ARTICLES: From Zero to 60: Un Minuto por mis Derechos

Working it out together

In Argentina, young people are finding an important platform to shine a light on children’s rights. Since 2005, Un Minuto por mis Derechos has been bringing creative youths together to make one-minute films. Over 2,000 young Argentineans aged 12 to 21 from various backgrounds have participated in the project over the past four years. Most of them live in impoverished areas of the country where there are no activities or places for them to express, discuss and communicate their ideas.

During a five-month period, the young people create, direct and edit a one-minute video. With the support of the facilitators who conduct the audiovisual trainings, the participants learn technical as well as visual and critical-thinking skills. They gain a new sense of confidence as they use the camera lens to examine the world around them. Through their creative process, they engage in dialogue with their peers, reflect upon their rights and think critically as they convey their messages.

Most of the teens have no filmmaking experience prior to the workshops, and their openness to visual experimentation is expressed in the range of styles and approaches to the videos. Many of the young people choose to use animation. Playing with their newly acquired visual language allows them to give new meanings to their realities in a creative way.

Teamwork is a key element in the workshops, which offer not only technical support but also guidance on addressing difficult and emotional subjects. It is a natural and open way for participants to delve deeper into issues that affect their lives. All the participants are encouraged to share what’s on their mind – and all of the videos are a result of group collaboration that leads to special ties and friendships.

“There was a part that was tough... We absolutely needed to get the shot, and thanks to everybody we did it, and it was great. When we finished I was very happy. And everybody noticed that,” says Mariana, a participant from Salta.

In the process, the young videographers learn to look at their rights from different perspectives – not solely as individuals but as a group of young people who share the need and urgency to speak up.

Evolution of a Project

The Argentinean project grew out of the global OneMinutesJr. initiative, launched in 2002 by the European Cultural Foundation, the One Minutes Foundation and UNICEF. Developing new tools for youth and social change, OneMinutesJr. gives children and adolescents from all over the world the opportunity to have their voices heard by sharing their ideas, dreams, fears and hopes through one-minute videos.

In Argentina, the project took on the specific theme of children’s rights because its organizers saw a need for wider public knowledge and discussion of this issue. They recognized the opportunity to connect the idea of freedom of expression with the creative process of developing a video – and the idea of youth rights with the critical process of producing a video.

In cooperation with UNICEF Argentina, Un Minuto por mis Derechos is implemented by Kine Cultural and Educational Foundation (Fundación Cutltural y Educativa), which promotes the social inclusion, culture and education of children and adolescents through the support of media projects. In 2008, the Arcor Foundation and the C&A Foundation got involved by organizing trainings and workshops in different provinces, including Buenos Aires, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Jujuy, La Pampa, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, Santa Fe and Tucumán.

Participation in the project is open, and the young people get to hear about the programme in the schools or through local organizations. Some of the participants don’t attend school and there have been cases in which the project had helped them reintegrate, opening a new path of possibilities as the project offers these young people the challenge of expressing themselves creatively by using their newly acquired filmmaking skills, producing their own unique one-minute long video on issues that concern them and their rights.

Diverse youth, diverse topics

The topics of the videos are as diverse as the geographic regions in Argentina in which the youths live, reflecting a range of realities and priorities. Among the issues addressed are free speech, identity, sexuality, domestic violence, discrimination and exclusion, as well as youth cultural expression and the environment.

"Violence towards children and adolescents is an area of concern that affects the lives of many young people," says Nadia Vázquez, an 18-year-old from San Martín de los Andes who participated in the project in the province of Neuquén. Nadia hopes that the government will do something about the violence – and that making videos on the subject will help to open up the discussion.

“Violence is everywhere: in the neighborhoods, in the houses. It is not only what TV shows. In many cases," she says, "people hide it.”
By providing a visual language that is close to them, notes UNICEF Deputy Representative in Argentina Ennio Cufino, Un Minuto por mis Derechos videos allow young people to “show the issues around their realities, and express their opinions and points of view, to make themselves heard.”

