"Recent years have seen the expansion of critical scholarship on humanitarian communication across a range of academic fields, sharing recognition of the centrality of media and communications to our understanding of humanitarianism as an agent of transnational power, global governance and cosmopoli
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tan solidarity. The Handbook brings into dialogue these diverse fields, their theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches as well as the public debates that lie at the heart of the contemporary politics of humanitarianism. It consolidates existing knowledge and maps out this emerging field as an important site of interdisciplinary knowledge production on media, communication and humanitarianism." (Publisher description)
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"Das Open Access Buch bietet eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme zum freiwilligen Engagement in Deutschland. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf dem Deutschen Freiwilligensurvey, der zum fünften Mal im Jahr 2019 durchgeführt wurde und vom Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ) gef
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ördert wird. Die Autor:innen klären Fragen wie: Wer engagiert sich aus welchen Beweggründen? Wie ist freiwilliges Engagement ausgestaltet und wie hat sich freiwilliges Engagement gewandelt? Wie gestaltet sich der Zusammenhang von politischer Partizipation sowie Einstellungen zur Demokratie mit dem freiwilligen Engagement?" (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The SSDM Report 2018 provides a number of concrete steps to further and strengthen the implementation of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Smart Sustainable Development Model (SSDM) Initiative. The ITU Development Telecommunication Bureau (BDT) developed the SSDM Initiative in 201
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2, bringing together ICT for development (ICT4D) and ICT for disaster management (ICT4DM) to benefit both sectors through enhanced efficiency, cost-effectiveness and sustainability. This dual-use approach has become increasingly timely in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, many of which rely upon information and communication technologies for their fulfillment.
[...] Part I considers how to broaden the funding base of emergency ICT response through a Global Emergency Fund; Part II provides a model to establish a network of volunteers to facilitate cooperative action; and Part III provides a number of recommended best practices as well as a checklist to facilitate the smooth trans-border movement of telecommunications equipment. Taken together, these steps can make inroads towards more secure and coordinated funding of emergency ICT responses, strengthened coordination between the actors involved in these efforts and making maximum use of their skills, and helping to lay the regulatory groundwork to ensuring that ICT equipment is made available and is optimized, not only during emergency situations, but even outside of these situations for development purposes." (Executive summary)
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"Part one describes the necessary preparations for a fundraising campaign: the role of the leader, the board, volunteers and strategic alliances, and ways to fight fear of fundraising. Part two outlines the practical essentials of an effective communications program, from personal contacts to obtain
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ing good media coverage and making the Internet work for you." (Publisher description)
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The first of a series of three practical guides that cover the most important strategies of fundraisers, incorporating experiences from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. Credibility is an essential component of successful fundraising. This book helps to build on strengt
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hs in the organization and the community. Specific steps to achieve a credible long-range plan and an easy to understand financial plan are described in detail.
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