"An e-Conference addressing the role of communication in sustainable tourism development took place between May 29 and June 9, 2006. The World Bank, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) envisioned the forum as a means to bring together dev
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elopment practitioners, tourism professionals, decision-makers, academicians and communication specialists representing various national institutions, private sector and media organizations, NGOs, international institutions, and donors active in the field of communication and sustainable tourism to discuss the role that communication can play in designing and implementing sustainable tourism strategies and projects at national and local levels; to share experiences, information and perspectives; to identify and share lessons learned and best practices; and to consolidate knowledge on development communication in sustainable tourism programs. Discussions focused on the following topics: The role that communication can play in designing and implementing sustainable tourism strategies and projects at national and local levels; The importance of sharing experiences, information and perspectives; Identification of lessons learned and most effective practices; and The exchange of knowledge on development communication in sustainable tourism programs." (Introduction)
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"This paper derives from a seminar on Media Development and OSCE field missions, which was organised by Press Now and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, and hosted by the Netherlands Foreign Ministry in The Hague on 16 June 2005. These remarks convey the summary thoughts and practical recommendatio
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ns that emerged at the seminar, together with our own conclusions as moderators of the event. They amplify the analysis and recommendations offered in Press Now’s 2004 report on media development by selected OSCE missions. Introduction: OSCE missions have done excellent work in media development. At the same time, limited resources have not always been well used. Lessons can be learned from the experiences of a decade and turned into practical proposals. Missions are affected by many variables largely or even fully beyond their control, including but not limited to their mandates, the situation in their host countries (political, military/security, economic, cultural), the level of international interest in their activity, and their staffing. Nevertheless, we believe it has been demonstrated again and again that media development – apart from its importance in its own right – is also a litmus test of a host government’s commitment to other democratisation and liberalisation efforts, and an enabler of such reforms." (Conclusions, page 6)
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"To develop communication capacity specifically around adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) and the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) organized a joint regional workshop "Strategic Communication: Building Trust and Responding to
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Adverse Events Following Immunisation in South Asia", in New Delhi from 9 to 10 August 2004. This working paper synthesises the presentations and debates from the workshop." (Foreword)
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"This volume grew out of the Why We Write conference held at Columbia University in the spring of 2003. The conference was the second part of a series of conferences organized by graduate students in the history department that explored issues related to history, social change, and the politics of w
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riting. The proceedings from the first conference were published as Taking Back the Academy: History of Activism, History as Activism (Routledge, 2004). The Why We Write conference drew participants from across disciplines and academic fields and also included, among others, filmmakers, journalists, playwrights, novelists, and poets from in and beyond the United States. The focus of the conference was to examine writing, broadly defined. As such the panels ranged from historical discussions on print culture and the use of theory in U.S. history to roundtable discussions on gender and sexuality to workshops on teaching writing and publishing one’s research." (Acknowledgements, page vii)
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"The contributions in this book are the result of four years of experience in online teaching at the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism (CFJ) at the prestigious Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. First presented at a workshop at the Ateneo de Manila in December 2004, the individual chapter
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s draw on the wealth of faculty experience to identify best teaching practices. The book is divided into five parts devoted to different aspects of online journalism education and training. After the prefaces, the second part explains the fundamental differences between traditional teaching and online courses. Online teaching differs from traditional teaching in that it does not allow direct eye contact. Therefore, Part II addresses how to effectively design virtual learning situations. Part III designs strategies for engaging online students in active and fruitful class participation using synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods. Part IV addresses how to assess students and ensure high academic standards in the context of a multicultural virtual classroom. Part V complements this handout on online pedagogy by discussing upcoming changes in the rapidly evolving field of online journalism instruction. This publication is aimed primarily at journalists in online pedagogy, but is also recommended for others working in the field of online instruction." (KAS Regional Programs website 9/21/2007)
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