The ABU Secretary General, Javad Mottaghi, visited Radio Romania

On Monday, July 1, the Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Javad Mottaghi, visited Radio Romania.

România Internațional, 02.07.2013, 16:14

On Monday, the Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Javad Mottaghi, visited Radio Romania. During the talks he had with Ovidiu Miculescu, President and CEO of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and other members of the leading board, Mr. Mottaghi hailed Radio Romania’s recent affiliation to this organization and stressed the basic principles of the Union, focusing on cultural diversity and the role of radio as an essential means of communication, capable of overcoming any differences.

Mr. Javad Mottaghi also expressed the Union’s interest in the Radio Romania products and Radio Romania’s high potential for developing joint projects with the countries in the Asia Pacific area. He gave as an example the organization of new concerts of the National Radio Orchestra in the Asian area, following the excellent impact of the concert given by the Radio Orchestra in Shanghai in May this year.

Mr. Ovidiu Miculescu, Chairman and CEO of Radio Romania, also stressed the importance of this partnership for the public radio in Romania, which thus aims at taking a step forward towards overcoming distances and getting to know the cultural specific features of the countries members of the Union. Through the Asia-Pacific online platform, to which it has access as a full member, Radio Romania will capitalize on the opportunity to exchange programs with other member stations.

Prior to the meeting held at the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation, Dr. Javad Mottaghi, accompanied by Mr. Ovidiu Miculescu, had a meeting with the Speaker of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Valeriu Zgonea. During the meeting hosted by the Parliament Palace, Dr. Javad Mottaghi stressed the importance of Radio Romania’s joining the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, as membership to this ‘select group’ gives the public radio access to the online platform that has a target of 3.5 billion listeners. Mr. Ovidiu Miculescu said that Radio Romania thus found a new way towards promoting Romanian culture and values.

Dr. Javad Mottahi has been Secretary General of ABU since 2010 and has a 32 year-long experience in the field of media/communication, at both national and international level. He is a graduate of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Sharif University in Teheran, has a Master’s Degree and also a PhD degree in management, awarded by the Teesside University in England. Before joining ABU, he was for 12 years the Director of the Asia — Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development and responsible for the ABA-ABU relations until 1996. Also, he was for 18 years director of the Sports Department of IRIB, the public radio of the Republic of Iran. He is a member of WRTVC’s board and associated member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in New York. Javad Mottaghi got the Elizabeth R. Award for his exceptional contribution to the development of public radio and television.

Established in 1964, ABU has 255 members from 63 countries, both public and private stations from Asia, Pacific, Europe, America and the Middle East, with an audience of over 3,5 billion listeners. ABU collaborates with many public and private radio stations in Europe, such as the BBC, DW, CFI, ZDF and RAI, but also from Russia, Turkey, Samoa, New Zealand. The ABU members have ensured access to the Union’s Asia — Pacific digital platform, developed and supported by KBS — the South-Korean radio and television network -as a practical means of working directly with listeners, advertising agencies and partners from around the world. ABUT organizes every year the General Assembly, with 600 managers from all over the world, the Radio Asia Forum, enjoying the participation of over 500 people every year, and also many events such as the Digital Audio-Visual Symposium (with over 700 participants and over 100 exhibitors of advanced technology), the Radio Song Festival as well as the annual ABU Awards Gala. ABU also takes part in project development, co-productions and exchanges of programs, as well as training sessions and international webinars.