"Instead of telling you what to do at your station, this handbook will give you guidelines about the things you should be thinking of and at what stage of the setting up or operation of the station." (Introduction)
"Ce manuel, adressé à toutes les composantes du secteur des médias (organes et entreprises de presse, associations, syndicats, journalistes ou techniciens), recense les organismes (coopérations bilatérales, multilatérales, fondations) venant en appui au secteur des médias africains sur le pla
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n financier, matériel ou méthodologique. Des fiches synthétiques présentent les axes privilégiés de travail de chacun des organismes, et des interviews de leurs principaux responsables mettent en perspective leurs actions. Enfin, un chapitre est consacré au point de vue sur l'aide à la presse de plusieurs journalistes et hommes de médias africains." (Dos de couverture)
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"In the project design and management (PDM) workshop, Volunteers and their Counterparts learn how to involve the community members in moving from their analysis to planning and implementing projects that meet their desires and needs. Some general goals of the PDM workshop for the Peace Corps include
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: 1. To reinforce the philosophy of community participation, and provide additional methodologies for involving community members in designing and implementing their own projects; 2. To enhance the Peace Corps Volunteers’ outreach capabilities; 3. To build host country national community development skills and strengthen the relationship between Volunteer and Counterpart." (Pages 1-2)
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"For Fowler, sustainability is 'agility with insight', as simple as that. The book oozes with case studies, mainly of experienced NGOs, explaining how they overcame multifarious problems and settled down into the path of success. With some excellent discussion of questions like 'should we commercial
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ise?' and 'should we have private sector as partners?', it is less of a guide than a collection of insights." (Spore 91, February 2001)
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"Development is not a question of project-based interventions, or of quantifiable inputs and outputs, but a complex process of negotiation over meetings, values, and social goals within the sphere of public action. This collection of papers, from the journal 'Development in Practice', draws on The O
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pen University's ground-breaking work in the field of development management. It includes in-depth accounts by academics and development managers that range from civil society organizations in Brazil to NGO workers in Egypt, government departments in Tanzania and Poland, donor agencies in Bangladesh, and black feminist activities in the UK." (Catalogue Intermediate Technology Publications 2000)
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"The main purpose of this guide is to highlight some of the benefits, challenges and options when considering funding of media and communication interventions. This publication is not designed to be a ‘how to’ guide for designing and implementing such programmes. Rather, it aims to guide DFID st
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aff, responding to conflicts and other emergencies, on: when to support media initiatives; what types of assistance to provide to media organisations; how to appraise and monitor media based interventions. Thematically, most attention is given to the role of media in conflict situations as this is where most experience has been gained to date. However, sections on natural and man-made disasters are also included. Furthermore, the main focus is on electronic media, such as local, national and international radio and TV broadcasting. This focus has been adopted because the bulk of media initiatives undertaken in areas of conflict fall within these categories." (Introduction, page 6-7)
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"Este es en primer lugar un manual de facilitación de una metodología de planificación estratégica y operativa - Marco Lógico - para gobiernos locales. Por su explicación detallada y su nacimiento en la práctica, el manual también es de fácil uso didáctico para facilitadores con poca exper
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iencia. Sin embargo, en vista de que en la mayor parte del manual se incluyen láminas didácticas para elaborar acetatos, también sirve como libro para los participantes." (Cubierta del libro)
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"The tools and tips of this handbook go beyond measuring the impact of programmes, products and services by integrating techniques of formative assessment, in which the assessment team helps the organization become more effective in meeting its goals. The model is flexible and adaptable to any type
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or size of organization. This book will be of use to any organization that is initiating a process of self-assessment, internal change, or strategic planning. It will particularly appeal to academics and professionals involved in organizational development and evaluation." (Catalogue Intermediate Technology Publications 2000)
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"Este documento acompaña al manual diseñado para ayudar a los administradores de equipos de trabajo del Banco Mundial a planificar y supervisar la ejecución de actividades de comunicación en proyectos de PSN. El manual revisa los principios básicos de comunicación para el cambio en el comporta
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miento, presentando una guía paso a paso para planificar y ejecutar actividades de comunicación y vincular cada paso con el ciclo de proyectos del Banco. El manual contiene una serie de módulos prácticos, incluyendo: enfoques de investigación en comunicación para proyectos del Banco; guía de indicadores en comunicación; ejemplos de términos de referencia para consultores del Banco y de Prestatarios; preguntas guía para evaluar la capacidad de la organización; ejemplo de presupuesto y de plan de ejecución; estudios de caso de las prácticas óptimas en comunicación para el cambio en el comportamiento." (Prefacio, página 5)
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"Local Media Support‘ (LMS) presents a study of current status with regard to support of local media as part of humanitarian or developmental assistance programmes. Based on this, a proposed framework for the assessment of projects and programmes in this field is developed. The report is divided i
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nto four chapters: Chapter 1 clarifies key concepts and how the report understands the nature and role of media in society [...] Chapter 2 outlines and discusses the actors and activities now associated with international LMS [...] Chapter 3 provides a framework for structuring or categorising LMS activities. Three partially cornplementary categories are suggested [...] Based on the three objective-based categories proposed in Chapter 3, Chapter 4 develops a detailed framework for the assessment and evaluation of LMS activities." (Summary, page 7-8)
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