URTEL

URTEL is an acronym for Union des Radios et Televisions Libres du Mali, the agency responsible for regulating television and radio transmission operations in Mali.

Operations

URKEL is affiliated with the following NGOs, which together form the Comité d’Appui à la Radio pour le Développement, or "CARD".[1]

• ACDI
• Africare
• Fondation Fredrich Ebert
• Helen Keller International
• Institut Panos
• Plan International
• PNUD
• Population Médias Center
• Population Services International
• SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
• UNESCO
• Unicef Mali
• USAID Mali

See also

• Communications in Mali

References

• Peter Coles, Turn your radio on. New Scientist, 7 October 1995.
• Mali (2007): Freedom House report.
• Six radio station staff freed on completing sentences: Mali. Reporters Without Borders, 26 September 2006.
• Silicon Mali. Silvia Sansoni, Forbes 02.04.02.
• VOA Training African Affiliates: Broadcasters’ Fiscal Health Key ‘To Guarantee Pluralism’. Voice of America, 13 September 2005
• Mali Market Information Study FOOD SECURITY II COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT between U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT and MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: IN-COUNTRY TIME PERIOD: JULY 1987 - DECEMBER 1994. statistical evidence is consistent with anecdotal reports from both farmers and traders that the SIM radio broadcasts have fundamentally changed bargaining relationships between traders and farmers, forcing traders to offer more competitive prices in isolated rural markets.
• Cécile Leguy. Revitalizing the Oral Tradition: Stories Broadcast by Radio Parana (San, Mali). Research in African Literatures, Fall 2007, Vol. 38, No. 3, Pages 136-147.
• Radio Bamakan - Mali. InteRadio, Vol. 5, No.2, June 1993.

External links

• URTEL (French)