About 200 participants from 27 countries in East, Southeast and South Asia are expected to attend this summit, which will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs, Government of Bangladesh.  The main theme of the summit is Investing in Children in the New Century.  

The objectives are –  

• To increase understanding of the need for sustained investment in realising  child rights. 
• To review the progress made in Asia in meeting the Goals set out at the World Summit for Children. 
• To examine how media report on children’s issues and cater to children’s needs. 
• To identify activities that will enhance media’s leadership role, including child participation in the media.  5. To share examples of best practices among the media, towards standards setting for quality reporting on children’s and women’s issues.

Advocacy internet newsletter 

NCAS is committed to bridge the gap between micro-level activism/people’s movement and macro-level policy and discource.  As a part of this initiative, NCAS feel it is important to be proactive enough to bridge the gap between internet and grassroot social action groups and activists.  Advocacy Internet is a modest attempt towards this direction. 

Contact 
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Paud Road, Pune 411 038. (Mah.)  
Tel/Fax : 91-020-346460. Tel.: 235694,  
e-mail : ncas@vsnl.com, ncas@wmi.co.in 
Website : http://www.ncasindia.org 
  
Do it yourself video 

DIYVID is run by i-contact. Video Network 
“The DIYVID list aims to be a very focussed e-mail list.  The moderation policy is very simple.  Firstly  all messages must be, at least in part, related to Video or TV. Secondly, the TV/Video must bo of a radical, alternative, community or political nature or the article must be a critique of main stream TV.  There is also scope for including posts about less radical TV/Video events if they are relevant to the lists audience (i.e. members may wish to submit videos to them). 

Ideas for what the list can be used for include:- 
Requests for footage, Requests for people to video an event, Requests for help in putting together video pieces, Info about where to/not to use video, publicizing events, Info about how to best use video and how to get it seen (screening) 

Health communications resource directory 

This Directory will motivate the health activists  to use media materials in their activities so that health messages are communicated to the target group more effectively. 

For details :  
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