Reaching a wide audience

Intended to sensitize, educate and promote the fulfillment of rights throughout Argentina, the short films developed through the project are being widely disseminated. These videos reach the public through national and local TV channels, in cultural centres, schools, seminars, meetings, conferences and training programmes of various national and provincial ministries. They are even shown on the Metro of Buenos Aires.

Special screenings also take place at film festivals in Argentina and around the world. Each October, the videos are premiered at the Ibero American Festival of Short Films as part of the ‘Imágenes Jóvenes en la Diversidad Cultural’ (Young Images in Cultural Diversity) programme. Such distribution gives a wide public audience access to youth perspectives on social issues that affect people throughout Argentina.

The Argentinean youth videos have also reached a global audience. In 2007, the video ‘Protection Beyond Childhood’, made two years earlier by youths from Jujuy, won the Make a difference! competition – the UNICEF Media Magic/PROMAX one-minute video contest organized by UNICEF in New York. The video was shown around the world during the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting in 2007. Another winner, ‘San Expedito, Restricted Area’, made in 2007 by teens from Salta, received two awards at the Mexican Film Festival: the Honour Diploma in Human Rights and the Amnesty International Special Diploma.

So far, over 2,000 one-minute videos have been produced worldwide out of the OneMinutesJr. project. Because of its growth and its promotion of global human rights, Argentina’s edition of the project is widely considered an exemplary youth media initiative in Latin America. A selection of its videos will become part of the Ibero American Video Library of Independent Documentaries for educational and cultural purposes.

As the project begins its fifth year in 2009, even more young people in the provinces will get to share their thoughts and creativity, continuing the larger pursuit of raising awareness, and raising their voices.

For more information on the project, please visit their websites: http://www.1minutoxmisderechos.org.ar/ and http://www.theoneminutesjr.org/.

Click here to see ‘Protection Beyond Childhood’, winner of UNICEF’s Media Magic one-minute video contest in 2007.

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NEWS: Magic media for children created in Turkmenistan

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - 24 April 2009

Turkmenistan education and health specialists, creative individuals, media representatives, members of the public organizations and children have produced a series of educational materials for children of pre-school age as a result of the five day workshop on promoting early childhood development through innovative media and materials. The workshop, organized by UNICEF and the Government of Turkmenistan from 20 to 24 April aimed at encouraging a diverse group of professionals to collectively contribute to enhancement of early childhood development by producing effective educational products for Turkmenistan children zero to seven years old and their caregivers.

“The results of participants’ expertise, creativity and diligence will benefit Turkmen families and children. Their work will be critical to improve caregivers’ skills to better care for children and increase their self-confidence, self-awareness and competence”, said Samphe Lhalungpa, recently appointed UNICEF Representative in Turkmenistan, addressing the participants at the opening of the workshop.

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Youth Winners of World Bank Climate Change Film Contest

EVENTS: Next StrangerFestival calling: Amsterdam, 14-17 October 2009

After last year's successful kick-off edition, the ECF's StrangerFestival team is bubbling up with ideas for the run-up to the 2009 festival. The team's refined content approach and new ideas promise a great event!

Some tasters:

The official online competition has now been launched - we want to see as many great videos uploaded as possible. Deadline: August 15, 2009.

The best hundred or so videos will earn their makers a place in this year's StrangerAcademy, the place to be to improve your video and storytelling skills. Doors open in Amsterdam from 14-17 October.

We are very happy that last year's best, featured in the touring StrangerExhibition, are finding great venues for screening: most recently, the prestigious Pera Museum in Istanbul.
The first workshops are also up and running in Europe and beyond.

