AIB conference on media and the SDGs – 7 July 2022
The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB), a member of the UN SDG Media Compact, is organising a virtual forum as a side event to the ECOSOC HLPF to engage media sectors in a global dialogue on the urgency of member states to ensure the global goals are met.
Journalists in all countries must hold power to account on progress made (or delays encountered) on the implementation of the SDGs and Member States’ short- and medium-term plans to meet the crucial 2030 deadline as part of recovery efforts.
The dialogue will explore the power, role and responsibility of global media in accurately and transparently reporting the progress of members states on the 2030 goals, advocating for transformative policies to be adopted as part of the recovery from COVID-19 as well as an upsurge of international solidarity.
This conference will bring together editors, journalists, producers, sustainability experts and more. Best practice will be shared to encourage journalists and programme makers to tell stories around the SDGs and to hold politicians to account on progress – and in some cases lack of progress – on achieving the SDGs.
The conference will be opened by HE Mr Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Expert speakers include Aida Sofić Salihbegović, DW, Steve Herman, VoA, Angelina Kariakina, UA:PB, Georgia Arnold, Executive Director of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation and Carys Taylor, Director of the Albert Project, as well as leading editors and journalists from across the world.