such a kind took place in the Silicon
Valley. Shortly after that, this format gained the popularity among the
IT specialists in North America and Western Europe. Barcamp is called
unconference to highlight its informal and unofficial atmosphere that is
kept up during the open discussions.

The rules of Barcamp promote the idea of participants' involvement in
the organization and logistics process. Everyone can attend the
unconference but if you want to be a participant you should make your
input: present a project, hold a discussion, announce the changes in
your blog, shoot and distribute the video from the unconference, help in
organizing.

Around 4--5 sessions will be held simultaneously during the event
(including presentations, workgroups, speeches, reports, discussions).
There will be around 80 presentations during two days, both in English
and Russian language.

The most part of the presentations will be stored in the web in the
video format. That will be possible because of the wireless network
connection in the venue.

The uniqueness of the unconference is that it is a birthplace of new
projects. This event is designed for presenting your ideas and projects
to your potential grant givers and sponsors. Commercial and social
grants are supposed to be given to the brand new projects or for the
development of the existing ones.
The experience of the Baltic new media proves that many creative and
unique ideas start their way having a low budget. We want to give an
opportunity to the unconference participants; most of them have already
had an experience in creating the web projects. It would be interesting
to keep an eye on the realization of these ideas during the time frames
announced by the participants on the last day of Barcamp.

SOURCE: http://barcamp.lv/about/

FESTIVALS / EVENTS / DEADLINES: Short Film, Long Bang - in English, Magyar, Deutsch, Francais, Turkish, Polska, Italiano, Suomi, Czech, Serbian

ENGLISH

Short Film, Long Bang!
The 4th BuSho International Short Film Festival accepts entries
in the categories of fiction, animation and experimental film.
Entry deadline: 3. May 2008.
Online entry form: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Details on: www.busho.hu

MAGYAR
Kis film, nagy élvezet!
4. BuSho Nemzetközi Rövidfilm Fesztivál várja a nevezéseket
kisjáték-, animáció- és kísérleti film kategóriában.
Beadási határidő: 2008. május 3.
Online nevezési lap: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Részletek: www.busho.hu

DEUTSCH
Kurze Filme - langer Genuss
Das 4. BuSho Internationale Kurzfilm-Festival wartet auf Nominierungen in den Kategorien Kleinspielfilm, Animationsfilm und experimenteller Film.
Einsendefrist: 3. Mai 2008.
Online Nominierungsformular: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Weitere Informationen auf www.busho.hu

FRANCAIS
Film court, concentré de plaisir!
Appel à candidature pour la 4ème édition du BuSho Festival international de court métrages dans les catégories fiction, animation et film expérimental.
Date limite d'envoi des candidatures: 3 mai 2008
Formulaire d'inscription en ligne: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Informations sur: www.busho.hu

TURKISH
Kısa Film, Uzun patlama
4. BuSho Uluslararası Kısa film festivali için başvurular başlamıştır.
Festival Kurgu ,animasyon ve deneme tarzında katagorilendirilecektir.
Son Başvuru Tarihi: 3. Mayıs 2008.
Web Sayfamız: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
www.busho.hu

POLSKA
Krótki Film, Dużo Hałasu!
4. BuSho Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Krótkometrażowych przyjmuje zgłoszenia w kategoriach fikcja, animacja i film eksperymentalny.
Termin przyjmowania zgłoszeń do 3 maja 2008.
Rejestracja online: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
www.busho.hu

ITALIANO
Corto metraggio, lunghissima gioia
Il 4o BuSho Internazionale Festivale di Cortometraggio accetta nominazione nelle categorie di fizione, animazione e film esperimentali fino a 3. Maggio, 2008.
Online documento d’iscrizione: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Dettagli sul website: www.busho.hu

SUOMI
Lyhyt elokuva, pitkä ilo!
4. Busho kansainvälinen lyhytelokuvafestivaali ottaa ilmoittautumisia
vastaan fiktio-, animaatio- ja dokumenttielo kuva kategorioissa.
Viimeinen ilmoittautumispäivämäärä: 3. toukokuuta 2008.
Ilmoittaumiskaavake internetissä: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Lisätietoja: www.busho.hu

CZECH
Krátký Film, Dlouhý Zážitek!
4. mezinárodní festival krátkých filmů přijímá přihlášky
do kategorií hraný, animovaný a experimentální film.
Termín pro podání přihlášek: 3. května 2008.
Online přihláška: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Podrobnosti na: www.busho.hu

SERBIAN
KRATAK FILM, VELIKI PRASAK
4. BuSho Medjunarodni Festival kratkog filma prima prijave do 3. maja 2008. u kategorijama: igrani, animacija i eksperimentalni film.
Online formular potrazite na http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=fesztival08&pageID=08nevezes&lang=en
Info: www.busho.hu

EVENTS / CALL FOR ENTRIES: Kids for Kids Africa is calling for films made by children resident in any part of Africa.

Kids for Kids Africa is calling for films made by children resident in
any part of Africa.

First held in Johannesburg, South Africa in March 2007, the 2nd Kids for Kids Africa festival will be held in the framework of Lola Kenya Screen in
Nairobi, Kenya (August 4-9, 2008).

Eligible films are those made by African children or children residing in any part of the 53-nation African continent.

