Public Debate on Media and Citizenship
Date: 7 November 2012
Time: 15.30 – 17.30
Venue: Grand Amphithéâtre Faculté Medicine UCAD – Dakar
CODESRIA and the African Media Leaders’ Forum (AMLF) are happy to inform you of the organization of a roundtable on Media and Citizenship. The roundtable will take place on 7 November 2012 at the Great Hall of the Faculty of Medicine of Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar, Senegal). Communication professionals, researchers, members of civil society will present the role of media in the deepening of democracy. How do these media participate in the building of a citizenship and of an integrated, inclusive and modern Africa by giving voice to citizens and by informing them of local and global issues that concern them? How does citizenship in its new forms, invest media in their pluralities?
| _____TIME_____ | ACTIVITY | SPEAKERS |
| 15:30 – 15:35 | Welcome remarks | Mr Amadou Mahtar Ba, Chief Executive Officer African Media Initiative (AMI) |
| 15:35 – 15:40 | Opening remarks | Dr.Ebrima Sall Executive Secretary Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Senegal |
| 15.40 – 15.50 | Opening remarks from the Chair and framing of the debate’s thematic | Ms Hadeel Ibrahim Founding Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation |
| 15.45 – 15.55 | Key Note Address | Assistant Secretary Michael H Posner Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour |
| 15.55 – 16.40 | Live exchange with the panellists moderated by Chair | Panelists: Mrs.Bineta Diop (Executive Director & Founder – Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) Mr Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf (Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Media Trust Limited) Mr Amadou Kanoute (Executive Director CICODEV, Africa) Mrs Aminata Diaw Cisse (CODESRIA) |
| 16:40- 16.45 | Discussant | Mameless Camara |
| 16:44- 17:25 | Q & A Session | Floor Interaction |
| 17.25 – 17.30 | Vote of Thanks | Dr Roukaya Kasenally (AMI) |
