More than 200 participants from 20 countries are registered for the conference.

Some of the main topics of discussion 

• Addressing migration and displacement with community radios

• Struggle against rising radicalism & extremisms and community radios

• Gender violence, violence against minorities, discrimination and community radio

• Climate change, disaster risk reduction and community radios

• Role of community radio associations and federations

• Speaking against the widening social and economic inequality

• Freedom of speech, communications rights and community radios

• Media convergence and community broadcasting

• Sustainable Development Goals and community radios

Report on the status of public broadcasting in the United States reveals a decline in sustainability for small public TV and radio.

RadioExpert & Roma Youth Radio Project recently organized a video skills workshop for Roma youth at the Roma Culture Museum in Brno, Czech Republic.

Community and commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom have much in common. Amongst these similarities is the need to survive and prosper by selling advertising. Despite this fact UK community media operators should resist being covetous of the commercial advertising paradigm and remember the main difference in their mission - one is here to serve, the other to profit. This difference may in fact be their greatest advantage.

The school year is coming and it also means that Roma Youth Radio project continues in Brno. We are ready to make further steps to development of real radio at IQ Roma Servis. 

The conference organizers are excited to announce first keynote speaker of Brno ´13 Media Diversity for Democracy prof. Vinod Pavarala, UNESCO Chair on Community Media and social scientist from India.

A lot of new Low Power FM radio stations is going to start emerging from October in larger U.S. cities. The Federal Communications Commission will after a decade of studies and lobbying finally begin giving licenses to Low Power FM in urban areas. Applicants have to send their applications to the FCC between October 15 and October 29. LPFM was originally approved by Congress in 2001 only to rural areas because of concerns that these stations would interfere with full-power broadcasters in urban areas.

Illustrative photo, source: http://www.prometheusradio.org/

“Re-wiring democracy - connecting institutions and citizens in the digital age” - this is the theme of a second World Forum for Democracy which will be organised by The Council of Europe and held in Strasbourg from 27-29 November 2013.

Political leaders, experts, journalists, youth and civil society representatives from all over the world are invited to discuss and learn about practical new measures to boost citizen participation in democratic life.

University of Education Freiburg, Institute of Media in Education holds another of its series of european training courses focusing on media competence and new technology - META Europe: MEDIA TRAINING ACROSS EUROPE: Speaking out! - Media competence and cultural empowerment.

It is good to meet and over few types of curry talk about the vision and the way how to realize it. Members and collaborators of RadioExpert.org met in laos-thai restaurant in Brno, Czech republic to talk about the strategy and priorities for the year 2013.