MAGIC Calendar Archive

The MAGIC Calendar lists events that highlight and promote the active participation of young people in the media. The list is by no means a complete list of children & media events world-wide - we welcome your proposals for events to add to the calendar.

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December 2006

• November 30 - December 1, 2006:
On November 30 and December 1, Montreal will host the eagerly awaited fourth annual Média-Jeunes Conference. Organized by the Alliance for Children and Television (ACT), the Conference is the only one of its kind to bring together Canada’s creators, producers and broadcasters of children’s and youth programs, promoting exchange, training and professional development. Over 200 attendees, including a number of well-known specialists, will explore programming trends and share their views on the needs and interests of young people through workshops, discussions, and chances to meet with prestigious guests from Canada and abroad. Média-Jeunes 2006 conference-goers will also have the unique opportunity to watch the top programs from Munich’s PRIX JEUNESSE 2006, the world’s biggest children’s and youth festival.
Website

November 2006

• November 20, 2006:
Launch of Respecting Difference - the Media Initiative for Children at The MovieHouse, Dublin Road, Belfast

More info

• November 19, 2006:
OneMinutesJr Awards Ceremony in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Website

• November 7-12, 2006:
Jana Int. Film Festival for Children & Youth in Beirut, Lebanon
The 2006 Jana International Film Festival for Children & Youth will display films on and by children under 19 years of age. Preference will be given to films by children & youth themselves, or with their active participation. The festival invites work by children & young adults, about or for children and youth globally. Already, the festival has received submissions from Germany, Italy, Palestine, France, USA, UK, Croatia, Bangladesh, Sweden, Finland, Colombia, Portugal, Argentina, Australia, Spain, and Serbia.
MORE INFO: www.al-jana.com

October 2006

• October 22-29, 2006:
Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cinekid Festival, celebrating its 20th edition this year, is an annual Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children that is held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Every year during the autumn break more than 30,000 children are given an opportunity to attend one or more of the 200 media productions that Cinekid presents: feature films, children’s documentaries, short films, animations, TV series and single plays, cross-media productions, interactive installations and set-ups and workshops. The main festival is held in Amsterdam, but approximately 30 satellite festivals are held in cities all over the Netherlands.
WEBSITE

• October 23-27, 2006:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Website

• October 19-29, 2006:
23rd Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF)
The Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF) is the largest festival of films for children in North America and features over 200 animated and live action films from 40 countries. The Festival welcomes over 24,000 Chicago area children, adults, and educators to the screenings, and over 100 filmmakers, media professionals & celebrities attend the Festival to lead interactive workshops with kids.
FESTIVAL WEBSITE

• October 16-20, 2006:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Görlitz, Germany

Website

• October 10, 2006:
Un minuto por mis derechos in Buenos Aires, Argentina

After 5 months of friendly meetings, deep reflections and hard collective work, the 450 young people who are participating in the 2006 edition of un minuto por mis derechos in Argentina are already editing more than 70 videos.
With the help of 25 facilitators formed in media production and human rights, all of them gathered in the 18 workshops developed in 8 Argentinean provinces from North to South. Although many miles separate these children from one another, all are joined in one common aim: Be able to express their thoughts, dreams, rights, realities and give a clear message in an artistic way. The 2006 productions will be presented in a big show in the imágenes jóvenes cinema festival, that will take place on october 10 th in Gaumont Cinema, one of the most traditional in Buenos Aires City.

UN MINUTO POR MIS DERECHOS es una iniciativa impulsada por UNICEF que, en Argentina, es promovida por la oficina local y llevada adelante por la Fundación Kine, Cultural y Educativa.
El proyecto convoca a adolescentes entre 14 y 21 años a expresarse de forma creativa y amplia sobre sus derechos a través del lenguaje audiovisual y mediante la realización de videos de 1 minuto de duración.
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• October 4-8, 2006:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Tirana, Albania

WEBSITE

September 2006

• September 23 - October 1, 2006:
Discovery - Scotland's International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Dundee, Scotland
Third edition of the Discovery Festival FCYP which will include networking event for European Film Industry Professionals and an International Young Film Makers forum with masterclasses, an opportunity for kids to show case and discuss their work and ideas with their peers from other nations.

WEBSITE

• September 15, 2006:
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - Day of General Deiscussion "The Right of the Child to be Heard"
More info - PDF one-pager
Website

• September 3-6, 2006:
XVIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect - "Children in a Changing World: Getting it Right" in York, United Kingdom

CONFERENCE WEBSITE

August 2006

• August 24, 2006:
RecYouth Multi-Media Festival in Manhattan, NY, USA

More info

• August 18-20, 2006:
3rd International Oneminute Film & Videofestival in Aarau, Switzerland - 3. Internationales Oneminute Film & Videofestival, in Aarau (Schweiz)

WEBSITE

• August 12, 2006:
International Youth Day

More info

July 2006

• July 21-30, 2006:
Irmas International Youth Summit - Empowering young people everywhere. In Los Angeles, USA
More info

• July 19, 2006:
Invitación Especial - Niñez y Adolecencia en la Prensa
El Capítulo Infancia de Periodismo Social presenta este miércoles 19 de julio su segundo informe anual "Niñez y Adolescencia en la Prensa Argentina", una investigación sobre la cobertura de 12 diarios nacionales y provinciales basada en el monitoreo de casi 30 mil noticias publicadas durante 2005.

• Cuánto y cómo hablan los diarios sobre los niñas, niños y adolescentes
• Cuáles son los temas más tratados cuando se informa sobre niñez
• Cuáles son las fuentes que más influyen en las notas sobre chicas y chicos
• Cómo mejorar la cobertura y promover los derechos de niños, niñas y adolescentes
• Cómo pueden aliarse los medios y la sociedad civil a favor de los chicos
• Cómo hacer de la niñez una prioridad del debate y de las políticas públicas

Este segundo informe anual del Capítulo Infancia responde estos
interrogantes. Los invitamos a la presentación, con la asistencia de representantes de la prensa, de organizaciones, de Instituciones públicas y de los socios estratégicos (UNICEF,Fundación Arcor, Fundación C&A) y el sponsor principal (Repsol YPF) que apoyan nuestro proyecto.
Los esperamos este miércoles 19, a las 14.00, en la sala González Tuñón, del Centro Cultural de la Cooperación (CCC), en Avenida Corrientes 1543.

