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Deploying the Common Social Accountability Platform to Support Rift Valley Institute (RVI)’s Somali Dialogue Platform in Promoting Public Dialogue on Elections and Amplifying Citizen’s Voices in Political Processes
Nairobi: Africa’s Voices Foundation (2022), vii, 45 pp.
"Africa's Voices Foundation in partnership with Rift Valley institute (RVI)'s Somali Dialogue Platform implemented a 3-month project between February 8th - May 7th 2022. The project promoted public dialogue around elections so as to understand citizens' perspectives on Somalia's national elections.
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Let Free Media Thrive: Stories of Impact of the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 19 pp.
"2019 has seen major achievements resulting from needs-based, and specifically-tailored support through the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP). Actions building on ongoing work and others opening new avenues, have initiated substantial changes in favour of
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Supporting Independent Media
In: Strengthening Electoral Integrity
Pippa Norris
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), pp. 163-186
"In conclusion, therefore, training and capacity building programs for journalists are likely to continue to be one common form of media assistance offered by development agencies and domestic stakeholders, but these types of activities can be expected to strengthen useful technical skills for news
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Uchaguzi: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of ICTs, Statebuilding, and Peacebuilding in Kenya
Philadelphia: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2015), 43 pp.
"This study has found that Uchaguzi represents a blended model incorporating both crowd-seeding (placing monitors on the ground to collect data) and crowd-sourcing (collecting information from the public). The success of crowd-seeding is a function of Uchaguzi’s partnerships with local and interna
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Media Assistance and Elections: Toward an Integrated Approach
Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) (2015), 43 pp.
"This paper presents an overview of the main challenges to the integration of media development in electoral assistance programming. Despite widespread acknowledgement that the media is critical to electoral processes, and that it has the potential to impact voter behaviour, electoral assistance pro
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Media and Elections: A Guide for Electoral Practitioners
New York: UNDP (2014), vi, 110 pp.
"This guide is designed to be a key reference tool for electoral practitioners including electoral management bodies (EMBs), independent broadcasting authorities and international assistance providers. It aims at improving an understanding of some of the key issues related to media and elections. Th
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What Was the Role of the Debate Programme Sema Kenya in the 2013 Kenyan Election?
London: BBC Media Action (2014), 62 pp.
"This paper seeks to identify the extent to which the national TV and radio programme Sema Kenya (Kenya Speaks), part of BBC Media Action’s governance work in Kenya, supported accountability, peace and inclusion at the time of the 2013 Kenya election. It shows the specific value placed on Sema Ken
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When Words Were Weapons: Kenya’s Media Turn the Tide on Hate Speech and Conflict
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2013), 71 pp.
"When violence broke out in the final days of 2007 after a bitterly contested election in Kenya, Internews responded within days, working with journalists who were trying and failing to make sense of the unprecedented post-election conflict that swept across their country. Five and a half years late
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Évaluation de l’appui aux médias en période électorale en Afrique subsaharienne. Synthèse du rapport
Paris: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (2013), 27 pp.
"L’appui à la couverture médiatique du scrutin vise trois objectifs : offrir une information suffisante au citoyen pour que son choix électoral soit posé en connaissance de cause; garantir le pluralisme à travers la visibilité octroyée aux différentes forces en présence; crédibiliser le
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Strengthened Media for Transparent Elections: Lessons Learned
IREX;USAID (2012), 65 pp.
"The current document is a report on CSML’s [Civil Society and Media Leadership Program] efforts to support the 2011 presidential and legislative elections, primarily through IREX’s Liberian media partners and civil society organizations. It is also hoped that the document will serve as a guide
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Elections and the Media in Postconflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace?
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London; New York: Zed Books (2011), xiv, 289 pp.
"In democracies with adjectives, the freedom of press also comes with adjectives." If the political regime is situated between a pure democracy and despotism, the freedom of press is also stuck in an in-between-situation. This statement sums up the results of Marie Soleil Frères empirical analysis
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Elections and Media Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2010), 4 pp.
"Recent elections show that despite the apparent diversity of newspapers and broadcasters, political and economic constraints, as well as restricted access to information prevent the development of independent media in Sub-Saharan Africa that can play a part in enlightening citizens", says the autho
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Coaching Manual for Support to Media During Elections
Copenhagen; Montréal; Vancouver: International Media Support (IMS);Réseau Liberté;Media&Democracy Group (2006), 42 pp.
"This manual offers a basic description of a new method of developing journalistic skills to cover elections, and provides some essential information about elections and reporting responsibilities and techniques. Although it can be used in a wide range of elections, referenda and other votes around
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