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BBC Media Action offers Lifeline Programming course
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A free, online Lifeline Programming course has been made available via BBC Media Action iLearn website. This course show journalists and editors how media can best help their listeners and viewers during a humanitarian crisis. The course lasts for 45 minutes, and includes interactive modules on ‘communicating during crises’, ‘connecting with audiences’, and ‘working with the humanitarian sector’. The aim of Lifeline Programming is to alleviate people’s suffering and to assist with their

Call for indigenous design and artwork
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The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Indigenous Peoples group is now open to submissions of design and visual artwork. The team works together with indigenous peoples toward the goal of ending discrimination, and recognising the value of traditional indigenous knowledge in nature management, food systems and sustainable agricultural practices, among others. In this light, the team is working to strengthen its communication strategy using images that reflect indigenous peoples’ views of the world as

Lecture on participatory development communication by Guy Bessette
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Dr. Guy Bessette, consultant for international development and author of Involving the Community: A Guide to Participatory Development Communication talked about the importance of communication in development last February 1 at the College of Development Communication (CDC), UP Los Banos, Philippines. Bessette gave an overview of Participatory Development Communication, emphasizing his argument “no participation, no development… no communication, no participation.” Participatory development communication is a planned systematic process with four main phases:

Tropical marine ecosystem management students take ComDev planning course
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Five graduate students taking up the Professional Masters in Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management (TMEM) in the Philippines took 16-hour subject on ComDev planning. Each of them produced a skeletal communication plan that addresses an immediate concern in their respective marine ecosystem: illegal fishing, habitat degradation, whale conservation, and protection of seagrass ecosystem among others.   The Comdev subject was made part of a 1.5-year postgraduate academic program in the Philippines focused on

World Radio Day 2016: Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster
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On February 13th World Radio Day is celebrated worldwide. This year, in recognition radio’s ability to reach the widest audience worldwide in the quickest possible time, the theme of World Radio Day 2016 is “Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster”. The aim of World Radio Day is to improve international cooperation between broadcasters, and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information, freedom of

UNICEF Innovation Fund willing to invest in tech innovations for children
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UNICEF is looking to provide investment-style funding to early-stage tech startups that is willing to express their interest to fund open source technology solutions for children until 26 February 2016. Eligible institutions will be issued with Institutional Contracts with a selected number of successful vendors for a period of one year.  UNICEF will consider applications for funding of approximately up to US$100,000. Projects funded need to increase the ability of children

Share your experiences for World Radio Day 2016!
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February 13th is World Radio Day (WRD), a celebration of community radio as a medium of primary importance. This Day aims to promote gender equality on the air, access to information, development of independent media, safety of journalists and freedom of expression.  For the fifth edition, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and all the partners in the public, commercial and community media,

Sarawak celebrates the role of communication for development
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Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) in Malaysia celebrated its 20 years of service and commitment to support the development agenda of the state of Sarawak last December 2, 2015. Governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, acknowledged that communication serves as a very important element for the development efforts of a country. He was given recognition by the College of Development Communication University of the Philippines

Countries agree to use Internet and ICTs in the implementation of new Sustainable Development Agenda
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Information and Communication Technologies are essential for achieving 2030 Sustainable Development through commitment to the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society. On 16th December, countries reaffirmed their commitment to utilizing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as an essential tool for achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals at a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly. The General Assembly adopted the outcome document on the overall review of the implementation of

CDC-UPLB shares reflections on global content management
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The College of Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños (CDC-UPLB) shared best practices, challenges, and lessons learned in managing www.cccomdev.org with the larger community of ComDev specialists of the Philippines.  Professor Cleofe Torres and Asst. Professor Liza A. Cabrera presented their paper on “Reflections on Managing the Collaborative Change Communication (CCCOMDEV) Global Platform Content” in the 5th Consortium of Development Communication Educators and Practitioners in the Philippines (CDCEPP) held in Musuan,