[WSIS CS-Plenary] announcing: pan european forum on human rights, youth and information literacy

[Meigs]

Message in 3 language/message en 3 langues/mensage en 3 idiomas

Dear colleagues and friends,
I would like to draw your attention on the very important conference
mentioned below, which promises very interesting outcomes. Please let me
know if you are interested or register on-line soon. Please use your
networks to broadcast the news.
Best
Divina


In English:


The Directorate General of Human Rights of the Council of Europe together
with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, is organising a
Pan-European Forum on "Human Rights in the Information Society: Empowering
children and young people". The aim is to ensure that  children and young
people  have the skills and knowledge to deal with on-line content and
communications in full respect of their human rights.

The Forum will take place in Yerevan on 5 and 6 October 2006. Please take a
look at the information below AND/OR at the website for the preliminary
draft programme and other information:
http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/Links/Events/Forum2006YEREVAN_en.a
sp#TopOfPage 

To register for this event you are required to complete the on-line
registration form found on the Forum website of the Information Technologies
Foundation of Armenia at http://www.coeforumis.am/ .

En Français:
La Direction des Droits de l'homme du Conseil de l'Europe, avec le Ministère
des Affaires étrangères de l'Arménie, organise un Forum Pan-européen sur
"Les Droits de l'homme dans la Société de L'information : favoriser
l'appropriation par les enfants et les jeunes". Le but est de s'assurer que
les enfants et les jeunes acquièrent les compétences et la connaissance pour
le traitement des contenus en-ligne, dans le respect des droits de l'homme.

 Le Forum aura lieu à Erevan (Arménie) le 5 et 6 octobre 2006. Vous
trouverez l'information  sur le programme préliminaire ci-dessous ET  sur le
site Web qui proposent d'autres documents et ressources également:
http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/Links/Events/Forum2006YEREVAN_en.a
sp#TopOfPage

Pour vous inscrire à  cet événement vous devez compléter le formulaire
d'enregistrement en ligne  sur le site de la Fondation pour les Technologies
de L'information de l'Arménie à : http://www.coeforumis.am/ .

En Castellano:  

La  Dirección General de los Derechos humanos del Consejo de Europa, junto
con el Ministerio de los asuntos exteriores de Armenia, organiza un Foro
Pan-europeo sobre " Derechos humanos en la Información la Sociedad:
favorecer la appropriacion por los ninos y los jovenes ". El objetivo es
asegurar que los niños y jóvenes tengan las habilidades y el conocimiento
para tratar con los contenidos en línea, en respecto a los derechos humanos.

 El Foro ocurrirá en Ereván el 5 y 6 de octubre de 2006. Por favor miren a
al programa preliminario que os pongo mas abajo  Y al website para el
programa  preliminar y otras informaciónes relevantes al tema:
http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/Links/Events/Forum2006YEREVAN_en.a
sp#TopOfPage


Para registrarse para este acontecimiento se requiere que  completen el
formulario de registro en línea que se encontra  sobre el  website de la
Fundación de Tecnologías de Información de Armenia :
http://www.coeforumis.am/ .


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Introduction 

The Council of Europe is organising, in cooperation with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Armenia and the Information Technologies Foundation of
Armenia aPan-European Forum on ³Human Rights in the Information Society:
Empowering children and young people² which will take place at in Yerevan,
Armenia, on 5 and 6 October 2006 .

Interested representatives of states, industry (e.g. internet service
providers, mobile phone operators, gaming industry, etc), civil society and
the media, as well as other organisations, institutions and experts, are
invited to take part in this Forum.

To register for this event you are required to complete the on-line
registration form found on the Forum website of the Information Technologies
Foundation of Armenia at http://www.coeforumis.am/ .

In the light of the Council of Europe¹s priorities concerning the protection
of children, the Forum will consider the ways and means to best inform and
equip children and young people, and also their educators, with the skills
needed to exercise their human rights as well as to responsibly deal with
on-line content and behaviours carrying a risk of harm. In this context, the
Forum aims to encourage and facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and action
in the field of media education, in particular with regard to common
educational standards, best practices and human rights awareness.

The Forum aims to encourage and facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and
action in the field of media education, in particular with regard to common
educational standards, best practices and human rights awareness.

* * * 

Preliminary draft programme

Thursday 5 October 2006

09:30 

Opening statements 

10:00 

Key note speech :The interplay between human rights, media literacy and
empowerment ­ an area of conflict or an area of hope?

Ms Susanne Krucsay , Head of department Media Pedagogy/Educational
Media/Media Service in the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and
Culture, Austria ; Editor-in-chief of the media journal MEDIENIMPULSE

10:20 

General rapporteur :Information and media literacy: resistance and obstacles
to scaling up 

Ms Divina Frau-Meigs , International Association for Media and
Communications Research (AIERI / IAMCR)

10:40 

Pause 

11:00 

Session one: what knowledge and skills do children, young people and their
educators need in the Information Society?

Moderator: Mr Trond Waage, Senior Fellow, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre,
Florence, Italy 

This session, which will include a moderator and several panellists with
participation from the audience, could include reference to: understanding
the motivations and conduct of children and young people; the emerging
trends in on-line and related off-line content and behaviours; the key
actors who impact on these trends; application of human rights; democratic
citizenship through education; Is there consensus on the definition of
information literacy and what is its relationship with media literacy; what
are the core elements of existing literacy training programmes?

13:00 

Pause 

15:00 

Session two: how do we inform and equip children, young people and their
educators with knowledge and skills in the Information Society, and where
are we headingŠ? 

This session, which will include a moderator and several panellists with
participation from the audience, could include reference to: the shift from
media education to information literacy; taking stock of current methods of
informing and skilling; efforts made by key actors make to empower; how is
human rights integrated into current methods to inform and equip children
and young people; the (variations in the) meaning and definition of
empowerment: autonomy, responsibility, access; what should be the core
elements of future literacy training programmes?

17:00 

Close of day one 

18:00 

Cocktail reception 

Friday 6 October 2006

09:30 

Session three: meaningful and effective information and skills for children,
young people and their educators - a review of best practices

Moderator: Mr. Abdelaziz Abid , Senior Programme Specialist, Information
Society Division - Universal Access and Preservation Section (CI/INF/UAP),
UNESCO 

This session, which will include a moderator and several panellists with
participation from the audience, could include reference to: best practices;
understanding what is meaningful and effective empowerment; how to measure
and evaluate the efficacy of empowerment practices and policies; how do we
make sure that children, young people and their educators are well informed
and skilled?; human rights; policy makers and the private sector using
literacy in risk management, with regard to the notion of  safe management,
trust-building and accountability of stakeholders.

11:00 

Pause 

11:15 

Session four: reflections by the key note speaker, general rapporteur;
moderators 

This session, which will be moderated by the chairperson with participation
from the audience, could include reference to: what is meaningful and
effective empowerment; possible roles and responsibilities of key actors,
both individually and collectively, in empowering children young people and
their educators; recommendations on next steps.

12:15 

Conclusions and final statements

13:00 

Close of the Forum