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23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting

4-5th June 2008
hosted by DARA in Madrid

The 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting was held in Madrid from the 4th and 5th of June 2008. Day one, chaired by Kate Adie provided a platform for representatives from media and humanitarian agencies to discuss different dimensions of their relationship under the theme News Media and Humanitarian Aid.
The meeting was opened by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Asturias. The welcome address was delivered by Leire Pajín, the Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and José María Figueres, former president of Costa Rica chaired the closing plenary session. The large group of media personnel participating in the meeting included both past and present international news correspondents like Peter Arnett, Bill Dowell, Tim Singleton and David Pratt as well as humanitarian media specialists like James Deane, Martyn Broughton and Ben Parker.

Day 1, 4th June 2008

Meeting Report: A New Agenda for News Media and Humanitarian Aid [263kb] Informe de la 23ª Reunión Bianual de ALNAP: Una nueva agenda para los medios informativos y la ayuda humanitaria [294kb]
News release: Accountability in Humanitarian Reporting and Response; News Media and Aid Agencies Come Together at the 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting in Madrid, 4-5 June 2008 [17kb]
Day 1 - Meeting Booklet [181kb]
Key note presentations:
From Biafra to cyclone Nargis [952kb] Dr Jonathan Benthall Department of Anthropology, University College London	After the wave: reporting disasters since the tsunami [830kb] Glenda Cooper Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute Access Glenda Cooper's blog 'Is it time for Media Responsibility?' on AlertNet here>>

Day 2, 5th June 2008 – Full Members’ Day

Meeting Report: ALNAP Full Members' Day [43kb]
Report on the Humanitarian Performance Project (HPP) [489kb] John Borton, Project leader	Summary of the Emerging Results from the ALNAP Humanitarian Performance Project: Exploratory Phase [589kb]
Regional humanitarian networks [278kb] Ben Ramalingam, ALNAP Secretariat
UNDP update on disaster risk reduction and early recovery [185kb] Janey Lawry-White, UNDP	ECB joint needs assessment; report on pilot database [1,940kb!] Jock Baker, CARE International
Psychosocial support to programme staff in Sudan Catherine Russ, RedR	RedR UK Psychosocial Program: Critical Incident Stress Management Training, Training Outline [21kb]