Global Programs
invite you to a book launch
Broadcasting, Voice, and Accountability
A Public Interest Approach to Policy, Law, and Regulation
This book is the World Bank's first publication presenting good practices from
around the world in media and broadcasting policy and regulation and complements
existing work in governance, public sector reform, and access to information. It
is a useful tool for policymakers, reform managers, development practitioners,
and students alike.
With the guidance of this book, broadcasting policy and regulation can be
tackled as a mainstream development topic, with important consequences for
government transparency, government accountability, and enabling disadvantaged
constituencies to voice their concerns and press for action.
For more information, please click here.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
10:00am - 12:00 pm
World Bank Main Complex
MC4-800
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC
Refreshments will be served
Please RSVP by sending an email to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
INTRODUCED BY
Daniel Kaufmann
Director of Global Programs and Governance, World Bank Institute
Mr. Kaufmann is a leading expert, researcher, and adviser to countries on
governance and development and has pioneered new approaches to analyze country
governance as well as survey methodologies and indicators for good governance
and anti-corruption programs around the world. He has previously held positions
at the World Bank which include managing a team on Finance, Regulation and
Governance, heading capacity building for Latin America, and also serving as
Lead Economist both in economies in transition as well as in the Bank's research
department. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum (DAVOS) faculty.
MODERATED BY
Kreszentia Duer
New Business Development Leader, World Bank Institute
Ms. Duer manages a technical assistance program to strengthen policies,
institutions, and capacities for Civic Engagement, Empowerment, and Respect for
Diversity (CEERD) in developing countries (worldbank.org/ceerd). Her thirty
years of development experience, leadership and management roles at the World
Bank include rural poverty, urban development, environment, social development
and education, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. She is a
member of the International Editorial Board of the journal, Policy Sciences.
PRESENTED BY AUTHORS
Steve Buckley
President, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
Managing Director, CM Solutions
Mr. Buckley is a communications policy expert and media development advisor who
has worked with governments, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations. He
has been President of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
since 2003. He is also a member of the International Council of IFEX. He has
been a speaker at numerous international conferences and events on media,
communications and development and has authored many related reports, book
chapters and policy papers including, among others, for the UK Department for
International Development, UNESCO, UN ICT Task Force, the World Bank, Institute
for Development Studies, Social Science Research Council and the Ford
Foundation.
Toby Mendel
Law/Asia Programmes Director, ARTICLE 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression
Mr. Mendel is the author of numerous books and articles on issues such as
broadcasting, the right to information, defamation and other freedom of
expression issues. He has worked extensively on media law issues in Asia,
Africa, Europe and the Middle East, running training seminars, advising
governments and local NGOs, critiquing laws and taking cases to both national
and international courts.
Seán Ó Siochrú
Director, NEXUS Research, Dublin, Ireland
Chair, Dublin Community Television
Spokesperson, Campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society
(CRIS)
Mr. Ó Siochrú has published many books, chapters and articles on media and
communication issues, and works with international agencies and NGOs across the
world. He has over twenty years experience in international communications and
media assessment, regional economic issues, and local development activities.
He was also Secretary General and Treasurer of the MacBride Round Table on
Communications, which meets every year in a different country to debate global
communications issues.
Monroe Price
Director, Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for
Communication, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Law, Cardozo School of
Law
Director, Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research, London
Mr. Price works with a wide transnational network of regulators, scholars, and
practitioners in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia as well as in the United
States. He has published several books, chapters, and articles on media issues.
His recent books include ?Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information
Revolution and its Challenge to State Power? (MIT, 2002) and ?Owning the
Olympics: Narratives of the New China? (University of Michigan Press, 2008,
edited with Daniel Dayan).
Marc Raboy
Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications and is a
Professor, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill
University, Montreal, Canada
Mr. Raboy has been a consultant to various international organizations including
the World Bank, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the European Broadcasting
Union and is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on media and
communication policy.
DISCUSSED BY
Eric Chinje
Manager, Africa Region External Affairs, World Bank
Mr. Chinje was Editor-in-Chief and News Anchor at the national television in
Cameroon, a journalism lecturer in the School of Mass Communications (University
of Cameroon), a contributing reporter to CNN World Report, and a stringer for
Deutschewelle (Voice of Germany Radio), the BBC and Voice of America. He has
written, published and lectured on Media and Development in Africa. He is an
Officer of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau and of the Cameroon Order of Valour,
an Honorary Member of the Memphis City Council, a former Patron of the Cameroon
Friends of Nature Society, and a Board Member of the Rwanda Foundation, the
Women's Economic Empowerment Network(WEEN), and the Zambia Orphans of AIDS (ZOA)
committee.
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