Iran was voted as the new President of the AIBD General Conference in the election held during the 42nd Annual Gathering/15th AIBD General Conference and Associated Meetings in Tehran, Iran on 26 August 2016.
Sri Lanka was elected as the Vice President of the General Conference, replacing Bangladesh.
Iran was voted as the new President of the AIBD General Conference in the election held during the 42nd Annual Gathering/15th AIBD General Conference and Associated Meetings in Tehran, Iran on 26 August 2016.
Sri Lanka was elected as the Vice President of the General Conference, replacing Bangladesh.
Dr Abbas Naseri Taheri, Advisor to IRIB President and Director General for International Affairs, IRIB, represented Iran. In his remarks following Iran’s election, Dr. Naseri thanked members for the vote of confidence and pledged to help the Institute implement programmes to meet their training needs. He said IRIB is willing to share their facilities and expertise in human resource capacity building to support AIBD’s mission.
Iran replaced Indonesia whose term ended this year following its election for the past two consecutive two- year terms. Dra Rosarita Niken Widiastuti, Director General of Information and Public Communication, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) represented Indonesia and served as GC President since August 2012.
Both Indonesia and Bangladesh were elected as the President and Vice President of the General Conference respectively from August 2012 and both were re-elected to those respective positions from August 2014. They served two consecutive 2-year terms and were not eligible to be re-elected.
4 New Members Voted to the Executive Board
Cambodia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam were elected as the new members of the AIBD Executive Board. They complete the entire EXBO that includes China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand.
Full members who attended the 42nd Annual Gathering/15th AIBD General Conference and its Associated Meetings voted for the four new members to the Executive Board.
The Board meets once every year to examine the Institute’s annual performance and administration.
Iran is New President of AIBD General Conference
Iran was voted as the new President of the AIBD General Conference in the election held during the 42nd Annual Gathering/15th AIBD General Conference and Associated Meetings in Tehran, Iran on 26 August 2016.
Sri Lanka was elected as the Vice President of the General Conference, replacing Bangladesh.
Dealing with Expansion of Modern Technologies
Broadcasters in Asia-Pacific need to adapt to changes driven by accelerating technologies and pervasive influence of modern media and social networks. They must, however, be wary of the authenticity of some information and news that broadband media generates.
Dr Ali Askari, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), delivered this message during the inauguration ceremony of the 42nd Annual Gathering/15th AIBD General Conference held in Tehran, Iran on 25 August 2016.
AIBD Implements 33 Training Workshops in 2015-16
AIBD undertook 33 training workshops covering mostly areas dealing with TV and radio production, children’s programmes, disaster risk reduction and new media from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Close to 700 broadcasters from Asia-Pacific benefitted from these in-country, sub-regional and regional activities.
EXBO Identifies Funding Sources and Training Programmes
AIBD’s Executive Board (EXBO) proposed some approaches to beef up AIBD’s finances and identified training programmes to meet member countries’ needs.
In the 15th AIBD General Conference EXBO Meeting held in Tehran Iran on 25 August 2016, Mrs Dra Rosaria Niken Widiastuti, Director General of Information and Public Communication, Ministry of Communication, Information Technology, Indonesia, recommended to expand cooperation with international institutions for funding assistance.
Film4Climate Global Video Competition Opens
Connect4Climate, the World Bank Group’s global partnership program, launched the Film4Climate Global Video Competition to promote sustainability in the creative industries through active engagement with young people in finding solutions to climate change.
Quality Management Audit Training
AIBD organised a two-day training on Quality Management Audit from 27 to 28 June 2016. The training was focused for the new staff who has not attended any Audit training. In addition to the new staff all staff members were provided with the opportunity to participate in the training, this was an effort of AIBD to develop its own human resources.
In-Country workshop on HDTV Lighting
The In-Country workshop on HDTV Lighting was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam from 9 to 14 May 2016. The workshop was designed for the programme and technical staff of Radio and Television Brunei (RTB).
World TV Awards 2016 – Winners & Runners-Up Announcement
The winners and runners-up of the World TV Awards 2016 were announced on the 25 May during the Asia Media Summit which took place in Incheon, Korea.