All kinds of moving images?animation, experimental, documentary, fiction?will be considered.

Any film in a language other than English must be sub-titled in English.

All entries will be received, processed, assessed and awarded by a film selection committee and jury comprising children selected by Lola Kenya
Screen.

Winning entries will represent Africa at Kids for Kids international festival later in 2008.

The 2nd Kids for Kids Africa festival is organised by Lola Kenya Screen, International Centre of Films for Children and Youth, and Children's
Broadcasting Foundation for Africa.

The DEADLINE for receiving entries is April 15, 2008.

Films are submitted to:
Lola Kenya Screen
Philadelphia (Old East) Hse, 4th Fl
Tom Mboya St/ Hakati Rd junction
Tel 254 20 315258, 254 20 2213318, 254 733 703374
P O Box 20775-00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya (EA)

The film entry form and regulations are online at
http://www.lolakenyascreen.or.ke/admin/filmentryform.rtf

--
http://www.artmatters.info:: no one covers creativity & lifestyle in
Africa better than ArtMatters.Info!

Tel: 254 20 315258, 254 20 213318,254 733 703374
Philadelphia (Old East) House, 4th Fl, Tom Mboya St/Hakati Rd junction
P O Box 20775-00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya (EA)

3rd Lola Kenya Screen:: Keeping Films for Children and Youth in Focus:
August 4-9, 2008

NEWS / GRANTS: Angry young to air views on murder (UK)

Angry young to air views on murder

By Tom Lloyd - Children & Young People Now
17 December 2007

A group of young people from London are to make a film expressing their
anger at being ignored after one of their peers was murdered.

Billy Cox, 15, was shot at home on the Fenwick Estate in Clapham in
February this year. Many of the other young people from the estate felt
the no one listened to them after the killing.

Now they are getting a chance to tell their stories, through a project
run by Big Up Films, with £13,500 from the government's £6m Mediabox fund.

The scheme is one of 25 being supported in the fifth round of Mediabox,
which totals £383,000. The two largest grants from the round, both
around £75,000, have gone to UnLtd, and YCTV Foundation.

SOURCE:

http://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/773885/?hbx.dcmp=EMC-DailyBulletin

NEWS / RESEARCH: Violent video games

Violent video games

Sunday December 16, 2007

*New studies suggest that violent computer games and movies are creating
a generation of children unable to control their violent behaviour.*

Anthropologist Dr Stephen Juan joins TODAY to explain the influence
violent media may be having on our kids.

"Researchers at Columbia University have shown through recent studies
that watching violent programs can cause the parts of your brain that
suppress aggressive behaviours to become less active," explains Dr Juan.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=337333

EVENTS: The fifth 'Showcomotion' Children's Media Conference will run from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 July 2008

Children's Media Conference For July

The fifth 'Showcomotion' Children’s Media Conference will run from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 July 2008. The annual get together is now the most important event of its kind in the kids media calendar in the UK; up to 400 delegates from children’s TV, film, radio, gaming and interactive are expected to converge in Sheffield for sessions, masterclasses and keynotes. The conference in July will undoubtedly focus on the challenging environment that faces kids’ media, including the Ofcom report, the Tania Byron report and re-organisation at BBC Children’s. In this fast-moving environment, producers and creatives need to keep abreast of upcoming trends. As ever, Showcomotion will be leading on this and will be focusing heavily on the new business and creative opportunities available to the kids’ entertainment sector as a whole. The delegates’ online Early Bird will be available in February at: www.showcomotionconference.com SOURCE: http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=69775

ARTICLES / WEBSITES / GENDER IN MEDIA: Geena Davis Institute to Hold Children Gender in Film and Television Conference

Geena Davis Institute to Hold Children Gender in Film and Television
Conference

Three years ago, while watching children's television programs and
videos with her then 2-year old daughter, Academy Award winner Geena
Davis began to notice what she thought to be a remarkable imbalance in
the ratio of male to female characters. From that small starting point,
Davis went on to sponsor the largest research project ever undertaken on
gender in children's entertainment* (resulting in 4 discreet studies,
including one on children's television).

The research showed that in the top-grossing G-rated films from
1990-2005, there were three male characters for every one female -- a
statistic that did not improve over time. The concern was clear: what
message does this send to young children?

That research sparked the launch of The Geena Davis Institute on Gender
in Media (GDIGM). The Institute's first focus is an on-the ground
program that works collaboratively with the entertainment industry to
dramatically increase the presence of female characters in media aimed
at children and to reduce stereotyping of both males and females.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.flickdirect.com/news/movie-news-detail.aspx?id=629

WEBSITE
thegeenadavisinstitute.org <http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/>

OPPORTUNITIES: Radio Drama Competition - New deadline!! Nouvelle date limite!! Nueva fecha limite!!