• July 7-18, 2006:
Junior 8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia

SUMMIT WEBSITE
E-discussion group

• July 7 & 8, 2006:
Showcomotion Children's Media Conference in Sheffield, UK

Conference website

June 2006

• June 29 - July 8, 2006:
Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival in Sheffield, UK

Young film fans must make a note on their calendars because the Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival will be returning to the Showroom from 29 June to 8 July, 2006.
Organisers are working hard to create an exciting line up of activities and events, cramming the ten days of the festival with premieres, special guests, competitions and fun-packed workshops.
The festival is now in its 8th year and is the longest-established kids’ film fest in England and Wales.
WEBSITE

• June 21, 2006:
"Children’s use of new media" and "Blocking access to illegal content: child sexual abuse images" in Luxembourg
More info

• June 15-18, 2006:
Kids For Kids Festival in Cyprus

Festival website

• June 4-8 , 2006:
Youth Media Development Forum 2006 (YMDF 2006) in Bamako, Mali

This is an international event for media professionals from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is an initiative of the NGO Plan.
FORUM WEBSITE

• June 1-4, 2006:
2nd International Audiovisual Festival for Children & Adolescents in Havana, Cuba

The Cuban Institute of Movie Arts and Industry (ICAIC), through its Animation Studios, officially announces the celebration of the Second International Audiovisual Festival to take place from June 1st to 4th, 2006, in Havana. It is aimed at developing exchange, producing quality audiovisual works, and promoting thematic, esthetic, and cultural diversity within a globalized world context.
The Festival will be co-sponsored by UNIAL, ICRT, the Educational Television, the Educational Channels, UNICEF, and the International Movie-Making and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños.
CALL FOR ENTRIES IN ENGLISH - SPANISH - FRENCH
FESTIVAL WEBSITE

May 2006

• May 28 - June 1, 2006:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Salzburg, Austria

Would you like to create your own one minute video in Salzburg, Austria? If you are between 12 and 20 and live in Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia or the Czech Republic you can! We are looking for enthusiastic youngsters who are interested in media, want to express themselves creatively, are eager to learn new things, and would like to make new friends. All travel and accomodation expenses will be covered by the European Cultural Foundation, so just fill in the application form showing your motivation and reasons for wanting to participate.

• May 28 - June 1, 2006:
Regional Preparatory Meeting of the 5th World Summit on Media for Children “5WSMC” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MORE INFO

• May 25-29, 2006:
Shooting Europe, The European Short Film Festival, in Karlsruhe, Germany

"Shooting Europe" is a European film festival to take place in Karlsruhe Germany (24-28 May 2006). There will be a competition for professional movie makers.
More info available in the following languages: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, German, French, Latvian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkish and Ukrainian here.

• May 18-21, 2006:
Jugendmedientage 2006 in Berlin, Germany

WEBSITE

• May 17-21, 2006:
Reggio Film Festival in Italy - Children - Theme of the 2006 Reggio Film Festival

Childhood is the theme of the fifth annual Reggio Film Festival, which becomes international this year. Rules and application forms can be found on-line on the Festival website. The deadline for entries is February 28th, 2006.

• May 14-18, 2006:
Islamophobia - is it a myth or a reality? - International Youth Conference in Ukraine
The Association of Crimea community youth centers "Youth for Peace and Development" will provide an International youth conference "Youth from Black Sea region countries against islamophobia & discrimination & fanaticism" since 14 till 18 May 2006 at the Crimean tartar theatre in Simferopol city of Crimea, Ukraine.
The conference will be organize as a part of the European youth campaign for diversity, human rights, and participation "All different-all equal!" with supporting by the Council of Europe.
MORE INFO

• May 5-10, 2006:
The PRIX JEUNESSE 2006 festival will be held from 5 - 10 May 2006 at Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, Germany.

FESTIVAL WEBSITE

April 2006

• April 24-26, 2006:
GKinder Film- und Fernsehtage der Stiftung Goldener Spatz in Erfurt, Germany

PROJECT WEBSITE

• April 19-23, 2006:
OneMinutesJr workshop on "child poverty" in Bochum, Germany

WEBSITE
Contact: cschuepp@unicef.org

• April 9-16, 2006:
FEST - International Youth Film Festival in Espinho, Portugal

WEBSITE

• April 3-7, 2006:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Bulgaria

MORE INFO

March 2006

• March 27-31, 2006:
Workshop for Children's TV Producers with PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Organized by AIBD, Kuala Lumpur, National TV of Cambodia and PRIX JEUNESSE

Consultant: Remo Trerotola, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Contact: Kirsten Schneid, PRIX JEUNESSE

• March 22-30, 2006:
National Radio And Television Production Workshop in Mwanza/Morogoro (Tanzania)

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• March 22-25, 2006:
Workshop for Children's TV Producers with PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Organized by AIBD, Kuala Lumpur, Goethe Institute Dhaka and PRIX JEUNESSE
Consultant: Remo Trerotola, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Contact: Kirsten Schneid, PRIX JEUNESSE

• March 21, 2006:
The Kids' TV Forum in London, UK

Website

• March 6-12, 2006:
VIDEOTIVOLI, International video festival for young people in Tampere / Finland

Videotivoli has got 500 films from 30 different countries. During the week there will be screenings for schools and festival audience. There will be also an animation exhibition and practical seminar / workshop about the animation and media education.
Website: www.videotivoli.fi

February 2006

• February 21-25, 2006:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Liepaja, Latvia

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• February 9-11 , 2006:
Cyberworld unlimited? - Digital Inequality and New Spaces of Informal Education for Young People, International Conference in Bielefeld, Germany
WEBSITE

January 2006

• January 26-29, 2006:
DocPoint & DOKKINO, International Helsinki Documentary Festival in Finland

DocPoint organizes a documentary film event for elementary and high school pupils. The event that now is organized for the third time has been named DOKKINO and it has been extended to a year-round event. DOKKINO is organized in co-operation with DocPoint's major partner Finnkino.
WEBSITE

• January 17-22, 2006:
Tromsø International Film Festival in Tromsø, Norway

The Film Festival has had an incredible growth since it first commenced in 1991. The total of visitors in 2005 reached 42000; an almost absurd number compared to other festivals throughout Norway.
FESTIVAL WEBSITE

• January 14-17, 2006:
Save the Children UK (West Bengal Office) is hosting a comics workshop for children, the theme being on HIV/AIDS. Using comics as a tool, children will be developing material (which we can late use as IEC material) on HIV/AIDS.
For more info:
Laila Mallik - Save the Children (UK)
West Bengal Office
77, Hazra Road, Kolkata
Email: l.mallik@scfukindia.org

December 2005

• December 14, 2005:
Roundtable discussion featuring leading children's media executives and child development experts, and the release the new Kaiser report, "A Teacher in the Living Room? Educational Media for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers." in Washington, DC, USA.
MORE INFO

• December 11, 2005
International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) - Sport for Development and Peace - Let's Play!

