Provisory Programme
international festival OF THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE PRESS –iffep 2011
«media, election, democraty and governance in africa»
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
23 -26 november 2011
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Abstract of the theme
The freedom of expression constitutes an essential component for peace, democracy and good governance. The main role of Medias is to be one of the supports by which this freedom of expression is concretized in the sense that they provide the necessary public opportunity of this freedom of expression. Moreover, they contribute in sensitizing the public opinion on the political, economic, social and cultural stakes which arise at all levels of the society.
2011 and 2012 are particularly electoral years in Africa. What has been and what will be the role of the medias in broadcasting the elections and monitoring the post-electoral governance? What should be the contribution of the medias in the popularization of the African charter of democracy, elections and governance?
From the " Declaration of Atlanta and the strategies to promote the access to information ", adopted in February 2008 by “the Carter Center”, to the " African Platform on the right of access to information " adopted in Cape town (South Africa) in September 2011, it seems that the step towards the progressive institutionalization of a true freedom of expression, became irreversible. Of course, the access to information is an integral part of the fundamental human rights related to the freedom of expression, which is essential for the recognition and implementation of the civil, political and socio-economic rights inherent to everybody, and a means of promoting democracy and good governance. What role must the medias and the civil society play to promote and concretize this ideal?
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DAY 1 / WEDNESDAY 23 novembEr 2011 |
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8.00 – 9.30 |
INSTALLING PARTICIPANTS AND WELCOMING SPEECH - CNP-NZ
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session i président : reporter : |
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9.30 – 10.15 |
world’s day against impunity
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10.15-10.45 |
Coffee-break
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10 .45 – 11.30 |
- The declaration of Table Mountain and its projections Speaker : OMAR BELOUCHET (Director of EL WATAN) BOUBACAR DIALLO (President of the Press House of Niger)
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Coffee-break |
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10.30 – 12.15 |
- Will the NTIC, in the long term, replace the oral communication and the newspaper ? Speaker : SAMBA KONE, President of the RIAM (Network of the African Authorities for Self-regulation of the Medias) |
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12.15 – 13.00 |
Official opening ceremony and visit of the fair trade market |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.30 – 16.00 |
Related meetings :
Speakers : FAJ-UJAO-TAEF-FAMCP |
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16.30 – 17.30 |
VARNISHING OF THE PHOTOGRAPY AND CARICATURE EXHIBITION Speaker : CNP-NZ |
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17.00 |
Animation and screenings followed by debates at the FESPACO Speaker : SEMFILMS |
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dAY 2 / THURSDAY 24 novembEr 2011 |
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Installing participants and guests |
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9.00 – 9.30 |
WELCOMING SPEECH Speakers : - Organizing Committee - President of the UJAO in the name of all the organisations attending the FILEP |
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9.30 – 10.15 |
opening speech Speaker : - ABDOULIE JANNEH Associate Secretary General of the UNO, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa. - Pansy TLAKULA, special reporter for the freedom of expression and the access to information in Africa (African Commission for human rights and people) Opening speech by His Excellency Mr. Rock Marc Christian KABORE , President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, |
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10.15-10.45 |
COCKTAIL
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session ii media, election and governance president : REPORTER : |
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10.45-11.15 |
preliminary statements :
Presentation of the African charter of democracy, elections and the governance Speaker : Honorable IDRISS NDELE MOUSSA, President of the Pan African Parliament
- Does the African charter allow the emergence or the construction of developing states in Africa? Speaker : ABDOULIE JANNEH, Associate Secretary General of the UNO and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
- The responsibility of medias in electoral crisis Speaker : IBRAHIM SY SAVANE, President of the high authority of the audio-visual communication of Côte D’Ivoire
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panel i élection and démocracy président : reporter : |
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11.15-12.00 |
- How can the African charter contribute to the credibility, the transparency and the equity of electoral processes in Africa? Speaker : Professor Luc Ibriga, from the university of Ouagadougou
- The charter and anti-constitutional changes: theory and reality Speaker : Professor Augustin LOADA, Executive Director of the CGD (centre for democratic governance)
- What role can or must the medias play in order to popularize the values promoted by the charter? Speaker : Professor Serges Théophile Balima, from the university of Ouagadougou.
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12.00-12.45 |
Debates |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
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panel ii media and transparency in Elections président : reporter : |
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14.30-15.15 |
- role of the Medias and the civil society in electoral governance. Speaker : Professor Mahamade SAWADOGO, from the University of Ouagadougou.
- The role of the medias in the transparency of elections in Central Africa Speaker : Professor Marie Soleil Frère
- The role of the medias in the transparency of elections in West Africa Speaker : Mahamane Hamèye CISSE, Director of the newspaper "Le Scorpion" Deputy Coordinator of the Institute for Democracy and Education with the Medias in Mali (IDEM)
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15.15-15.16 |
Debates |
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18.30-20.00 |
Screening followed by debates |
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day 3 /friday 25 november 2011 |
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8.15-9.00 |
meditation on the tomb of Norbert Zongo
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session iii the accèss to information |
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panel i the african platform on access to information president : Ms. Faith Pansy Tlakula reporter : |
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9.00-10.45 |
- The right to the access of information, an appreciation for democratic governance? Speaker : Abdoul Karim Sango, Expert in medias laws.
- Presentation of the Pan African Platform on access to information and its strategies of implementation Speaker : Fatou Jagne Senghor, Article19
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Debates |
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Signature of the APPAI by the Organizations of the Civil Society |
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10.45-11.00 |
Coffee-break |
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panel ii about a specific law on the access to information president : reporter : |
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11.00 – 12.15 |
- Sharing experience on the reality of the access to information with guest countries - Viewing a sample draft law on the access to information for west African states |
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12.15– 13.00 |
Debates |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.30 – 15.45 |
small room Meeting on the Declaration of Table Mountain with those in charge of organisations and medias in West Africa |
big room Adoption of the resolutions, recommendations, and reports of the 2011 FILEP |
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16.00 – 16.30 |
CLOSING CEREMONY |
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20.00 |
official evening ceremony- handing over the Norbert Zongo prize of the journalism of investigation |
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day 4 /SATURDAY 26 november 2011 |
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09.00-13.00 |
Tourism Excursion on the site of the crocodiles of Bazoulé |
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20.00-00.00 |
POPULAR CONCERT |
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