*NEW DEADLINE!!!*
**
*Radio Drama Competition
*
Unite for Child Survival through Voices of Youth and send us a creative
radio drama script on children's health issues in your community! The
winning entry will be produced and broadcasted on UNICEF radio!!!
Have fun, be creative and submit your written radio script to:
voy@unicef.org <mailto:voy@unicef.org__>
For more information visit the following link!
<http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_4002.html>
*NEW Deadline: 31 December 2007

*
*NUEVA FECHA LIMITE!!
*
*Concurso Radial
*
Únete por la Supervivencia Infantil a través de la Juventud Opina y
envíanos un guión creativo para la radio sobre la salud de los niños en
tú comunidad! El guión ganador será producido y emitido en radio UNICEF!!!
Diviértete, muestra tu creatividad y envía por escrito tu guión radial
a: voy@unicef.org <mailto:voy@unicef.org_>
Para más información sobre este concurso, visita el siguiente enlace!
<http://www.unicef.org/voy/spanish/takeaction/takeaction_4002.html>
*NUEVA Fecha limite:* 31 Diciembre 2007

*NOUVELLE Date** Limite!!*
*Concours pour la création d'une pièce radiophonique*
Unissons-nous pour la survie de l'enfant avec La voix des Jeunes. Nous
sommes à la recherche d'une écriture créative radiophonique sur la santé
des enfants dans ta communauté! Le manuscrit gagnant sera produit par
l'UNICEF et diffusé sur Radio UNICEF!
Amuse-toi bien, sois créatif et envoie ta pièce radiophonique à :
voy@unicef.org <mailto:voy@unicef.org_>
Pour plus d'informations sur cette concours, visitez le lien suivant!
<http://www.unicef.org/voy/french/takeaction/takeaction_4002.html>
*NOUVELLE Date Limite: 31 Décembre 2007*

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NEWS / TV: JimJam launches across central Europe

JimJam launches across central Europe

by Gary Rusak <mailto:editorial@brunico.com>

On the heels of landing carriage in Eastern Europe earlier this month,
new 24-hour preschool television channel JimJam is getting ready to
launch its first feed across Central Europe and add another 1.4 million
subscribers to its viewer ranks.

The move ups the channel's existing reach on Sky Italia children's
package, and JimJam is set to hit more than six million households by
early 2008. Also, English, Polish, Hungarian and Czech versions are
available, and a Romanian channel is due to launch in January 2008.

Owners Chellomedia and Hit Entertainment will continue to work on
landing more carriage deals throughout 2008. The current channel lineup,
not surprisingly, runs heavy on content culled from HIT's series
library, including /Thomas & Friends/, /Bob the Builder/, /Fireman Sam/
and /Kipper/.

SOURCE: http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/daily/20071213/jimjam.html

NEWS / ICDB: Broadcasters from Thailand, Cote d'Ivoire and Mozambique win the 2007 ICDB awards

Broadcasters from Thailand, Cote d’Ivoire and Mozambique win the 2007 ICDB awards

NEW YORK, 11 December 2007 – UNICEF and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have presented the 2007 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award to National Broadcasting of Thailand (NBT).  The 2007 ICDB Award for Radio Excellence was presented to ONUCI FM (Cote d’Ivoire) and Radio Mozambique. 

The awards were given to the broadcaster whose programming best reflects the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting theme in 2007: Unite for Children. Unite Against AIDS.

“We are very impressed with all the nominees for tackling the sensitive subject of HIV and AIDS with such dignity and creativity,” said Karen Cirillo, UNICEF’s Executive Producer for Children’s Broadcasting Initiatives. “NBT’s program best embodied the spirit of the ICDB by providing a great opportunity and responsibility to the Thai Youth News reporters to create and present stories not only on the ICDB itself but throughout the year,” she added.

NBT’s entry, “From South to North, From East to West, Thailand ICDB-Unite for Children, Unite against Aids,” was written and produced by young people in Thailand. It includes stories about friends who take risks that can lead to HIV and AIDS infections. 

After each story, the youth producers were interviewed about their experiences by other young presenters. Youth reporters also interviewed high level Thai cabinet and ministry members.

ONUCI FM and Radio Mozambique shared the first ICDB Award for Radio Excellence. ONUCI radio aired a special radio programme for ICDB, which included a round table discussion, interviews with HIV + young people and on-the-street interviews.  The radio programme was aired by ONUCI Radio throughout Cote d’Ivoire, IRIN radio facilitated the street interviews, and UNICEF coordinated the event by providing technical and logistical support.

Radio Mozambique’s entry called, “Child to Child Radio Program” was a live show that consisted of interviews, games and quizzes.  A team of youth reporters presented special programs on the impact of HIV and AIDS on youth. A special CD of music composed and produced by children and young people on the subject of HIV and AIDS was also launched.

The ICDB award for television broadcasters was presented to Thai Youth News Founder Weera Suwannachot on behalf of NBT at the Academy’s 35th International Emmy® Awards Gala on November 19, 2007 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

About ICDB:
The ICDB was launched in 1991 to encourage broadcasters worldwide to create awareness for children’s issues. Each December, these youth write, report, produce and present programs that allow them to express their thoughts on the issues that affect them. In 1994, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and UNICEF established the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award to honor the broadcaster who best embraces the spirit of the ICDB.  

About International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
Founded in 1969, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is the largest organization of global broadcasters, with over 500 members from nearly 70 countries and over 400 companies. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television programming produced outside of the United States, and it presents the International Emmy® Award to programs in fourteen categories.  The International Emmy® Awards Gala, to be held November 20, in New York City attracts over 1,100 international figures in broadcast, entertainment and media.

