She said that "we support this Day to emphasize the importance of freedom of expression and free flow of diversified opinions because Media - old and new, print or broadcasting, text-based or visual - have an increasingly important power to boostdynamic and positive change, positive social transformation in the country".
This English-language workshop is one of the key components of the Capacity-Building Programme of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which is being piloted in Africa in order to support the implementation of the 2005 Convention at the national level and to boost the potential of the dynamic cultural sector for sustainable development in the region.