UNICEF and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences are asking broadcasters around the world to highlight sport as they celebrate this year's International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) on 11 December 2005.
The power of sport as a tool for development and peace is the theme of this year's ICDB, the day when broadcasters throw open their studio doors and the airwaves to young producers and presenters.
And, for the first time this year, the International Academy and UNICEF will offer eight regional awards to the broadcasters which best promote the principles, purpose and main themes of ICDB.
Each regional winner will be invited to the International Emmy Awards Gala in New York on 21 November 2005 and one will receive the prestigious International Academy/UNICEF Award.

FULL INFO

• December 3-10, 2005
8th Olympia International Film Festival for Children & Young People in Athens, Greece

FESTIVAL WEBSITE

November 2005

• November 26 - December 10, 2005
Camera Zizanio '05

The 5th edition of Camera Zizanio (European Meeting of Young People's Audovisual Creation) will take place from November 26 to December 10, 2005 in Pyrgos, along the 8th OLympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People. We would like to invite the young creators from Europe and all over the world to send their audovisual creations.
Deadline for submission of applications: October 20, 2005.
FESTIVAL WEBSITE

• November 24/25, 2005
Kinder & Digitale Medien - Conference in Vienna, Austria

Conference website

• November 20, 2005
Universal Children's Day
MORE INFO

• November 14-19, 2005
Barcelona International TV Festival - Barcelona, Spain

The Festival Internacional de Television de Barcelina invites filmmakers of all ages to submit their children and youth productions and participate in the 9th edition of the Barcelona International Television Festival (FITB), which will be held from 14th to 19th November 2005 in the Mediterranean city of Barcelona.
WEBSITE

• November 14, 2005
Young people and mobile phones - Potentials & dangers: Expert meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany
MORE IN GERMAN

• November 12-16, 2005
Child and Youth Participation Fair - Tsunami Response in Phuket, Thailand

Organised by UNICEF East Asia Pacific Regional Office - A three day event will be held in Phuket to share experiences of child and youth participation in the response to the tsunami and other recent disasters. The importance and benefits of involving children in emergency preparedness and reconstruction efforts will be highlighted through a series of workshops and discussions of current and past initiatives in the region. This event provides an opportunity to bring together key partners and agencies to develop understanding and action to mainstream youth participation in response to emergency situations.
The themes explored in the workshops will have a broad relevance for all those working on child and youth participation initiatives, but especially for those in areas experiencing frequent natural disasters.
For information about, and participation at, this event please contact: Guy Thompstone / Regional Coordinator, Child and Youth Participation in Tsunami Response, UNICEF EAPRO

• November 11, 2005
Child Rights vs. Press Freedom - in Bath, UK

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• November 10, 2005
The Children, Youth & Media Conference: A First in Toronto!
On November 10, Toronto will host the first-ever Children, Youth & Media Conference. Organized by the Alliance for Children and Television (ACT), the Conference is the only one of its kind to bring together Canada's creators, producers and broadcasters of youth programming. Modelled after Média-Jeunes, a highly coveted gathering the ACT has held in Montreal on four occasions, this new event is devoted to exchange, training and professional development. Over 200 attendees, including a number of well-known specialists, will explore programming trends and share their views on the needs and interests of young people through workshops, discussions and speedpitching sessions. They will also have the chance to meet prestigious guests from Canada and abroad.
MORE INFO
EVENT FLYER (in PDF)

• November 8-13, 2005:
OneMinutesJr workshop on the Maldives

• November 2, 2005
'Kids Media - a Cultural Force or a Commercial Cash Cow' 11th Annual Conference of the VLV Forum for Children's Broadcasting - Venue: The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
Confirmed speakers include Alison Sharman, Head of CBBC, Estelle Hughes, Head CITV and Professor Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England

• October 27 - November 2, 2005:
4to Festival Internacional de Cine Nueva Mirada Para La Infancia Y La Juventud - in Buenos Aires, Argentina

WEBSITE

October 2005

• October 22-30, 2005:
Molodist - Kyiv International Film Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv IFF MOLODIST is dedicated to first professional and student films. Non-competition has numerous of informative sections that dedicated to the cinema in Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Russia as well as winners of other festivals.
Festival website
Application form

• October 10-14, 2005:
Asia-Pacific Children & Youth TV Festival in China
Several broadcasting and development organisations have come together to organise a TV festival in Beijing, China, to improve the overall standard and promote the development of children's TV in the Asia Pacific.
Called the Asia-Pacific Children & Youth TV Festival, the five-day event beginning 10 October also aims to enhance face-to-face communication among TV professionals in the region.
It is co-hosted by China Central Television (CCTV) and Prix Jeunesse International, and supported by the ABU, the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), UNICEF China, and the China Children's Development Foundation.
The event will include a forum themed, "New trends in the world children's TV industry", whereby industry professionals will be invited to exchange views on topics such as the latest trends in kids' TV and the application of new technologies in this field.
MORE INFO

• October 7-9, 2005:
San Diego Girl Film Festival (USA)
The 3rd annual San Diego Girl Film Festival will be held October 7-9, 2005 at the Museum of Photographic Arts and the Natural History Museum in Balboa Park, San Diego, USA.
WEBSITE

• October 5, 2005:
Un minuto por mis derechos - Project presentation in Buenos Aires, Argentina

MORE DETAILS

September 2005

• September 12-14, 2005:
1st National Community Media Forum in Tanzania
The Media Council of Tanzania in collaboration with the Young People's Media Network (YOMneT) are organizing the first national community media forum in Morogoro from September 12-14 to discuss the formation of the National Community media Forum.
MORE INFO

