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Haiti - Media : Deep reforms in the communications... 28/05/2012 08:40:08
The Minister of Communication insisted, during his presentation, on the fact that he will fight the false propaganda and focus on the promotion of governmental information from the concrete results achieved in the framework of the reconstruction and national development. He also made a commitment to improving the lives and work of Journalists and Communication sector in general. Measures that the Minister plans to implement : A - Bridging the communication gap of the Government; B - Bridging the gap of social communication; C - Encourage the free expression of the people, by fighting against defamation and responding tit for tat, to the misleading campaigns; D - Helping the press, whether community or private and state media, to modernize in order to contribute to sustainable development; E - Ensure that the state media, Television, Radio National (and State newspaper to re-open) to serve the community, and cover the whole country; F - Support civic education programs through the media (public and private), to train youth and help them love their country more, for an active participation in development and reconstruction; G - Helping to resolve ethical issues in regard to the dissemination of messages, in accordance with the Constitution, national laws and international conventions; H - Helping to resolve the programming problems of national audiovisual channels, through the production of news programs and entertainment for educational and informative, for a communication adapted to our realities; I - Help to solve the problems of protocol in favor of media and journalists during the official ceremonies of public and private institutions; J - Helping to solve the problems of continuing education through seminars and by supporting training schools including the Faculty of Social Sciences (State University of Haiti) and private universities of Journalism (University of Journalism and Social Communication, Haitian Center for Training of Journalists, the Institute of Communication and Public Relations, the Institute of Journalism etc.). K - Provide technical assistance to the Press Associations of the capital and provinces (Association of Haitian Journalists, Association of Directors of Media, SOS Journalists, Association of Independent Media, Haitian Press Federation, Association of Community Journalists etc.). L - Dissemination of massive press releases daily for every Ministry, by overseeing the work of groups of press placed in eachministerial entity, including a newspaper reporter, a cameraman, a photographer, an audiovisual editor and a responsible of social media (Twiter, Facebook, Youtube etc..), for objective information that does not prioritize propaganda, but which takes into account the government's efforts; M - Obtain of private media free airtime according to the Telecommunications Act, for messages of social communication of the Government; N - Support the programming of media through the broadcasting of multiple documentaries on the government's achievements and ongoing activities, with financial support according to acceptable standards; O - Produce television documentaries and radio programs on the actions of each Ministry to broadcast as widely as possible, in public, private, and community media; P - Promoting a website of centralized information at the service of the Government, supervised by the Ministry of Communication; Q - Conduct Press Kits, producing balance sheets of each Ministry, and publish reference books on all sectors of national life for works of reference and a multi-sectoral communication; R - Helping to prepare press conferences of governmental entities; S - Helping to manage the government's image in the Diaspora and internationally (New York Times, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, Le Monde etc.). T - Maintain close relationships with the Directors of media, Editors, newsrooms, and news agencies accredited to Haiti, the international press correspondents and freelancers; U - Schedule regular meetings with the press attaché of political organizations, social and religious authorities; V - Stay in touch with the Press Officers and Cultural Advisors of Embassies, Consulates, Missions and International Organizations established in Haiti to know their concerns in relation to governmental activities; W - Establish an office of 'Porte-Parolat' of Government, with a group of specialists in direct communication (for the National Palace, for the Prime Minister, and Ministries). The Minister will intervene personally at the end of each Council of Ministers to summarize the main lines; X - Establish links with institutions of morality, such as the Institute of Welfare and Research to support a communication policy in favor of children, youth and against the deviations of all kinds; Z - Working the social communication campaigns with the Media groups marketings and advertising for appropriate counseling messages (immunization, cholera, STDs, family planning, health promotion, promotion of rights and duties of citizens, fight against all kinds of perversions, etc...) For the Minister of Communication, the continuing spread of public communication is an important prerequisite for of good democratic governance. According to him, the information and communication are of sectors of development planning of any country. "The communication policy of the Ministry, intends to be a tool for technical support in order to effectively strengthen the reconstruction efforts through the dissemination of objective information on what is done every day, sector by sector." HL/ HaitiLibre
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