African Union of Broadcasting (AUB)

Contact Details

Main address: SG: Lawrence Atiase, Avenue Carde - Immeuble CSS 1er Etage, BP 3237, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221 33) 821 16 25 - 821 59 70, Fax: (221 33) 822 51 13

URL: http://www.aub-uar.org/eng/

Aims

Support in every field the interests of African broadcasting and television organizations which adhere to the Statutes; ensure exchange of information on all matters of general interest to such organizations; promote and coordinate consideration of questions relating to broadcasting and television; promote measures designed to assist the development of African radio and television; ensure provision of programmes to enrich the quality of life of viewers and project the true image of Africa.

Official Relations

International Labour Organization (ILO)^* (Special List); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)^* (Permanent Observer Status).

Activities

Establishes permanent services; sets up commissions and study groups to examine specific problems; collects documentation and publishes information relating to subjects concerned with radio and television; assists members during negotiations or, at their request, negotiates on their behalf; organizes seminars, workshops, conferences; ensures coverage of special and sporting events; promotes programme series. Past and current projects include: satellite broadcasting initiatives; rural telecommunications; Transport and Communications Decade in Africa (1978-1988). Runs Technical and Monitoring Centres in Bamako (Mali). Set up, 1978, Ouagadougou, permanent training centre - Centre de formation URTNA (CF-URTNA)^*; 1977, Nairobi (Kenya), URTNA Programme Exchange Centre, Nairobi (URTNA-PEC)^*; launched, Jan 1991, TV News Exchange (AFRO-VISION) activities.

Publications

URTNA Review (4 a year) in English, French. Records; reports.

Members

Active: radio and television organizations in 48 African countries ('*' indicates additional active member):

• Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon (*), Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya (*), Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Associate: public radio and television organizations in 6 countries outside Africa:

• France, Germany, Holy See, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland.

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOConsulatative Status

Admission Date1963

Reclassification date1998

Programme sector: EDNo

Programme sector: SCNo

Programme sector: SHSNo

Programme sector: CLTNo

Programme sector: CIIYes

Programme sector: BSPNo

Programme sector: AFRNo

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOM. Boafo K.
FO/Kingston

History1962 Creation 1968 Category B 1998 Operational Relations (154 EX/ONG.2) (154 EX/Dec. 7.3) 2003 Renewal of operational relations (166 EX/38) (166 EX/Dec.9.2)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes URTNA, whose geographical extension is balanced by reason of its regional character, is a professional organization, reliable in its activities. A longstanding partner of UNESCO, its official relations with the Organization date back to 1968 in the former Category B. Its co-operation is rather of an operational kind. In recent years, working exchanges have taken place mostly through the URTNA/PEC (Programme Exchange Centre); they include the organization of 2 training workshops for English- and French-speaking librarians, and production of a video on the preservation of the African audio-visual heritage.

Keywords Engineers,Radio,Television

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