Participation process of Latin American child and adolescent communicators, in preparation for the Fourth World Summit on media for children and adolescents

This report outlines the learning processes and recommendations of child communicators from Brazil, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru during the Fourth World Summit on Media for Children and Adolescents held in 2004 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The main objective of the Rio Summit was to promote serious debate on the production of child and teenage media material, and to assess the quality of film, television and radio programmes, the Internet, computer and electronic games. This forum provided an opportunity for over 150 young people to convene and express their opinions on the media and influence the final outcome of the summit.