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Funso yobo notameno media shien: Oubei shokoku ni okeru konseputo

Masaichi Sakashita

Tokyo: JICA Research Institute (2006), ?? pp.

"Title translation: Media assistance for conflict prevention: concept in Anglo-European countries. According to Ichihara (2018, page 53) the book als covers information on Japanese media assistance practice." (commbox)

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Medienförderung in der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik – zwischen Wirtschaftsliberalismus und Demokratieförderung

Kersti Ruth Wissenbach

Düsseldorf: Heinrich Heine Universität, Bachelor Thesis (2006), 35 pp.

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Informe de la evaluación del programa Centroamérica en Sintonía (CAESI)

Andrés Geerts, Margarita Herrera

Free Voice (2006), 38 pp.

"El programa CAESI ha sido el primer intento de trabajar un programa en conjunto entre ALER y AMARC, dos redes con mucha historia y momentos de rivalidad. Fue la primera vez en la historia que se hizo un proyecto de estas características. Se hizo en una región muy problemática, históricamente po ... more

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Towards an Improved Strategy of Support to Public Service Broadcasting: Evaluation of UNESCO's Support to Public Service Broadcasting 2005-2006. Final Report

Mark J. Stiles, Cindy Weeks

Paris: UNESCO;Stiles Association (2006), 50 pp.

"Progress on Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) is more likely to occur when there is collaboration with others; where there are strategic opportunities; when UNESCO uses project funds to reward progressive policy change; where there are staff in the field who are committed to PSB; when there is foll ... more

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Evaluation of UNESCO's Community Multimedia Centres: Final Report

Heather Creech

Paris: UNESCO, Internal Oversight Service, Evaluation Section (2006), 61 pp.

"Since 2001, UNESCO has established more than 87 Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) in over 22 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean with major funding provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The evaluation describes the initiative's ma ... in achievement: 'The CMCs are accepted by and fully integrated into the communities and can in many cases be sustained beyond the pilot phase without core operating grants. The effort and funding that UNESCO has channeled into this transformative initiative have been exceeded by the hard work and commitment of the CMC staff and the communities where they are based. Among other key findings, the evaluators clearly acknowledge the contribution of CMCs to local development, noting that longer term benefits are already being realized within individual communities, such as the gradual removal of barriers to social inclusion, the stimulation of poverty alleviation through access to knowledge of better health, resource management, agriculture practices and the creation of new livelihoods opportunities. CMCs are also recognized as critical tools for local communities to mediate changes brought on by globalization and the advent of new technologies: The CMC role in fostering cultural resilience. The capacity of a community to retain critical knowledge and at the same time adapt to external influences and pressures - is particularly remarkable. In addition to an extensive review of documentation, the evaluation used field research, interviews, questionnaires, an online survey, and case studies to review the CMC initiative, a flagship activity of UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector. Equitable and expanded access to ICTs is promoted in many ways, such as subsidized training for those with special requirements and/or marginalized groups; close work with schools, small businesses and the independent sector; or the provision of information to more remote communities through radio, says the evaluation report. The evaluation also points out challenges faced by the CMC initiative, including the strategic use of CMC networks as delivery mechanisms for development services, from projects and programmes of UN agencies and national governments to those of local civil society groups. Many challenges relate to sustainability of local facilities in low-income and least-developed localities. As CMCs depend on volunteers for the delivery of training, radio programming and other services, they face difficulties in finding appropriate incentives for volunteers and struggle with managing volunteer turnover. Another challenge consists of opportunities for networking and staff development, which to date have been limited. Evaluators point out the need for CMCs to learn from and access expertise more easily and systematically from each other in order to be sustainable. Enabling national policy environments are very important for the development and sustainability of CMCs. Sudden changes in national policies on connectivity charges can destabilize CMCs and broadcast licensing restrictions or restrictions on press freedom can prevent CMCs from being able to broadcast freely and to a broader constituency, says the report." (UNESCO website) more

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Culture and Media in Development Cooperation

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 13 pp.

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Results from Sida’s Support to Culture and Media Development

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 2 pp.

