The concept of press videoconferencing (or press videoconference) was developed in October 2007 by the African Press Organization (APO), a Swiss based Non-governmental organization, to allow African journalists to participate in international press conferences on the subject of development and good governance.
Press videoconference allows you to organize an international press conference using videoconference over the Internet.
Journalists can participate to an international press conference from anywhere without leaving their offices or their countries. They just need to sit in front of a computer connected to the Internet and ask their questions to the speaker.
The African Press Organization’s press videoconference concept was born from the Swiss base ONG APO’s partnership with PressVideoconference, the world leader in press videoconference, who uses WEBOConference, a zero download videoconferencing solution.
Press videoconferencing is the process and concept of organizing an international press conference using videoconferencing (a form of teleconference) over the Internet.
This concept was developed in October 2007 by the African Press Organization (APO), a Swiss based Non Governmental Organization, to allow African journalists to participate in international press conference on the subject of development and good governance.
Journalists can participate to an International press conference from anywhere without leaving their offices or their countries. They just need to seat in front of a computer connected to the Internet and ask their questions to the speaker by using a microphone or the tchat.
Based in Lausanne (Switzerland), the African Press Organization (in French Organisation de la Presse Africaine) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the strategic communications of African and Pan-African institutions, as well as taking part in the promotion of the image of the African continent and answering Africa-related requests from the international media and institutions.
The African Press Organisation owns a 25.000 journalist database and offers a complete range of media relations tools such as press releases distribution, press videoconference, webcast, international events promotion, and an international press coverage watching service.
The African Press Organisation provides advices to Public Authorities and supports most of African and International institutions in their strategic communications. The African Press Organisation was for instance in charge of the media relations of Libyan Leader Mouammar KADHAFI during his last visit in France, December 2007.
The African Press Organization contribute to the strategic communications of most part of the international institutions related to Africa, including United-Nations, European Commission, Africa Development Bank Group, or, for instance, African Union Commission.
The African Press Organization does not represent the African journalists and does not intervene in the field of press freedom.
The International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization is chaired by the former President of the Pan-African Parliament, Hon. Dr. Gertrude Mongella, of Tanzania.
The current Secretary-General of the African Press Organisation is Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, both french and gabonese.
Non-governmental organization (NGO) is a term that has become widely accepted as referring to a legally constituted, non-governmental organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments, the NGO maintains its non-governmental status and excludes government representatives from membership in the organization. Unlike the term intergovernmental organization, “non-governmental organization” is a term in general use but is not a legal definition. In many jurisdictions these types of organization are defined as “civil society organizations” or referred to by other names.
The number of internationally operating NGOs is estimated at 40,000. National numbers are even higher: Russia has 277,000 NGOs.[2] India is estimated to have between 1 million and 2 million NGOs.

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