COMESA ANNOUNCES MEDIA AWARDS
The
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has announced
the launch of its annual media awards for 2014. The COMESA Media Awards
2014 are open for published and broadcasted works in the fields of
Print, Radio, Television, and online media that focus on programmes and
activities relating to regional economic integration in Eastern and
Southern Africa.
The objective of the Awards is to promote reporting of COMESA regional integration
activities and recognize journalists whose works contribute to the
integration agenda. The awards are open to journalists from the 19
COMESA Member States. Eligible entries are for works published/broadcast
between January and December 2014
Selection
of the best works will be decided upon by an adjudication panel
identified by COMESA Secretariat from Member States. Winners shall be
announced and prizes awarded during the COMESA Heads of State and
Government Summit in Addis Ababa expected to take place in the first
half of 2015. The first prize in each category carries a monetary award,
a trophy and a certificate.
Winners for COMESA Media Awards 2013 were Julius Barigaba of the EastAfrican Newspaper and Xavier Ahabyona of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation. The duo was presented with certificates of merit by President Joseph Kabila Kabange of D R Congo during the COMESA Heads of State Summit in Kinshasa in February this year. They also received cash awards of $2000 each.
Each
year since 2009, COMESA invites media practitioners from the region to
submit published articles and audio/visual productions relevant to the
regional integration agenda for consideration for awards.
Details for entry are published in the COMESA website www.comesa.int
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