NILE, a European network for adult education, will hold a conference on the role of the media in intercultural dialogue, Sopot, Poland, 17-18 May 2007. The Media Diversity Institute, a NILE member, will run a workshop titled ‘How to communicate with/through the media'. A MDI representative will also take a part in televised public debate “EUROPE IS HERE - intercultural dialogue”, scheduled for the first day of the conference. For more details contact Dr. Beate Schmidt-Behlau at Schmidt-Behlau@dvv-international.de

The Arab Palestinian Media Centre in Israel is scheduled to hold a media festival in the Palestinian city of Nazareth on May 25 -26, titled “Old city, new perspectives.” Topics under discussion will include: improving the skills of Palestinian journalists in Israel, the creation of effective blogs, and women's rights and the media. A special workshop 'Monitoring the Media for NGOs' to assist civil society with the tools to analyse the media in a human rights context will be run by the London based Media Diversity Institute. For more info contact Naser Victor ( empowerment@ilamcenter.org .

The 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific will draw together members of the scientific, political, non-profit, and media communities to network, participate in workshops, and develop sustainable partnerships for promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and treatment. Limited number of scholarships for attendees from the region available. The application deadline for scholarships has been extended to April 20. 

The event is being hosted by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, and is being sponsored by UNAIDS, the AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific, and other organizations. For more information, contact media@icaap8.lk or visit http://www.icaap8.lk.

Editors, media executives, and journalists from around the world are invited to attend a four-day discussion. Program topics include the press’ relationship to culture and faith in a globalizing world, media ownership, human rights, and the role of Turkey and China in international affairs.  Organizer: the International Press Institute. The conference’s keynote speaker: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey. For more information, contact mkudlak@freemedia.at or visit http://www.ipiturkey.com.

Entitled, ‘Arab Women Journalists in between Laws and Ethics’, this will be the sixth Arab Women’s Media Conference, for female Arab journalists, organized by the Amman based Arab Women Media Centre. Among the issues to be discussed during the conference are ‘Media and journalism laws in the Arab states’, ‘Journalists rights during war and crises’, and ‘Gender issues in Arab media institutes.’ For further information visit: http://www.ayamm.org

The Course, designed for the Palestinian women's magazine Saut an-Nissa (Women’s Voice), Ramallah, is a joint effort by  Fojo - Institute for Further Education of Journalists, Kalmar, Sweden;  Birzeit University's Media Institute, Ramallah, PA; and Media Diversity Institute (MDI), London, UK. The participants of the course – editorial and management teams, as well as reporters, will explore the possibilities to expand their readership. Leading academics, media workers and representatives from gender-specialized NGOs in the PA will be taking place in this week-long event.  Milica Pesic, of the MDI will be a lead trainer.

With the support of SIDA Sweden

From 19 to 25 March, organizations from more than 10 EU countries, will join the European Week of Media and Diversity. The Week was launched four years ago by Online/More Colour in the Media (OLMCM), the European network for media and diversity based in the Netherlands. The goal was then, and still
is, to promote public dialogue about representation of diverse groups in the European media. Media Diversity Institute will take part again this year.
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