About UNICEF
UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.  The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.  UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

For further information, please contact:
Karen Cirillo, UNICEF IBIS, 212 326 7506 kcirillo@unicef.org

SOURCE: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_42151.html

NEWS: SpaceToon Media Group announces expansion plans in Dubai Studio City (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

SpaceToon Media Group announces expansion plans in Dubai Studio City

SpaceToon Media Group, one of the most recognized children's media
brands in the Middle East and North Africa, today announced it is
setting up its regional base at the Dubai Studio City (DSC), a
member of TECOM Investments.

* United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, December 11 - 2007 at 16:17
* PRESS RELEASE
<http://media.ameinfo.com/interstitials/ad.html?oldURL=http://www.ameinfo.com/submitpress/&timer=60000>

The announcement was made on the sidelines of the Dubai International
Film Festival.
SpaceToon is leasing 57,861 sq. ft. in Dubai Studio City to build a
dedicated facility that will include Spacetoon Academy for Animation,
state-of-the-art studio and offices.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.ameinfo.com/141569.html

REGULATIONS / ADVERTISEMENT: Food makers in Europe volunteer to cut ads directed at children (EUROPE)

Food makers in Europe volunteer to cut ads directed at children

*BRUSSELS
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/11/technology/adban.php?WT.mc_id=techalert#>:*
*Reuters*

Leading companies in the European food and beverage industry said
Tuesday that they would voluntarily change their policies on advertising
for children by the end of next year, setting standards on nutritional
content to encourage more healthful lifestyles.

The move followed recent calls by the European Union for the food
industry to use commercial communications to support parents in making
the right diet and lifestyle choices for their children, the 11
companies said in a joint statement.

They agreed not to advertise food and beverages on television programs,
Web sites or in print media where children under age 12 could be
considered a target audience, except for products that met specific
nutrition criteria.

They also agreed not to engage in any commercial communications related
to food and beverages in primary schools, except where specifically
requested by or agreed to with the school administration for educational
purposes, the statement said.

FULL ARTICLE AT

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/11/technology/adban.php?WT.mc_id=techalert

ICDB: Gambia - The Ideal World for Children

Gambia: The Ideal World for Children

The Daily Observer <http://www.observer.gm/enews/> (Banjul)

EDITORIAL
11 December 2007
Posted to the web 11 December 2007

Television and radio play a vital role in raising awareness of global
issues. They also play a tremendous and very critical role in shaping
the worldview of people. A global media campaign such as UNICEF's
International Children's Day of Broadcasting highlights the efforts of
media practitioners worldwide in promoting children's right and
encouraging their full participation in the process of shaping their own
lives.

After months of marathon preparation, the day was finally celebrated
last sunday, 9th December 2007. Accordingly, this day is set aside to
give children the opportunity to showcase their potentials. This year's
theme: "The world we want", is, in effect, committing the leaders to
make an informed choice for the next generation of world leaders.

Indeed, the performance of our youngsters last Sunday was quite
mesmerising. Some of them did so well that one is tempted to think that
they had been on the trade since the inception of Television. In
speaking their minds, these children gave broadcasters and decision
makers the opportunity to see what they had to say about their lives.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200712110815.html

PRESS RELEASE: I would like to go to school and become a pilot' - Children in Somalia Speak Out for Peace

I would like to go to school and become a pilot’

Children in Somalia Speak Out for Peace

Nairobi: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 -- At the launch of the 2008 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for Somalia, a video highlighting the voices of children, particularly that of a young girl who wants to be a pilot, reminded those present about the impact of conflict on children.

“I would like to go to school and become a pilot,” said Fartoun Ibrahim, aged 14 “I am asking the world to help us. I want my missing brother back. I want to leave this place with my family and live elsewhere.”

Somalia has seen a drastic deterioration in the humanitarian situation since the start of 2007 with over 1.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

The Consolidated Appeals Process is a mechanism for the humanitarian community to outline their plans for action in 2008.

“Children like Fartoun live in one of the most vulnerable protection environments in the world,” said UNICEF’s Representative to Somalia, Christian Balslev-Olesen. “Women and children in the centre and south of the country are the worst-affected, with thousands of families displaced, livelihoods disrupted, and an estimated 83,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition,” he added.

Less than a fourth of Somalia’s population can access basic health services and only 29% use a safe water source. Preventable or easily treated diseases remain the main killers of children and women.

The 2008 CAP aims to address the most urgent needs of the 1.5 million people affected. As one of the leading agencies providing emergency assistance to the children and women of Somalia, UNICEF has appealed for US$ 47 million for 2008. This amount will enable UNICEF and its partners to provide critical life saving interventions to 350,000 children under the age of five; vaccinate 1.4 million children against polio; and treat up to 90,000 malnourished children.

UNICEF will also provide 1.2 million displaced or vulnerable persons with access to safe water and sanitation; enable 120,000 children to resume their schooling and equip 20,000 girls and women with knowledge and skills to prevent HIV, while also mobilising communities to reunite families, end the recruitment of child soldiers and prevent injuries from mines and unexploded ordinance.

