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Cai Mingzhao (2nd L, Front), executive chairman of the BRICS Media Forum and chairman of the Xinhua News Agency, addresses at the 3rd BRICS Media Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, July 18, 2018. (Xinhua / Wang Teng June 19 ( Xinhua ) – The 2018 BRICS Media Forum was completed on Thursday after leaders of major media organizations agreed on a plan of action to promote media cooperation.
Plan of Action says consensus reached after in-depth exchanges on topics including the role and responsibility of the media in strengthening narrative BRICS cooperation between new media in countries BRICS and media cooperation between BRICS and Africa.
Party Media Organizations cipants thought that the world was undergoing major development, transformation and adjustment in the midst of growing uncertainties and destabilizing factors, but building a community of common destiny remains the main goal of development of humanity. the 3rd BRICS Media Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, July 18, 2018. (Xinhua / Wang Teng)
In keeping with the spirit of openness BRICS inclusivity and cooperation, and to contribute to a better future of humanity, the action plan urged media organizations to enhance mutual learning and to take advantage of each other's experiences, promote staff exchanges and develop information exchanges. Among the things to do in the plan, the media BRICS were invited to encourage exchanges between public and private media, to promote pragmatic cooperation within their media communities and to consolidate and extend the circle Friends of BRICS Media
He called for taking full advantage of new media like the Internet and social media, spreading good stories of BRICS cooperation and creating new facts highlights of ] BRICS reportage
Iqbal Surve, co-chair of the BRICS Media Forum and executive chairman of the independent media of South Africa, delivers a speech at the BRICS Media Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, July 19, 2018. (Xinhua / Wang Teng)
In terms of personnel exchanges, the plan of action indicated that the countries BRICS should develop an educational network to develop young journalists and create a media academy BRICS for journalists, which will include workshops to be held wherever meetings BRICS take place.
It will also seek efforts to identify how BRICS media organizations can create an environment in which there can be people-to-people exchange between journalists and media throughout the world. community BRICS emphasizing that the BRICS media participants agreed to implement a cooperative action plan in a spirit of fairness, pragmatism and profit mutual.
Recognize the importance of the day of July 18, commemoration of the centennial of Nelson Mandela and the opening day two days the meeting agreed to adopt the "Declaration of Cape Town 2018 ", which called for striving to learn from each other and create pathways for sharing content, news and respect for the principles of accountability. Journalist José Juan Sanchez, co President of the BRICS Media Forum and President of the Brazilian group CMA, delivers a speech at the BRICS Media Forum in Cape Town, in the south of the country. Africa, July 19, 2018. (Xinhua / Wang Teng)
In the document, BRICS member media organizations stated that they would be united and of one voice to declare that they should be included in the opportunity to report freely and impartially on matters relating to their own countries and members.
A total of 48 media organizations of the five BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as well as African countries including Namibia, Zambia and Ghana, among others , participated in
The forum was co-organized by the South African Independent News Agency and the Chinese News Agency Xinhua
Representatives Attend at the 3rd BRICS Media Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, July 18, 2018. (Xinhua / Wang Teng)
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