This letter is to inform you that the three-day symposium on "Promoting
Community Radios in the Horn of Africa" that was planned for December 11
- 13, 2001 is changed to January 8 - 10, 2002.

The change is made as the Ramadan falls on December 16, 2001 and it
would have been difficult for Muslim participants to travel and actively
take part in the Sympoisum.

The Symsposium aims at introducing and discussing the concepts and
practices of community radios and their relevance to the Horn of Africa.
The intent is to build on what is happening in areas of social
development in the Horn and to reflect on the relevance of community
radios in advancing social development initiatives. This will be
accompanied by relevant experiences elsewhere in Africa that could
provide learning opportunities to the Horn. The symposium is expected
to generate interest for community radio initiatives among civil society
organizations and support from public governing structures in the Horn.

Participants of the Symposium on "Promoting Community Radios in the Horn
of Africa" will include:

* Community based organizations and local NGOs engaged in community
mobilization and social development initiatives.

* Community and non-governmental organizations (both local and
international) already engaged or interested in participatory and social
development media;

* Local and national government representatives;

* People representing the national and regional radios;

* Community-oriented radio projects and stations;

* Donors; and,

* People from private sector.

The symposium is organized by the Horn of Africa Capacity Building
Program (HOACBP). HOACBP is a development fund financed by the
Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) and managed by Oxfam Canada and Oxfam Quebec. The mandate
of the Program is to promote the principles of equity and participatory
development throughout the Horn. It supports governmental and
non-governmental organizations and initiatives that provide
opportunities for learning process in participation.

To this end HOACBP provides funding to civil society organizations and
public governing structures that are engaged in areas of
information/communication, non-formal education, justice and gender. If
you have any comments and/or suggestions on the Symposium, please
contact Ephrem Tadesse at: [email protected] [2]

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