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The Montreal-based Alternative Channel (www.alternativechannel.tv ) is holding its first international Forum 30 April 2008 in Barcelona, Spain, to explore better social networking and more responsible but independent media. The Forum is being organized in collaboration with the dev.tv production group in Geneva, the Iwith.org Foundation providing internet for NGOs, and the Association Communication et Information pour le Development Durable (ACIDD). The over 200 professionals registered to participate in the Forum will discuss more effective ways of promoting new information technologies as a means of helping different actors ranging from international aid agencies and local civil society involved in sustainable development and humanitarian aid to put their messages across in a broader and more credible manner.

The Alternative Channel itself is a recently established humanitarian and development internet broadcasting company that offers NGOs, concerned citizens, researchers and others dealing with global issues, such as climate change, food security or HIV/AIDS, an audio-visual and web TV platform for communicating their respective activities to the public but also for debating key issues. The day-long Forum, which will provide an award for the best video, is available live in English, French and Spanish from 9.00 am onwards on http://forum.alternativechannel.tv/en/live/

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