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Radio for Peacebuilding Africa: Project Evaluation. Executive Summary

Brussels: Search for Common Ground, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2006), 10 pp.

Contains illustrations, tables

"In 2004, SFCG’s Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa (RFPA) project conducted a baseline survey in 21 sub-Saharan African countries, to ascertain knowledge of, attitude towards, and use of peacebuilding techniques by radio professionals. 1000 radio professionals were surveyed by email with phone follow-up, and 446 responded. Since then the Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa project has sought to be in contact with radio professionals across sub-Saharan Africa and to gather their experience, inform them about different peacebuilding techniques and formats in radio, and to encourage use of the different techniques and formats available – many of which have been developed and refined by SFCG. This has been done through workshops, mass emails, a project website, distribution of guidebooks and CD-ROMs, and the provision of downloadable materials (guidebooks, exemplary programmes and other information). The objective of this end-term evaluation is to assess whether the project outcomes have been successful in contributing to the goals and purpose of the project. The likely Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior (KAB) changes over the past two and a half years will be examined, among the participant radio professionals in sub-Saharan Africa; related to the manner in which they deal with conflict issues in their programmes. It will establish what, if any, link exists between the RFPA project activities and outputs (such as the guidebooks, website, exemplary programmes, and workshops) and any KAB changes that have taken place. In addition, the evaluation will assess likely impact and extract learning for future SFCG interventions." (Page 1)