Towards a new rights-based horizon based on internet
Training course for Programs Preparers and Radio Program Presenters, and the rights –based usage of internet broadcast

20 \ 12 \ 2009

 

Recruitment of communication technology and Internet applications become a necessity required by the need to sustain the continuing impact of efforts to promote human rights, and addressing the generations is mainly dependent on non-traditional sources for gaining their knowledge, experience and learn their values and culture. Therefore, raising the capabilities of bloggers and editors of internet newspapers and employees of the right to Internet Broadcasting and Internet radio stations is gaining an increased importance in the present time and requires the mobilization of the energies of civil society organizations to work with these groups to achieve their noble mission.

 

The training session, which is held by Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights, in cooperation with the Life Center for Human Rights , which came under the title (Using the internet broadcasting in the promotion of human rights: qualifying the Programs Preparers and Radio Program Presenters).

 

The activities of the training course will be in six days from Saturday, December 19th, 2009 until Thursday, December 24th, 2009, involving 25 men and women of internet activists and Internet broadcasting, the training course is held at Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and human rights.

 

The training course deals with various issues related to internet broadcasting, its importance and the differences between online radio and traditional radio stations. In addition, knowing what should be observed to establish successful online radio. Trainees will receive a special qualifying program about how to prepare Internet Radio Programs in a professional way, also the stages of preparation of the program and how to choose the guests and communicate with them and to overcome the emergency.

 

The training course deals with the skills of radio programs presentation and how to acquire these skills, the characteristics that the presenter should have, the skills of the radio conversations management, and providing information and news for the listener in a clear and understandable way, it also deals with language and voice skills of the presenter.

The program contains a component on human rights and the rights-based entrance of development and how to employ internet radio to spread awareness of these rights, exposing violations, monitoring it and communicating with decision makers and citizens.

 

The sessions are held by a group of trainers, activists and employees of the right to Internet Broadcasting and human rights as Mr. Ayman Okeil, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Maat, Dr. Walid Burham, researcher in international humanitarian law and director of life and Programs Preparer in Egyptian radio, Dr. Hisham Mahfouz, radio expert, Mrs. Jihan Talaat, specialist in news performance, and Mrs. Sherine Safwat radio programs expert.

 

From this training workshop, Maat Foundation and Life Center for Human Rights aim to gaining the group of Internet activists and Internet broadcasting the basic skills which enable them to integrate the rights -based approach in their media work and benefits the human rights situation in society and contribute in opening new windows for those whom rights are violated on the one hand and those who aim at regarding the rights-based situation on the other hand, and they can reach these windows and easily use them.

 

At last, we mention that online radios are new platforms offered by the tremendous advances in information technology and media. NGOs can use them to communicate with citizens and jump over fences that limit the role of these organizations in the community.