Participants

List of Roundtable Participants

Bilateral partners

Belgian Government
Mr. Jean Moulin
Deputy advisor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Development cooperation
(DGDC)

French Government
Mr. Jocelyn Pierre
Cooperation française/Dakar

Swiss Government
Mr. Walter Fust
Director-General
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

IDRC (International Development Research Centre)
Mr. Gilles Forget
Regional Director

Mr. Laurent Elder
Acacia Team Leader

Mr. Alioune Camara
Senior Program Specialist, Acacia

IICD (International Institute for Communication and Development)
Mr. Willem Roodenburg
IICD Mali Programme Manager

NEPAD
Mr. Abdou Aziz Sow
Délégué général pour le NEPAD, Présidence de la République
Sénégal


Foundations

Ford Foundation West Africa
Ms. Julia Oku
Programme Officer for Education, Media, Culture and Arts

OSIWA (Open Society Initiative for West Africa)
Mr. Bayo Oyewole
Consultant

Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Denise Gray-Felder
Vice-President; Communication for Social Change


Private Sector

Serras Technologies
Mr. Edouard Serras
Director-General


Inter-governmental organizations

FAO
Ms. Clare O’Farrell
Communication for Development Officer
Sustainable Development Department

ITU
Ms. Margarida Sagna
Director
ITU Regional Office in Dakar

UNDP
Mr. Pierre Dandjinou
Policy Specialist
Information and Communication for Development

UNESCO
Mr. Abdul Waheed Khan
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information

Mr Armoogum Parsuramen
Director, BREDA

Ms. Stella Hughes
Chief, Media and Society Section

Mr. Gervasio Kaliwo
Programme Specialist

Mr. Hezekiel Dlamini
Regional Advisor

UNFPA
Mr. Soulimane Baro
Senior Communication Advisor

UNICEF
Ms. Margherita Amodeo
UNICEF WCARO Regional Communication Adviser


Non-governmental organizations

AMARC
Ms. Michelle Ntab,
Director AMARC Africa

Mr. Yaya Sangaré
President, AMARC Africa

Mr. Georges Christensen
ICT Manager

APC
Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen
Executive Director

OneWorld
Ms. Branislava Milosevic
Radio Projects Manager

Mr. Mabalane Mfundisi
CATIA Project Manager

Panos Institute West Africa
Ms. Diana Senghor
Director of the Panos Institute West Africa

Mr. Johan De Flanders
Radio Manager

RNTC (Radio Netherlands Training Centre)
Ms. Gabriëlla Meerbach Cissé
Programme Coordinator