"Local Media Support‘ (LMS) presents a study of current status with regard to support of local media as part of humanitarian or developmental assistance programmes. Based on this, a proposed framework for the assessment of projects and programmes in this field is developed. The report is divided i
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nto four chapters: Chapter 1 clarifies key concepts and how the report understands the nature and role of media in society [...] Chapter 2 outlines and discusses the actors and activities now associated with international LMS [...] Chapter 3 provides a framework for structuring or categorising LMS activities. Three partially cornplementary categories are suggested [...] Based on the three objective-based categories proposed in Chapter 3, Chapter 4 develops a detailed framework for the assessment and evaluation of LMS activities." (Summary, page 7-8)
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"Four years after its inception, Worldview International Foundation can look back on considerable achievements in the field of video training and production. Close to 150 video productions, more than 50 people trained in the use of video, 16 mm films that have reached an audience of several millions
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, assistance to media centres in a number of countries, international seminars, workshops and consultations - all under the leadership of the organisation's founder and Secretary General, Arne Fjørtoft. But the considerable and rapid growth of the organisation has also brought with it several problems that must be solved if Worldview International Foundation (WIF) shall be able to fullfill its idealistic and ambitious objectives." (Conclusions, page 7)
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Describes a wide range of democracy assistance activities, among them media assistance, and critically analyses their outcomes.