For all about StrangerFestival, workshop dates, the touring exhibition, etc., go to:
http://www.strangerfestival.com

NEWS: Prix Jeunesse Newsletter

For the newest edition of our newsletter PRIX JEUNESSE WATCHwords Online please click here:

http://prixjeunesse.de/newsletter.html

You will find reports on the following topics:

- PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase in Accra

- Boston 2nd Biennial Suitcase: The More Perspectives the Better

- Mexican “Muestra Iberoamerciana” Celebrates Educational Media

- “Muestra Iberoamericana”: A Personal Report

- PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase Workshop Returns to Seoul

- PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase Becomes Part Of EUFOR Moving Cinema

- Childrens Programmes in Chile – Existing in the Shadows

- “Future in Frames”: The 2^nd International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh Features PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase

- Suitcase Programmes Enchant Syrian Children and Adults Alike

- Meeting Again in La Habana

- Beyond the Suitcase: A PRIX JEUNESSE Workshop in Damascus

- The Magic Journey and Beyond: PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase Supports Kyrgyzstan’s Next Steps in TV Programming for Children

- PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase Visits Palestine

- PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase Travels Through Bolivia

- Children from Rural Egypt Welcome PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase

- Screening and Singing in Colombia

Source:

Kirsten Schneid
PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL
c/o Bayerischer Rundfunk
D-80335 München
Tel: +49 - 89 - 5900 2058
Fax: +49 - 89 - 5900 3053
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NEWS / OPPORTUNITIES: Children’s media programming workshop to take place in Macau, China

Posted on: 27/04/2009 Children, Specialized Reporting, Television Deadline: 31/12/1969 Region: Asia and the Pacific

In anticipation of the Asia Media Summit 2009, journalists and broadcasters are invited to a workshop on TV programming for youth in the Asia-Pacific region, to take place May 25 in Macau, China.

The event, organized by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and UNICEF, will seek to examine the state of Asia-Pacific children's programming and will convene a panel of experts to formulate cost-effective ways to enhance the quality of local children's programming in the face of global competition.

The workshop will also discuss ways to strengthen educational and entertainment programming and identify avenues for international cooperation.

For more information, visit http://www.aibd.org.my/training/project.cgi/3036.html or contact AIBD at info@aibd.org.my.

Source: IJNET

NEWS / WORKSHOPS: OneMinutesJr workshop in Kyrgyzstan – Day 1

20 children from four different institutions in Kyrgyzstan participate in a OneMinutesJr workshop in the capital Bishkek this week. The youngsters – aged 10 to 17 years old – will share their stories and experiences from the respective children's home or residential school and produce their own 60-second films before the end of the week.

UNICEF and the NGO Everychild have worked together over the last few weeks to make this workshop happen – and today at 9 AM all invited children are in the conference room in Bishkek when the trainers David and Kristina from Amsterdam and Chris from Germany arrive.

The children's "mission" is clear: Express yourselves! Tell us what is good about the institutions you live and, but also what is not so good about them. The workshop this week will feed into a larger conference coming up in mid-May, also in Bishkek. "Building ad Reforming Child Care Systems in Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Turkey" will be on the agenda in about two weeks from today. And child participation will be one of the defining moments of the conference.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Media Trust announces new youth media grant strand (UK)

Girls looking at laptopYouth charity Media Trust has announced that it will make grants of between £1,500 and £5,000 available to the UK's youth media projects.

The organisation's Mediabox fund, supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), will open its Mini Mediabox strand on 1 May, an ongoing project without an application deadline.

Open to individuals aged between 13 and 19, the grants are aimed at providing grassroots and community youth organisations with funding for creative media projects.

The charity's Mid and Big Mediabox strands are also open until 7 and 27 May respectively and are geared towards supporting more established youth initiatives in the UK.

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AWARDS: Winners of Sheikh Majed bin Mohammed Youth Media Award honored

WAM DUBAI, Apr. 27th, 2009: Winners of the 2009 Sheikh Majed bin Mohammed Youth Media Award were honored at a special ceremony in Jumeirah, Dubai by Sheikh Majid himself.

First introduced in 2008 as part of an extended initiative to promote Emirati talents in the region, the more-then AED 1 million award recognizes the merits of young talents working within the media sector in the UAE.