• September 4-11, 2005:
Summer School on "Children, Youth and Media Research in the European Union: Current State and New Trends" in Rethymno, Crete
The Centre of European Studies and Research and Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence of the University of Crete (Greece) organize a one-week European Workshop/Summer School at the post-graduate level on Children, Youth and Media Research in Europe.
The main objectives of the Summer School is to exchange knowledge between young researchers and help to establish a network of European scholars currently undertaking research on Children, Youth and Media Research. Further objectives are to overcome academic isolation, test the ground for innovative ideas and establish new collaborative links between students, faculty members, young researchers and all those concerned with Children, Youth and Media Research issues in the European Union.
MORE INFO: www.soc.uoc.gr/summerschool
Contact person: Dr Kourti Evangelia

August 2005

• August 21-23, 2005:
Educational Video Festival for Rural Children and Youth in Bangladesh from 21-23 August, 2005 in Muktagacha, Mymensingh (Bangladesh)
UnnayanNet is going to organize 1st "Educational Video Festival for Rural Youth and Children" in Bangladesh. Regarding this the organizers are looking for educational video documentary on the following issues:
- ICT, Global Information System, Global Village
- Youth leadership/ Participation/ Relationship
- AIDS/ HIV, Mental Health
- Childrights/ Children of the World
- Millennium Development Goals
- Conflict Resolutions, Social Unity
- Global Schooling, Computing
- Arts and Culture
- Environment Consciousness/ Biodiversity
Formats accepted: VHS (PAL), Multimedia CDROM, VCD, DVD and QuickTime Web format. The sSubmission dateline is 12 August, 2005. The contact person for all entries/questions is Shahjahan Siraj, Chief Executive, UnnayanNet.

• August 16-21, 2005:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Istanbul, Turkey

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• August 12, 2005:
International Youth Day
Theme for International Youth Day: "Making Commitments Matter" - On 12 August, young people around the world will celebrate International Youth Day. This year's theme is: "Making Commitments Matter - the tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth". Youth around the world are encouraged to celebrate their role in society and to review what
their countries have achieved in youth development in the past ten years.
The Website of the Programme on Youth will list various events taking place that day. To add your event, send an email to youth@un.org.
MORE INFO

• August 7-15, 2005:
16th World Youth and Student Festival in Caracas, Venezuela

Website: www.festivalmundial2005.org.ve

• August 7-13, 2005:
UNESCO Inter-generational educational conference in Connecticut, USA
The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, USA, invites application from young human rights leaders (ages 18-30) from around the world to participate in an inter-generational educational conference, scheduled for August 7 - 13, 2005. Selected young people will engage through dialogue with experienced and older human rights practitioners to gain management skills and techniques and a greater understanding of human rights issues on a global level. A principal objective is to nurture individuals to be effective leaders in the field of human rights.
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• August 6-9, 2005:
Bushovision - Budapest Short International Film Festival, Hungary

Website: http://gombolyag.uw.hu

July 2005

• July 30 - August 8, 2005:
World Youth Congress 2005 in Scotland

• July 26 - 29, 2005:
Children's World Summit for the Environment in Japan

UNEP is organizing the first Children's World Summit for the Environment in Japan from 26 to 29 July 2005 in conjunction with Expo 2005. The Aichi Prefectural Government, the City of Toyota and the City of Toyohashi will host it.
The Summit is a follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its aim is to discuss how to better involve children in the implementation of the decisions from these summits.
The Children's World Summit for the Environment will bring together 1,000 children, aged between 10 and 14, from over 150 countries, together with their adult chaperones.
The Summit will help to increase children's understanding of environmental issues by letting them share experiences and opinions, give them an opportunity to collectively voice their concerns for the environment and inspire them to initiate and implement community environmental projects.
MORE INFO
Application form for the 2005 Summit

• July 17- 21, 2005:
Regional workshop for children's media initiatives to further child rights in South & Central Asia - in Kathmandu, Nepal
Save the Children members with their partners, as well as other agencies in South & Central Asia have involved themselves in a number of media related activities, which have been led by children. While some children’s media initiatives revolve around traditional media like theatre and puppetry, others have encouraged children to use contemporary media like newspapers, TV and radio.
Please send all your queries to Neha Bhandari, Regional Consultant, with a copy to Y. G. Bhavani, Regional Advisor Child Participation and Positive Discipline.

• July 5-7, 2005:
UN Study on Violence Against Children, Regional consultation meeting in Slovenia (for Europe & Central Asia)

Violence Study website - Europe and Central Asia

• July 3-5, 2005:
The C8 Children's Forum - July 3-5, 2005

What is the C8?The C8 is a children and young people’s version of the G8 meeting. C8 will be held in Scotland in July. Young people from around the globe will be travelling to Scotland to debate and take action on the most pressing issues facing young people today.
Young people from 8 of the world’s poorest countries will meet with young people from G8 countries, to debate, discuss and firmly place their issues on the agenda of the G8 leaders. They will produce their own recommendations to take to the G8 leaders.
PROJECT WEBSITE

• July 1-10, 2005:
8th ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries 2005 in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Furaha Piniel / Press & Publicity Coordinator
ZIFF-Festival of the Dhow Countries
Ngome Kongwe, Mizingani Street
Box 3032 Zanzibar, Tanzania
Tel: +255 (4) 747 411 499
Fax: +255 (4) 747 419 955
Website: www.ziff.or.tz
Email: press@ziff.or.tz

June 2005

• June 30 - July 9, 2005:
Showcomotion 2005 in Sheffield, UK

FESTIVAL WEBSITE

• June 30 - July 3, 2005:
3rd Kids For Kids Festival in Naples, Italyl

• June 30 - July 3, 2005:
Jugendmedienevent 2005 in Essen, Germany & Brussels, Belgium

WEBSITE

• June 29 - July 3, 2005:
Childhoods 2005 - International Conference in Oslo, Norway

Conference website

• June 10 - 16, 2005:
Bosnia Hercegovina Kid's Festival with a PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase presentation/expert workshop on 10 and 11 June in Sarajevo, BiH
Organized by Goethe Institut Sarajevo
Prix Jeunesse website

May 2005

• May 29 - June 4, 2005:
ZLIN 2005 - 46th International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin, Czech Republic
The Zlin film festival has a stable position in the calendar of world festivals. It is an important cultural and social event, attracting filmmakers, actors, producers, and journalists as well as leading Czech and foreign media companies.
ZLIN Festival website

