AIBD in collaboration with the French Ministry of Foreign affairs, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, Thomson Foundation, Prix Jeunesse, Children & Broadcasting Foundation for Africa, RTM-IPTAR is organizing an International Children’s TV programmes co-production about, for and by children.

In this project AIBD is bringing together at least 20 TV children’s programme Producers, to participate in a co-production of a short programmes series (mini documentary) for the Children with a view to strengthen cultural diversity and create a better understanding among children about various cultures and school of thoughts. This project is a true translation of cultural dialogue among children from around the world. Through that series called “I am…”, children will have the opportunity to voice their opinion and express how they look at various cultures.

The main objectives of the project are to:

• Enhance the cultural diversity,
• Exchange value and to increase tolerance,
• Challenge the cultural homogenization and the stereotyping,
• Let children understand the meaning of diversity,
• Stimulate the local production on children’s TV programmes,
• Invite broadcasters to play a role in celebrating the cultural difference,
• Involve children in a TV programme about and for them,
• Create an inter-continental co-production of mini TV documentary programmes,
• Offer a south-south cooperation in broadcasting media.

Participants, in collaboration with a child, will be invited to write and produce their own “I am…” programme and to mail it to the AIBD before Friday 11 April 2008. Afterwards, AIBD will compile the whole series of 20 programmes on a Master DV and a DVD and will provide it to each participant before 26 May 2008. The Executive Producer for this project is Ms. Firdoze Bulbulia, Chairperson of the 5th World Summit on Media for Children and CBFA from South Africa.

At the beginning of the project, AIBD and its partners will conduct a 5-day international workshop on “Children’s TV programmes co-production”. This workshop is scheduled from 11-15 February 2008 and will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The workshop intends to improve the quality of children programming and to explore various questions about it. The content will cover 3 main areas: Script writing, Directing and Co-production.

Last updated 22.03.08 23:31 by Juliette, Project Reference R-087-MY-08