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EVENTS / NEWS: Representations of children in news media

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On Wednesday 22 April, a conference was held in London, UK, to discuss the representation of children in the media. ten years on from the Oslo Challenge. This was a collaboration between the Norwegian Government and UNICEF, and included the following challenge to media professionals at all levels and in all media:

to work ethically and professionally to sound media practices and to develop and promote media codes of ethics in order to avoid sensationalism, stereotyping (including by gender) or undervaluing of children and their rights

Read the Oslo Challenge here

The conference was organised by the Institute of Education and the Open University. Read more

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EVENTS: Kristiansand Kids Fest Opens With Max Pinlig

The best children's films from Norway and Europe are on the programme of the 12th Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, on the southern coast of Norway. The six-day film festival will kick start on April 28 with Denmark's Max Pinlig (Max Embarrassing).
Max Pinlig

Lotte Svendsen's local Danish hit is among 13 feature films competing in the main competition for the NOK 75,000 Film & Kino Children's Film Prize. Other titles include Sweden's Flickan (The Girl) and Pettson & Findus IV, and Denmark's Karla & Katrine. The Youth programme, opening with Sweden's I taket lyser stjärnorna (Glowing Stars), has another 11 films on show, among others Norway's youth drama Yatzy which has sold over 22,000 tickets domestically in five weeks. A total of 99 films from 23 countries will be screening in Kristiansand, including 58 Norwegian premieres.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Staying Alive Global Youth Advisory Panels

Staying Alive believes that change lies in the hands of young people – and that if the dynamics of the HIV epidemic are really to alter then this generation must be informed and empowered. To ensure that youth involvement is always at the forefront of the production and decision making of its campaign, a Regional and Global Youth Advisory Panels will be developed and implemented for Staying Alive.

The youth panels will ensure that Staying Alive initiatives continue to adequately address young peoples’ sexual health concerns and continue to use its global media platform to keep them aware of HIV/AIDS and aid in the prevention of the disease. The youth advisory panels will stand as another essential element in MTV Staying Alive’s frontline in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

The youth advisers will be involved in giving feedback on Staying Alive content, participant in pre-testing and help come up with new initiatives for the Staying Alive campaign.

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NEWS: Media shapes children’s thinking (FIJI)

Media shapes children's thinking

The media has become an extremely influential factor in the way children view the world, says Minister for Education, Filipe Bole.

Speaking on World Children's Day Friday, Bole said some media mediums such as television, magazines, and movies negatively affect the younger generation.

"Fiji's media industry needs to realize that to a large extent, it shapes the way our children think and act."

He said that, according to a survey conducted by UNESCO, children watch television on an average of three hours a day.

"The impact of TV violence on aggression seems to be partly due to imitation of the aggressive actions that children see, particularly if they are done by the so-called 'good-guys. The message that our children get is that aggression works to get what you want, and that it's ok to use aggression if you are justified in doing so."

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NEWS: Rio 'shanty town reporter' tells her story

Rio 'shanty town reporter' tells her story

Brazilian teenager Mayra Avellar was awarded the Children's Peace Prize in 2008 for organising a protest against drug-related violence in her shanty town. Here she tells how the battle between police and the traffickers affects the lives of people in her community.

I am 17-years old and live in Vila Cruzeiro, one of the shanty towns or favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Vila Cruzeiro is in the north of the city. Around 120,000 people live here and at times it can be a difficult place because of the violence. It hits us when we least expect it.

We are not able to do anything. We cannot go to school, people cannot go to work and we have to stop our lives.

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EVENTS: Youth Panel at the Norwegian Amandus Film Festival for children

Youth Panel at the Norwegian Amandus Film Festival for children

The Norwegian Media Authority and its Youth Panel will be hosting a seminar on Media literacy concerning film and gaming. The subject will be on how children understand age rating in films and games - and if this aligns with their own understanding of the protection of minors.

The 21st Amandus Film Festival begins in Lillehammer March 30th. This is a festival for young moviemakers under the age of 20, and is being held in cooperation with Lillehammer University College and the Norwegian Film Institute.

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EVENTS: Global forum for youth to discuss media and peacebuilding

Global forum for youth to discuss media and peacebuilding

Posted on: 15/04/2009 Multimedia, Networking Region: Worldwide

Journalism students from around the world are invited to Thailand for a conference that will focus on harnessing media and information communication technologies (ICFJ) as agents of peace. The Second Global Forum on the Power of Peace will be held May 21 to 23, in Bangkok, Thailand.

