BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 11. A Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation was signed between the Baku Initiative Group (BIG) and the Institute for Prospective International Studies (INHEI) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, TurkicWorld's correspondent reports from the event.
The document was signed on the sidelines of an international conference on “Media and Decolonization: Rising Voices, Amplifying Narratives” in Baku.
The document was signed by Abbas Abbasov, Executive Director of the Baku Initiative Group, and Philippe Sandwidi, Director General of the Institute for Prospective International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso.
This cooperation is viewed as an important step in expanding the Baku Initiative Group’s geographical reach toward Africa. While the BIG had previously signed similar documents with political parties and movements in various countries, the organization is now beginning cooperation with a government agency of a foreign state.
Meanwhile, the conference became the first such platform organized in Azerbaijan with the participation of media representatives from former colonial territories.
The conference was attended by leaders and representatives of media organizations from former and current colonial territories, journalists, political commentators, representatives of diaspora organizations, experts in the field of media and communications, representatives of civil society institutions, researchers, diplomats, representatives of government agencies, and local media outlets.
Throughout the conference, participants discussed the role of the media and the challenges it faces in amplifying the voices of people and ethnic minorities who are subjected to neocolonial exploitation and live under conditions of colonial dependence within the international information space.
