African Regional IBBY Meeting 25-26 September 2015
Call for papers
Theme: Reading promotion and animation in Africa today and tomorrow
Call for papers
1st January to 30th May 2015
Objectives
· Reading promotion and animation in Africa today and tomorrow. Where do we stand today?
· Exchange of experiences between the IBBY-Africa sections.
Themes
· Literacy: access and teaching (literacy and literature) in your country
· Literacy in a second language
· Multilingualism and semilingualism in the schools
· Reading promotion: A successful project in your country
· Reading promotion in the digital world
Presentations on the themes of the conference should be no longer than ten-minutes. Please send a one page abstract of your presentation. The presentations and abstracts can be in English or French.
Please include: name and institution and a short CV of the author.
The abstracts will be distributed to all participants of the conference.
Please send your papers by 30 May 2015 by e-mail to: info@bakame.rw or peter.gyr@bakame.ch
Programme
24-25 September 2015, Kigali, Rwanda
Participants
Delegates from the IBBY-Africa sections, IBBY International, IBBY Rwanda, representatives from the cultural sector in Rwanda and guests
Objectives
· Reading promotion and reading culture in Africa today and tomorrow.
· Exchange of experiences between the IBBY-Africa sections.
Organisation
· Bakame Editions (IBBY Rwanda) will be the Secretariat for the conference organisation.
· For all participants coming from outside Rwanda, accommodation will be organised from Wednesday, 23 September to Saturday, 26 September 2015 (3 nights) in the hotel Beauséjour.
· Languages: English, French and Kinyarwanda
· The media will be invited.
Costs
· The organiser will cover the costs of the infrastructure during the conference.
· All participants coming from outside Rwanda are requested to pay a registration fee of USD 100 each. The costs for the hotel (USD 70 per night) are to pay individually.
· The organiser will cover the travel costs of the invited speakers.
· All other participants must cover their own travel costs.
Schedule
Wednesday, 23 September
Arrival of the guests
For the guests arriving by air, a pick-up service will be arranged from the Airport Kanombe to the hotel.
Thursday, 24 September
08.30 – 09.00
Reception, introduction of guests, presentation of the schedule
09.00 – 09.15
Address of welcome by an official representative
09.15 – 09.45
News from IBBY by IBBY Executive Director Liz Page and IBBY Executive Committee Member Akoss Ofori-Mensah
09.45 – 10.15
Coffee break
10.15 – 11.15
Presentation 1
The acquisition of language and literacy in the first or second language by a local representative of ACALAN
Discussion
11.15 – 12.15
Presentation 2
PRAESA, South Africa, winner of the 2014 IBBY-Asahi-Reading-Promotion-Award 2014, presented by a representative of PRAESA
What does reading promotion mean or what we understand by reading promotion?
Discussion
12.15 – 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 – 16.00
Reports from the IBBY-Africa Sections: Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
(Sections who cannot participate will be asked to send a written report.)
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00
Plenary Session moderated by Thomas van der Walt
Input: IBBY-Africa today
National and international presence
Children’s and Youth Literature in Africa and Reading Promotion
The future of IBBY in Africa?
18.00 – 18.15
Abstract of the day
19.00
Communal evening meal and cultural programme
Storytelling with Ibrahima Ndiaye
Friday, 25 September
08.30 – 08.45
Morning warm-up with Storytelling
08.45 – 09.45
Presentation 3 by an a speaker of Worldreader
Reading promotion and reading animation tomorrow
From the real world direct to the digital world
Discussion
09.45 – 10.45
Coffee break
10.45 – 12.00
Continuance of the plenary session with exchanges of professional experiences
Concrete proposals for the future
Suggestions for the 2017 conference: organiser, theme, format
12.00 – 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 – 16.30
Guided tour of Editions Bakame and the Rwandan Library Services
17.00 – 17.30
Abstract of the day
Closing of the conference and summary
Saturday, 26 September
Possible visit to the Kandt Museum and/or the Genocide Memorial
Goodbye!
Registration form
IBBY-Africa-Conference 24/25 September 2015 in Kigali
Registration form
Please, send the registration form until Saturday 30 May 2015 to: info@bakame.rw
Name and first name:
Address:
Email:
Profession and function:
Member of IBBY section:
Other organisation:
I like to give an input to the conference:
Optional
Arrival day
Arrival time on airport
Departure day
Departure time on airport
Hotel reservation from ……..September to …………
I stay ….. days and ….. nights in Rwanda
□ Single room □ Double room
Normally a single room will be reserved
Name of the companion:
Date: Signature
Note: The registration fee of USD 100 is to pay in advance
The hotel coast of USD 70 per night is to pay directly.