In 2007, with generous funding against the 2007 CAP, UNICEF and its partners were able to ensure, amongst other results, that half a million people had access to basic health care; 1.6 million children were immunized against polio and 883,000 against measles; some 200,000 people had access to safe drinking water, nearly 60,000 displaced children were able to resume their schooling, over 240,000 displaced and vulnerable households received essential shelter and survival items, and 28,000 young girls and women learned skills to protect themselves and others from HIV, sexual violence and abuse.

For interviews, please call:

• Christian Balslev-Olesen, UNICEF Representative, Tel: +254-20-7623952 / +254-20-350420 Mobile: +254 722 514 569 or +254 733 629 933

For further information, contact:

• Denise Shepherd-Johnson, Chief of Communication, UNICEF Somalia: Tel: +254-20-7623958. Mobile: +254-722-719-867, Email: dshepherdjohnson@unicef.org.

TRAINING / OPPORTUNITIES: Young journalists gather in Berlin for training

Young journalists gather in Berlin for training

Region :Eastern Europe-Central Eurasia, Global
Country :None
Topic :Fellowships and Awards, Young Journalists, Networking

05/12/2007

Young journalists between the ages of 18 and 30 are invited to enter Café Babel’s “Something new for the East – Impulses for Europe?” competition. Winners will be invited to participate in the Babel Academy for Journalists in Berlin from January 17-20. Deadline: December 17.

Articles must be no longer than 4,000 characters and must discuss developments in Eastern European EU member states. Articles about Romania and Bulgaria are particularly encouraged. Articles should be written in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Catalan. Those articles not in English or German must include a translation into one of those languages. Participation in the Berlin program is free. Café Babel will pay 80 percent of travel costs for German participants, up to EU€100 (about US$148). For participants outside Germany, Café Babel will cover 80 percent of travel costs up to EU€150 (about US$222).

To submit a provisional application, send an email to akademie@cafebabel.de with your name, city and country, and whether or not you are active with Café Babel as a translator or author. For more information, visit http://www.cafebabel.com/en/evts/event.asp?T=A&Id=519.

SOURCE: http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=306991&LID=1

NEWS / RESEARCH: Cell phones a must-have for kids (CHINA)

Cell phones a must-have for kids
By Yan Zhen 2007-12-10

CELL phones have become a must in nearly half of city pupils' school
bags, while children's poor judgment of information brought by modern
technology worries parents and educators, a latest survey shows.

The survey by researchers at Shanghai University's school of film and TV
asked 534 primary school students, 139 teachers and 173 parents about
their attitudes to media and its impact on children.

Researchers posed the question: What essential item would a pupil return
to pick up at home after he had left for school?

Nearly 47 percent said a mobile phone, almost three times the number who
chose cartoon books, the second highest choice.

Students choosing textbooks, however, accounted for only 7.5 percent
among the children. The top choices were a cell phone, cartoon books,
game machines and MP3 music players.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200712/20071210/article_341078.htm

NEWS: Children's Ombudsman on minors' rights

Children's Ombudsman on minors' rights

The Children's Ombudsman will present in a press conference on
Monday the interventions and conclusions reached by the agency on the
implementation of children's rights in Greece.

The presentation will be made on the occasion of International
Children's Day of Broadcasting on December 12, the day television and
radio stations around the world dedicate some or all of their
programming to kids.

In an interview given to the ANA-MPA, Children's Ombudsman George
Moschos referred to the body's conclusions, stressing that the main
problem for children's institutions in Greece is the poor level of
welfare services provided by the state. The situation is equally
problematic regardless of whether it concerns children with
disabilities, neglected children, or children whose parents are in the
process of a divorce and fight for custody rights, he stated.

Infrastructures are inadequate and not specialized and there are no
psychologists or social workers in schools in spite of repeated calls
made by children requesting such a service, he stressed.

Only a small percentage of juvenile delinquents are so dangerous as
to need incarceration and therefore the majority of the children need
shelter facilities staffed by small specialized personnel units made up
of 7-10 persons resembling the family model. Furthermore, foster
parenting is essentially non-existent even though it is legally
guaranteed, he said.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=5952856&maindocimg=2380097&service=100

NEWS / WEBSITES:

‘Our Stories’ project: Children around the world share and connect online

By Christopher Fabian

NEW YORK, USA, 7 December 2007 – A multitude of voices joined together today to launch ‘Our Stories’ – an initiative that will collect, preserve and share stories from young people around the world.

The effort is supported by UNICEF in partnership with Google and the One Laptop per Child project.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan and UNICEF Advocate for Children Affected by War Ishmael Beah have lent their support to the initiative. The ‘Our Stories’ website launched today with stories from Brazil, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania and Pakistan.

Stories from Argentina, Ethiopia and Nigeria, and translations of the site into eight languages, are coming soon.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_42109.html

FURTHER LINKS:
http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/daily-news/unicef,-google-launch-one-child-one-laptop-programme-2007120712967/
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/12/07/unicef-olpc-google-start-our-stories
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/voices-without-borders.html
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_42085.html
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_42077.html

IN FRENCH:
http://www.unicef.org/french/media/media_42085.html

RELATED WEBSITES:
http://www.ourstories.org/
http://www.laptop.org/
www.unicef.org
www.google.com

NEWS / ICDB: ICDB 2007 asks youths to speak out on the air about ‘The World We Want’

ICDB 2007 asks youths to speak out on the air about 'The World We Want'

*By Karen Cirillo *

NEW YORK, USA, 7 December 2007 – This Sunday, 9 December, broadcasters
around the world will join together to celebrate the International
Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB), an annual event launched by
UNICEF in 1991 as a way to increase the profile of children's issues in
the broadcast media. This year's theme is 'The World We Want'.

