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Togo: Nationwide media talks open
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese Prime minister, Kwesi Séléagodji Ahoomey-Zunu, on Monday launched a three-day nationwide talks on the Togolese media in Kpalimé, 120 km northwest of the capital Lomé.
The talks, being held to resolve the problems facing the media in Togo, are on the theme, "The challenge of professionalism."
The Prime minister, who praised the role played by the media in the mobilization of the people and the fight for civil liberties and democracy, urged media to support the democratic process and the country's development.
The chairman of the high audiovisual and communication regulation authority (HAAC), Biossey Kokou Tozoun, called on heads of the media to set up true and viable media companies and respect the rules of the profession.
About 250 participants from the media, HAAC, ministry of Communication, as well as civil society organizations are taking part in the meeting.
Recommendations and resolutions from proceedings will be used as basis for reforms of the public and private media, which are facing problems of management, quality human resources, professional training, advertising, distribution of newspapers and finances.
Since the liberalization of the media landscape in 1990, there have been about 500 newspapers in Togo, including about 40 which come out more or less daily. There are also about 80 radio stations and a dozen TV channels.
-0- PANA FAA/TBM/MSA/MA 30June2014
The talks, being held to resolve the problems facing the media in Togo, are on the theme, "The challenge of professionalism."
The Prime minister, who praised the role played by the media in the mobilization of the people and the fight for civil liberties and democracy, urged media to support the democratic process and the country's development.
The chairman of the high audiovisual and communication regulation authority (HAAC), Biossey Kokou Tozoun, called on heads of the media to set up true and viable media companies and respect the rules of the profession.
About 250 participants from the media, HAAC, ministry of Communication, as well as civil society organizations are taking part in the meeting.
Recommendations and resolutions from proceedings will be used as basis for reforms of the public and private media, which are facing problems of management, quality human resources, professional training, advertising, distribution of newspapers and finances.
Since the liberalization of the media landscape in 1990, there have been about 500 newspapers in Togo, including about 40 which come out more or less daily. There are also about 80 radio stations and a dozen TV channels.
-0- PANA FAA/TBM/MSA/MA 30June2014