The forum, as part of a UNESCO stimulated initiative, will explore practical options to harnessing media and ICTs in a changing world. It will include a review of an innovative 2.0 online platform designed to engage youth and students from university campuses around the world in peace building.

For more information and to register, click here.

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NEWS / PROJECTS: Innovative newspaper projects for youth to be awarded

Innovative newspaper projects for youth to be awarded

Posted on: 16/04/2009 Children, Print Journalism, Publications, Specialized Reporting Deadline: 15/06/2009 Region: Worldwide

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) invites entries for the 2009 World Young Reader Prizes, which award newspapers that have devised innovative projects or activities for young readers (under age 25). Deadline: June 15.

Projects submitted to the Young World Leader Prize may be in one the following categories: Editorial - a newspaper content strategy; Making the News - Activity that gives young people the chance to experience professional newspaper practice; Newspapers in Education - Use of the newspaper as a teaching tool; Public Service - Public service project in areas such as press freedom, literacy, youth civic involvement, etc.; Brand - Other projects that improve a newspaper brand's relationship with youth.

The jury will take into consideration the contribution the program has made to the newspaper business. This could be in terms of revenue generation, circulation, readership growth, or brand awareness. Each winner will receive EU€1,000 (US$1,318).

Entries must be based on a single project or a series of related activities conducted in the 24 months before June 15. Each participant must send in send in a PowerPoint presentation, limited to no more than 15 megabytes on a CD or 5 megabytes via email, of their project in English.

For more information, go to http://www.wan-press.org/nie/wyrp.php.

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NEWS: NAB 2009 - thePlatform sees rise in video views for children's programming

NAB 2009 - thePlatform sees rise in video views for children's programming

April 20, 2009 — 8:16pm ET | By Pete Wylie

LAS VEGAS - thePlatform announced Monday increased growth in its delivery of children's entertainment content for major media companies. Children's programming now represents 8 percent of total online video views delivered by thePlatform, up 141 percent year-over-year, including videos delivered to thePlatform's lead customer in this initiative, www.4kidsTV.com. www.4kidsTV.com is a video programming portal that features content from the CW Network's Saturday morning lineup, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and Sonic X, in a kid-friendly environment that meets all legal requirements for a site targeting youth audiences.

"Online video is a great supplement to our traditional television business, and we view it as a tremendous growth opportunity," said Mark Kirk, director of interactive operations for 4Kids Entertainment. "We turned to thePlatform because of their success in deploying, managing and driving views to many of the largest video portals on the Web, and their experience with this particular genre of content.

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OPPORTUNITIES / CONTESTS: Students in Russia to be awarded for Internet reporting

Students in Russia to be awarded for Internet reporting

A competition that aims to promote a new generation of professional online reporters seeks applications from youth Internet reporters in Russia. Deadline: April 23.

Senior high school students aged 14 to 18 from throughout Russia are invited to apply. The contest committee will choose three winners in each of four categories.

The contest was founded in 2000 by the Federal Agency of Education and Specialized Centers for Talented Youth.

For more information (in Russian) and to register, visit http://www.edu.yar.ru/russian/projects/pressman/index10.html.

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NEWS / ICDB: Togo youth media activists unite to help eradicate polio

Togo youth media activists unite to help eradicate polio

Source: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Date: 07 Apr 2009

By Hadrien Bonnaud

SEGBE, Togo, 7 April 2009 – While Aristos, 16, prepared the camera focus, Marie, 14, plugged in the microphone, Gisèle, 13, checked the sound level and Elvis, 11, put the finishing touches on his introduction to the story of Togo's recent national polio immunization campaign.

Despite their young age, these budding television journalists have the professionalism and technical savvy of veteran reporters. They have taken their first steps in the media world courtesy of the non-governmental organization, 'A Nous la Planète' (The Planet Is Ours), founded and directed by Charles Adom. Since 2004, the Togolese national television channel, TVT, has given the group 30 minutes of airtime every Sunday.

