Her følger foreløpig program og visuminformasjon i forbindelse med Barentspress-årsmøtet i Murmansk 7-10. mai.
Påmeldingsfrist er 15. mars.
Påmelding skjer til Nordisk Informasjonskontor i Alta, nordinfo@barentsnett.no.
Vær spesielt oppmerksom på visuminformasjonen. Og viktig: når dere sender påmelding, legg også ved en scannet kopi av pass i mailen.
Programmet:
7 May, Thursday
Arrival. Checking in hotel Polyarnye Zori (most double rooms) http://www.russlandia.ru/
Russian organizers will meet participants until 23.00
Simple dinner is available in Ledokol club until 4.00
8 May, Friday
Breakfast in Ledokol from 7 till 10.00
9.30 Registration of participants. Venue: restaurant\ conference hall on the 2 floor
09.45 Opening of the conference.
Welcome and short introduction of BPI by Elena Larionova, chairperson.
10.00 “Murmansk prepares for the International Economical Forum” Greetings and presentation by vice governor Valery Talichkin.
10.15 Greetings: Jim Boumelha, president of the International Federation of Journalists
(not confirmed)
10.30-11.00 Reports of the national boards. Election of the editorial commission to edit the Resolution of the BPI conference
11. 00 -12.30 Theme: How to be a Good Journalist in Times of Propaganda and Information Wars.Discussion
Moderator Arne- Egil Tønset, former NRK correspondent in Moscow
Introductions-10 minutes by every speaker :
Morten Ruud , NRK correspondent in Moscow, Norway (to be confirmed)
Experience from Caucasus War
Igor Babenko, head of the press department of the Northern Fleet(to be confirmed)
How journalists write about military issues
Nadezhda Azhgikhina, secretary of the Russian Journalist Union (Moscow)
Russian Journalist Union, Media situation and International Contacts
Juha Tainio, SR sisuradio/ Barents Press Sweden
What would happen if Finland had been remained Russian?
Anne- Lena Lauren, former Moscow correspondent of YLE, Swedish department
Extracts from the book “ Are Russians Crazy?” (not confirmed)
12.30-14.00 Lunch in the Ledokol club
14.00 Theme: Human Rights and Journalistic.Moderator: Anastassia Yakonyuk, TV Murman/Barents Press Russia
14.00-14.10 Dialog on Journalism and Human Rights. What we have learnt.
Presentation by the Norwegian Helsingfors committee. The committee has run 3-years cooperation `s project with BP Russia.
14.10-15.45 Examples from participants and discussion “Do We Really Write for Ordinary Persons (or for bosses)?:
-Opportunities for Orphans in Russia and Finland, Presentation by Svetlana Tsygankova and Pentti Stranius, Barents Scholarship 2008 winners.
-“Children in Prison” Documentary of Johs Kalvemo, NRK sami radio
-Ordinary people in focus. Reportages and presentation of the international TV festival Northern Character 2008.Svetlana Soldatova, chief editor of private channel TV-21
Press Freedom in Russia in context of the Human Rights: from Dissidents till Nowadays
Jukka Mallinen, (to be confirmed) chairman of the PEN club Finland
NJC activity in NorthWest Russia to Support Quality Journalism
Anders Lange, NJC- Update center for further education of journalists (Århus, Denmark)
15.45 -16.30
A&Q, comments
Parallel Section 14.00-16.30 Youth Chat (special arrangement for the young journalists and students) Venue: Rotari meeting room. Language English-Russian
Some 20 students from Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Luleå, Bodø and Oulu take part in.
Theme: Why Old Journalists did not succeed to create a Friendly World
Moderators: Sari Poyhonen, BPI board member, head of the youth branch, Paper Pohjolan Sanomat, Kemi
Dmitry Borovkov, Power FM Hit radio, Murmansk
Items to discuss:
What does journalism look like in the future and do we like it view?
Problems of young journalists and how can we solve them? Short presentation from each country and discussion.
Internet as a main tool for future development of the international journalistic product
Presentation by :
Eva Elke, coordinator of the journalist exchange program, media department of the Lulea university Swedish students in Murmansk, Russian – in Lulea
?Heikki Timonen, Oulu high school
Presentation of enzine: common web site created by Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and Russian journalists in journalistic department in Oulu university.
Participants possibly get an opportunity to produce a paper and radio reportages from the conference.
16.30-17.00 Coffee break
17.00-17.10 Internet is a censorship free area or collection of garbage? Presentation of the project run by BP Russia and brochure. Anatoly Tsygankov, head of the Karelen Journalist Union
A&Q
17.10-17.30 Results of discussion on Youth Chat.
17.30 - 18.00 Resolution approval. Election of the new BPI board. Barents Scholarship Announcement. Chairmanship transition to Norway.
19.30 Dinner in Polyarnye Zori restaurant
Possibly : Concert of folk-rock band Shemrok (Murmansk)
9 May, Saturday
Victory Day celebration
11.00-13.00 Demonstration and military parade in Murmansk center. Column walking to war memory monument Alesha.
Annual arrangement when war veterans, officials, youth, military are walking longs Lenin street towards monument for Murmansk defenders: music, manifests ! For the first time this year the Military parade will be arranged in the center.
Lunch in owns in the city: local journalists and students can help to find places
14.00 Conference continues. Participants gather in Polyarnye Zori hotel
Transportation to the enterprise Atomflot: service base for the nuclear ice-breakers . Restricted area : passports required.
Theme: 50 years of the Russian nuclear icebreaker’s fleet: achievements and challenges. Visit to a nuclear ice-breaker. Press-conference with the leadership of the enterprise.
IMPORTANT!!!
Those who want to attend this event should sent scanned passport copies to the national boards by 19 March 2009
18.00 Farewell dinner hosted by Atomflot enterprise.
10 May, Sunday Departure of participants
Dear colleagues,
This is an information about visa procedure and permission to visit restricted objects in Russia.
Visa
In general now it is easier for foreign journalists to get Russian visas because of the new regulation which simplifies entry standards in Russia for some categories of visitors.
Journalists do not need an invitation as it was required earlier but statement of the editor-in-chief, press card or other document which proofs necessity of journalist visit to Russia.
Bu we strongly recommend in good time to check a full list of required documents in the Russian diplomatic institutions abroad: nearest consulates or embassies.
If needed, we can send an invitation on behalf of Murmansk Journalist Union. I am not sure that it really helps, different diplomatic institutions give us controversial information, but we can try. For the invitation we need:
Name, media, date and place of birth, passport number, validity.
Furthermore, the second day of the conference will be held on board of a nuclear ice-breaker.
BPI arranges visit to the object with the special restrictions: stately enterprise “Atomflot” . Necessary data and passport copy should be sent 55 days in advance, i.e. by 19 March.
Scanned passports copy to be sent to the national boards
Russia: Anastassia Yakonuk, anastassia_i@mail.ru
Norway: Nordisk Informasjons kontor, nordinfo@barentsnett.no
Sweden: Erland Segerstad, erland@fotograferland.nu
Finland, Tomo Sipola, sipola.timo@gmail.com
You do not need an accreditation for the days of the conference, only visa.
We will assist you in all practical thing , do not hesitate to take contact with us
On behalf of BPI board
Elena Larionova, chairperson
