"SjCOOP1 objectives were to (1) develop a network of professional science journalists in Africa, North Africa and in the Middle East; (2) put in place national and regional associations of science journalists; and (3) strengthen the World Federation of Science Journalists as a supportive partner of
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science journalists in the developing world. In 2009, at the end of SjCOOP, networks of science journalists are now in place in Africa and in the Arab World. Each network is made of one regional association complemented by national associations. The African network includes nine national associations (6 created by SjCOOP) with a total membership of 408 journalists. The Arab network is mainly represented by a pan-Arab association with two national associations (created through SjCOOP) representing some 215 journalists. [...] Twelve associations from the developing world are now official members of the World Federation of Science Journalists and eight are twinned with associations in Asia, Europe and North America. This new global network in science journalism creates an incentive for better reporting and increased recognition of science journalists in the developing world." (Executive summary, page 6)
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"To fill a gap in UNDP’s current strategic approach to democratic governance in Timor-Leste, media development has been added as an essential pillar of its programme geared toward assistance for building a democratic state. This project aims to improve the enabling conditions for the media sector
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to function professionally, freely and independently. This project seeks to enhance media pluralism in Timor Leste through both a policy and a capacity-building approach. It will offer support to the legal framework for establishing media laws; assistance to technical and management training for community radio in the districts; and help to strengthen media capacity to report on and understand political and development issues relevant to decisions that affect daily lives. To achieve these objectives the project is focused on the following three key outputs towards developing the media in Timor-Leste: Output 1: Strengthen media-related legal and regulatory process; Output 2: Increase technical and managerial capacity for sustainability of community radio; Output 3: Improve professional capacity of print and community radio journalists and community radio producers through training, plus additional training and support." (Page 3)
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The USAID-funded Core Media Support Program for Armenia (CMSPA) began in September 2004 after a several year hiatus of intensive USAID support to the Armenian media sector; it concluded on September 27, 2009.
"Le Programme d’appui aux médias ivoiriens (PAMI) a proposé de 2004 à 2007 un appui sectoriel aux médias de Côte-d’Ivoire, pays en situation de conflit interne depuis le coup d’État avorté de septembre 2002. Il a été suivi, pour un an, par le Programme d’appui à la presse ivoirienn
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e (PAPI), centré sur la presse écrite. Le premier projet avait pour objectif de responsabiliser les acteurs quand le second entendait surtout subventionner les entreprises de presse les plus respectueuses des règles éthiques du métier. Financés par l’Union européenne, ils ont été mis en oeuvre par le Gret, qui disposait d’un bureau à Abidjan. L’étude d’impact tente d’appréhender les effets structurants du PAMI et du PAPI sur le secteur des médias de Côte-d’Ivoire, en se situant du point de vue des acteurs locaux. S’appuyant sur plusieurs sources d’information, l’analyse présente des résultats contrastés, dus, entre autres, à la conduite des projets dans un contexte politique qui se dégradait toujours plus. Le PAMI et le PAPI ont eu un impact très net sur la restructuration du secteur, en soutenant l’adoption d’une nouvelle loi plus libérale, le renforcement de l’interprofession (association d’éditeurs, syndicats) ou encore la renégociation de la convention collective. Mais on note de plus faibles effets sur l’autorégulation, qui a pourtant bénéficié d’un soutien technique et financier de tout premier ordre, et sur la formation des journalistes." (Résumé)
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"This evaluation of USAID’s Kosovo Media Assistance Project (KMAP) took place close to the end of the three-year project, and addressed two main issues: (1) what has been the impact of KMAP? and (2) based on findings related to KMAP, what recommendations can be made to guide possible future USAID
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media programming in Kosovo? The Scope of Work (SOW) poses 19 questions and directs that the body of the evaluation should answer these questions. Therefore, we address each question below." (Page 1)
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"While the relationship between war and media is examined in literature, the cases of the positive use of mass communication channels in the reconciliation of post-conflict societies are virtually unknown. The goal of this study is to respond to the gap in literature by examining theoretical evidenc
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e and practical case studies describing media promotion of peace across the world. As a result, a total of 40 media projects in 18 countries are documented and two case studies are examined in detail. Initial lessons from the practical projects in conjunction with historical developments of media in wars suggest that the current practice would benefit from: integration of all available media channels and practices, incorporation of media into other social institutions and processes and regulation of hate media as well as production of peace-oriented media." (Abstract)
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"The majority of the cases relate to radio programmes that have been supported by FIT Uganda (a Ugandan development company) and the FIT SEMA project (an ILO project). These interventions supported the launch of new radio programme formats that focused on business and livelihood issues. The substant
