"This guidebook examines the interrelationship of media and conflicts and was conducted for broadcasters, especially presenters, who work in regions where there are violent conflicts. It aims to give examples and tools for talkshows which contribute to peace, and is structured in three greater parts
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: 1. Explanations of 'conflict' and of the different kinds of violence (ie, physical, cultural and structural) 2. Definitions and examples for talkshows and the different formats commonly used (face to face, roundtable, phone-in) 3. Notes on issues and practices, discussing questions like: how to talk about taboo subjects, how to deal with hate speech, accusation, censorship or even extremely sensitive issues like genocide, and how to seek the common ground of conflicting parties? Moreover, the manual contains a planning checklist and suggestions for conflict mapping in order to gain a better understanding of the conflict, and it shows the differences between peace and conflict-oriented talkshows." (commbox)
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"Ce guide s’adresse principalement à toute personne qui participe à la réalisation d’un talk-show radiophonique dans une région ou un pays connaissant un conflit. Il se concentre principalement sur les conflits violents entre individus, groupes ou pays, ou qui sont susceptibles de le devenir
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. Certains professionnels de la radio seront peut-être familiers avec certains des concepts abordés, mais nous espérons que le guide contient un bon nombre de nouvelles idées efficaces. Chacun aimerait vivre dans une société pacifique, où la haine et la violence n’auraient pas droit de citer. La question fondamentale est de savoir comment la faire exister. Ce guide comprend une série d’exemples et d’outils pouvant stimuler des discussions de groupe consacrées à la manière dont les talk-shows peuvent contribuer à la paix. Chaque chapitre commence par un court résumé reprenant les principales idées et concepts développés. Le guide rassemble les éléments suivants: base théorique et ensemble de techniques d’analyse des conflits; instruments (illustrés par quelques exemples) à l’intention des professionnels de la radio désireux de réaliser des talk-shows pour construire la paix; définition et description des différents formats pouvant être utilisés dans un talk-show (avec leurs forces et leurs faiblesses)." (Comment utiliser ce guide, page 4)
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"The 5th edition of a popular guide that provides an overview of the potentials and pitfalls of electronic journal publishing. While not specifically written for an African audience, it is an excellent resource for African journal editors and publishers who are contemplating switching to an electron
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ic environment. It introduces all the issues that will need to be considered before taking such a step. This includes a discussion of the benefits and challenges of electronic publishing; the decisions that will have to be made when changing to an online (or print/online) publication; the hosting issues involved; licensing considerations; issues relating to open access; the changes that would be required in editorial procedures, sales and marketing; and the likely costs in terms of both time and money/people, and how these costs might be recouped. It also offers a range of sales models for online journals and step-by-step guidelines how to plan for a switch to online publication." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2478)
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"En este cuadernillo, el objetivo es profundizar y explorar el concepto de información a partir de su reflexión en tanto proceso comunicacional. Por esta razón, los contenidos aquí desarrollados se articulan con los abordados en los cuadernillos 1 y 2 y están organizados en cuatro capítulos: E
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n el primero se realiza un recorrido conceptual de los aportes de las estrategias de información, desde el difusionismo, pasando por el marketing social y el entretenimiento educativo. En el segundo se desarrolla el significado y las implicancias de un proceso de información, la diferencia entre información y comunicación, entre informar y conocer. Y fundamentalmente, qué significa que una información sea significativa para las personas, grupos o comunidad a la que está destinada. En el tercero se describe la campaña de bien público como estrategia integral de información y sensibilización, los pasos y tareas para su realización. En el último capítulo se hace una reseña de los diversos canales a utilizar en campañas de este tipo." (Presentación)
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"[This handbook] introduces you to the various kinds of courts in which war crimes are tried; gives an outline of the history of the courts; explains the body of international law under which the courts operate; details how war crimes trials work; and explores the actual process of reporting both in
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the courts and on the ground. The handbook is designed either to support formal training sessions with humanitarian law experts and experienced journalist trainers or to be used on its own for independent study and review. The boxes in each chapter are intended to make the sometimes complex information easier to digest. Extended appendices provide basic humanitarian law documents and suggested online resources for further study and research. The purpose of this book is to support countries emerging from war by improving public understanding of international and other justice processes." (Introduction)
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"The objective of OCHA’s new field information management strategy is to increase support to humanitarian actors by improving the capacity for decision making and analysis through strengthened collection, processing, and dissemination of information. This objective will be met by increasing OCHA
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s IM capacity in Field Offices to strengthen the internal flow and management of information and to provide improved external IM services to its many humanitarian partners. Within the parameters of this strategy, for example: Internal changes include: Mapping and standardizing information flow within OCHA to address the current perception of ‘black holes’ throughout the Office, from which nothing emerges; Standardizing file structures and descriptions so all data can be effectively searched; Introducing a system to regularly and securely back up all field data. External services include: Promoting enhanced information sharing, and providing mechanisms to do so, to improve coordination and analysis; Establishing a minimum standard of products to enhance humanitarian coordination, such as Who Does What Where (W3) databases; Working with partners to standardize, to the extent possible within Agency specific requirements, the collection of data, focusing on geo-referencing and metadata; • Providing database and mapping services to those actors lacking their own capacity." (Page IV)
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"Highlights the relevance of radio in poor communities, its broad applicability to a range of sectoral activities such as health, rights, education, livelihoods, and conflict prevention, and identifies the need to deepen the capacity of radio broadcasters at all levels to conduct effective monitorin
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g and evaluation, so as to begin the process of developing a rigorous information and communication for development evidence base which highlights radio's - and other communications mediums - strategic contribution to the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals." (Executive summary)
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"This is a practically oriented Guide on indicators for human rights based approaches to development programmes for UNDP COs. The Guide contains separate sections on different aspects relating to the development and use of indicators across the key elements of human rights programming. The Guide sum
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marizes the normative evolution in human rights and explains how human rights have been mainstreamed into the activities of all UN agencies. It also reviews the main existing indicators for human rights and discusses their limitations for human rights based programming. Two hypothetical programme examples on access to clean water and the prevention of torture are used to show how indicators can be used for human rights programming. Finally the Guide offers advice on how COs can use indicators for all phases of programme design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation." (Abstract)
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"[...] communication is rarely integrated in development cooperation programs as a strategic tool. For this reason an Interest Group on Strategic Communication for Sustainable Development was established. The group, with GTZ Rioplus in the lead, comprises members of GTZ, other German development coo
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peration agencies, and IUCN-CEC. This paper presents the final results of the Interest Group’s work and will be presented at the World Congress on Communication for Sustainable Development (WCCD), organized by the World Bank and FAO in 2006. [...] The manual is envisioned as a tool for policymakers and planners to obtain an overview of the issues involved. GTZ Rioplus and the Interest Group hope that this tool will quickly and convincingly show how strategic communication can become an integrated component of policies, strategies and projects, and thereby help ensure that adequate human and fi nancial resources are allocated to this end. Strategic communication, in the context of this paper, is understood as a dynamic process, integrated in a large-scale initiative that comprises multi-disciplinary and social marketing, non-formal education and public participation, thrives on acting people, aims at the innovative and sustainable change of practices, behaviors and lifestyles, guides communication processes and media interventions within and among social groups, and is a pre-requisite and a tool for change at the same time." (Foreword)
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