ICDB invites youths onto the television and radio airwaves to produce
and present their own programmes. In 2007, young people are being asked
to think about the world they live in – whether it is the world they
want and, if not, what can be done to change it.

"The thing I would love for the whole world is to make sure everyone is
living peacefully and has somewhere to stay," said one youth interviewed
in Zambia. Others wished for an end to HIV or for the opportunity to
finish their education. Their thoughts are featured in a short film made
by UNICEF Zambia for this year's ICDB.

Global youth speak-out

Young people in over 80 countries have been preparing for the
festivities on Sunday, when they will present their thoughts and
aspirations for the future.

National Radio of Angola, for example, has put together a special
programme containing children's stories, theatrical performances and
songs. During a special debate segment, children will share their
thoughts on their own future. In response, adults who work to protect
children's rights will talk about what they're doing to help youths today.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_42103.html

NEWS: New center trains educational eye on an electronic world

New center trains educational eye on an electronic world

NEW YORK (AP) _ Taking an electronic page from the children's television classic "Sesame Street," the show's producer is launching a new effort to make computer games, cell phones and other digital media more educational.

The new Joan Ganz Cooney Center, unveiled Thursday, aims "to catalyze and support research, innovation and investment in digital media technologies to advance children's learning," according to its Web site.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--digitaleducation1206dec06,0,5828276.story

NEWS: EU launches campaign for intercultural dialogue

EU launches campaign for intercultural dialogue

04.12.2007 - 18:54 CET | By Teresa Küchler
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - To foster better understanding and communication
between the diverse crowd that makes up European citizens, Brussels has
launched a media campaign about its forthcoming "Year of intercultural
Dialogue."

The initiative has a budget of €10 million, plus money from EU capitals,
and will be celebrated throughout the whole of 2008.

It includes seven flagship multi-European projects and 27 national
projects involving culture, education, youth, sport and citizenship.

It will seek to "explore the benefits of cultural diversity" and "foster
a sense of European belonging", according to the programme.

EU enlargement, together with greater mobility within the union, new and
old migratory flows and increased trade with the rest of the world have
led to more contact between cultures, religions and beliefs, ethnic
groups and languages in Europe, says the commission

Flanking the EU's culture commissioner, Jan Figel, at the official
launch on Tuesday were seven elected "goodwill ambassadors" for the year.

They included well-known personalities in the field of culture, such as
Brazilian best seller writer Paulo Coelho, Slovak music director Jack
Martin Händler and Serbian eurovision Song Contest winner Marija Serifovic.

According to Mr Coelho, the author of the best-selling novel /The
Alchemist/, "in these difficult moments in which the world is in danger,
culture is the base to establish a dialogue".

He pointed out that the lowest common denominator of all communities in
the world, no matter how isolated, are cultural: music, beauty, or a
notion of God.

Six Brussels debates on culture will be organised during 2008, with each
debate taking a specific sectoral view on intercultural dialogue, such
as media, arts and heritage, the workplace, inter-religious dialogue,
education and youth, migration and integration are on the agenda for the
year.

On the launch day, the European commission also presented a recent
survey showing that three in four EU citizens welcome dialogue with
other cultures.

According to the survey, almost three quarters of EU citizens believe
that people with a different background, be it ethnic, religious or
national, enrich the cultural life of their country.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://euobserver.com/9/25271/?rk=1

PUBLICATIONS / ARTICLES: Clearinghouse Newsletter No. 2/2007

News on Children, Youth and Media in the World No. 2, 2007, from the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media is now available on our web site:  http://www.nordicom.gu.se/clearinghouse.php

This issue includes articles on computer games and Internet safety, news briefs regarding children and television from Colombia, Morocco, India, the UK and more. It is our hope that the newsletter will offer interesting reading!

The Clearinghouse would like to thank all the contributors to this newsletter. We look forward to receive contributions to comin

....................................................................

The International Clearinghouse

on Children, Youth and Media

NORDICOM

Göteborg University

P.O. Box 713

SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

NB! New numbers from January 4, 2007:

Tel: +46 31 786 49 53, Fax: +46 31 786 46 55

http://www.nordicom.gu.se/clearinghouse.php

EVENTS: Television news, young people and politics: Generation disconnected? (UK)

Television news, young people and politics: Generation disconnected?

BFI SOUTHBANK

December 7-9 2007

Day 1 (Friday 7^th) : Television News and Young People

NFT 3

10.00-11.00

Introduction: TV News: Is it Criminalising Young People ?

Mike Wayne Lesley Henderson Craig Murray (Brunel University)

NFT 3

11.30-1.00:

Roundtable: Broadcasters and Young People

Mike Wayne (Chair)

Jon Snow (C4 News)

Deborah Turness (ITV/ITN News)

Tim Levell (BBC)

Lunch.

NFT 3

2.00-3.30

Roundtable: Changing the Agenda?

Alison Preston (OFCOM/Chair)

Adam Gee (C4)

Melanie Essex (BBC);

Chris Shaw (C5).

