News Media and Humanitarian Aid

4-5 June 2008
hosted by DARA in Madrid

The 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting was held in Madrid on 4 and 5 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 of 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 past and present international news correspondents including Peter Arnett, Bill Dowell, Tim Singleton and David Pratt, as well as humanitarian media specialists including James Deane, Martyn Broughton and Ben Parker.

Day One

Meeting Booklet

Meeting Report:
A New Agenda for News Media and Humanitarian Aid

Spanish:
Informe de la 23ª Reunión Bianual de ALNAP: Una nueva agenda para los medios informativos y la ayuda humanitaria

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

Keynote presentations

From Biafra to cyclone Nargis
Dr Jonathan Benthall
Department of Anthropology, University College London

After the wave: reporting disasters since the tsunami
Glenda Cooper
Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute

Access Glenda Cooper's blog 'Is it time for Media Responsibility?' on AlertNet here>>

Day Two - Full Members' Day

Meeting Report:
ALNAP Full Members' Day

Presentations

Humanitarian Performance Project:

• Report on the Humanitarian Performance Project (HPP)
• Summary of the Emerging Results from the ALNAP Humanitarian Performance Project: Exploratory Phase
  John Borton, Project leader

Regional humanitarian networks
Ben Ramalingam, ALNAP Secretariat

Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network (ADRRN)
Jemilah Mahmood, ADRRN

UNDP update on disaster risk reduction and early recovery
Janey Lawry-White, UNDP

ECB joint needs assessment; report on pilot database
Jock Baker, CARE International

RedR UK Psychosocial Program: Critical Incident Stress Management Training, Training Outline
Catherine Russ, RedR

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