Arab Media Forum for Environment and Development

Training workshop for Young Arab Media Professionals

The first regional training workshop for Young Arab media professionals which  took place in Cairo at the Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ). The title of the training was “Media and Social Responsibility of Youth in the Arab Region”

A total of 40 young Arab media professionals attended the first day of the training workshop from TV, radio and press, representing the following countries :

1.       Bahrain

2.       Egypt

3.       Iraq

4.       Jordan

5.       Kuwait

6.       Lebanon

7.       Libya

8.       Morocco

9.       Oman

10.   Palestine

11.   Saudi Arabia

12.   Somalia

13.   Sudan

14.   United Arab Emirates

15.   Yemen

The event covered the following topics :

·         Overview on problems facing the Arab world

·         Unemployment

·         Employment

·         Illiteracy

·         Education

·         Over population

·         Weakness of political participation

·         Problems on human resources development

·         Shortfall of a volunteerism culture in Arab countries

·         What civil society in the Arab world want from the media ?

·         How to develop Social media campaigns

·         Media treatment in presenting developmental issues

-  Snap Shots

- First Day Agenda
- Second Day Agenda 
- Training Workshop Report
- Press Release
- Press Clippings