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Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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From: cido <cido@africa-union.org>
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Subject: Notice of Upcoming Diaspora Event
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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From: cido <cido@africa-union.org>
Sent: Tue, Jul 15, 2014 7:52 am
Subject: Notice of Upcoming Diaspora Event
Notice of Upcoming Diaspora Event
Town Hall Meetings to engage the Diaspora Media on Implementation of the AU Communication Strategy and Agenda 2063 , Washington and New York, 4 and 8 August 2014
As part of the preparations for the upcoming African-US Leaders' Summit, the AUC will be organizing two Town Hall Meetings as side-events to engage the Diaspora Media on the Implementation of the AU Communication Strategy and Agenda 2063 in Washington and New York on 4 and 8 August 2014 respectively.
The purpose of the Town Hall meetings is to mobilize the media as a vehicle for building a comprehensive stakeholder community within the African Union that involves and engages all sections and stata of the African community in AU activities, policies and programs.
The advantages of this process are two-fold. First, it would raise awareness of the activities, policies and program of the African Union. Second, it will establish a working partnership between the AU, Diaspora journalists and the International media within and outside Africa on AU program and activities.
Specifically, the Town Hall meetings aims to ensure ownership and involvement of the African Diaspora media in the implementation phase of AU Communication, Advocacy and Marketing Strategy 2014-2017, notably in Outcome I: A more vibrant, positively visible and people-centred African Union, supported by more effective communication structures." The Town Hall meetings will also discuss the communication component of Agenda 2063 so as to invite the Diaspora media to contribute to this important agenda through their respective channels and update them on the ongoing consultation that the AU has embarked upon to ensure that African citizens as a whole can assume ownership of the agenda and become integral part of the process through the popularization of the vision by journalists in particular and the media in general.
Consequently, the main target group for the Town Hall meetings are journalists and the media. The Town Hall meetings are being organized by the Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union Commission (AUC) with the Support of the Directorate of the Strategic Planning, Monitoring & Resource Mobilization (SPPMERM), the Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) and AU Offices in the Washington and New York.
For more information please contact:
Ms. Habiba Mejri-Cheikh
Director
Information and Communication Directorate
African Union Commission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel off.: (251) 11 551 18 67 | Ext. 2558
Fax: (251) 11 551 18 78 |
Mrs. Esther Tankou Azaa
Head of Information Division
Information and Communication Directorate
African Union Commission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel off.: (251) 11 551 18 67 | Ext. 2567
Tel Mob.: (251) 11 551 18 78 |
Copies of the Concept paper, for the Town Hall meetings, the AU Communication Agenda and Agenda 2063 are enclosed
Diaspora Division
Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO)
African Union Commission
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