AGR III Media Workshop on the theme / Elections and the Management of Diversity in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — AGR III Media Workshop on the theme: Elections and the Management of Diversity in Africa
29th – 30thSeptember 2011
Laico Regency Hotel,
Nairobi, Kenya
Draft Programme
Day One
8.30am -10.00am Registration of Participants
10.00am – 11.00am Opening Ceremony
Welcome Remarks by Chief Host: Aeneas Chuma, RR, UNDP, Kenya
Remarks by UNECA and Meeting Objectives: Said Adejumobi, AGR
Coordinator
Statement by the Special Guest- Ahmed Issack Hassan, Chairperson, IIEC
Keynote Address by Hon. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Minister for Medical Services, Republic of Kenya on: “The Media and Nation Building in Plural Societies: Opportunities and Challenges”
11.00- 11. 30 am Group Photograph and Coffee Break
11.30am – 12.30pm First Session: Chair- Khabele Matlosa
The AGR Project: Background, Trajectory and the Present
– Said Adejumobi
The Media, Diversity and the Political Construction of Reality in Africa
– Adigun Agbaje
General Discussion
12.30pm – 1.30pm Second Session: Chair: Funke Egbemode
The Media, Electoral Process, and Electoral Reforms in Africa
– Benedict K. Tembo
Making the Peoples’ Votes Count: The Role of the Media in Promoting Free, Fair and Credible Elections in Africa
– Ms. Sara Bakata
General Discussion
1.30pm – 2.30pm Lunch Break
2.30pm- 4.00pm Third Session: Chair: Emmanuel Juma
The Media and Political Corruption: Implications for Free and Fair Elections
– Enock Ngoma
The Media and Electoral Conflicts
– Zahra Abigaba
– Jeff Otieno
General Discussion
4.00pm – 4.30pm Coffee Break
4.30pm Close of Day I
Day Two
9.30am- 10.30 am Fourth Session: Chair: Jeremais Andre Dos Santos
New Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy in Africa
– Daudi Were
Offshore Media and the Struggle for Transparency and Accountability in Africa: The Experience of Sahara Reporters
– Omoyele Sowore
General Discussion
10.30am- 11.00am Coffee Break
11.00am – 1.30pm Roundtable Discussion on Country Experiences on the Role of the Media in Elections and Diversity Management
Chair: Mary Harper
Panelists:
- Fracinah Baaitse- Bostwana
- George Githiaga- Kenya
- Kamal Tayo Oropo- Nigeria
- Amare Aregawi and Shimeless Meressa – Ethiopia
- Micheal Moses Phiri- Malawi
- Saikoh Jammeh- Gambia
- Berna Namata- Rwanda
1.30pm- 2.30pm Lunch Break
2.30pm- 3.00pm Closing Ceremony and Way Forward
SOURCE
United Nations Development Programme (PNUD)
