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Work the Net: A Management Guide for Existing and Emerging Formal Networks

Bertha Camacho Tuckermann et al.

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), 2nd ed. (2015), 144 pp.

"This is a hands-on guide for setting up, managing and using formal networks efficiently and effectively. It focuses on the structural and operational issues of networks and explains the most important aspects in making them work. The guide addresses networking practitioners, as well as other profes ... more

La violencia contra las mujeres en el medio de los medios

Lima; Bonn: Programa Regional ComVoMujer – Combatir la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Latinoamérica;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2015), 5 pp.

Open Innovation with Social Media: A Source Book for Policy and Decision Makers in International Cooperation

Christian Kreutz, Jan Schwaab, Balthas Seibold

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2015), 22 pp.

Kinder- und Jugendrechte in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Die rechtliche Situation indigener Kinder

J. Iván Égido Zurita

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2014), 50 pp.

"Die vorliegende Veröffentlichung gibt einen Überblick über die Situation indigener Kinder und Jugendlicher in Bolivien, Ecuador und Peru im Lichte der UN-Konvention über die Rechte des Kindes sowie des Übereinkommens 169 der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation (ILO). Die Anerkennung und prakti ... more

Freedom of Expression and Access to Information: Innovative Projects

Isabel Rodde, Friederike Brinkmeier

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ);Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 5 pp.

Nexus Between State, Civil Society and Media: Innovative Projects

Tim Auracher, Katharina Kammerer, Sonja Taylor

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ);Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 6 pp.

Social Media and Political Participation

Geraldine de Bastion, Melanie Stilz, René Herlitz

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2014), 35 pp.

"The study will begin by defining and classifying social media and will go on to explain the reach and role of these media in developing contexts, in particular when used for political communication, interaction and decision-making processes. In a second chapter, risks and benefits of social media a ... more

Balance a diez años de vigencia de la Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública 2003-2013

Lima: Defensoría del Pueblo;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 278 pp.

Jurisdicción indígena y derecho estatal en Latinoamérica

René Kuppe

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 58 pp.

"Se explica primeramente la estrecha vinculación que existe entre el manejo oficial del tema de la jurisdicción indígena – o sea, normas jurídicas nacionales e internacionales y justicia estatal – y la política general en materia de pueblos indígenas. Se eligió un acceso eminentemente his ... more

What Do You See? Design of a Communication Strategy to Promote Positive Change for Unorganized Workers in Karnataka, India

Sabina von Kessel

Bangalore: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 61 pp.

"The specific objectives of this paper are to review and evaluate the print material used by the GIZ [in Karnataka] and examine if it can be read, understood and related to by the participants; to provide a channel for clear and understandable comm ... more

Investigative Journalism in Grassroots Independent Print Media in South Africa: A Baseline Study of the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo

Eastern Cape Communication Forum (ECCF);Association of Independent Publishers (AIP);Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 20 pp.

"In summary, the findings show that more than half of the analysed newspapers do in fact seek to expose potential wrong doings of government and business and as such are important actors in promoting local accountability. Yet, the findings also show that a lot of the reporting is not as extensive, a ... more

Reporting Disaster and Disaster Preparedness: A Training Handbook

New Delhi: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Indo-German Environment Partnership Programme (IGEP) (2012), viii, 122 pp.

