"As a regional international organization focused on education and research, the Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL) played a key role in institutionalizing the field of communication studies in the so-called “Third World” countries. Founde
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d in 1959, in Ecuador, it is an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the objective of implementing a set of strategies to improve the training of journalists and academics in the area. Referring to the Cold War context, its development was linked to other international organizations and political-cultural entities, which ended up stimulating the formation ofan environment marked by relations of cooperation and cooptation, but also by resistance. By reconstructing the 60-year trajectory of this Latin American center, the aim is to show how its role has been dynamic and is related to the political and social changes that have taken place in the region, notably the rise and fall of military dictatorships in South America." (Abstract)
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"Renseignements statistiques — Le CIESPAL et l'enseignement du journalisme — L'enseignement des sciences de l'information." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 809, topic code 163.21)
"L'auteur dresse les activités du CIESPAL et insiste sur la nécessité de la coordination et échange d'expériences dans le domaine de l'enseignement du journalisme." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 808, topi
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c code 163.21)
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"By means of seminars, research and documentation, the Centre for advanced studies in journalism in Quito has accomplished remarkable work over a period of six years — Through its activities CIESPAL has strengthened the institutes of journalism and helps create and train true journalists." (Jean-M
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arie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 585, topic code 163.20)
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