Cary Bazalgette (Media Researcher);

NFT 3

3.45-5.15

Young People as News Producers:

Mark Reid (BFI/Chair)

Steve Goodman (Educational Video Centre, New York)

Helen Philpot (Propeller TV)

Denise Rose (Mouth That Roars)

Day 2 (Saturday 8^th) : Television and Politics

NFT 3

10.00-11.30

TV News and the Representation of Politics:

Mike Wayne (Brunel University)

Margaret (Scammell (LSE)

Greg Philo (University of Glasgow)

NFT 3

12-1: Broadcaster Respondent: Nick Robinson (BBC Chief Political Correspondent)

Audience Q&A.

Lunch

NFT 3

2.00-3.30

News, New Media and the Internet

Natalie Fenton (Goldsmiths)

James Dubern (Current TV)

Michelle Golding (Filmmaker)

Delegate Centre

4.00-5.30

Broadcasting and Society

Steve Barnett (University of Westminster)

Carole Tongue (Former MEP)

David Miller (University of Strathclyde)

Day 3 (Sunday 9^th): Citizenship

NFT3

10.00 -12.00

Public Service Broadcasting and the Regulators

David Buckingham (Institute of Education)

Sylvia Harvey (University of Lincoln)).

Julian Petley (Brunel University)

Lunch

NFT 3

1.00-2.00: Report from the Charter working group. *

2.30-3.30: Screening two news items on the conference made by young people **, plus final summing up.

________________

* During the conference a working group made up of young people and broadcasters will discuss some of the initial principles for drawing up a Charter of Television News and Information Rights for Young People.

**During the conference two news teams made up of young people will produce short videos about the conference to be screened on day three. One team will produce a video in the style of a mainstream news broadcast, another will be encouraged to produce a more independent/alternative take on the conference and the issues it raises.

NB: Before 11am, entrance to the BFI Southbank is either through the film café facing the river or through the old NFT entrance by the box office.

MORE INFO: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artsub/filmtv/tvnewsyoungpeople

NEWS / ICDB: Children take on the media for the eighth time

Children take on the media for the eighth time

Young people from around the world will converge on Robben Island to take part in the eighth annual Bush Radio Media Kidocracy Konfrence (MKK 2007), 5 – 10 December 2007. The main theme of MKK 2007 is the celebration of rights and it comes at the time of the 18th anniversary of the UN Convention on the rights of the child.

Some of the topics identified for discussion by the children at this year's conference include virginity testing and circumcision, child trafficking, cultural identity, global warming, human rights and sexuality.

The conference aims to enable children and youth to identify the social issues pertinent to themselves and their peers as well as to talk about the power of the media – and how to use it.

Highlight

Conference co-ordinator Nashira Abrahams-De Jongh says a highlight of this year's event is the partnership between Bush Radio and UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund).

This partnership has enabled the participation young people from various parts of Africa, as well as access to various experts in the field of media and child rights.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/15/20265.html

TV: PBS Kids Launches Kids' Health Initiative (USA)

Children’s Health Aims to Join Public-TV Programmers, Web Producers, Community Representatives, Educators

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/3/2007 4:03:00 PM

PBS Kids is launching a kids' health initiative, including convening a council on children's health among various stakeholders, targeted for early 2008.

Pointing to the rise in childhood obesity, PBS said Monday it is trying to build a blueprint for action by public broadcasters.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6509137.html?industryid=47172

EVENTS / FUNDING: BUFF Financing Forum BUFF:FF 2008 – March 13-15 in Malmö.

BUFF Financing Forum BUFF:FF 2008 – March 13-15 in Malmö.

The first BUFF Financing Forum was accomplished completely according to schedule in a friendly intimate and welcoming atmosphere – as it was expressed by several of the 89 participants. 

Observers attended from 10 countries where among the presence of Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Film Institute and Danish Film Institute. Also the Forum was attended by a representative from PYGMALION PLUS, with whom we hope to collaborate in the future.

10 projects was pitched - A variety and diversity in the selected projects ranged from animation to feature and drama doc's . All pitched projects was considered in such a state of development, that they are expected to reach production.

All participants – and especially the pitching Production Companies and the Financiers gave a great inspiration and a lot of good advices and idea's for the future. Now is the time to start realize some of it.

Again we greet the participation of professional observers. Registration fee is 20 euro . Please go to "To Observe"

Dead-line for submissions of projects is December 17th 2007. Please go to "Submission"

We are looking forward to hear from you – very best wishes from BUFF Financing Forum-staff.

Annette Brejner
Producer of BUFF:FF

SOURCE: http://www.financingforum.eu/

OPPORTUNITIES: Writing Competition for Young journalists in EU

Writing Competition for Young journalists in EU

Region :Eastern Europe-Central Eurasia
Country :None
Topic :Fellowships and Awards, Young Journalists, International Experience

28/11/2007

Print and online journalists in European Union member countries, candidate countries or potential candidate countries are invited to enter their published work into the European Young Journalist Award. Applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 27. Deadline: March 15, 2008.

Entries must discuss a topic related to EU enlargement or European integration in no more than 2,000 words. Articles must be written in the young journalist’s native language and published between January 1, 2007 and March 15, 2008. A 200-word abstract in English must also be included.