Giving children a voice

In Togo, as elsewhere, traditional media often neglect the potential of children to join the national conversation. The International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) was created to help change that. This year it was celebrated on 1 March, with broadcasters presenting programmes produced by young people, for young people worldwide.

ICDB holds special significance in Togo, where more than half of the population is under 18 years of age.

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ARTICLES / INTERNET: Facebook Hits 200 Million Users; Launches Charities Page

Facebook Hits 200 Million Users; Launches Charities Page

Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook has reached 200 million active users, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. "Growing rapidly to 200 million users is a really good start, but we've always known that in order for Facebook to help people represent everything that is happening in their world, everyone needs to have a voice," wrote Zuckerberg.

To that end, the company launched Facebook for Good, a new page "where people can share their stories about how Facebook has helped them give back to their communities, effect change or connect with a distant relative."

It also partnered with 16 charitable and advocacy organizations, including Kiva, Unicef, Livestrong and American Red Cross, which have create virtual "gifts" that members can purchase and post on one another's profiles.

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Questions on technology

EVENTS: Leeds Young People's Film Festival

For more information about the Film Festival, MediaFish or Leeds Film Academy please go to www.leedsyoungfilm.com or www.mediafish.org or contact Martin Grund on 0113 247 8398 or at martin.grund@leeds.gov.uk

EVENTS: The SIGNIS World Congress 2009 Moves and Reduces Prices

The SIGNIS World Congress 2009 Moves and Reduces Prices

Brussels, April 1, 2009 (SIGNIS) - In collaboration with SIGNIS-Thailand, SIGNIS has renegotiated very affordable prices for its World Congress 2009 to take place from October 17-21 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The dates of the Congress remain unchanged, but the Congress will move to the Empress Convention Center in Chiang Mai: www.empress-conventions.com.

Very affordable hotel prices are also being negotiated by SIGNIS-Thailand. The new Congress registration fees and hotel rates will reduce cost of participation by 30-50%!

Please note that registration fee for the Congress does not include accommodation, travel expenses and evening meals. However, after you register (and pay) for the Congress, you will be able to book accommodation at three hotels near the Convention centre at special and very affordable SIGNIS Congress 2009 rates.

Please visit our website: www.signisworldcongress.net for more information and read carefully the new Registration fees, Terms and Conditions. The SIGNIS World Congress 2009 will take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from October 17 to 21, 2009 on the theme "Media for a Culture of Peace – Children's Rights, Tomorrow's Promise".

About 400 communication professionals from all over the world are expected to attend the 4 day event built around three strands: Current Global Issues on Human Rights and Children's Rights, Emerging Perspectives on Media and Social Transformation and The Challenges of Growing Up in a Digital Age.

EVENTS: EU Kids Online Conference

EU Kids Online: European research on cultural, contextual and risk issues regarding children and the internet

An international one-day conference for researchers, policy makers, industry, educators, NGOs and government to address the policy issues and research findings about children and the internet.

The conference will focus on European research on cultural, contextual and risk issues regarding children and the internet. It will report final results and recommendations from three year’s work by EU Kids Online network of 60 researchers in 21 countries funded by the EC Safer Internet plus Programme. It will also showcase the latest current research in Europe and worldwide.

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EU Kids Online

EVENTS: Seoul International Youth Film Festival (SIYFF)

Seoul International Youth Film Festival (SIYFF)

SIYFF is the biggest youth film festival in Asia and is on the lookout for talented filmmakers to present their potentials at 11th Seoul Youth International Film Festival, taking place from 9 to 15 July 2009. For shorts competition entry, we are looking for

1. Youth works produced by age between 13 to 18 and

2. Shorts section related to the themes of children, teenagers, and family made by those aged 19 and over.

SIYFF is looking for films or documentaries which were produced recent year of 2008 or 09 by youth.

Also, there is Youth Film Camp workshop, which teenagers(13-18) from abroad can participate and make their own film.

It has been passionate for youth filmmakers to have great opportunities to promote their films in Korea. Wish you could share different cinematic visions with global film communities of SIYFF.

