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Afrika auf dem Weg zur Medienfreiheit

Peter Schellschmidt

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2004), 12 pp.

"Die Neuorientierung des FES-Medienprojekts für das südliche Afrika hat also zu einer eindeutigen Konzentration auf diese drei Hauptarbeitsbereiche (politische Rahmenbedingungen, alternative Medien und Gender) geführt. Daraus folgt, dass die Stiftung konsequent auf einen Arbeitsbereich verzichtet ... more

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Ethics and the Internet in West Africa: Toward an Ethical Model of Integration

Patrick J. Brunet, Oumarou Tiemtoré, Marie-Claude Vettraino-Soulard

Ottawa; Asmara (ER): International Development Research Centre (IDRC);Africa World Press (2004), 148 pp.

Broadcasting and Development: Options for the World Bank

Carter Eltzroth, Charles Kenny

Washington, DC: World Bank (2003), 24 pp.

"The World Bank should take a more active role in policy and regulatory activities targeting the broadcasting sector because: broadcasting can have a significant part to play in the fight to reduce global poverty; convergence of information and communications technologies (ICT) is allowing broadcast ... more

Media Assistance: Best Practices and Priorities. Report on a USAID Workshop

Ellen Hume

Washington, DC: USAID, Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination (2003), 17 pp.

"Determining that the time had come to derive lessons from past efforts, think afresh about media assistance, and perhaps add some new models - including approaches for Africa and Asia, where the cultural preconditions and economic prospects are quite different from those of Europe - USAID’s Burea ... more

Entwicklungshelferinnen und Entwicklungshelfer für Informations- und Bildungsarbeit des DED: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen eines Programmansatzes

Jutta Bangel (ed.)

Bonn: Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) (2003), 113 pp.

"Herr Könsgen wies auf die Bedeutung einer professionellen Außendarstellung des DED hin und betonte den Stellenwert der entwicklungspolitischen Bildungsarbeit für den DED. Beides kann durch die Fachkräfte für Informations- und Bildungsarbeit (IBA-EH) unterstützt und vorangetrieben werden. Der ... more

Livelihoods Approaches to Information and Communication in Support of Rural Poverty Elimination and Food Security

Robert Chapman, Tom Slaymaker, John Young

Overseas Development Institute (ODI);Department of International Development (DFID);FAO (2003), viii, 62 pp.

"It is widely acknowledged that a livelihoods approach provides a useful, logically consistent framework for thinking through the complex issues influencing the lives of the poor. In particular it draws attention to ways in which policies, institutions and decision-making processes influence resourc ... e access and ownership, and determine strategic livelihood options available to poor households. Information and communication systems are crucial in this regard, both in generating information required by the rural poor to make decisions on livelihood strategies, and in generating information required by institutions responsible for making decisions about policies and processes that affect those strategies. In each case, it is only through improved information that individuals and institutions can make informed choices about the opportunities and constraints associated with agriculture-based strategies. However, improved information alone is not sufficient for improved decision-making. Decision-making is a political process and promoting multi-stakeholder participation in decision-making processes is a key concern. Furthermore, different stakeholder groups each have specific information needs and delivery preferences. Highly differentiated information needs assessment is essential in order to effectively support decision-making at different levels. It is evident that effective promotion of poverty reduction and food security requires changes in institutions and attitudes, knowledge and information levels, processes and skills. Improved understanding of the capacity of decision-makers at different levels to make use of the information provided is key for the identification of appropriate systems and institutions for the delivery of relevant information. Enhancing the quality and quantity of information also relies on attention to the flow of information, such as the means of communication, format and content. Information can potentially have a catalytic role but much depends on its reliability and relevance to the needs of particular user groups. There is a necessary trade-off between the level of technical detail involved in information collection and analysis, and the practical usefulness of that information. Standardisation of techniques of information collection, storage and presentation is important, both to improve efficiency in information handling within agencies and also to ensure that information can be used externally by other agencies, thereby facilitating greater cross-sectoral communication and coordination. Equally important is developing effective means of prioritising information needs at different levels. Improved information can enable people to better defend their interests and articulate their needs; it increases their bargaining power and ability to influence decision-making processes which affect them. Transparency is equally important if information is to empower people to make better decisions. Improved communication systems can enable individuals to organise as groups and use information to hold institutions and authorities accountable." (Executive summary, page vi) more

La situation de la communication pour le développement au Niger (Etat des lieux): Tome 1

Rome: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO);PNUD;UNICEF;Ministère de la Communication (Niger) (2003), 171 pp.