• May 25 - June 1, 2005:
"Baltic PRIX JEUNESSE": Workshop and Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania
Organized by Goethe Institut Vilnius, with participants from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia
Prix Jeunesse website

• May 24 - 26, 2005:
PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase & Workshop in Gaza & Ramallah, Palestine
Organized by Goethe Institut Ramallah
Prix Jeunesse website

• May 16 - 20, 2005:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Amsterdam, Netherlands

This workshops for Moroccan youth living in Amsterdam will take place from May 20 - 23, 2005. Around 12 participants between the ages of 16 and 18 will create one minute videos about their experiences. The best thirteen videos will be part of a 5 minute documentary illustrating their fears, hopes and dreams in the context of their families, homes, cities, neighbourhoods, and histories. These documentaries will be broadcast weekly starting September 2005 on the Nieuwe Omroep in the Netherlands. The show will reach a wide audience and will try to illustrate how Moroccan youngsters in The Netherlands live between two cultures.

• May 19 - 22, 2005:
4th International Festival of Documentary Film CRONOGRAF in Chisinau, Moldova
FESTIVAL WEBSITE
GUIDELINES FOR ENTRIES

• May 16 - 20, 2005:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Chisinau, Moldova

MORE INFO
APPLICATION FORM

• May 13 - 16, 2005:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Rotterdam, Netherlands

This workshops for Moroccan youth living in Rotterdam will take place from May 13- 16, 2005. Around 12 participants between the ages of 16 and 18 will create one minute videos about their experiences. The best thirteen videos will be part of a 5 minute documentary illustrating their fears, hopes and dreams in the context of their families, homes, cities, neighbourhoods, and histories. These documentaries will be broadcast weekly starting September 2005 on the Nieuwe Omroep in the Netherlands. The show will reach a wide audience and will try to illustrate how Moroccan youngsters in The Netherlands live between two cultures.

• May 6- 8, 2005:
Ahead of the Curve - Weekend workshop in Litchfield, CT (USA)

PROJECT WEBSITE

• May 3 - 5, 2005:
YouthMediaConvention 2005 from Kiel (DE) to Oslo (NO)
Website in German and Norwegian

• May 1 - 5, 2005:
Shooting Europe, European Short Film Festival - in Karlsruhe, Germany

FESTIVAL WEBSITE

APRIL 2005

• April 20 - 24, 2005:
8th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin, Texas (USA)
Emergencia is the youth component of the 8th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, and is open to filmmakers under the age of 19. Preference is given to works produced by Latinos, Native Peoples of the Americas, and African-Americans, but this section is open to all young filmmakers.
Emergencia is produced by student participants in Cine Las Americas' education programs at Johnston High School. Feature and short films of all forms will be considered, including narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation.
The festival is scheduled for April 20 through 24, 2005, in Austin, Texas.
MORE INFO IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

• April 15, 2005:
Growing Up in a Mass Media World - A conference promoting media literacy in young people today - Connecticut, USA
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• April 2 - May 1, 2005:
Kristiansand Int. Children's Film Festival

Contact person: Danckert Monrad-Krohn
Kristiansand Kino, PO.Box 356,
N-4663 Kristiansand, Norway
Tel: +47 38104205
Fax: +47 3810 4201
WEBSITE: www.filmweb.no/kristiansandkino/barn

• April 8-12, 2005:
Talent Campus Buenos Aires

Universidad del Cine announces the first edition of Buenos Aires Talent Campus which will be held in cooperation with the Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale Talent Campus and the Buenos Aires Independent International Film Festival (BAFICI) on April 8 to 12, 2005. During four days, workshops and lectures will be held by regional as well as international professionals, academics and intellectuals. They will provide the young filmmakers with both a theoretical and practical approach in order to enhance their cinematographic education.
Directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, and producers from Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela will be able to apply. Once selected, they will be invited to Buenos Aires with travel costs and accommodation covered. After the Buenos Aires Talent Campus has come to an end, all talents will have the chance to attend the Buenos Aires Independent International Film Festival to complete their experience.
For questions concerning the Talent Campus Buenos Aires send a mail to: talentcampus@ucine.edu.ar

• April 6-10, 2005:
1st African Youth Summit on Globalisation - Abuja, Nigeria
The ‘’1st African Youth Summit on Globalisation’’ will be providing the floor for more than 100 youth delegates representing various African Youth organisations and International organisations that will be making contributions to diverse challenges confronting the African continent from a youth perspective in the millennium as it concerns globalisation. All young people in the world share a common value of being in the process for a meaningful adult life, seeking to ensure economic independence, and becoming productive members of their societies. In succeeding along this line, young people need institutional and leadership support, conditions to live in peace, access to good educational, social and health facilities and productive and enjoyable leisure time, these form all the common necessities young people crave for all over the world irrespective of their race, religion, gender, culture, beliefs or colour. They should be enabled to participate as both creators and beneficiaries of development, the youths are recognising more and more that unemployment, illiteracy, discrimination against indigenous young people and young people with disabilities, discrimination based on religious beliefs and all other forms of social exclusion are threats to African development both now and beyond. The African youths can and should be part of the solutions to the problems plaguing the continent. They have been showing strong commitment and getting involved in all phases of global development practices, having shown that they are not obstacles but invaluable resources of development. Youths are building democratic leadership, civil society, and social capital for the twenty-first century, to this end, active involvement in decision making on all levels, participating in human development and capacity building are invaluable access to the evolvement of a growing sustainable society. The Summit will have the support of institutions, academics and experts in the field and will attempt to offer a broad platform to youths to seek innovative solutions to the challenges of globalisation in particular on the African continent. Participating Youths will be expected to provide their vision of the African future in this given opportunity.
For more info, email Gabriel Shokoya.

MARCH 2005

• March 20-27, 2005:
Festival de Cinema e Vídeo Jovem in Espinho, Portugal

For more information, go to the Festival website

• March 17-25, 2005:
Leeds Children & Young People's Film Festival, UK

For more information, go to the Leeds Festival website.

