"La mission a visité 18 radios communautaires dans la période prévue. Elle s'est focalisée sur une sélection de radios représentatives des différents types de régions (à l'exception de la région de Diffa, trop éloignée géographiquement pour que la mission puisse s'y rendre), de géograp
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hie, de climats, d’environnements (villes et petits villages) du Niger. Au moins une radio par bailleur a été visitée. De plus, la mission a veillé à rencontrer des radios créées au début du projet Ruranet et d'autres nées récemment. Cet échantillonnage avait pour objectif d'arriver à des conclusions applicables à l'ensemble des 66 radios communautaires du pays. La mission a trouvé la plupart des radios dans une situation 'fragile', en matière de personnel et d'équipements. Les résultats et l'impact du projet Ruranet, bien qu'ils soient positifs, sont donc 'fragiles' aussi. Parmi les premiers impacts, le personnel des radios ainsi que certains de leurs auditeurs ont remarqué que la station a offert un moyen de s'informer, et de s'exprimer, de communiquer. Un résultat indéniable est que « les gens du village commencent à se connaître, et à connaître les gens des autres villages », selon un des auditeurs à Goudel. Cet impact a beaucoup renforcé la culture de la paix, surtout concernant les conflits 'traditionnels' entre éleveurs et agriculteurs. Une fois devant le micro, et lorsque les arguments des deux parties sont exposés, les gens arrivent à se comprendre, et mê me à aboutir à des accords. Ces remarques ont été entendues non seulement à Radio Goudel et Bankilaré, mais aussi dans des villes plus éloignées comme Abalak, Tamaya, Dolé, Gagama, Sassoumbroum, Tchirozérine." (Conclusions et recommendations)
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"Small Islands Voice focuses on small island developing states and islands with other affiliations in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions. This initiative, started in 2002, aims to combine new information and communication technologies with print, radio, television and other media, in or
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der to promote the effective participation of the general public in sustainable island development and in the 2004 review of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Programme of Action and its follow-up. Six islands played an active role in Small Islands Voice in 2002: St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, San Andres Archipelago in the Caribbean; Seychelles in the Indian Ocean; Cook Islands and Palau in the Pacific. Activities in the islands include opinion surveys, meetings and workshops, debates, radio talk shows, interactive displays, and newsletters. Inter-regional activities include two internet-based discussion fora, one for the general public and one for youth, inter-regional conference calls, and an inter-regional workshop held in Palau in November 2002. The internet is being used to link the regions together. An internet-based forum was developed to connect the general public in the three regions in a discussion on key issues in the environment-development arena. This internet-based forum links up with local newspapers so the debate can reach a wider audience; and the potential exists to further extend the reach of this forum using community radio and television. A similar forum focusing on secondary school students is proving successful and has potential as a distance learning tool. Limited and costly internet access in small islands is a serious constraint to such initiatives; however, the islands involved are developing innovative ways of overcoming these constraints, such as negotiating special rates with internet service providers and at internet cafes." (Executive summary)
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"Much research on urban development is supply-led - generated by the interests of donors and researchers in the North rather than the needs of poor households in the growing cities of the South, Communicating for Development focuses attention on the most fundamental of questions about development: h
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ow can the lessons of good practice and innovation and the results of research benefit the poor? The book offers in-depth discussion about how the communication process works - or doesn't work. It questions and challenges: who are the stakeholders; what are the best vehicles for transferring knowledge; why are local networks and intermediaries so important; what can hinder the communication process; and how may these gaps and barriers be overcome? Moreover, the book challenges traditional participatory methods of relating to the needs of poor urban communities and proposes instead the application of new communication and knowledge management methods currently used in business management." (Publisher description)
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"Documentation of best practices on how certain individuals or organizations are changing the way communication works, how they are making a difference to the lives and livelihoods of rural people. About 40 organizations - government, non-government or academic - in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pac
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ific are described. The examples described are focussing on local or national initiatives that are doing good communication work despite all the constraints they face. A second criterion for inclusion was a track record, to focus on approaches that have been found to work. A third criterion was sustainability. The book has nine sections, each with up to six stories about particular institutions or sets of institutions. There are sections on radio and television, newspapers and newsletters, literacy and local languages, computers and telecommunications, farmers' groups and markets, farmers' knowledge, research and extension links, research networks, and libraries." (https://www.ircwash.org/resources)
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"This completely revised edition builds on the framework provided by the earlier text. It traces the history of development communication, presents and critiques diverse approaches and their proponents, and provides ideas and models for development communication in the new century." (Publisher descr
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"This book looks at the political economy of communication and information, media in development and social change, media theory and practice, international communication technology and communication values and ethics." (Publisher description)