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International Freedom of Expression eXchange Clearing House
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Date: 22 November 1995

LATIN AMERICA: Community radio and television festival being held
in Ecuador and on the Internet

ORIGINATOR: World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC), Montreal

A Latin American community radio and television festival (Gran
Festival de la Radio y Television Comunitaria y Popular de
America Latina) is being held in Quito, Ecuador from 20 to 24
November 1995. Eight of Latin America's most important
communication networks -- the Latin American Radio Education
Association (Asociacion Latinoamericana de Educacion Radiofonica,
ALER), AMARC, the International Centre for Communication Studies
of Latin America (Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de
Comunicacion para America Latina, CIESPAL), the Latin American
Federation of Faculties of Communications (Federacion
Latinoamericana de Facultades de Comunicacion Social, FELAFACS),
the regional office of the International Federation of
Journalists (Federacion Internacional de Periodistas, FIP), PROA,
RNTC, and the Latin American Catholic Association for Radio,
Television and related Media (Asociacion Catolica Latinoamericana
para la Radio, la Television y Medios Afines, UNDA-AL/SCC) -- are
organizing the Gran Festival. Over 500 participants are
converging on Quito, including producers, journalists, journalism
students, scholars, radio-lovers and television viewers from 31
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, North America,
Africa and Europe.

According to the Gran Festival's organizers, access to expression
and to ownership of media outlets is key for Latin American civil
society. Popular sectors are seeking ways to see that their
interests are reflected in the news, and that they can actively
participate in contributing to public debate on issues and in
their own development. Thus the three interlocking themes of the
Gran Festival are democracy, development and communication.

Activities during the Gran Festival include conferences, debates,
panel discussions, workshops, the exchange of ideas and a
Technological Bazaar. Merchandise will be sold and ceremonies
held to honour individuals within the field of communications and
the winners of a radio and video contest. Radio Nederlands is
airing a ten-minute program on the conference daily from 7:30 to
9:25 hours.

A Virtual Festival for radio-lovers and television viewers (Gran
Festival Virtual de Radioapasionados y Televisionariosis) is a
parallel event to the Gran Festival de la Radio y Television
Comunitaria y Popular de America Latina. During the conference, a
"virtual" site will be set up on the World Wide Web (WWW) of the
Internet. The site will be updated with copies of presentations
and reports from the Festival's workshops and debates. The
address of the WWW site is
http://www.ecnet.ec/ciespal/festival.htm. Some information is
also available by electronic mail.

For further information, contact Bruce Girard at AMARC in
Ecuador, e-mail: bgirard@pi.pro.ec. Or contact AMARC, 3575 Blvd.
St. Laurent, suite 704, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2T7 Canada, tel: +1
514 982 0351, fax: +1 514 849 7129, e-mail: amarc@web.apc.org.

The information contained in this press release is the sole
responsibility of its originator.
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Intercambio Internacional por la Libertad de Expresion
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Fecha: el 22 de noviembre 1995

AMERICA LATINA: Gran Festival tiene lugar en Ecuador y en
Internet

ORIGINADOR: Asociacion Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC),
Montreal

El Gran Festival de la Radio y Television Comunitaria y Popular
de America Latina que tiene lugar en Quito, Ecuador del 20 al 24
de noviembre de 1995. Ocho de las redes de comunicacion mas
importantes de America Latina y el Caribe --  la Asociacion
Latinoamericana de Educacion Radiofonica (ALER), AMARC, el Centro
Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicacion para America
Latina (CIESPAL), la Federacion Latinoamericana de Facultades de
Comunicacion Social (FELAFACS), la Federacion Internacional de
Periodistas (FIP), PROA, RNTC y la Asociacion Catolica
Latinoamericana para la Radio, la Television y Medios Afines
(UNDA-AL/SCC) -- organizaron el Gran Festival. Se concentraran en
Quito alrededor de 500 personas entre productores, periodistas,
estudiantes de comunicacion, academicos, investigadores,
expositores, homenajeados, radioapasionadas y televisionarios de
31 paises de America Latina y el Caribe, America del Norte,
Africa y Europa.

Segun los organizadores del Gran Festival, acceder a la palabra y
a la imagen, asi como a la propiedad de los medios, se convierte
hoy en una de las exigencias fundamentales de la sociedad civil
que comprende la necesidad de colocar sus demandas en la agenda
informativa, de participar activamente en la construccion de la
opinion publica y en su propio desarrollo. En esta perspectiva,
el triangulo democracia, desarrollo y comunicacion son los ejes
del Gran Festival.

El Gran Festival incluye conferencias, debates, paneles,
talleres, intercambios de experiencias, una Feria Tecnologica,
venta de materiales, homenajes a destacados personajes de la
comunicacion y premiacion de un concurso de radio y video.
Durante el Festival, se producira un programa radial de diez
minutos diarios que sera difundido por el satelite de Radio
Nederlands entre las 7:30 y las 9:25 de la manana.

Un Gran Festival Virtual de Radioapasionados y Televisionarios es
un evento paralelo al Gran Festival de la Radio y Television
Comunitaria y Popular. Se meten resumenes de los debates,
conferencias, etc. en un sitio "virtual", en el World Wide Web
(WWW) en Internet. La direccion del Festival Virtual en el WWW es
http:///www.ecnet.ec/ciespal/festival.html. Se puede tambien
recibir informacion por correo electronico.

Para mas informaciones, comunicarse con Bruce Girard en Ecuador,
correo electronico: bgirard@pi.pro.ec. O, via AMARC, 3575 Blvd.
St. Laurent, suite 704, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2T7 Canada, tel: +1
514 982 0351, fax: +1 514 849 7129, correo electronico:
amarc@web.apc.org.

Esta informacion es responsabilidad del originador.

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Bruce Girard
Email: bgirard@pi.pro.ec or amarcbg@web.apc.org
Tel: +(593-2) 525-521    Fax: +(593-2) 542-818
Avenida America 3584, Casilla 17-01-1171, Quito, Ecuador