PRT Afghan Conference to be Live Streamed
On Tuesday and Wednesday (Jan. 26-27), Radio Free Europe / Radio LIberty (RFE/RL) will provide live video streaming of the international conference, “Provincial Reconstruction Teams: Challenges of Reconstruction in Afghanistan.” To view the live webstream, go to this link.
The conference will run for two days, with Tuesday’s proceedings being broadcast from 9:00 to 17:45 Central European Time (CET), and Wednesday’s from 9:00 to 13:00 CET. The full conference program and participants list is available here.
PRT conference participants from RFE/RL include: Jeffrey Gedmin, President; John O’Sullivan, Chief Editor; Akbar Ayazi, Director of Radio Free Afghanistan (Radio Azadi) and Mohammed Amin Mudaquiq, RFE/RL’s Kabul Bureau Chief. RFE/RL’s Afghan service, known locally as Radio Azadi, is the most popular radio station in Afghanistan, with a weekly audience of 7.9 million people and a market share of about 50%.
Conference organizers say their goals are to contribute to a coherent Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) strategy in Afghanistan based on an assessment of their operations to date and to identify the challenges PRTs face. The conference also aims to increase awareness among policymakers, the media, and the broader public of the challenges and the critical importance of reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