"[...] pour lutter contre les affres du sous-développement, les autorités ont entrepris de réorganiser le secteur de la communication et décidé de la mise en œuvre d’une Politique nationale de communication pour le développement. C’est ainsi que, de 2000 à 2002, le Gouvernement, en parte ... nariat avec la FAO, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’Enfance (UNICEF) et le Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD), a fait établir un état des lieux de la communication au Niger. A cet effet, 10 études sectorielles et thématiques ont été effectuées. Des ateliers tenus dans chacune des huit régions du pays ont per mis de recueillir la perception par les communautés de base de la problématique de la communication pour le développement. En janvier 2002, à l’issue d’un atelier national qui a regroupé plus de 200 participants, le Niger a jeté les bases d’une véritable Politique nationale de communication pour le développement (PNCD). Cette politique nationale de communication pour le développement vise à instituer un système d’implication rationnelle et pérenne de tous les moyens de communication et de tous les acteurs au processus de développement économique et social. La PNCD prend en compte les aspirations des populations à la base, les atouts et faiblesses dans la mise en œuvre des stratégies et du plan d’action aux niveaux régional et national [...] La PNCD, qui prône une approche participative, contribuera à un plus large accès des populations au débat démocratique, au renforcement du dialogue social en vue de la réalisation des pro grammes prioritaires de développement du Niger (lutte contre la pandémie du Sida, lutte contre le paludisme et la poliomyélite, promotion de la bonne gouvernance). La PNCD accordera la plus grande priorité au développement rural en appuyant les actions visant à améliorer les secteurs sociaux (santé – éducation – alphabétisation), la préservation de l’environnement, le désenclavement des zones à fortes potentia lités, l’accès des femmes et des jeunes aux moyens de produc tion ainsi qu’à la promotion d’une communication institution nelle pour appuyer le secteur. Enfin, la PNCD se veut un document de référence unique pour les partenaires au développement du Niger (pays amis, organi sations non gouvernementales, institutions, associations et groupements des producteurs) dans le cadre de leurs interven tions dans le domaine spécifique de la communication pour le développement." (Préface, page ix-x) more

Hearing the Voices of the Poor: Encouraging Good Governance and Poverty Reduction Through Media Sector Support

Ann Hudock

Washington, DC: World Learning for International Development (2003), 7 pp.

"This paper argues that heightened media involvement in the PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers) process could help build a stronger independent media sector while preparing citizens to take an active role in dialogues that will have a huge impact on their lives. Media involvement would help fra ... more

The Difficult Birth of the Fourth Estate: Media Development and Democracy Assistance in the Post-Conflict Balkans

Izabella Karlowicz

In: Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East-Central Europe

Miklós Sükösd; Péter Bajomi-Lázár (eds.)

Budapest: Central European University Press;Open Society Institute (2003), pp. 115-135

Media in Multilingual Societies: Freedom and Responsability

Ana Karlsreiter (ed.)

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2003), 168 pp.

Impulse für die Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit: Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit - eine zentrale Aufgabe der Kooperation

Sigrun Abels, Hartmut Ihne, Annette Massmann, Helmut Osang, Barbara Thomaß

[authors] (2003), 10 pp.

The Media Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gwyneth Henderson, Jasna Kilalic, Boro Kontic

USAID Bosnia (2003), 47 pp.

"It probably does not need saying again, but the media market in BiH is a mass. Not just because there are too many outlets fighting for an audience and seeking all too little available money, but because noone knows much with any accuracy. So claim and counter claim for audience share, coverage, ci ... more

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DRC Media Environment Assessment Report

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2003), 21 pp.

Before Emergency: Conflict Prevention and the Media

Mariano Aguirre, Francisco Ferrándiz, José Manuel Pureza (eds.)

Bilbao: University of Deusto;HumanitarianNet (2003), 200 pp.

Appropriating the Internet for Social Change: Towards the Strategic Use of Networked Technologies by Transnational Civil Society Organizations

Mark Surman, Katherine Reilly

New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (2003), 99 pp.

"This report was prepared for the Social Science Research Council's (SSRC) Information Technology and International Cooperation (ITIC) program. The ITIC program exists to explore the relationship between information technology and civil society. Its goal is to build knowledge about the use and gover ... more

Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa: Strategy Paper. Based on the Conclusions of the Accra Meeting in July 2003

Accra: International Media Support (IMS);Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2003), 25 pp.

Media Policy for Ethnic and National Minorities in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Beata Klimkiewicz

In: International Policy Fellowship Program (CPS) 2002-2003

Central European University, Center for Policy Studies;Open Society Institute (2003), pp. 155-184

Access to Information: Practice Note

New York: UNDP (2003), iii, 19 pp.

"Implementation of the rights to freedom of expression and to access information are prerequisites for ensuring the voice and participation necessary for a democratic society. Access to information and communication build on these internationally recognized rights and together encompass the core pri ... more

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Poverty Reduction?

Richard Gerster, Sonja Zimmermann

Berne; Richterswil: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC);Gerster Consulting (2003), 35 pp.

Let women have a say too! Why are so few women in the media? Why are women's views not reflected in the media? A report in search of answers and proposals for ways forward

Ruth Ayisi

Maputo: UNESCO (2003), 47 pp.

"This qualitative study aims to show the need to encourage more Mozambican women to enter and to stay in journalism, and the need to mainstream gender in media coverage. The study, carried out by UNESCO, follows on the heals of a gender and media baseline study conducted by Gender Links (GL), an NGO ... more