The 2009 edition of the BakaFORUM, annual rendezvous and meeting point of educational and social-oriented televisions and media, has been held in Basel (Switzerland) from the 30th January until the 2nd February 2009.
Aside the BakaFORUM films and programmes’ contest, this edition has been devoted to special screenings, workshops and different sessions around outstanding TV programmes and projects dealing with climate changes, water, conflicts, economy and integration, sustainable development.
Within the “Excellence in Global Collection” cooperation workshop, representatives of public and private broadcasters and independent producers from different European countries, as well as from Brazil, India and Qatar have exchanged their professional experiences. COPEAM has presented the “Inter-Rives” co-production as example of multilateral cultural and educational project, and has mentioned the “The language of water”, carried out by Arca Consulting, member of COPEAM, as model of synergies between broadcasters and independent producers.