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>From: Warren Feek <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Communication and Change
>Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:22:36 -0700
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>Welcome to the COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE NETWORK
>
>Information, ideas and dialogue related to communication and change, for
>people and organisations communicating to make a difference. Web site
> http://www.comminit.com
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>This initiative is a partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation,
>UNICEF, USAID, WHO, BBC World Service, CIDA, Johns Hopkins University's
>Center for Communication Programming, UNFPA, Soul City and Panos.
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>It seeks to support action on Health, Nutrition, Economic Development,
>Equity, Gender, Education, Participation, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health,
>Family Planning, Population, Rights, Tobacco, Child Rights and Media
>Pluralism......
>
>......that takes place through Entertainment, News, Information, Awards,
>Marketing, Peer-to-Peer, Participation, Community Action, Radio,
>Television, Newspapers, Magasines, Theatre, Animation, Interpersonal,
>School Curricula, Community Media and other forms of communication.
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>ANNOUNCING the Communication Initiative Web Site - http://www.comminit.com
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>In support of your work this site contains
>
>A. INFORMATION relevant to your communication policy and programme
>planning, review and evaluation activities. Use the customised SEARCH
>facility to obtain information you need from:
>
># 200 plus communication programme descriptions - avoid re-inventing the
>wheel
># 80 plus impact data summaries - highlighting the value of communication
>to development
># 60 communication country profiles - note the status and trends that
>influence your efforts
># 10 approaches to developing partnerships - key points from practice for
>working with partners
>
>This is only a beginning. Please submit further material for inclusion
>through the Comments and Contributions facility
>
>B. IDEAS to consider when assessing and developing your communication
>strategies and plans
>
># Interview: a discussion with someone significantly involved in
>communication and change
>
>- Inaugural interview is with Denise Gray-Felder, Director of
>Communications at The Rockefeller Foundation, who highlights the
>Rockefeller approach to communication, positioning communication in
>relation to the main product of the Foundation, relationships with
>programme and policy staff, social change, girls' education and the major
>issues facing the communication and social change field.
>
># For Review: brief papers on communication and change themes for comment
>and debate
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>- Inaugural contribution: George McBean on the contribution of
>communication to the now widespread use of ORT in Nepal.
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>#The Hot 5: five pieces of data that a contributor considers essential to
>communication strategy development
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>- Making the case for a higher priority for communication interventions in
>the staff and financial allocations of development organisations
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>Also summaries of 11 change theories and 20 planning models/frameworks
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>C. LINKS enabling you to communicate with others in support of your work.
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>Use the COMMENTS facility for contributing information to the site or
>requesting information in support of your work.
>
>The FORUM is an ongoing, rolling email based system that allows for
>discussion, sharing and debate that you can access at any time.
>
>The CHAT ROOM uses ICQ share ware [which can be downloaded free from this
>site] for real time dialogue and debate.
>
>Enjoy the site - http://www.comminit.com and the information, ideas and
>connections it facilitates.
>
>Let us know what you think about this site and improvements we can make. We
>look forward to your contributions. Brief news updates follow
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>The DRUM BEAT - Communicating Communication and Change News
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>>From local to international action we are keen to communicate your news -
>please use the connection facilities on the site mentioned above or submit
>to [log in to unmask]
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>PROGRAMMES - insights into the action
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>- Local agencies, the BBC World Service and the Ford Foundation have
>recently commenced work in Mumbai, India [centre of the Indian media
>industry] to develop the professional ability of radio and television
>programme makers on reproductive health and sex education and to increase
>the number and reach of radio and television programmes that have reliable,
>objective information on these subjects - contact Jenny Stevens for more
>information - [log in to unmask]
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>- Zambia Council of Churches community-level discussion and campaign
>process related to reducing Zambia's international debt obligations,
>interest charges for which are larger than social spending, is under way -
>contact Fackson Banda [log in to unmask] for more details
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>- The Federation of African Media Women are responding to interest from
>other countries, including Malawi and Zambia, for the introduction of the
>acclaimed Development through Radio programme, which is guided by groups of
>rural women in Zimbabwe - for more info contact Jennifer Sibanda -
>[log in to unmask]
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>- The UNAIDS group of agencies - UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World
>Bank, coordinated by the UNAIDS Secretariat in India, are developing an
>extensive partnership on HIV/AIDS issues with Channel V, the youth and
>music TV channel in India - contact Doris D'Cruz Grote
> [log in to unmask] for more information
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>SOURCES - information and ideas
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>- Otulu Owuor, previously science and health correspondent with the Nation
>Newspaper in Nairobi, has started 'African Medical News' - a bi-monthly
>newspaper that looks at health issues from an African perspective.