Winning articles will be published on the competition Web site, and the winning journalists will join fellow young journalists from around the world for a trip through the Western Balkans in June 2008. A conference of all the journalists, their mentors and other EU professionals will be held after the trip.

For more information and an application to enter, visit http://www.eujournalist-award.eu/.

SOURCE: http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=306959&LID=1

OPPORTUNITIES / VIDEO: WFP Hunger Bytes!

WFP Hunger Bytes!

The World Food Programme (WFP) calls on students and others to use their
creativity towards raising awareness about hunger through a unique,
international competition called "Hunger Bytes" by making a short video
about "byting" global hunger.

For more information, please see

http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2698.

OPPORTUN ITIES / RADIO: UNICEF-VOY Radio Drama Competition

UNICEF-VOY Radio Drama Competition

The Unite for Child Survival Radio Drama Competition is an opportunity
to help people pay attention, get involved, take creative action and
unite to help children in their communities
survive and thrive. Young people are invited to send in a written script
for a radio drama. Radio scripts will be reviewed by an international
panel who will select eight finalists, one
from each region, and one winner, who will be featured on the UNICEF
website. The winning script will be produced and broadcast on UNICEF radio.

Please send your radio script, personal information and plot summary
before 15 December 2007 to the Voices of Youth Mailbox: voy@unicef.org
or for more information, please see
http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_4002.html.

REGULATIONS / TV: EU to allow product placement on TV

EU to allow product placement on TV

Friday November 30 2007

The European Parliament has approved plans to allow limited product
placement on TV and to introduce rules on ads in children's programmes.

This directive on audiovisual media services, which aims to also cover
new media services such as internet TV and on-demand TV services, will
come into force in member states by the end of 2009.

In terms of product placement, the new directive broadly states that it
should "in principle" be prohibited, but with certain exceptions.

News, current affairs, documentaries and children's programmes will
remain free of product placement.

FULL ARTICLE AT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/nov/30/advertising.television?gusrc=rss&feed=media

OPPORTUNITIES / INTERNSHIPS: Two interns wanted for the ECF-initiated Stranger Festival 2008

INTERNS (2) FOR THE ECF INITIATED STRANGER FESTIVAL 2008

"Stranger is a truly European initiative on, by and with young people.
It?s about where they are, who they are, and where they want to be. And
it?s all on video."

WE LOOK FOR

We would like to invite two students of cultural, communications or
media studies to join our team as interns for three days a week for a
minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 9 months, starting in January 2008.
Applicants must be registered students in a higher education institution
throughout the course of the internship. Studies of an international
character or international experience are seen as an asset. Important:
the intern must have a valid work permit for the Netherlands, according
to Dutch Labour Law.

Both internships will take place in Amsterdam, within the Stranger
Festival team in the ECF. Stranger builds on the ECF?s 5-year experience
from the international youth video project theoneminutesjr.

THE PROJECT

Stranger is a youth video project which will bring together communities
from more than 25 European countries. Stranger will enable some 500.000
young people to express themselves and creates a platform where they can
link their experiences to the wider larger Europe environment. Stranger
will develop new means for intercultural and intergenerational dialogue
through:

* 35 video workshops in 25 countries
* interactive website with 500.000 visitors
* 60 youth debates in 15 countries
* international festival with 3.000 participants
* DVD in 20.000 copies
* exhibition in 30 cities
* video competition (winners broadcast by European public broadcasters)

RESPONSIBILITES

As an intern, you will be involved in helping to develop and coordinate
the Stranger project. The internship offers the potential to acquire new
insights into the world of the media and skills for working in an
international and intercultural setting. One of the internships will
focus on communications, the other on cultural production. The
internships involve the following working areas:

* Gaining experience from producing events (video workshops, Stranger
Festival)
* Assisting in the daily coordination of the Stranger Festival
* Mapping of European youth and media organisations and platforms which
ECF could work with and creating a database of contacts
* Assisting in the communications of Stranger Festival and theoneminutesjr
* Participating in ECF's activities related to developing the youth and
media programme
* Research on topics related to youth expression

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

* interest in and first-hand experience of youth and popular cultures
* fluent in English and at least one other language (one of the interns
should be fluent in Dutch)
* good and proven communication and organisational skills
* genuine interest in cultural diversity and Europe
* computer-literate (Word, Excel, Power Point, preferably experience
with CMS)

CONDITIONS
The intern will receive a gross fee of 375 Euros per month, based on 3
days per week, from which the internship provider will pay the social
security premiums and wage tax and national insurance contributions that
are due.

The intern will ensure that he/she is covered by third-party and health
insurance during the internship.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants should send a CV and cover letter (in English) before Tuesday
4 December 2007 via e-mail or mail to: Programme Officer Tommi Laitio,
Jan van Goyenkade 5, 1075 HN Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The letter should explain your motivation for applying for the
internship. The interviews will take place during the second week of
December in Amsterdam. For further information, please contact Mr Tommi
Laitio or Ms Raya Ribbius

NB: living in Amsterdam is expensive and accommodation can be hard to
find. Please consider this when applying.

Join the Stranger group on Facebook -

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19730004032

ECF website: www.eurocult.org

Stranger website: www.strangerfestival.com