The African Media Village exhibition at the WSIS The partnership sent delegates to Geneva to attend PrepCom 3 in September and the Summit in December 2003. At the summit, the partnership hosted an African Media Village installation in the exhibition hall which was considered one of the most innovative exhibit at the whole summit. The installation featured live size pictures of real persons taken from 6 countries of SADC, who use ICTs in one form or another in their daily lives. Each picture told a story which visitors to the stand could listen to from concealed CD recordings, while a write-up was also provided for those who preferred to read. The village also hosted the AMARC radio station which carried live broadcast during the summit. The radio broadcast was then sent to members of AMARC through the internet for their use. Interviews with many prominent visitors to the stand were also carried out, enabling them to share their perspectives about the information society. MISA and its partners took part in the WSIS as part of advocacy on issues affecting southern Africa in the information society. These included advocacy for the inclusion of language in the summit’s Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action that encouraged the adoption of the principles of the African Charter on Broadcasting. The partners pushed for the recognition of community media and the transformation of state broadcasting into public service broadcasting throughout the process leading to and including the summit. While these advocacy issues were not included in the final summit documents, the partnership made significant progress in engaging some of the SADC states delegations resulting in Botswana and South Africa pushing for these issues during Working Group negotiations. It was also a source of inspiration when the head of the South African delegation to the Summit made extensive reference to the work of the partnership in her address to the summit on December 11, 2003. 6.8 Awareness campaign for broadcasting reform in Angola Angola is recovering from the effects of a protracted civil war, and the media has not been spared from this experience. The broadcasting media is a resemblance of that scenario. After the closure of the MISA chapter in Angola and following recommendations to re-open the office, MISA Secretariat prioritised the need for broadcasting legislation reform in Angola. MISA Annual Report (April 2003 – March 2004) 59