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ial impact of these interventions on sustainability of programmes, innovation and copycatting and large scale outreach figures are touched on in this report. Going further, the research presented here looks at impacts of these programmes on the livelihoods of the poor. All of the cases researched occurred some years after any direct project intervention. As such they speak positively about the FIT Uganda and ILO experience, and of the ability and willingness of commercial radio to serve a more public interest and in doing so offer an effective mechanism for poor people to tackle policy, legal, regulatory and administrative issues that matter to them." (Executive summary, page 2)
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"This paper explores the role that the mass media can play in enhancing processes that underpin the reform of the business environment. It does so through the lens of local FM radio stations in Uganda that have emerged over the last decade to become a prominent feature of the country’s social, pol
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itical and business landscape. [...] Six case studies were analysed in detail. The case studies highlighted that media intervention can bring about changes in the business environment that results in sizeable and quantifiable impact. [...] The programmes that brought about impact on the business environment were ones that had been supported by donor intervention (FIT Uganda and the ILO SEMA Project). [...] The radio programmes that have brought about impact in the business environment were indigenously owned, managed and run. They operated in diverse local languages and responded to specific local issues. This local ownership and management is at the heart of the success of the programmes and would have been less likely to have come about through programmes funded and managed by donor projects or staff." (Executive summary)
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"One of the most visible impacts of IREX ProMedia II/Serbia is the development and continued success of RTV B92. Through training and direct grants, IREX was the main donor to B92 as it helped to move the existing capacity of a small radio station to the capacity of national television and radio bro
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adcaster. RTV B92 is recognized by Serbian citizens and the international community as the most objective and independent national news provider in Serbia. According to a May 2007 research study by SMMRI, RTV B92 currently has almost 10% of the national TV market and reaches 98% of the Serbian population. The major benefit of such wide distribution is that the content of TV B92 and Radio B92 provides Serbian citizens across the nation with high quality, balanced information. RTV B92 has also shared its content with the ANEM network and brought high quality independent programming to smaller local and regional stations in the network. RTV B92’s award winning investigative series that received grants from IREX has provided a watchdog function of the media. Their success has encouraged other stations to also produce investigative news programs. RTV B92 is the model that many local, regional and national outlets aspire to be like.
The goal of IR 2 of the ProMedia II program was to develop the infrastructure to ensure efficient production and dissemination of news and information. IREX has accomplished this in two ways. First, it helped RTV B92 become a leader in news production as it shares its news freely with other outlets via its internet site, and second, it has supported independent news agencies that provide local, regional, and national media organizations with objective news.
IREX worked with the news agencies BETA and FoNet to create the capacity to produce and disseminate news and information. Many smaller media outlets rely on news agencies for large portions of their national news information. The state run Tanjug news agency has dominated the industry but the emergence of IREX-supported BETA and FoNet has ensured that there is competition in the news agency sector. This competition has improved the professionalism in the sector and gives independent media outlets a choice when they decide which information to share with their audiences. In the end, the public benefits from this increased competition and professionalism." (Conclusions and lessons learned, page 62-63)
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"El programa CAESI ha sido el primer intento de trabajar un programa en conjunto entre ALER y AMARC, dos redes con mucha historia y momentos de rivalidad. Fue la primera vez en la historia que se hizo un proyecto de estas características. Se hizo en una región muy problemática, históricamente po
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stergada, invadida, fragmentada y empobrecida, con un desarrollo de medios comunitarios más rudimentario que en otras regiones del continente. Hubiera sido demasiado utópico esperar que un programa como éste resultara exitoso en todas sus dimensiones. Debe verse este primer período mucho más como un ensayo que como proyecto acabado con todas las garantías de efectividad. Por primera vez comunicadoras y comunicadores de radio centroamericanos han gestado juntos algo propio, por pequeño e inacabado que esto sea. Se ha creado por primera vez en la región un espacio propio, un tipo de consejo centroamericano de radios populares y comunitarias que en su misma práctica -y con muchos errores- está ensayando maneras participativas de tomar decisiones, de ejercer el poder, incorporando las miradas del género y de la interculturalidad. Es una experiencia inédita en el mundo de las radios comunitarias centroamericanas y excepcional dentro del mismo movimiento social de la región. Es una oportunidad que no debe soltarse con ligereza." (Lecciones aprendidas, páginas 34-35)
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