5 - Years Strategic Plan

AIBD's 5 - Year Action Plan from 2008 to 2012 was drafted and reviewed based on its Strategic Plan and the Bangkok Declaration. It provides emphasis on:

Globalization, Cultural Diversity, New Technologies, Public Service Broadcasting (Community Multimedia / Radio Center), Human Resource Development, Digitizing Audio and Video Archives, Peace Journalism and Conflict Resolution, Women and Gender issues, HIV AIDS, ITC and Education for All, local programs for children and program exchange.

Under its new strategic plan, AIBD is playing a more assertive role as a regional platform to encourage dialogue and cooperation in the electronic media policy of the Asia-Pacific region. It has launched the Asia Media Summit since 2004, considered one of Asia's premiere communication events, the Arab and Asia-Pacific Media Dialogue and the North America and Asia-Pacific Media Dialogue.

The Institute:

Future Initiatives:

AIBD will undertake more initiatives to address the changes reshaping electronic media and the information and communication industries within and outside the region, among them, under-funding of public service broadcasting, commodification of news and information and commercialization of new information and communication technologies. It will pursue progressive media and information policies that stress accountability of various media systems and provide diversity of views.

AIBD will also conduct more programmes on how media can deal with social development issues such as poverty alleviation, HIV & AIDS, Cultural Diversity, good governance, ethnic and cultural conflicts and the empowerment of women, cultural minorities and disadvantaged groups through ICTs.