The Guest of Honor: Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Price Laureate.
Alternative Channel Forum, in collaboration with Iwith.org, will take place in Barcelona, April 30, 2008. The Forum is dedicated to social networking & responsible media and the Guest of Honor is Rigoberta Menchú Tum who was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples.
Alternative Channel Forum in a few words:
More than 250 participants are expected on site
40 lecturers, professionals from the communication and humanitarian sector, responsible companies.
Workshops on videos and Web 2.0 tools
High level partners and sponsors involved in sustainable development
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World Water Day 2008 will be celebrated by the UN on Thursday, 20 March, in Geneva. It will highlight issues on sanitation in accordance with the International Year of Sanitation 2008. People around the world are encouraged to celebrate the day to draw attention to the world’s sanitation challenge.
