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Communications and Public Information
Roles
The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific works to broaden the
constituency for UNEP in the region through promoting cooperation with
government, non-governmental organisations, the private sector and civil
society, and raising public awareness of environmental issues. Media
relations are given high priority.
The Regional Information Officer and Information Assistant work closely
with the Communications and Public Information Branch in Nairobi on
a programme of initiatives designed to support environmental action.
Regional Programmes
Media Relations
ROAP issues press releases and can provide briefing materials
to the media on topical issues. It also has a programme of capacity
building to strengthen environmental reporting in the region.
Media Workshop: International Media Workshop on Business and Environment, 21-24 April 2008, Singapore
Media Workshop: "Sustainable Development -- A Viable Goal?", 27-28 October 2008, Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Information Provision
ROAP fosters information exchange through its web site, the
maintenance and provision of a collection of information resources,
and a public query response service.
UNEP DTIE OzonAction has launched : Media Corner called "Ozone2Climate Times" to provide useful information and build capacity of journalists for the ozone layer protection and its linkages with climate change, and
also announced in this media corner a competition for young journalists whose article(s) on ozone related issues has been published.
For more information on the contest please see the link: http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/ozone2climate/journalists_competition.pdf
Youth Programme
Special Envoys
UNEP occasionally Special Envoys to help raise awareness of environmental
problems and offer practical solutions to them.
Global Programmes
ROAP works closely with UNEP's Division of Communications and Public
Information on projects such as:
- World Environment Day which is celebrated every June 5
- Our Planet magazine
- Publications -available through UNEP's on-line bookshop
- The Global 500 and Sasakawa Prizes
- BBC Earth Report produced by the International Television Trust
for the Environment (TVE)
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