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Headline	A Nobel Peace Price Laureate, Guest Of Honor Of The Alternative Channel Forum
Article	Alternative Channel Tv is an international Web TV on sustainable development and humanitarian causes, created by Hugues Cochard in France & Paul Allard in Quebec. In collaboration with Iwith.org, Alternative Channel organizes the first Alternative Channel Forum. An international meeting point in Barcelona, April 30, 2008. The subject is Social networking and responsible media, and the Guest of Honor will be Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Price Laureate. Great causes, Great personnalities About 200 participants are expected at the Alternative Channel Forum, during the day they will learn how to participate in the web 2.0, make videos for the Internet and improve their visibility. Among the lecturers, we can announced: Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Price Laureate for her dedication to the respect of the indigenous people rights in Guatemala, and UNESCO Ambassador of Good willingness, Virginie Louis, audiovisual producer for the International Committee of the Red Cross; Marc Tessier, France télévisions former President and President of the Alternative Channel Editorial Committee; Thierry Maillet, writer and blogger on consumption and citizenship. Partnerships of trust Since the launch of the website last autumn, the channel keeps on evolving. Its creators are proud to start, on the web, a platform of debates opened to NGOs, citizens and companies, and to webcast in three languages. Weeks after weeks it is gathering more and more high level partners and contributors. Among them we can notice UNDP, Amnesty International, WWF, and the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation. In addition, Cart’Com and Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Humanity are associating with Alternative Channel to make NGOs participating in the operation “Draw a tree” during the Forum. Internet for a sustainable development The meeting-point in Barcelona is an opportunity for companies, representatives of international organizations and NGOs, web 2.0 social networking experts and professionals from the communication and social sector, to exchange their point of view on the use of the Internet between the third sector actors (non-profit organizations, foundations, NGOs) in a context of sustainable development and humanitarian initiatives.
Company	Alternative Channel
Date Published	27/3/2008