• March 16 &17, 2005:
BrainCamp in New York City, USA

For more information, email BrainCamp@aol.com

• March 15, 2005:
Prix Jeunesse suitcase for the 'Kids & Color" film project in Hilversum, Netherlands

www.prixjeunesse.de

• March 11-14, 2005:
OneMinutesJr workshop season starts in the Netherlands

The first OneMinutesJr workshop in 2005 will be held in Hilversum, Netherlands, from March 11-14 and will be part of the "I love Hillywood" video festival.
The opening of the festival will take place on the 10th of March and will be followed by a three-week video exposition. During the whole exposition, a selection of OneMinutesJr videos from former workshops will be shown.
The participants who can apply to be part of this workshop have to live in Hilversum or at least study there. The aim of the workshop is to have a Dutch workshop with young people who represent the multicultural society of Holland. There will be Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese and Dutch participants as well as other teenagers from other cultural backgrounds. The topic of the workshop is "My world in one minute".

• March 11-12, 2005:
Africa Now: Untold Stories
The Canada Fund for Africa, CIDA, and Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication, are hosting a conference on March 11 and 12, 2005, entitled "Africa Now: Untold Stories". The conference will bring together young Africans and Canadians, media practitioners and development experts working on the continent to provide their perspectives on some of the most difficult challenges facing African youth today: HIV/AIDS, the environment, war-affected youth, and childhood development in refugee camps. The conference will also examine the role of the media in reporting on these issues.
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• March 8-13, 2005:
Malmö International Children and Young People's Film Festival, Sweden
BUFF 2005 - Sweden Official Children and Young People´s Film Festival is arranged between March 8-13. 100 films are screened to an Audience of 14.000 kids during five days screening 1000 adults take part in the seminars and debates regarding education, production and distribution.
BUFF Malmö International Children & Young People´s FilmFestival
P.O. Box 4277 SE-203 14 Malmö, Sweden
Phone: +46 40 23 92 11
Mobile: +46 (0)708 768 951
Fax: +46 40 30 53 22
http://www.buff.se
Visitingadress Stortorget 29

• March 7-8, 2005:
DigiMedia 2005 in Cairo, Egypt

EVENT WEBSITE

FEBRUARY 2005

• February 16-18, 2005:
KidScreenSummit 2005 in New York, USA

• February 8, 2005:
"Safer Internet Day" on Tuesday 8 February
The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe has called on the organisation's 46 member states to support "Safer Internet Day", Tuesday 8 February.
Speaking on the eve of the event - which is a European initiative to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people and children - Maud de Boer-Buquicchio said:
"Raising awareness and promoting education about the safe use of the Internet can help protect the fundamental rights of young people and children, recognised by all 46 member States of the Council of Europe.
"The vulnerability of children using the Internet entitles them to special attention and protection - through education and awareness of users, but also through the criminalisation and prosecution of offences committed via the Internet".
Safer Internet Day is an annual event conducted by the Internet Safety Awareness Network (INSAFE) under the patronage of European Commissioner Viviane Reding. It will be celebrated in 30 countries across Europe and beyond.
MORE ABOUT INSAFE

• February 3/4, 2005:
"A Child's Life: Learning, Literacy and the Role of the Media" in Baltimore, USA
The U.S. Department of Education and PBS are hosting a Ready To Learn summit titled "A Child's Life: Learning, Literacy and the Role of the Media," to be held on Feb. 3-4, 2005 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, MD.
Aiming to examine the impact of media on children's literacy skills, the invitation-only event offers participants an opportunity to learn about and exchange information on current research, insights and future projections as well as lay a foundation to forge new partnerships among the public broadcasting, reading research, technology and entertainment fields.
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JANUARY 2005

• January 25-27, 2005:
Prix Jeunesse suitcase in Ljubljana, Slovenia

www.prixjeunesse.de

• January 25-28, 2005:
Prix Jeunesse suitcase in Jakarte, Indonesia

www.prixjeunesse.de

DECEMBER 2004

• December 28, 2004:
OneMinutesJr documentary on RUV TV and online stream

The documentary on the OneMinutesJr workshop held by UNICEF, the ECF and the Sandberg Institute in Reykjavik (IS) in October 2004 will be streamed live on December 28th, 2004 - from 20.45 Icleandic time (i.e. 20.45 GMT).
At the same time, the 30-min film will be shown for the first time on RUV for the general TV audience in Iceland. The documentary is in English and can be streamed by clicking the button saying "sjónvarpið í beinni" at the link given above.
The workshop in October 2004 was followed by a RUV camera team including film authors Eggert Gunnarsson and Linda Asgeirsdottir as well as cameraman David Gudjonsson. The documentary shows how the 20 young people from Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the Aland Islands and Finland use their creativity in the production of OneMinutesJr films on "Youth democracy and youth participation" at the 5-day workshop in Icleand earlier this year.

• December 12, 2004:
ICDB - International Children's Day of Broadcasting

ICDB homepage at www.unicef.org

• December 12, 2004:
Exhibition "Rights and Duties of the Child" - London, UK
The African Child Association is pleased to invite schools and colleges to participate in this year's Children's Rights Exhibition of Arts, Paintings and Photographs, Letters, Poetry and Essay Writing, a celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 12th Anniversary of the International Children's Day of Broadcasting at the Langham Hotel London in Regent Street, West End on the 19th of December 2004 between 4pm - 7.30pm.
Promoting the works of 5-19 year-old children and young people, schools are welcomed to send their pupils paintings, carvings, graphics, recorded images and photographs illustrating the "Rights and Duties of the Child". Children are also invited to write in Letters and Poetry addressed to the Prime Minister Mr. Tony Blair c/o ACA, explaining what they would like the Blair "Commission for Africa" to do or accomplish for African Children in the UK and most essentially those living in Africa.
PROJECT WEBSITE

• December 7-17, 2004:
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano - Habana

• December 1, 2004:
World AIDS Day 2004

World AIDS Day 2004 website

NOVEMBER 2004

• November 25 - December 9, 2004:
The Laganside CINEMAGIC World Screen Festival for Young People

Email: info@cinemagic.org.uk
Website: www.cinemagic.org.uk

• November 25-27, 2004:
Launch of OneMinuteJr Films at International Roma Film Festival, Skopje (Macedonia)
18 Macedonian teenagers took part in a 4-day film workshop in Skopje from Nov 5-8, 2004 to produce films around the topic of 'Safe Environment'. The films, produced by a mixed group of ethnic-Roma, ethnic-Albanian and ethnic Macedonians from Macedonia will for the first time be presented to an audience of film makers, TV producers, young people and other guests at the Second International Roma Film Festival in Skopje, the 25 - 27 of November.
The films will, together with OneMinuteJr. films produced by Roma Youth from the CEE/CIS at the recent Targu Mures workshop, be used to kick start a discussion about Youth participation in Media. The Roundtable discussion is initiated by UNICEF to help put young people and their rights related to participation in media development and broadcast on the agenda.
One of the films that will be shown is this years winner of the OneMinuteJr Category "Inside Out" - 'Sleeping in an Orphanage' by Tatiana Panait (19) from Romania.

