Press services

The following information is taken from the EDD11 Media Guide. Should you have any further questions not answered by reading the Media Guide, please contact Raffaele Ferrando (rfe@mostra.com).

Live web-streaming

Live streaming of all sessions taking place in the 3 main meeting rooms was available online in the ‘Live streaming’ section. The web streaming was available in French, English and in the original language of the speakers.

At the end of Day 1 and Day 2, web-streaming ‘replays’ (re-edited highlights) were posted at the same web address.

For more information about the live web-streaming, please contact Raffaele Ferrando (rfe@mostra.com).

Quote service

Professional journalists (English and French native speaking) covered the High Level Panel sessions and edited a selection of VIP quotes. Quotes were available online 90 minutes after each session in the ‘Quotes’ section on the website.

Quotes were also regularly sent by e-mail to a selection of international press agencies and to the main national press agencies.

For more information about the quote service, please contact Raffaele Ferrando (rfe@mostra.com).

Resumes

Each High Level Panel was summarised in a short online post to convey the key messages and new ideas.

Photos

Six professional photographers covered the main EDD events as well as bilateral meetings and interviews/debates on the TV and radio sets. Edited photos were uploaded to the website 90 minutes after the end of each event – in high resolution (jpeg format) in the ‘Photo coverage’ section. A selection of these photos were regularly sent by e-mail to a number of international photo press agencies.

For more information about the photo service, please contact Raffaele Ferrando (rfe@mostra.com).

Daily audiovisual summaries and Europe by Satellite broadcast

Daily audiovisual summaries

Each day a professional journalist provided a 5 minute report on the main highlights of the event in French and in English. These daily summaries were voiced, begun and ended with an animated logo, and contained music.

These reports were ready for broadcast 'as is' via television, Internet or other media. They were available for download the day after the event on the eudevdays.eu website in the ‘Video coverage’ section.

EU's Europe by Satellite(EbS)

During the event, professional journalists provided two EbS summaries per day. The summaries were released according to the following schedule:

Day 1

Opening Ceremony
Democracy 3.0: Re-casting media development in response to a changing environment
Press Conference - Andris Piebalgs and Krzysztof Stanowski
Agenda for Change, Season 1: Human Rights and Development: Mixing the Families?
Special Address - H.E. Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi, Interim Prime Minister of Tunisia
Keynote Closing Address - José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

Day 2

Agenda for Change – Season 2: Democracy in Practice: Confronting Tough Issues
Special Address - H.E. Mustafa Mohamed Abdul Jalil, Chairman of the National Transition Council of Lybia
Modernising European Development Policy
Press Conference of the European Parliament
Closing ceremony

For any information about the audiovisual material, please contact Raffaele Ferrando (rfe@mostra.com).

Social Media

We covered EDD live on our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Throughout the event we posted details on the agenda, direct quotes from the discussions, links to the latest photos, videos, and other highlights available, etc.

As this year's EDD took place in a streamlined format, we also featured some of the traditional stakeholder discussion and engagement on social media before and during the event along with regular news on speakers, panels and other practical information.

You can follow EDD on Twitter @EUDevDays and with the hashtag #EDD11 and on Facebook. For any questions or requests on the EDD social media, you can contact samuel.lowe@mostra.com.

After the event

After the event,

A 10-minute ‘audiovisual summary’ of the event was available online and in broadcast format upon request
The ‘proceedings’ of the debates was also available after the EDD, both online and in print upon request

All requests should be sent to annie.martinez-alonso@ec.europa.eu with Raffaele Ferrando (rfe@mostra.com) in copy.

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Mwencha Erastus says:

'This unique challenge is inherent in the triangular cooperation setting. That is why making sure countries can identify via means other than political overtones is the best route to take.'

Simas Magalhães Carlos Alberto says:

'Having a shared language lets you work in the language of the country, which is crucial when working with very underprivileged people who need to be understood. Sharing a language creates a powerful level of...

Makokha Eric says:

‘Putting people themselves in the decision based process. People choose to live in slums because they have to be close to their work so they can walk as they don’t have money to pay for transport.’

Makokha Eric says:

'[We] need to involve the local people when deciding on housing so that locals who have a living in the area are not marginalised.’

Delmoitiez Jacques says:

'Political governance is important. There are two diseases in Africa, malaria and corruption. We have a solution for one but not for the other.'

Karman Tawakkul says:

‘You have to be strong; you have to trust yourself that you can bring down the dictatorship regime and build a new country. You have to be part of building your country. We know that anything that you dream can happen....

Stanowski Krzysztof says:

'The most recent events from Belarus to Africa and the Middle East and even Burma, mark a process of change. All this proves that we do require a change of policy regarding development.'

Piebalgs Andris says:

'Today the Arab Spring continues to remind us that others still yearn for freedom and a better future. And as we look to the future, governance, democracy and human rights will form a central part of our vision for...

Piebalgs Andris says:

'Development policy can lead to better governance; and better governance can be a crucial factor in poverty reduction. So development and democracy should go hand in hand.'

Piebalgs Andris says:

'We will focus more on budget support as a contractual partnership and a vector for change in promoting, inter alia, human rights and good governance and the fight against corruption and fraud. Human rights will...

Piebalgs Andris says:

'Millions of Europeans, including me, grew up not knowing how it felt to live in an open society, with freedoms and opportunities… So our readiness to help partner countries along the path towards better...

Otunbaeva Roza Isakovna says:

'The second revolution in 2010 was, some people say, the precursor to the Arab Spring. We paid a very high price. But one year after, we have a government. And we are not against dissidents and we are not closing...

Grynspan Rebeca says:

'This commitment requires leaders to be forward thinking – to think about the next generation and not only the next election. The long and short term start together – and we cannot postpone the long-term until...

Ebadi Prof. Shirin says:

'I urge the EU, please do not have trade relations or conduct shameful trade deals with non-democratic countries, as this does nothing but help these evil regimes to further suppress their people.'

Muna Akere says:

'Although it is not too late to prevent the waters from rising, we will ultimately fail if we do nothing to stop the tide of corruption. Accountable aid is effective aid.'

Walesa Lech says:

'Democracy shall not be sustainable without responsibility.'

Walesa Lech says:

'I have 3 major questions – what should be the economic system, both serving the EU and the globalized world tomorrow? Certainly not the capitalist system we have in place today. A free market economy is...

Saakashvili Mikheil says: