Inter Press Service Asia-Pacific is pleased to announce the appointment of a new regional editor to manage the continent’s editorial services within the global development news agency, Ma. Theresa Bacalla joined the IPS news network in mid-August 2009. Read more »

BANGKOK - Registration is now open for the Media Mekong Forum (www.mekongmediaforum.net ), a conference that will gather Mekong journalists, as well as policymakers and individuals, to discuss the state of media, and exchange ideas and experiences against the backdrop of media as a actor of social change. The Forum will be held on Dec. 9-12, 2009 in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. Read more »

BANGKOK - Whether it’s a story about how rubber plantations are taking root at the China-Laos border, how Thai is having an impact on the Lao language, or the use of harmful fishing methods in Cambodia and Vietnam, all the features and photo essays in the book ‘Changing Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong’ follow the changes that have been taking place as economic integration and cross-border linkages continue to deepen among the countries in the Mekong Region. Read more »

The website is part of a major global media and communication project of IPS running through 2009 - 2011 called “Communicating for Change: Getting Voice, Visibility and Impact for Gender Equality“.

The project is financed by the Dutch MDG3 Fund set up by the Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation, Bert Koenders, to finance activities that advance Millennium Development Goal 3: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Read more »

Adhemar Gabriel Bahadian, Brazilian
Ambassador in Italy, representing his country, and Mario Lubetkin, IPS Director General, signed an agreement on Tuesday 10 March in Rome.

Brazil has signed a new agreement to support IPS activities, especially to strengthen information flows among countries in the South recognising the changing global geography of power. There is a special focus on communication from and between three major democracies in the South: India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA).

The South American country has been a member of the IPS Core Group of donors since 2005. It is the main country of the South in this group, Read more »