• November 23-26, 2004:
International Youth Media Festival YOUKI in Wels, Austria

We are looking for unusual, provocative, serious, funny, original films by youngsters until 19. Wanted are own ideas, cinematic visions, experiments in style, content and form. We accept all themes and genres. Maximum length 11 minutes.
Website: www.youki.at

• November 13-27, 2004:
International Children's Film Festival 2004 in Austria

Email: kinderfilmfestival@pitanga.at
Website: www.kinderfilmfestival.at

• November 21 - 26, 2003:
SeeYOUth 2004 in Cologne, Germany

Website (in German)

• November 22, 2003:
International Emmy Awards Gala

UNICEF and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will be presenting the International Academy/UNICEF Award at the International Emmy Awards Gala in New York.
International Emmy Awards website

• November 21, 2003:
5th International One Minute Video Festival in Amsterdam

This year seven categories and more than 1000 films will compete against each other from 51 different countries. In total 56 films will be shown that have been nominated by the jury members. The One Minutes Junior category was introduced 2 years ago and is supported by UNICEF, the European Cultural Foundation and the Sandberg Institute.
This year's jury member for the Junior category will be Mr. Ferenc Moldovanyi, a renowned Hungarian film maker. He has worked as an independent film director and producer in projects such as "The Way", a documentary shown at over 30 international film festivals and winner of several awards. His last documentary feature "Children - Kosovo 2000" was also awarded and shown at many prestigious festivals all over the world.

• November 20-27, 2004:
Cinepänz - 15th Kölner Kinderfilmfestival

Website: www.cinepaenz.de

• November 18-28, 2004:
International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam - IDFA

Kids & Docs is aimed at stimulating the production of (inter)national creative young people's documentaries. The programme consists of twenty documentaries. Alongside the screening of young people's documentaries, every morning IDFA presents school screenings, at which some 2,500 school students from Amsterdam are expected to attend. In the context of '20 November, Universal Children's Day', IDFA is organising a special edition Digital Playground, a project that allows young people to make their own one-minute documentaries. Finally, for the first time this year, IDFA has also instigated a young people's jury, which will judge eight films from the programme.
Website: www.idfa.nl

• November 15-20, 2004:
VIII Barcelona International Television Festival (FITB), Spain

More info on the website of the European Observatory on Children's Television

• November 12-18, 2004:
Internationales Kinder- und Jugend Filmfest in Marl, Germany

Website: www.kinderfilmfestival.de

• November 10-25, 2004:
MAGIC PENCIL Children's Book Illustration Today in the Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Magic Pencil is a new British Council Touring exhibition selected by the celebrated children's author and illustrator, Quentin Blake, first incumbent of the post of Children's Laureate. Many of the artists included in the show are household names (Quentin Blake himself, Raymond Briggs, Tony Ross and John Burningham). Others represent new and varied ways of approaching book illustration, such as the use of integrated TV and photographic collages by Lauren Child, the innovative layouts of Sara Fanelli using experimental type, handlettering and collage, and the sly but immaculate work of Posy Simmonds, which marries formidable powers of social observation with cunning text.

• November 9, 2004:
Just One Click in Scotland - One-day conference in Murrayfield Stadium Conference Centre, Edinburgh
The internet and new technologies have brought great opportunities. For young people especially, they have opened up many new patterns of communication and learning. But there is also a downside to these developments. The internet and 3G phones are also proving a tool for sexual abuse and exploitation. Abusers can distribute abusive images of children, show live acts of abuse, and even 'advertise' children on the web. They can cloak themselves in anonymity, grooming children and young people while pretending to be children themselves.
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• November 5-8, 2004:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Skopje, Macedonia

UNICEF, the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and the OneMinutes Foundation will organize a OneMinutesJr workshop for Roma teenagers from Macedonia.
For more info, please contact Chris Schuepp

• November 4-10, 2004:
3rd International Children's Film Festival 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Email: festivalcine@ciudad.com.ar
Website: www.nuevamirada.com.ar/2festival.htm

• November 4, 2004:
Responsible Advertising - One-day conference in Brussels

This conference, from independent Brussels-based newspaper European Voice, will bring together all the major stakeholders either directly or indirectly involved in advertising to children. It will look at existing advertising codes across Europe – both statutory and self-regulatory - and seek to illustrate through a series of speeches and panel debates where they do and they do not deliver, what scenarios are likely in the future and whether 'nutrient profiling' of food and drink products should be used in advertising regulation. Also to be debated is the role that media literacy programmes play in relation to audiovisual policy. The conference asks key stakeholders to set out their vision of the future model for regulation of this sector.
MORE INFO

• November 2-7, 2004:
Festival Internacional de cine para la infancia y la juventud (FICI)

Website: www.fici.info

• November 1-10, 2004:
DocuDays, the Arab world's only festival totally dedicated to documentary films, will run it's 6th edition from Nov 1 - 10, 2004 in Beirut. There is a special section for student/youth documentaries.

Website: www.docudays.com

OCTOBER 2004

• October 26 - November 2, 2004:
The Japan Prize - International Educational Program Contest in
Tokyo, Japan

The contest was established in 1965 by the Japanese broadcasting company NHK, with the aims of contributing to the advancement of the world's educational broadcastning and to the promotion of understanding and co-operation among nations. The Japan Prize awards innovative and excellent programs and encourages the production of high quality programs which support rich and profound education and contribute to the advancement of educational programming worldwide. The acceptance deadline is August 31, 2004.
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• October 27-29, 2004:
Prix Jeunesse Suitcase at the Goethe Institute Tbilisi

Organized by TV and Radio Broadcasting of Georgia - hosted by Goethe Institute / Contact: Tamar Skhvitaridze

• October 21-31, 2004:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival in Chicago, USA
For more information: www.cicff.org
Email: kidsfest@facets.org

• October 22-24, 2004:
Jugendmedientage in Munich, Germany

Website: www.jugendmedientage.de

• October 21 & 22, 2004:
Conference: "Young People, democracy & participation" in Selfoss, Iceland
For more information, email UNICEF Iceland

• October 21 & 22, 2004:
BrainCamp West in Los Angeles, USA
For more information, email BrainCamp@aol.com

• October 17-24, 2004:
Cinekid Festival 2004 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: www.cinekid.nl

• October 16-20, 2004:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Reykjavik, Iceland

UNICEF, the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and the OneMinutes Foundation will organize a OneMinutesJr workshop for young people aged 12-20 from the Nordic countries.
For more info, please contact Chris Schuepp and go to the OneMinutesJr website.

