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---Apologies for cross-posting--- Dear All, the 1st CMFE Conference and General Assembly will take place in Nicosia from today and until 19 November, marking the first major event organized directly by CMFE with the the support of the 'Europe for Citizens' programme, co-organised and hosted by the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), with the organizational support of the World Association of Community Radio broadcasters (AMARC) and International Media Support (IMS) for the /Community Media and the Arab Spring panel. /The event is now glad to welcome new supporters for the initiative: apart from European Union under the 'Europe for Citizens Programme 2011', European Commission Representation in Cyprus and the United Nations Development Programme, Action for Cooperation and Trust in Cyprus (UNDP-ACT), we have the pleasure to add the Goethe Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus, the World Association of Community Radio broadcasters (AMARC) and International Media Support (IMS) who will respectively provide another venue for the conference in the Buffer zone and financial support for the /Community Media and the Arab Spring panel./ It has been a year of tremendous growth for CMFE, that now counts a total of *90* members from *23 *European countries: *39* Individual Members and *51* Organizational Members, of which *25* are (National) Federations. Among its affiliate members it counts also individuals and organisations from Africa, Asia and North America. The Nicosia conference will be one of the key community media events of this year in Europe, expected to bring together over *100 *conference participants from all over Europe and include members from North America and a special plenary on Community Media and Arab Spring, organized by World Association of Community Radio broadcasters (AMARC) in collaboration with CMFE, and support of IMS and the Europe for Citizens Programme (EACEA) that will bring together key activists from the Middle East and North Africa. Five plenary session will include *24* contributions, where parallel sessions and workshops are expected to deliver a further *43* contributions. Representatives from the media regulatory authorities from Albania, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and United Kingdom will be participating to the conference, as well as key representatives from civil society in Cyprus, UNDP, UNAMA, AMARC Europe and AMARC International. In this occasion CMFE will be convening its 2011 ordinary General Assembly on *17 November 2011 *at *10.00am* at the Home for Cooperation Conference Room, Home for Cooperation, located at the Ledra Palace Grounds in the UN Buffer Zone of Nicosia, Cyprus. *Updated documents* **> Abstracts book */*(pdf, 920 kb)*/ <http://www.cmfe.eu/images/events/2011/cmfe-conference/abstracts-16_nov_2011.pdf>* ** **> Conference Programme /(pdf, 320 kb)/* <http://www.cmfe.eu/images/events/2011/cmfe-conference/programme-16_nov_2011.pdf>* * Live from the conference *For those not able to attend the conference, we are glad to inform that the plenary sessions will be streamed live. > Live streaming of plenary sessions <http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cmfe> > Conference blog <http://cypruscommunitymediacentre.wordpress.com/> > Live conference updates <http://cmfe2011.posterous.com/> It will be also possible to comment on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cmfe.eu> and Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/cmfe_eu>, where live updates will be posted. Looking forward to hear from you, especially if you were not able to come this year. Best Regards, Salvatore Scifo on behalf of the 2011 CMFE Conference Committee -- =========================================================================== Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) E:[log in to unmask] W:http://www.cmfe.eu =========================================================================== CMFE is a network of policy experts, organizations and federations, which aim to support the role of Community Media in Europe. 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