Rio+20 Arts and Media Partnership Workshop - Event objectives:

- to raise Public Awareness on Rio+20 and political support for Rio+20 through innovative partnerships with media and creative industries/arts globally.

- to link the global media partnerships network of Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest with Rio+20 preparatory and follow-up processes.

- to provide an opportunity to UN agencies, CSOs, official delegations etc. to present their planned Rio+20 initiatives and plans which have an arts and media focus (concerts, celebrities, etc.) in order to enable creation of synergies.

Strands:

- Media (including radio and TV)
- Celebrities/entertainment industries
- Social media ((youth driven) social networks, social media campaigns, serious games, .. )

Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest gives young people from around the world a voice in Rio+20. More than 200 music videos with youth messages from more than 40 countries from around the world have been submitted by the submission deadline March 18th March. Now we are in the phase of spreading the message to those preparing Rio+20 conference and to the general global public by inviting everybody to watch the music video clips at www.global-rockstar.net and to show appreciation for this wonderful collaborative effort of global youth energizing Rio+20 by voting for the songs with the strongest message and the strongest heart power. The winners will be awarded a trip to Rio+20 and an opportunity to perform there at one of the big events there.
 
Organizers:

- International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges, IAAI
- NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns http://www.csvgc-ny.org/
- Spiritual United Nations
- Alas de Rio http://alasderio.org/
- Earth Charter Youth Network http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/categories/Youth
- Friendship Ambassadors Foundation www.faf.org
- Global Campaign for Climate Action http://gc-ca.org/gcca-home-english/
- Institute of International Social Development (IISD), http://www.iisd-ngo.org
- UN Staff Recreation Council ? SEAT & Feng Shui Club
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Draft Agenda:

9.30 - 10.00 AM Welcome and Introduction to the Topic
(chair: Miroslav Polzer, IAAI and Sharon Hamilton Getz, SUN & CSVCG& IAAI NY)

- Representative of Rio+20 secretariat or executive bureau
- Representative of UN DPI Outreach division
- Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the UN
- Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN

Screening of example(s) of music produced by young people from around the world for Rio+20 GYMC

10.00 ? 10.45 Tour de Table / brief information about planned activities of WS participants with Michael Strauss, Earth Media (Rio+20 media adviser)

10.45 ? 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 ? 12.30 People Power energizing the UN - Leveraging the Power of Youth combined with the Power of Music and (Social) Media and Celebrities
Chair: Jean Paul Brice Affana, Global Coordinator of Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest

Workshop participants (e.g. Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest Coordinators and their media partners) present ? briefly! - their initiatives (plus handouts)
- Fátima Vieira, University of Porto/Portugal
- Sandra Antonovic, Nektarina, Zagreb/Croatia
- Brian Kaufmann, The Sounding board, Boston, Rio+20 GYMC US coordinator
- Jesse Windels, UN CSD Education Caucus
- Nora Mahmoud, Earth Charter International Youth network
- Michael Slaby, The Feather project (via skype)
- Sofia Garcia, Alas de Rio
- Jordi Pollard, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Plural+ Youth Video Contest
- Eliane Sussman, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation
- Paul Horsman, Global Campaign for Climate Action ? Win a Date with History
- MTV (to be confirmed)
- MobilizeUS (to be confirmed)
- Aleksandar Simiæ, UN Goodwill Ambassador for UN Alliance of Civilizations
- Nazir Ahmed Hausawa, Nigeria and/or Modou Lamin Bah ? Egalitarian, Ghana
- James Hanusa, Stakeholder Forum, building local alliances with creative communities for SD and Rio+20 in San Francisco (via skype)

The event will be web broadcasted ? the link will be provided at
http://www.glocha.info/index.php/latest-news/190-invrio20artsmediapartnershipwsny in due time

Contact:

Miroslav Polzer, Secretary General, International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges IAAI
Facilitator of Rio+20 Issues Cluster "Innovation" - Tel.: +43 (0) 664 4203648 (mob/Austria) & +1 646 831 1085 (mob/US)
www.glocha.info; polzer@glocha.info; skype: miropolzer; twitter: @glocha_mp; www.facebook.com/mpolzer

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