"The purpose of the one day ICD workshop on media assistance was to raise the profile of media for development within DFID, to share media assistance strategies and good practice with organisations and individuals engaged in the field of development communications, and to chart a way forward for bot
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h DFID and the wider development community." (introduction, page 2)
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"USAID’s assistance to the media sector, implemented through the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), directly contributed to the creation and continued functioning of two Kosovo-wide independent television stations, the terrestrial transmission network, and the news agency KosovaLiv
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e. Continued high levels of effort focused on TV21 and KTV, however, have overshadowed other important aspects of its Kosovo Independent Media Program (KIMP). This also created a continuing sense of entitlement by the larger recipients that has negated, to a large extent, IREX efforts to help them become self-sufficient and to improve the quality of their product. With the significant reduction in funding expected by USAID/Kosovo to implement its 2004-2008 strategy, the Assessment Team recommends that USAID refocus its assistance on strengthening the media as an integral system¾one that provides timely and quality information to citizens and which fulfills the media’s critical watchdog role." (Executive summary, pages iv-v)
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"Describes the work of Rádio Ecclesia (Luanda) and the ANGONET Wireless Internet Access Project in Huambo." (commbox)
"USAID media-related assistance to Russia totaled over $44 million during the June 1992-September 2002 period. Television-focused funding absorbed $22.4 million; projects focused mainly on the print media accounted for just over $7 million; and funding for the media sector as a whole was over $14.5
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million. In addition to direct institutionbuilding activities, USAID provided assistance for using media for special purposes, such as holding elections and preventing domestic violence. While these two projects may have increased local media skills and capabilities, it was not their primary intention. USAID Russia's major partner in the broadcast media was Internews, which received $18.1 million. Although undertaking various activities to promote independent media in Russia, Internews's primary focus was to assist emerging, independent regional television stations. With dynamic leadership and innovative program strategies, Internews has become one of the most prominent media NGOs in the Russian Federation." (Executive summary)
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"The International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) was created by UNESCO in 1980. The pivotal aim was to increase co-operation and assistance for the development of communication infrastructures and to reduce the gap between countries in the communication field. The programme e
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merged from debates within UNESCO about a New World Communication and Information order, and reflections on the importance of communications media as tools for development.
Norway has supported IPDC from the very beginning, and was, one of the main founders of the program’s Special Account. Down the years Norway has contributed a total of US$ 11 428 000 to the Special Account from 1982 to 2000. The Norwegian contribution has however gradually decreased from 1 052 000 US$ in 1988, to around 2 million NOK annually in recent years (varying between 226,432 and 308,315 US$ according to the exchange rate). During the last six years Norway has allocated 1 576 474 US$ to the Special Account. Norway is the second largest donor after Denmark. Until 2001 support to IPDC was specified as a separate item in the budget of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For the 2001/2002 budget it was decided to allocate support to the IPDC under the heading of “Good governance” (UD 2002: post 74, page 153–154).
The financial contributions to the IPDC have always been inadequate, and the problem worsened after 1995 due to the drastic drop in funding. In 2001 a moratorium was put on new projects and 46 approved projects were waiting to be financed. Given Norway’s relationship to the IPDC, it is not surprising that it would like to see an evaluation both of the program’s impact and its current impecunious situation. The role of projects in the area of media and communication must be considered within the framework of Norway’s total development policies, but particularly in relation to the commitment to strengthen democracy, accountability and transparency where the media play a central role. The present evaluation is intended to serve as a background for a renewed discussion of the continuation of Norwegian support to the IPDC, and of the reorientation and renewal of the programme." (Fact sheet, page 6)
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"The Academy for Educational Development (AED) has been in the social marketing, communication, and participation business for some 40 years. This book profiles 82 projects carried out in the 1960s and 1970s in countries around the world. These projects were researched and documented by AED under it
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s Clearinghouse on Development Communication. It is hoped that the book's profiles of extraordinary early experiments with social marketing, mass media, interactive radio, and participation might benefit a new generation of communication professionals. Profiles in the book describe applications to fields as diverse as basic education, child survival, family planning, agriculture, community organizing, and participatory media. The book opens with an easy-to-read index and a table of contents. Synopses of each project follow, providing a description, results, facts of note, references, target audience, objectives, media, donors/sponsors, duration, and contacts." (www.eric.ed.gov)
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"Im Jahr 2001 ließ die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung ihr seit 1995 laufendes Projekt "Förderung der Medienvielfalt Nahost" in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Radio Training Centre (RTC) des Media Institute der Bierzeit-Universität evaluieren. Der Zielkatalog der Partnerorganisation wie auch der des Projektes we
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rden als widerspruchsfrei, kompatibel, operational, sowie mittel- bis langfristig als realistisch und konfliktfrei bewertet. Die Maßnahme stieß auf einen großen, kaum abzudeckenden Bedarf. Die Durchführung des Projekts und die Qualität der Lehre werden als gut bewertet. Trotz schwieriger Rahmenbedingungen aufgrund der vorherrschenden politischen Situation, haben die Maßnahmen in quantitativer Hinsicht fast völlig den Zielvorgaben entsprochen. Das Media Institut wird als ein wichtiges und gut gemanagtes ‚Projekt' beschrieben. Die bisherige Projektarbeit wird als erfolgreich bezeichnet, die Zukunftsaussichten als gut. Das Projekt leistet mit der Förderung pluralistischen Gedankenguts bei Medienmitarbeitern und der Vermittlung journalistischer Qualitätsstandards in Berichterstattung und Recherche einen bedeutsamen Beitrag zur Herstellung demokratischer, pluralistischer Strukturen in der palästinensischen Gesellschaft." (Oepen/Abele Designstudie Medienförderung 2003)
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"In 1996, the German Development Service (DED) adopted a new strategy paper with the aim of promoting more active information and education work. The author Erhard Brunn was the first DED development worker to take up this new task in Uganda in 1997. He was in charge of preparing German development
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workers in Uganda for information and education work in Germany after their return, of supporting partner organisations in their information activities and of promoting the visibility of the DED in Uganda. In the course of his work, Erhard Brunn also placed emphasis on opening up the German media for Ugandan journalists. This included internships for Ugandan journalists with German newspapers, opportunities to publish translated and edited articles in Germany, a seminar in Kampala to brief Ugandan journalists on the conditions of the German media market and the participation of Ugandan journalists at a conference of independent African media in April in Hamburg. After the initial problems of winning the trust of his Ugandan colleagues, Brunn met with "surprising acceptance", which he attributes to his personal commitment and his efforts to manifest respect for the partners and for Uganda as a whole. The DED is planning to continue its information and education work in Uganda and to implement similar programmes in Brazil, Ecuador and South Africa." (Abstract)
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