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Media
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Media
Accreditation // Accomodation &
Flight // Transport // On-site
Facilities //
Media Logistics Assisstance // Press
Briefings // Field Trips // Opening
Ceremony //
Conclusion // Communications
Material // WPC Media Kit
Media
Logistics for World Parks Congress
This
notification serves to outline the logistics put into place for
media for the duration of the World Parks Congress, which takes
place at the Durban International Convention Centre between 8-17
2003.
Media Accreditation
On-site accreditation
will take place from 5 September at Hall 6 in the Durban Exhibition
Centre. A media registration desk will be available to assist with
accreditation and handle any queries. Media accredited via IUCN
prior to the event will receive the PRESS badge at the desk.
Media accreditation will
take place up to and including the 17 September 2003. Media delegates
do not pay the Congress registration fee.
Only accredited media
will be granted access to the Durban International Convention Centre
(DICC) and the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC).
Please ensure that you
have a valid press card, some form of personal identification and
the IUCN confirmation of accreditation letter, in order for your
accreditation to be processed speedily.
Please note that only
media with valid and recognized press cards will be permitted to
accredit.
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Accommodation & Flights
The WPC Organising Committee
has allocated hotel rooms for media. Please visit www.iucn.org/wpc2003
to complete accommodation booking form. For hotel confirmations
contact Charity Mberia on + 27 21 762 8600.
Please contact African
Conferences Worldchoice on + 27 11 475-2902 and speak to Pam Oberholzer
or Ken Brown to confirm travel and tour bookings (flights, car hire
etc.)
Media attending the Congress
are responsible for their own flight and accommodation bookings
and for all associated payments.
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Transport
A shuttle service will
be available from Durban International Airport to all conference
hotels on 07 & 08 September only. Services from Hotels to the
ICC will run from 08 - 17 September 2003 only. Airport returns will
run on 17 & 18 September.
Media are requested to
arrange own transport for any other requirements (barring Congress
field-trips)
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On-site Facilities
The media centre is located
inside the DICC in rooms 12 A, B, C, E. This is on the lower level.
The media center comprises:
- A
bullpen that includes 20 PC's and 20 telephone plug-ins plus telephone
access on Worldcall. Seating for up to 50 media will be available.
- A Press Conference Room is situated next door
- Two interview rooms are available. These must be booked with the
on-site media logistics team
Broadcast Infrastructure:
- Stand-up
positions will be available in the main plenary hall
- Live audio plug-ins will be available in the main plenary hall
(XLR connections - media to supply own cabling).
- Audio plug-ins will be available from Floor (English, French and
Spanish is available in the plenary hall) However, please note,
only Floor will be available in the media centre.
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Media Logistics Assistance
A team will be based
inside the media centre to assist with all media requirements. Should
you have any queries during the conference please contact:
World Parks Congress
Communications Team
General Communications queries:
Ulaysha Sukhu
+27 83 229 6410
ulaysha@worldonline.co.za
Media Liaison Queries:
Marang Setshwaelo
+27 84 580 1920
marang@dreammultimedia.co.za
Media Centre Co-Ordination:
Connie Nagiah
+ 27 82 730 0653
IUCN Communications
General communications queries: Corli.Pretorius@iucn.org
Media-related queries: Xenya.Cherny@iucn.org
Website-related queries: ocv
<at>iucn.org
Media Centre Co-ordination:
Elroy.Bos@iucn.org
South African Government
Communications
SANParks Media Liaison
Wanda Mkutshulwa
wandaM@parks-sa.co.za
+ 27 82 9082692
DEAT Media Liaison
Jacky Mashapu
jmashapu@ozone.pwv.gov.za
+27 82 338 0993
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Press Briefings
On registration, media
will be informed of details of an informal press gathering scheduled
for the afternoon of 7th September 2003,.
A pre-congress press
briefing will take place on 08 September at 12h00 in the Press Conference
Room. This will be a joint press briefing between the SA Government
and the IUCN.
Joint daily press briefings
by the IUCN and the SA Government will take place from 12h00 - 13h00
in the Press Conference Room.
