Events & Opportunities

World Radio Day 2018: Radio and Sports

The seventh World Radio Day will be held on 13 February 2018 with the theme “Radio and Sports”. In this year’s celebration, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) enjoins all radio stations and supporting organizations “to strengthen diversity, peace and development through sports broadcasting.”  World Radio Day 2018 has the following UNESCO sub-themes: Diversity in Sports Coverage: Through the coverage of traditional and grassroots games, radio can reconnect people

RNTC offers Media Campaigns for Development and Social Change course

Radio Netherlands Training Centre (RNTC) has published its course calendar for 2018. One of the courses that it will be offering is “Media Campaigns for Development and Social Change.” The course aims to enable participants to “explore the ingredients of successful development campaigns and learn how to create the right campaign for your target audience” (RNTC website). Below are the expected outcomes upon completion of the course: Mastery of the tricks of

Call for papers to the IAMCR 2018

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will be holding IAMCR 2018 with the theme “Reimagining Sustainability: Communication and Media Research in a Changing World” on 20-24 June at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA.  The conference aims to bring together professionals in the field of media and communication research to discuss about “current and emerging models of sustainability, and the struggles that surround them, and

International Day for Universal Access to Information Celebrated

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared September 28 as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) based on a resolution on 17 November 2015 that proclaims September 28 of every year as such. Now on its second year, the declaration is relevant in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 16 (Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies), which highlights the importance of public access to information and protection

Call for researchers: policy frameworks for digital platforms

A 14-month period research project, ‘Policy Frameworks for digital platforms-Moving from openness to inclusion’ supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada will begin on October 2017. IT for Change aims to collaborate with researchers and scholars from seven sites: three in Asia, two in Africa, two in South America, and three in Europe and North America. Research outputs could vary depending on research themes and methodologies. However, the teams

Opportunity for FAO ComDev Internship in Developing Countries

In a move to provide timely assistance in ComDev to FAO country and regional programs, the Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development Division (OPC) of FAO, Rome partners with academia members of the Global Research Initiative for Rural Communication (GRI-RC) in pushing for the placement of young Comdev specialists to serve as interns or volunteers.    The project is conceived to have interns identify needs and opportunities for integrating ComDev in

Book on evidence-based RCS evaluation out

A book documenting evidence-based evaluation approaches for Rural Communication Services (RCS) has been published recently by FAO. Entitled “Inclusive Rural Communication Services: Building Evidence, Informing Policy”, the book analyzes the methodologies used for assessing and documenting RCS as part of agricultural and rural development policies and programs in various parts of the world. Data were drawn from a compilation of 19 cases in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Carribean. Results show

Calling all foodies: highlight your traditional dish from your region

UNFAO launched the first Sustainable Gastronomy Day last 18 June with a call for the foodies worldwide to submit their photo story featuring their traditional dishes with the hashtag, #MySustainableMeal and connect with @UNFAO. Sustainable Gastronomy Day aims to address the questions: What on earth is sustainable gastronomy? Why is it important enough to have a “day” dedicated to it? Why should I care? Supporting locally grown foods and eating

Call for participants: Webinar series on climate preparedness and resilience

A webinar series entitled, “Weathering Change: Local Solutions for Strong Communities Webinar Series will commence in September 2017. This webinar series has been presented by Antioch University New England, in partnership with the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA). Interested parties may view past webinar recordings below: Financing Climate Change Solutions Communicating about Clean Energy and Climate Change Solutions Incorporating Climate Solutions Regional Collaboration for Resilience For more information, click here.

Call for Papers: 7th ADCEP National Conference

The Association of Development Communication Educators and Practitioners (ADCEP) will hold its 7th National Conference with the theme “Trajectories of Development Communication” on 30 November to 2 December 2017 at the West Visayas State University, Iloilo City, Philippines. In line with this, ADCEP invites everyone from the academe, research, extension, government, and non-government organizations, the business sector and civil societies to submit research papers on the following sub-themes: Food Security