>Subscription information available from Otulu on email address
> [log in to unmask]
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>- The second major evaluation of Soul City is now available. Soul City is
>the South African multi-media health and development communication
>initiative that includes the number one rated television programme in that
>country. Copies of the evaluation can be obtained from Sue Goldstein on
>email address [log in to unmask]
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>- The Panos media briefing "The Internet and Poverty" is now widely
>available on their Internet site - see Media Briefings section in site
>address or http://www.oneworld.org/panos/ or email James Deane on
>[log in to unmask]
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>- Health Communication: Lessons from Family Planning and Reproductive
>Health is the new book from Johns Hopkins University's Center for
>Communication Programmes - contact Hugh Rigby on [log in to unmask] for
>ordering details
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>- The new UNICEF Communication policy has been agreed by the UNICEF Board.
>Copies are available from Saima Iqbal on [log in to unmask]
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>CONNECTIONS - meetings and consultations
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>- USAID convened a small group in late August to consider the impact of the
>increasing deregulation and commercialisation of media in many countries on
>existing health and development communication strategies - contact
>Elizabeth Fox for details - [log in to unmask]
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>- The Rockefeller Foundation convened Communication and Social Change
>network is presently meeting electronically prior to their face-to-face
>meeting in October - contact Brian Byrd on bbyrd@rockfound,org for more
>details and copies of the report from the initial meeting at the
>Rockefeller Foundations Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy
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>- Partnerships and Participation in Telecommunications for Rural
>Development: Exploring What Works and Why - A Don Snowden Program
>Conference will be held at the University of Guelph in Canada, October
>26-27, 1998: information on web site http://www.snowden.org/ or email
>[log in to unmask]
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>- The Soul City programme in South Africa are about to commence the design
>phase for their next major evaluation. They are keen to learn of your
>evaluation results and methodologies and any ideas that you may have for
>improving the evaluation of communication and change interventions -
>contact Sue Goldstein on [log in to unmask]
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>WEB SITES - recently developed or noticed
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>- ACDI-CIDA: Candian International Development Agency - renewed their site
>on a new address http:w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm Use the search
>system on this site to access the recently agreed ACDI-CIDA health
>strategy
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>- Changemakers - the web site for ASHOKA, the Indian based international
>organisation that focuses on social entrepreneurship and change can be
>found at http://www.changemakers.net/
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>- From Australia, the Health Communication Network [
> http://www.hcn.net.au/ ] and the bibliography on mass communication and
>health compiled by Simon Chapman
> http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/resources/mchbib.htm
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>- on a broader theme the Media, Development and Democracy site can be found
>on http://www.devmedia.org/
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>PEOPLE - new challenges
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>- Aida Opoku-Mensah, presently managing the Panos Southern Africa Center
>for Public Policy and Debate, based in Lusaka, will be moving to the Ford
>Foundation Office in Lagos, Nigeria to manage their communication and
>change activities
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>- Maie Ayoub, previously the UNICEF Representative in Romania, is the new
>Deputy Director of the Division of Communication in UNICEF New York
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>- Alfonso Gumucio Dagron is now in charge of a regional UNDP project called
>"Tierramerica". which deals with sustainable development
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>- Scott Ratzan, editor of The Journal of Health Communication has moved
>from Tufts University and Emerson College to the Academy for Educational
>Development in Washington D.C. The on-line version of the Journal is now
>available on http://www.aed.org/jhealt
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>>From local to international action we are keen to communicate and share
>your news with this network of 1400 plus people involved in communication
>and change activities- please submit to [log in to unmask]
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Anne W. Bunde-Birouste
IUHPE Director of Programmes
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