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Journalists as Power Brokers: Review of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the Free Media Foundation (FMF)

Alf Skjeseth, Masood Hayat, Cyril Raphael

[Islamabad]: Royal Norwegian Embassy (2006), 25 pp.

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Swedish Support to a Regional Environmental Journalism and Communication Programme in Eastern Africa for the Period 2002-2006

Birgitte Jallov, Charles Lwanga-Ntale

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 96 pp.

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Promoting Media Professionalism, Independence and Accountability in Sri Lanka

Madeleine Elmqvist, Sunil Bastian

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 45 pp.

"This is an evaluation of the project “Promoting Professionalism, Independence and Accountability in Sri Lanka” under the Sri Lanka Press Institute, SLPI. SLPI has two major departments: the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka, PCCSL, and the Sri Lanka College of Journalism, SLCJ. PCCSL is ... more

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Journalism as a Tool for the Formation of a Free, Informed and Participatory Democratic Development: Swedish Support to a Palestinian Journalist Training Project on the West Bank and Gaza for the Period 1996-2005

Birgitte Jallov

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 49 pp.

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Political Violence and Journalism in a Multiethnic State: A Case Study of Burma (Myanmar)

Lisa Brooten

Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 30, issue 4 (2006), pp. 354-373

"Debates about the role of media in situations of political violence call into question whether journalists should focus on “objective” reporting or instead facilitate conflict resolution. Yet an increasingly problematic assumption is that journalists are outsiders to the communities in conflict ... more

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Retelling the News in Central Europe: Western Journalism as Democratic Discourse

James Miller

In: Nationalist Myths and Modern Media: Contested Identities in the Age of Globalization

J. H. Brinks; Stella Rock; Edward Timms (eds.)

London: Tauris (2006), pp. 39-54

"This paper has shown that media assistance donors to Central Europe misplaced their emphasis on the trainign of journalistic craft skills as a principal means of introducing what they rather uncritically called 'democratic journalism' to post-Communist societies. There are many narrative choices in ... more

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Operation Balkan: Werbung für Krieg und Tod

Jörg Becker, Mira Beham

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2006), 130 pp.

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Building a Community Radio Network in Afghanistan

Krishna Kumar

In: Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies

Jeroen de Zeeuw; Krishna Kumar (eds.)

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), pp. 257-272

"The experience of establishing community stations in Afghanistan provides four distinct, but interrelated lessons [...] The project has demonstrated that international organizations can promote community stations in impoverished, war-tron societies that have had no experience of independent or comm ... more

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Haiti Media Assistance and Civic Education Program (RAMAK): Final Report

Creative Associates International

USAID (2006), 60 pp.

"Creative Associates International (Creative) launched the Haiti Media Assistance and Civic Education Program in October 2001. Known by its Creole acronym, RAMAK, which means “Rassemblan Medya pou Aksyon Kominite” or Media Gathering for Community Action, the goals of the project were to increase ... more

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Media Assistance to Postgenocide Rwanda

Christopher Kayumba, Jean-Paul Kimonyo

In: Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies

Jeroen de Zeeuw; Krishna Kumar (eds.)

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), pp. 211-235

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International Programme for the Development of Communication: An Evaluation of the Reforms = Programme International Pour Le Développement De La Communication: Évaluation des Réformes

Helge Rønning, Kristin Skare Orgeret

Oslo: University of Oslo, Department of Media and Communication;UNESCO (2006), 33, 33 pp.

"The present study of the UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) is a follow-up of an evaluation of the Programme undertaken in 2002. The purpose of the study is to assess the efficiency of the reforms that have been undertaken since 2002. The study is mainly a de ... more

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International Assistance to Promote Independent Media in Transition and Post-Conflict Societies

Krishna Kumar

Democratization, volume 13, issue 4 (2006), pp. 652-667

"This article focuses on an important but neglected area of democracy assistance: international aid to build and strengthen independent media in transition and post-Conflict societies. The purpose of such assistance is to promote democratization by facilitating the free flow of information, transpar ... more

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Evaluation Reports on Selected Projects

Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 147 pp.