IFJ 30 April 2021
IFJ at World Press Freedom Day in Namibia
Information as a public good is the subject of World Press Freedom Day, held in Windhoek, Namibia, 30 years after the Windhoek Declaration (3 May 1991). It remains a seminal event for the development of a free, independent and pluralistic press. World Press Freedom Day has its origins in the UNESCO conference in Windhoek. Below you will find the programme with the participation of the IFJ and its regions.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Regional Forums
The global conference is connecting with the regional World Press Freedom Day celebrations, building upon the historic series of regional seminars triggered by the 1991 Seminar in Windhoek, which inspired regional declarations to promote a free, independent, and pluralistic press, in meetings held in Alma-Ata (1992), Santiago (1994), Sana’a (1996), and Sofia (1997).
IFJ 03 March 2021
African journalists underline the importance of a strong journalists’ union role in managing the response to the COVID-19 crisis to protect quality journalism and improve working conditions
The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in collaboration with the Norwegian Union of Journalists (NJ) held a Webinar on “The COVID 19 Crisis: The Role of Journalists’ Trade Unions in Protecting Journalists and Journalism” on Monday, 1 March 2021. Screenshot of the webinar
The Webinar brought together leaders and representatives of journalists’ unions and associations across the continent as well as representatives from the African Union Commission (AUC), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC- Africa).
It was noted in an ILO press release on 1
st February that according to a global survey of more than 1,350 providers of Technical Vocational Educational Training (TVET), many countries and training providers were insufficiently prepared to respond to the constraints that resulted from the crisis, although some rapidly shifted to distance learning.
It was also noted that a majority of survey respondents had reported disruptions to training, in particular to work-based learning due to enterprise closures, as well as the cancellation of assessment and certification exams.
However, on a more positive note, it was also mentioned that since the start of the crisis, innovations in teaching and learning had begun to emerge, according to the report,
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Govt trying to revive trade through stimulus packages: Tipu The New Nation
Business Desk :
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday said that the government is trying to revive the country s trade and commerce, which was affected due to COVID-19 pandemic, through various stimulus packages announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
In the medium-term, he suggested that Bangladesh should look for new markets through product diversification.
The commerce minister said this while addressing a virtual dialogue on Recovery of the Apparels Sectors from the COVID-19 Crisis: Is a Value Chain based Solution Possible? . The dialogue was organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in partnership with Southern Voice, said a CPD press release.
said that the government is trying to revive the country’s trade and
commerce, which was affected due to COVID-19 pandemic, through various
stimulus packages announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
In the medium-term, he suggested that Bangladesh should look for
new markets through product diversification.
The commerce minister said this while addressing a virtual dialogue
on “Recovery of the Apparels Sectors from the COVID-19 Crisis: Is a
Value Chain based Solution Possible?”.
The dialogue was organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
in partnership with Southern Voice, said a CPD press release.
The commerce minister also called for a collective effort from the