NEWS / TV: Children's TV in Turkmenistan - audio interview (IN RUSSIAN)

ЮНИСЕФ подарил туркменским ребятишкам новую телепередачу
31/03/2009

Не секрет, что сегодня телевидение играет важную роль в развитии детей. Особенно в тех странах, где в силу разных причин доступ ребятишек к другим средствам массовой информации ограничен.

Поэтому недавно Детский фонд ООН (ЮНИСЕФ) и молодежный телеканал «Яшлык» преподнесли туркменским детям подарок - новую передачу «Душа ребенка».

Подробнее о новом проекте Артему Пащенко рассказала специалист по связям с общественностью ашхабадского представительства ЮНИСЕФ Гулялек Солтанова.

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ARTICLES: 'A minute for my rights' youth video project in Argentina

'A minute for my rights' youth video project in Argentina

By Erga Sonnenberg

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, 1 April 2009 – Young people have discovered an important medium for promoting children's rights in Argentina. Since 2005, 'A minute for my rights' (Un minuto por mis derechos) has brought creative children together to make one-minute films.

VIDEO: Watch now

Over 2,000 young people aged 12 to 21 from various backgrounds have participated in the project over the past four years. Most live in impoverished areas of the country and have limited opportunities for creative expression.

During one recent five-month period, a group of participants learned technical and visual skills, and then used them to create and produce a series of one-minute videos. In the process, they engaged in dialogue with their peers, reflected on their rights and thought critically through the creative process.

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ARTICLES: Has the UK gone too far in social media education?

Has the UK gone too far in social media education?

I have to share a cartoon that made its way to me last week (yes, I’m as behind in my blogging as I am in my day job, my spring yard work, and virtually every other aspect of my life) and then give a bit of thought to the story out of the UK that the cartoon satirizes.

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NEWS: Singapore youth among region's most media-savvy

Singapore youth among region's most media-savvy

A SURVEY by market research company Synovate shows Singapore's youth are voracious consumers of mass media.

They spend up to 13 hours a day watching television, reading newspapers and listening to music. Online, they listen to music, send e-mail and play games.

In the past 12 months, their consumption patterns have risen, compared to their peers across 12 economies in the region, including China, Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The poll ranked 940 youth here aged eight to 24 against 13,256 of their regional counterparts.

Youth here ranked behind those in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Barcelona International Television Festival 2009

CALL FOR ENTRIES FITB 2009

DEADLINE FOR INSCRIPTION: May 31, 2009

We invite directors of all ages to submit your children and youth productions and participate in the 13th edition of the Barcelona International Television Festival (FITB) to be held November 10- 12, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 13 p.m. and from 15p.m. to 18p.m., with the closing ceremony the 13th.

As always we are interested in documentaries, animations, TV programmes and series from around the World that form, entertain and educate. There is no entry fee and we offer the prestigious UNICEF PRIZE and CREATIVE PRIZE. Screenings incluye productions the Audiovisual Service of the Department of Education of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia and the SHOWCASE OF NEWS BULLETINS, COMMERCIALS AND FICTION VIDEOS from the Blanquerna School, Ramón LLull University.

This is a good opportunity for filmmakers and production companies to showcase their work in Spain and share it with enthusiastic young audiences along with media professionals. Every year we collaborate with educators so that groups of school children get to see a wide range of international films that are 60 minutes or less, that they may not otherwise be able to access. We request that films that are not in Spanish be subtitled in Spanish or English.

Genre: Children and youth - All public

Films and productions made for children and youth

Films and productions about children and/or dealing with childhood

Films made by children, youth and audiovisual students.

To fill out an inscription form and for more information on the rules and regulations, please check out our websites.
http://www.oeti.org
www.oeti.org

The 2008 entry form is up at Festival>Entry form on our Web. The deadline is May 31.Please send your films (to arrive no later than June 30, 2009) for pre-selection to:

Doina Bird
Festival Internacional de Televisón de Barcelona
Aragón, 290-292, 5º
08009 Barcelona ESPAÑA

And if you would like to confirm attendance, send an email to fitb@oeti.org or call 93 488 1914 or 93 162 6756 so we can program your participation in the Festival.