Please note that you will have to have been wearing your accreditation
badge in order to attend these press briefing, as no entry will
be permitted into the DICC without media accreditation badge.
For the duration of the
Congress a daily roster of press briefings will be available at
the media centre.
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Field Trips
Field trips have been
allocated, as requests have been received. Confirmation of field
trip destinations will be posted at the Media Centre on 12 September
2003.
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Opening Ceremony
The World Parks Congress
Opening Ceremony commences at 16h00 on
08 September 2003 in the ICC. All accredited media have automatic
entrance into the ceremony. Seating for media is reserved and ushers
will be available to guide media to their seats, facilitate the
technical needs of broadcast media, etc. Any queries should be directed
to the media logistics office in the Media Centre.
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Conclusion
See you there. We look forward to a great Congress.
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Providing
communications material
Media
Logistics // The Monthly Web Updates
// The WCPA Newsletter //
WPC e-Bulletin // Advance
Media // Contacts
We
are happy to help you promote your protected area-related activities,
projects and initiatives through the following Protected Area Programme
communication tools and media work:
The
Monthly Web Updates
Each month 10 stories related to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress
will be posted on the WCPA Website. As well an e-mail is sent out
to various people (World
Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) members, IUCN commissions'
focal points, IUCN regional offices, IUCN headquarters, …)
announcing the stories.
We welcome your submissions
- stories should be ready to print (ie. require no editing), be
a maximum of 350 words, and be accompanied by a picture. The deadline
for submission is the third week of each month.
As an example, you can
check out our previous monthly web updates for the protected areas
programme at http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/newsbulletins/new.html
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The
WCPA Newsletter
This Newsletter comes out 3 times a year, is sent by hardcopy to
all World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) members and is posted
on the WCPA website. This year's issues will all focus on the Vth
IUCN World Parks Congress. The planned schedule for distribution
is April, June and August 2003.
We welcome your submissions
- articles should be ready to print (ie. require no editing) and
be a maximum of 600 words.
To view previous WCPA
Newsletters, please visit: http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/pubs/newsletters.htm
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WPC
electronic bulletin - "The Road to Durban"
Distributed three times per year to all World Commission on Protected
Areas (WCPA) members and also to all IUCN Programme and Regional
Heads, Ramsar; and the South African National Parks Agency (SANParks).
This bulletin focuses exclusively on the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress
(WPC), including updates on fundraising, communications, logistical
and programmatic elements of the Congress.
Again we welcome your
contribution. The 2003 bulletins will come out in February, June,
and October.
To view previous WPC
Bulletins, please visit our newsletter
section
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Advance
Media
From January onwards, we will be sending monthly releases and/or
op-ed pieces to the media, to generate advance interest in the Vth
IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) and protected areas issues. The
releases will also be posted on our website at the Press
Releases section
To prepare the releases,
we would like to capture material from around the world. In particular:
We would really appreciate
provision of concrete examples. Please let us know of the projects
in your programmes or regions that could be used as success stories
for media releases or even of the projects which have failed
Ideally story ideas should
be accompanied by photographs which we can use, with no copyright
issues. Please ensure that you have clearly noted the local of each
photo, and flora/fauna species if relevant.
We would appreciate it
if you could give us some names of experts that we could approach
for their input to the releases/stories.
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Contacts
Please send your communication materials to Virginia Tschopp
at Virginia.tschopp@iucn.org.
We would like to make sure that all IUCN commissions are informed
and get regular information on the WPC. These commissions number
about 10'000 global experts in a broad range of conservation issues,
and thus are an excellent audience to reach with your own protected
area issues. We will send all the above-noted electronic items,
including the monthly web updates, the "Road to Durban"
newsletter, to all the WCPA commission members directly, as well
as to the IUCN commission focal points for all other commissions
and all IUCN communications officers.
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WPC
Media Kit
| This Media
Welcome Kit contains essential material to facilitate your reporting
on the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress. For further information,
queries and interviews do not hesitate to contact members of
our Communications Team. |
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