[ecrea] CMFE 2011 Conference and General Assembly, Nicosia, Cyprus, 17/19 November 2011

*CMFE 2011*
*1st Conference and General Assembly*
*Nicosia, Cyprus*
*17/19 November 2011*
*hosted by the Cyprus Community Media Centre*


The Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) is pleased to announce that its 
1st Annual Conference will take place in the United Nations Buffer Zone 
in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 17/19 November 2011, and will be hosted by the 
Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC).

The plenary sessions will focus on the following themes:
- The state of Community Media in Europe
- Community media, intercultural dialogue and participation
- Towards an enabling environment for Community Media in Cyprus
- Opportunities and challenges for Community Media in Europe: the way ahead

The parallel sessions will aim to
- Showcase best practices of CMFE members, both in traditional 
presentation formats and practice-based workshops;
- Discuss European Community Media research, policies and practices.

Submissions for presentations and full panels are encouraged, but not 
limited to
- Best practices of Community Media projects (radio, tv, web, print, 
cross- platform)
- Country-specific and comparative Community Media Policy studies
- Community Media and the potential for the promotion of diversity, 
multiculturalism, storytelling and reconciliation
- Community Media in conflict zones, or post-conflict societies
- Community Media, pluralism and diversity
- Community Media, access and participation
- Community Media and digital broadcasting
- Community Media: social, economic and institutional sustainability
- Qualitative and Quantitative approaches to audience research in 
Community Media
- Community Media and Civic Value
- Community Media, Gender and Equality
- Community Media and multilingualism in society & media
- Community Media, Social Media and web 2.0

Abstracts of 300 words max for papers, panels and practice-based 
presentations should be submitted by e-mail to (info /at/ cmfe.eu) no later 
than 20 September 2011. Panel proposals should include a panel abstract 
(300 words) along with abstracts for each of the papers.

Accepted abstracts will be notified by 7 October 2011, with registration 
to start on 10 October 2011.

Further information as locations, directions, suggested accommodation 
and conference programme will be available on the conference website at:
www.cmfe.eu/conference2011

The CMFE General Assembly will also take place at the conference 
premises on 17 November 2011 (morning) and full paid members for 2011 
will be eligible for financial support for their travel and 
accommodation expenses, with further communications to members to follow 
shortly.

This event is co-organised by the Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) 
and the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), hosted by the Cyprus 
Community Media Centre (CCMC), and supported by the European Union under 
the 'Europe for Citizens Programme 2011' and the United Nations 
Development Programme, Action for Cooperation and Trust in Cyprus 
(UNDP-ACT).

Contact address for information requests: (info /at/ cmfe.eu)