International Children's Day of Broadcasting 2005
International Children's Day of Broadcasting, ICDB, is celebrated around the
world every year on the second Sunday in December. This year, many children
and young people in our region will again take over the airwaves on December
11th.
Albania: Young reporters from the successful TROC ("Speak Out!") youth
programme will prepare a feature focusing on children whose right to play
has been denied. The young reporters will try to increase the hours of
broadcasting on the national channel TVSH and possibly extend their reach to
private TV stations. 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.
Children from the Rolan Bykov Foundation (a branch of a Moscow-based
organization promoting films made by children and for children) have
produced 6 short films on traditional games/sports played by children in
different regions of Armenia. The films, produced in cooperation with UNICEF
Armenia, will be broadcast on all major TV channels of the country on
December 11th.
In neighbouring Azerbaijan, children will be the anchors and producers for a
25-minute programme on children and sports to be aired on Public TV in
collaboration with Internews and the teenagers from Kids Crossroads, a
cross-border TV project for the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and
Georgia).
In Belarus, ICDB will be celebrated both by TV and radio stations.
Belorussian radio will broadcast a programme produced by and with children
and young people while National Belorussian TV will show a 45-minute youth
talk show, also with the young people participating in the production
process.
On this special children's TV day, three public broadcasters in Bosnia and
Herzegovina will air a reportage produced by young people about young
athletes. There are also plans for state TV BHTV 1 to have children as
anchors for parts of the main news. All broadcasters will be invited to join
ICDB and celebrate child rights. All three public TV stations will also air
UNICEF's ICDB package, which includes a spot produced by UNICEF with
football star David Beckham as well as a number of child rights cartoons.
UNICEF Bulgaria has organized a TV competition where children are asking
questions on issues related to the CRC (Convention on the Rights of the
Child), on UNICEF activities in the Bulgaria and globally as well as on
children's media achievements. The two shows will be broadcast on December
10th and 17th due to the broadcaster's schedule.
In Georgia, the first channel of the national Public TV is setting aside a
lot of time for children on 11 December. Two hours of live programming in
the morning will be led by youth including stories from different parts of
Georgia about children and sport. In addition, 10 OneMinutesJr on children
and sport will be aired as well as a 40-minute film about the participation
of children with disabilities in sporting activities. ICDB will also be
highlighted in the main evening news programme.
In Kosovo, the public broadcaster RTK wil spearhead the ICDB celebrations.
Children will speak about their right to sports and play, highlighting
especially the importance for more opportunities for girls and children with
disabilities. Messages will be placed in a very popular quiz for kids of
primary school age, in a live Sunday programme for adults on sports and a
teenager's programme on the same topic.
In Macedonia, UNICEF (together with MediaWise) will hold a journalism
workshop over the ICDB weekend with the theme "Behind the Headlines -
Investigating Abuses of Children's Rights".
In Moldova, a 90-minute programme on public TV and a two-hour programme on
public radio will be broadcast, both programmes were created and produced
entirely by teams of young journalists.
UNICEF Russia will promote International Children's Day of Broadcating by
means of a 13-minute TV film on healthy lifestyles with a special focus on
children and sports. The film will go on air on national TV on December
11th.
Read more about ICDB in other regions or go to UNICEF's youth media portal
website MAGIC.
SOURCE: http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_3567.html
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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany
Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media
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