Day 1 : Wednesday, June 14 2006

MORNING

09h00-10h00 Registration

10h00-10h45 Opening Ceremony

10h45-11h00 Coffee break

11h00-11h15 Election of the Bureau

11h15-11h30 Adoption of the Agenda and work programme

11h30-12h00 Presentation by the African Union Commission, of the conclusions of the Meeting of Experts (Cairo, November 2005), and of the Follow-Up Committee (Cairo, February 2006) on the proposed establishment of a Pan-African Radio and Television Channel.

12h00-13h00 Discussions on key issues

· Why a Pan-African Channel? For whom?

· What editorial policy and what content for the programmes of the Channel: What programmes? For which public? ?

13h00-15h00 Lunch Break

AFTERNOON

15h00-16h45 Discussions on key issues continue

Financial resource mobilization: Who will finance the project and how?

16H45-17h00 Coffee Break

17h00-18h00 Discussions of key issues continue

•  The legal and institutional framework of the Channel: What management for the Channel and by whom?

•Technical and technological resources: What technical resources and what technological solutions? Which satellites?

Day 2 : Thursday, June 15 2006

MORNING

09h00 -13h00 Preparation and translation of the final report and recommendations

13h00-15h00 Lunch Break

AFTERNOON

15H00 -16h30 Discussions and adoption of the final report and recommendations

16h30-17h00 Closing

17h00 -18h00 PRESS CONFERENCE