Leadership Course: Media and Reporting on Environment and Climate Change - Foundation Office Jordan
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November 24, 2008
Arrival of Participants
19:00
Welcome Reception For Faculty and Participants at UNU/ ILI
Introduction of the Trainers
November 25, 2008
REPORT FORM OF THE DAY : News Feature/ News Article
08:30 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 10:00
Opening Ceremony
- Jairam REDDY
Director, United Nations University – International Leadership Institute
- Michael DÄUMER
Resident Representative, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung e.V.,Amman Office, Jordan
HE Eng. Faris Al Junaidi
Secretary General, Ministry for Environment,
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
10:30 – 12:00
Short View through the Program - Icebreaking Round - Introductory Round
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
Session I: Overview of Climate Change
12:00 – 12:30
Climate Change – A Global Perspective
Wael HMAIDAN, IndyAct, Lebanon
12:30 – 13:00
Climate Change in the MENA Region
Dr Odeh JAYOUSI, Director IUCN, Jordan
13:00 – 13:30
Discussion
14:30 – 15:00
Environmental Impacts of Climate Change – A Case Study of Iraq
Dr Marwan AL JABBERI, University of Baghdad, Irak
15:00 – 15:30
Water Resources and Climate Change
Dr Jawad BAKRI, University of Jordan, Jordan
15:30 – 16:00
Energy Security and Climate Change
Kirsten NEUMANN, UNU/ILI, Germany
16:00 – 16:30
Discussion
17:00 – 19:00
Training:
- Going beyond: Writing a News Feature about Issues of the Day; Journalistic Skills for Further Investigations; some Hints for Journalistic Investigations in the Field and Narrative Writing; Briefing for the next days field visit
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/ Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
Private time for working on contribution to the course
November 26, 2008
REPORT FORM OF THE DAY: Reportage and Portrait
Session II
07:00 – 13:00
Field Visit
Group One: GTZ – Management of Water Resources Programme
- Jochen REGNER, Program Manager, GTZ, Jordan
- Prof Holger WORMER, Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
Group Two: GTZ – Farmers in the Jordan Valley
- Jairam REDDY, Director, United Nations University – International Leadership Institute, Jordan
Group Three: Higher Media Council
- Safaa KANJ, Senior Editor/ Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
Registration / Distribution of News Articles from the Day before
14:30 – 16:00
Editorial Meeting: Discussion of the News Articles / Features from the Day before
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Ibrahim KHADER, Jordan
17:00 – 17:30
Climate Change and Transmissible Diseases
Mazen MALKAWI
WHO, Jordan
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion
18:00 – 18:30
From Rio to Johannesburg to Kyoto – Prospects for International Consensus on Climate Change Measures
Wael Hmaidan, IndyAct, Lebanon
18:30 – 19:00
Discussion
Evening
Private time for working on contribution to the course
November 27, 2008
REPORT FORM OF THE DAY: Interview
08:30 – 09:00
Registration: Distribution of News Articles from the Day before
09:00 – 10:30
Editorial Meeting: Discussion of the News Articles / Features from the Day before
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
Session III: Overview of Leadership and Media
11:00 – 11:30
Leadership in the Age of Globalisation
Jairam REDDY, Director, United Nations University – International Leadership Institute
Jordan
11:30 – 12:00
Leadership in Media – The Challenge of Informing
Annette YOUNG, Journalist, Nine Network Australia
12:00 – 12:30
Discussion
13:30 – 14:00
Media and Reporting on the Environment and Climate Change – Print Media / Radio / Television
Daoud KUTTAB, Freelance Journalist, Jordan
14:30 – 15:00
Media and Reporting on the Environment and Climate Change Internet / Blogs
Naseem TARAWNAH, Jordan
15:00 – 15:30
Discussion
16:00 – 18:00
Training: Special Interview Situations with Scientists and Other Experts
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
Evening
Private time for working on contribution to the course
November 28, 2008
08:30 – 09:00
Registration; Distribution of News Articles from the Day before
09:00 – 10:30
Editorial Meeting: Discussion of the News Articles/ Features from the Day before
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
11:00 – 12:30
Training: Going Beyond (Presentations and Practical Training) I The Scientific System or: How to Identify a Good Expert?
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
13:30 – 16:00
Training: Going Beyond (Presentations and Practical Training) II
Seeking the Web: How to Find and Evaluate Useful Information
Investigation Worldwide? Discussion of Cultural Differences and Particularities?
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
16:30 – 17:30
Closing Ceremony: Introduction of Journalistic Contributes and Evaluation
- Prof Holger WORMER
Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, Germany
- Safaa KANJ
Senior Editor/Reporter, AFP, Cyprus
Closing Remarks
- Jairam REDDY
Director, United Nations University – International Leadership Institute Jordan
- Michael DÄUMER
Resident Representative
Jordan
Followed by …Farewell Dinner
Departure of Participants