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4th Asia-Pacific Communications Forum | 14-16 March 2016 | Seoul, Korea

14 March , 2016 8:00 am - 16 March , 2016 5:00 pm UTC+7

The 3-day Forum was hosted by the Korean Red Cross and co-organised by IFRC and ICRC in Seoul. Under the theme of ‘Communicating in the Digital Space’, the event brought together communications colleagues from NS, IFRC and ICRC offices from across 23 countries spanning SE Asia, East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific. Colleagues from IFRC Geneva and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center also participated.

The focus was on using social media for saving lives and changing minds – via plenary sessions and skills labs which looked at a wide range of applications, including using social media for disaster response, community awareness & education around preparedness, advocacy and campaigns, fundraising, connecting with media, “big data” and deepened community engagement.

The programme included external speakers from media organizations including Rappler, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, UN Global Pulse, Greenpeace, AFP and more. We livestreamed many sessions using Periscope and some recorded versions will be available soon on the FedNet page we created (you will also find relevant resources and links here): https://fednet.ifrc.org/en/newsevents/events/movement-meetings/asia-pacific-events/4th-asia-pacific-communications-forum/

A set of collective commitments by participants, focusing on use of social media, was drafted and is currently being reviewed. A report on the Forum will also be produced and circulated.

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A quick snapshot of the Twitter engagement for the event, based on the hashtag #RC21C