"The purpose of the one day ICD workshop on media assistance was to raise the profile of media for development within DFID, to share media assistance strategies and good practice with organisations and individuals engaged in the field of development communications, and to chart a way forward for bot
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h DFID and the wider development community." (introduction, page 2)
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"In May 2003, UNESCO and Sida jointly organized a seminar on ”Assistance to Media in Tension Areas and Violent Conflict”, bringing together a select number of NGOs, UN agencies and donors for two main purposes: first, to discuss various experiences and perspectives on assistance to media in conf
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lict situations and, second, to highlight the key issues relevant to conflict management and media support. The seminar, held in Vaxholm outside Stockholm, generated a number of recommendations that aimed at combining conflict management strategies and press freedom principles. These recommendations will be incorporated into the planning process leading up to World Press Freedom Day 2004, to be organized by UNESCO in Belgrade on 3 May 2004. In addition, they will be included in follow up donor discussions. A comprehensive discussion paper was produced as background for the seminar’s deliberations. The booklet before you is a compilation of the discussion papers produced for the seminar, reflecting the outcomes of the discussions." (Foreword)
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"Al socializar las ponencias y conclusiones de nuestro II Congreso Latinoamericano de Comunicación: "Comunicación Solidaria en la Sociedad de la Información", queremos contribuir al debate y a la búsqueda de respuestas a los nuevos desafíos que hoy vive la humanidad. Esperamos que en las univer
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sidades, gremios de profesionales, medios de comunicación, iglesias y en general en todas las instancias de la sociedad civil este debate continúe y seamos capaces también de alentar, apoyar y promover la apropiación de las nuevas tecnologías al servicio de nuestra gente, de nuestros pueblos, de nuestras culturas." (Prólogo, página 7)
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"The concept of a Regional BCC Network for HIV/AIDS for East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) grew out of a common interest and understanding among a number of BCC practitioners dealing with HIV/AIDS in the region that something needed to be done to help address common challenges and needs, impro
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ve strategies, and build capacity in the area of BCC. In October 2001, they formed a BCC Task Force to recommend specific activities for addressing key areas of interest in BCC and for coordinating BCC efforts in the region, including organising a wider regional meeting for initiating a formal regional BCC Network [...] The objectives of the meeting were to: share lessons learned and interventions in BCC in the ECSA region; discuss key current issues and BCC tools for HIV/AIDS; discuss the expansion and operationalisation of the BCC Network for HIV/AIDS; foster linkages among BCC practitioners and those in allied professions in ECSA. The main themes of the meeting agenda highlighted the emerging issues in planning and programming for BCC; developing BCC for care and treatment; addressing stigma; reaching youth; and strengthening research, monitoring, and evaluation of BCC interventions [...] This report is an overview of the proceedings of the meeting and is intended to serve as a resource and learning document for meeting participants as well as for other BCC practitioners in the region. The structure of the report follows that of the meeting agenda and includes a summary of all plenary and concurrent session presentations and all group work discussions." (Executive summary)
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"El estudio presenta los resultados de reuniones sostenidas con organizaciones de mujeres, con periodistas y trabajadores de varios medios de comunicación de 13 departamentos, incluida la capital, quienes expusieron sus puntos de vista sobre el problema, lo que permitió identificarlo y presentar s
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oluciones y posibles caminos. Además de la identificación de la problemática y de la concientización, se contribuyó a la elaboración de 24 perfiles de igual número de organizaciones de mujeres, 19 de 7 departamentos y 5 de la capital, así como la apertura de programas radiales." (Página 3)
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"Minutes of a joint workshop of Sida (Sweden), Norad (Norway), Danida (Denmark), the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SDC (Switzerland) and UNESCO Communication Sector. Planned activities include research "on the links between poverty reduction and support to the media sector in developing count
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ries" and "the use of indicators in assessing media development." (commbox)
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"The International Media Support (IMS) Conference, entitled ‘Friends or Foes? - Peacekeeping Forces, Humanitarian Aid and Media Development’ was held in Copenhagen on 26 and 27 November 2004. The theme of the Conference was the dilemma facing media development in the wake of peacekeeping and hum
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anitarian aid operations in conflict-affected areas. The need for rapid and effective dissemination of information from aid organisations and peacekeeping forces sometimes collides with the development of an independent media sector. The conference therefore sought to examine cases from post-conflict situations, including amongst others Liberia, Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan. The speakers included representative from peacekeeping forces, humanitarian aid agencies, media organisations and freedom of expression organisations." (Page 3)
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