The Pre-Asia Media Summit workshop is intended not only to develop a constructive plan to improve original local content, initiate international cooperation and promote training for children’s programmers but also to diagnose the reality of children’s programming in Asia-Pacific and to examine how media can play a responsible role to assist the under privileged,address sensitivities and implications on issues connected to children’s development.

OBJECTIVES
To be able to

• diagnose the reality of children's programming in Asia-Pacific
based on the research and develop a constructive future plan to implement local quality children's programmes,

• examine strategies to improve on expertise, formats, standards,
original content of local children programming and measures how to strengthen educational and entertainment programming,

• discuss ways to work together to enhance the local quality
children's programme in the region,

• identify new Initiatives through international cooperation and
potential joint projects,

• promote training opportunities for children's Programmers.

TENTATIVE AGENDA
!!Venue is The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel!!

• International speakers from UNESCO,UNICEF, Prix Jeunesse
International, TV Broadcasting Organisations and other Asian and European Experts on Children's issues and Programming will make Presentations.

MONDAY 25th May 2009
08:00- 08:50 Registration
09:00- 09:30 Inaugural address

09:30 - 10:30 Session 1
!!How the media can help the under privileged in Asia- Pacific region!!
Presentations on themes : Violence, Access to education, Child abuse ,Poverty and hunger.

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Session 2
!!Overview on the present situation of Children’s TV in Asia Pacific Research report by Prix Jeunesse!!

Individual presentations of children’s programmes by TV
Broadcasting organisations in Asia Pacific
(Speakers invited from TV broadcasting organisations from Afghanistan,China,Indonesia,Korea,Malaysia,Mongolia,Sri Lanka and Thailand,Vietnam etc.)

12:30 - 13:30-Lunch

13:30 – 15:30 Session 3
!!Innovative Quality programmes to attract the children!!

• Edutainment programme expertise,formats,standards,original
• Going Digital,the impact of 3D on children’s programming,
• Multichannel support for children’s content dissemination &
interactivity.

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00 Session 4
!! Strategies to improve Children’s Programming in Asia Pacific!!

• New Initiatives through international cooperation and potential
• Promotion and training opportunities for children's Programmers
• Recommendations

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