WORLD RADIO DAY

13 FEBRUARY 2013

Provisional Programmei

Broadcasting live from UNESCO’s Hall Open UNESCO Hall

1. BBC 2. China Radio International (CRI) 3. Radio Exterior de España (REE)

4. RFI (Radio France International) 5. Radio Monte-Carlo Doualiya (MCD) 6. Radio Orient 7. Voice of Russia (VOR)

Debates

Room Miró

11.00 – 11.10 Opening of the Day by Ms Irina Bokova, Director-general of UNESCO

11.10 – 11.45 “Youth Radio” (in French) Speakers: Mirta Lourenço, Chief of UNESCO’s Media and Society Section, Emmanuel Semo, President, Radio VL “First Young Media of France” and Clémence Petit-Perrot, Children's Radio Foundation (CRF)

11.45 – 12.30 Panel «Killed for doing their job. The Threat to Radio Journalists» (in English) Participants: Jean-Paul Marthoz (Committee to Protect Journalists); Rania Badri (radio journalist in exile from Syria), Biniam Simon, founder of Radio Erena

12.30 – 1.00: UN Plan of Action on safety of journalists (in French) Speaker: Sylvie Coudray, Chief, Freedom of Expression, UNESCO

1.00 – 2.00: Panel «Shortwave Broadcasting: a Radio of the Past?» (in English) Participants: Catherine Westcott, Senior Frequency Manager, BBC, Josef

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Troxler, CEO Ampegon, Steering Board Member, Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), Oleg Kupriyanov, Deputy Chairman, International Relations, Voice of Russia and Guy Berger, Director of UNESCO’s Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development

2.00 – 3.00: «Albert Turpain, 2 ans avant Marconi» (FR) Speaker: Jacques Marzac (French historian)

Website http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/prizes- and-celebrations/celebrations/world-radio-day/

Contact

Valeria Nadal Senior Assistant Media and Society Communication and Information UNESCO Mail: [email protected] Tel: 33-1 45 68 42 13 Fax: 33-1 45 68 55 85

i As of 6 February 2013