From training to broadcast: the University of COPEAM on the screen


One week to carry out, on the field, a 52’ TV documentary composed of 10 reportages focused on “Tourism and sustainable development, factors of connection between peoples” to be shot in the Algerian region of Bejaia: this is the goal reached during the last edition of COPEAM University (5-12 April 2008). The inter-cultural work teams have been guided by the trainers through the conception, the shooting and the editing of radio and TV products ready to be broadcast. The French and Arabic TV reportages, focused on the history, the languages, the environment, the economy, the legends and the heroes…

4th edition of COPEAM University


The 4th edition of COPEAM University took place in Bejaia (Algeria), from the 5th to the 12th April 2008, under the aegis of EPTV, in collaboration with CFI and with the participation of France Bleu Frequenza Mora and Radio Doualiya. This year, the President of the Algerian Republic has granted his High Patronage to the action that was also supported by the Algerian Ministry of Communication. The 90 participants, coming from 16 different countries, were part in the work of the 14 trans-national and intercultural radio and TV teams, whose assignment was that of producing reportages on the topic: «…

WOMEN AND NEW MEDIA To create a blog of blogs


Financed by the Euro-Mediterranean Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures (ALF) and by Canal France International, this training project has been led by CFI in partnership with COPEAM, the Bibliotheca

Alexandrina and the Lebanese newspaper L’Orient le Jour.

An innovative and trans-national action that opens up to the civil society, since it allows the access of young women working in the Media sector to the new technologies through the creation of a “blog of women”: a virtual place of intercultural dialogue, of research and of exchanges devoted to women, managed by women and referred…

TRAINING SEMINAR on TV FORMATS WRITING AND PRODUCTION – 2007


Following the success of the past two editions, ASBU and COPEAM have organised, in the ASBU  Training Center of Damascus, the 2007 training seminar on TV Formats Writing & Production that, for the third time, gathered directors, writers and producers coming from the TVs of Mediterranean and Middle East countries members of both COPEAM and ASBU.

The 2007 edition – “The DNA of the TV programmes. how to analyse them, how to realise them. From the idea to the accomplished format” – intended to apply a product-oriented approach, focused on the viewing and…

«BOUNDLESS» Cultural Diversity Media Award and Training in Intercultural Journalism


The 30th September 2007 the call for canditates to participate in «Boundless – Cultural Diversity Media Award» – an international initiative carried out in partnership by COPEAM,WDR,EBU,FranceTélévisions,
UNESCO, NPS/Netherlands – was closed.

56 applications have been received from 25 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region and beyond. 15 young professionals have been awarded to have better represented in their works the idea of Cultural Diversity.

Among the covered subjects, the minorities’ habits, the friendship between different cultures, the interreligious dialogue, the refugees’ life.

The awarding ceremony was…

3RD EDITION OF COPEAM UNIVERSITY


Following the great success of the editions of Ghardaïa (2005) and Sétif (2006), the « 2007 COPEAM University » took place in Oran (Algeria) from 10th to 17th March.

The University is an original “format” created by COPEAM under the aegis of ENTV, and represents a unique experience of training in Mediterranean and in Europe : young professionals from the two shores of the Mediterranean and from Arabic countries get together during one week to produce a TV magazine and a radio magazine, while discovering the synergies between different audiovisual languages, and comparing methods and different sensibilities.
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TRAINING COURSE ON STUDIO & LOCATION LIGHTING 2007


The Studio & location Lighting Workshop organized by COPEAM and ERTU (Egyptian Radio and TV Union), in collaboration with RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana, has been held in Cairo from 26th to 28th February 2007.
The Workshop, that involved the professionals in the lighting field – techniques or engineers – gathered together 32 professionals coming from the Broadcaster members of COPEAM (Egypt, Morocco, Tunis, Jordan).

TOOLKIT FOR EUROVISION NEWS CONTACTS


The training Toolkit is addressed to professionals dealing with the News Exchange through the Eurovision network and coordination services.

It is composed by:
• A booklet, containing a balanced mix of lectures, interviews, templates, questions, and exercises, assembled around 4 Modules:

Module 1 – Your Job
This introductory Module explains how news contacts work. A special section explains the skills needed for managing coverage of a major breaking news story. The Module is backed up with specific job descriptions, and a useful and entertaining DVD.

Module 2 – Pictures…

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ARCHIVES 2006


The yearly workshop organised by COPEAM and LJB, in collaboration with RAI, took place in Tripoli from 27 until 29 November 2006. The workshop dealt with the management of the archives and has been attended by about 50 participants from LJB (Libya), ERTU (Egypt), ENTV (Algeria) and JRTV (Jordan).The training has been delivered by two experts from RAI:Mr. Guido Del Pino and Mr. Sergio Gigliati, high-qualified professionals with a long experience in the management of the archive projects at a regional and national level.