SDC’s Media Assistance: Report of Capitalisation Exercise
iMedia Associates (2017), 101 pp.
Contains 20 figures
"This is a review of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation’s (SDC) media assistance by consultants from iMedia. The aim is to capitalise on SDC’s experience of media over the last 10 years. The objective is to examine the organisation’s current media assistance programmes and bring out lessons learned. NB: this is not an evaluation report but it does end with some conclusions and recommendations offered from iMedia’s independent perspective." (Executive summary)
1 Executive Summary, 6
2 Introduction and Acknowledgements, 12
3 Methodology and description of the projects in our sample, 13
4 Policy objectives and strategic choices, 16
Box 1 Media and Elections -- Box 2 Media & Peace-building -- Box 3 Media and Anti-Corruption
5 Financing mechanisms, 30
6 Programmatic / Operational issues: guidance, value for money, design, M&E, 34
Box 4 Content Analysis and Other Promising Evaluation Tools -- Box 5 Inclusion and Gender in SDC’s media projects
7 SDC compared with other donors, 48
8 Successes, Challenges, Risks and Strategies, 53
Box 6 Positive Lessons from Tanzania and Benin
9 Conclusions and Recommendations, 71
Annex 1: The media assistance programmes reviewed, 81
Annex 2: List of Interviewees, 91
Annex 3: List of Recommendations from SDC country offices, 94
Annex 4: SDC ‘s Guiding Principles on Media compared with DFID and DANIDA, 97
Annex 5: Original Terms of Reference, 99
2 Introduction and Acknowledgements, 12
3 Methodology and description of the projects in our sample, 13
4 Policy objectives and strategic choices, 16
Box 1 Media and Elections -- Box 2 Media & Peace-building -- Box 3 Media and Anti-Corruption
5 Financing mechanisms, 30
6 Programmatic / Operational issues: guidance, value for money, design, M&E, 34
Box 4 Content Analysis and Other Promising Evaluation Tools -- Box 5 Inclusion and Gender in SDC’s media projects
7 SDC compared with other donors, 48
8 Successes, Challenges, Risks and Strategies, 53
Box 6 Positive Lessons from Tanzania and Benin
9 Conclusions and Recommendations, 71
Annex 1: The media assistance programmes reviewed, 81
Annex 2: List of Interviewees, 91
Annex 3: List of Recommendations from SDC country offices, 94
Annex 4: SDC ‘s Guiding Principles on Media compared with DFID and DANIDA, 97
Annex 5: Original Terms of Reference, 99