"The main objective of the media component of the Environmental Planning and Disaster Risk Management (EPDRM) programme of GIZ in India is to enable journalists to better and more efficiently perform their roles, functions and tasks in the context ... of disaster risk management, i.e. information to the public, awareness building with regard to disaster risks and preparedness, warning in case of disasters, information on response, relief and reconstruction. In order to achieve this objective, the project has been planned under different components, viz., orientation workshops for the practicing journalists in different high-on-disaster-risk states; facilitating a virtual platform for information exchange and knowledge sharing among participants from the orientation workshops as well as other experts; and developing curriculum on reporting disaster for the journalism students of various Indian journalism institutes. Orientation workshops were conducted in seven states (Tamilnadu, Odisha, Gujarat, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Assam and Punjab) during 2010-2011. A Facebook community and a web portal have been established to facilitate the virtual exchange among the journalists and thematic experts. In order to extend awareness and capacity building activities related to disasters to journalists, the project also facilitated development of a curriculum on reporting disaster to be used in journalism departments of universities and media training institutes. A core-group of experts and trainers from media training institutes, as well as from other relevant organizations was formed, which deliberated upon the overall structure and outline of the DRR curriculum required to be introduced to the students of journalism. A team of authors and editors had then put together the contents of the curriculum along with guidance on how to use the contents, which is being produced in the form of this handbook. This curriculum was piloted in September this year, with journalism students in the North Eastern Region of India, and inputs on the training methods used were also received from faculty members during a ToT of this curriculum. This Training Handbook on "Reporting Disaster and Disaster Preparedness" provides basic concepts, case studies, and examples that can be customized as a module in a course or an entire course as part of the overall curriculum of a journalism course in Indian universities and institutes." (Preface) more

The Performance of Vernacular Radio Stations in Kenya: Monitoring Report

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), viii, 33 pp.

"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK), the statutory body established under the Media Act 2007 that regulates media and advances professionalism of the media in Kenya, monitored a set of ten vernacular radio stations in September/October 2011 in order to assess their current performance. The study looke ... more

Behaviour Change Communication Interventions for HIV/AIDS

Stefan Weinmann, Ruta Yemane

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), 6 pp.

"Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) interventions have variable effects on knowledge, attitudes and behaviour with regard to HIV/AIDS. Studies show that peer education is successful at increasing knowledge, increasing condom use, and providing youth with information and condoms; however, effects o ... more

Evaluation of Behavior Change Communication Programs: Guidance Note for German Development Cooperation
Key Guidance

Marianthi Vezertzi, Julia Lohmann

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), 85 pp.

"Behavior Change Communication (BCC) interventions have become an integral part of many HIV prevention programs. Monitoring and evaluation is expected to be included in the design of any BCC interventions from the beginning on. However, the know-how on how to demonstrate results and impacts of such ... more

Radio Programmes for Small Businesses: Using Media for Local Economic Development in Ghana

Kofi Owusu, Griet Newiger-Addy

Accra: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Programme for Sustainable Economic Development (PSED) (2012), iv, 32 pp.

"This publication has four main purposes. First, it informs local authorities and business associations in Ghana about the benefits of setting up industrial zones in their localities. Second, decision makers will learn about what has been achieved so far through the support to industrial areas in va ... more

Strategic Communication for ABS: A Conceptual Guide and Toolkit for Practitioners

Kathrin Heidbrink, Manfred Oepen

ABS Capacity Development Initiative;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), 86 pp.

"This Guide offers advice about the role, relevance and use of communication for implementing Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) systems at the national level. It provides an overview of communication considerations, approaches and methods for the different phases of ABS implementation. Establishing A ... more

Una propuesta metodológica para construir historias periodísticas de paz

Gregor Barié, Ney Osorio Arango, Fernando-Alonso Ramírez

Bogotá: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);La Patria;Universidad de Manizales (2012), 94 pp.

"El ejercicio 'La Paz Cuenta en Caldas' fue un experimento conjunto del periódico La Patria, la Universidad de Manizales y la Deutsche Gesellschaft f� ... more

Promoting Democracy with New Media: Challenges and Opportunities of Development Cooperation

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2011), 2 pp.

"New fields of action have emerged for those working in Germany’s development cooperation activities that are focused on media. Development cooperation can help new media become an established instrument used by civil society actors who are informed and monitoring political developments. This form ... more

The Transformative Role of Mobile Financial Services and the Role of German Development Cooperation

Aiaze Mitha

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2011), 63 pp.

"This document presents a ‘’state-of-the-art’’ review of branchless banking. It examines existing trends, extracts insightful lessons from past experiences and articulates the main challenges ahead with regards to the transformative role of branchless banking. It is also designed to link dev ... more