• October 11-16, 2004:
Global Kids International Film Festival in Mulhouse, France

Global Kids International Film Festival is a teaching festival dedicated to providing access to the best in children's and family programming from around the globe. The festival will take place 11-16 October 2004.
During the week of the event, school age children and their teachers visit area theatres to see films created especially for them. The morning sessions are devoted to younger audiences and the afternoon sessions are for older students. Special tributes and programs are screened nightly. Seminars, workshops and special activities take place throughout the week.
WEBSITE

• October 8-14, 2004:
Jana International Film Festival for Children and Youth: Children on the Margin make films in Beirut, Lebanon

The 2004 children film festival will display films by and with children under 18 years of age. Preference will be given to films by children themselves, or with their active. The festival invites works by children & young adults from around the world, whose works are about or for children and youth.
For more information, please contact:
Arab Resource Center For Popular Arts/AL-JANA
P.O. Box: 114/5017
Beirut - Lebanon
E-mail: arcpa@cyberia.net.lb
Website: www.oneworld.org/al-jana
Tel/Fax: +961 1 819970 - Mobile: +961 3 839917

• October 5-15, 2004:
PhotoVoice exhibition at the Economist Plaza, 25 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1HG

This two week exhibition (5th-15th Ocotber, 10am-6pm) will feature photographs, biographies, project backgrounds and some digital stories from the two recent PhotoVoice projects in Cambodia.

• October 5, 2004:
World Teachers' Day

SEPTEMBER 2004

• September 26 - October 1, 2004:
Radio Kidocracy in Ganzekraal (Cape Town), South Africa

Bush Radio has hosted Radio Kidocracy conferences since 2000. From 2001 to 2003, the event focused on drafting a Children's Radio Manifesto in response to rising interest in, and demand for, quality children's radio broadcasting and in support of the initiative by the South African department of communication to widen provision in this field. The work of those conferences led in 2004 to the completion of The Radio Manifesto, an international document that challenges broadcasters to make radio with and for children and youth. The Radio Manifesto was announced to the world at the Rio Summit on Children and Media in April 2004.
RKK 2004 will develop the idea of a participatory youth radio conference with radio production and recording workshops involving all delegates in active radio-making projects.
For more information, or to register as a delegate to the Konvention, visit the Bush Radio website.

• September 15 - 26, 2004:
3rd edition of Ayam Beirut al Cinema'iya Arab film festival, in Ashrafieh, Lebanon

• September 2-6, 2004:
OneMinutesJr workshop in Romania - September 2004

Within the framework of the OneMinutesJr network, UNICEF, the European Cultural Foundation and the Sandberg Institute will organize a workshop for Roma youngsters between 14-16 years of age. The workshop will take place in Targu Mures, Romania, from September 2-7. Roma boys and girls from Slovakia, Serbia & Montenegro, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria are invited to APPLY for the workshop.
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AUGUST 2004

• August 21, 2004:
RECYouth Multi Media Festival in New York, USA

The first-ever RECYouth (Reel Education & Communication for Youth) Multi Media Festival will showcase digital video projects created by NYC youth (19 and under).
The festival will also feature several workshops in digital filmmaking techniques, media literacy and activism, and other creative expression tools. These hands-on workshops are directed at New York City youth (ages 10-19) and will be facilitated by local Youth Media Organizations, teachers and professionals.
Submit your video and register today to RECYouth Multi Media Festival, attn: Mari Irizarry, Chelsea Recreation CEnter, 430 W. 25th St, New York, NY 10010. Deadline: July 26th.
The festival, which is put on by the NYC Parks & Recreation Computer Resource Centers, takes place August 21st, 2004 at Jackie Robinson Park and Recreation Center, Bradhurst Ave and 146th Street.

• August 7-13, 2004:
1 Festival Internacional del Audiovisual para la Ninez y la Adolescencia in Havana, Cuba

The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) throughout its Animations Studies invites all interested to participate in the First International Audiovisual Festival for Childhood and Adolescence, to be held on August 7-13, 2004 in Havana and Guantanamo Cities, Cuba.The Festival`s co-sponsor are the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, Educational Television, the San Antonio International School of Cinema and Television, New Latin American Film Foundation, UNESCO, PAHO/WHO and UNICEF.
1 Festival Internacional del Audiovisual para la Niñez y la Adolescencia se celebrará del 7 al 13 de agosto del 2004 y tendrá como sedes la Ciudad de la Habana y Guantánamo. Es convocado por el Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), a través de su productora de Dibujos Animados y cuenta con el coauspicio del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (ICRT), la Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños, la UNICEF y la UNESCO.
WEBSITE

• August 2-13, 2004:
Workshop in Lesotho to focus on media and children
The tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho will host a two-week training workshop on reporting on children's issues. The full-time course, facilitated by the Mozambique-based NSJ Media Training Trust, will run from August 2 to 13 in Lesotho's capital, Maseru. Application deadline: June 21.
The course is designed specifically for senior English-speaking print journalists working anywhere in the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC). The course seeks to equip participants with the ability to understand, analyze and report on children's rights and wider issues. It also will attempt to teach journalists how to communicate with children and write for younger readers.
Special sessions will explore ways to offer fresh takes on major stories. The issues range from child labor to child prostitution, HIV/AIDS orphans, child refugees, nutrition, safe motherhood, education for girls, water and sanitation, child soldiers, and the current plight of children in SADC.
For more information, contact Donna Mpengula, NSJ training coordinator or go to the NSJ website.

JULY 2004

• July 28 - September 30, 2004:
"Lives in Transition: Expressions of Refugee Youth" on display at the United Nations General Assembly Building July 28 - September 30, 2004<