communication development in sids: mauritius strategy and ci
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COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIDS: MAURITIUS STRATEGY AND CI. Recognize the importance of cultural identity of people and its importance in advancing sustainable development in small island developing states. Mauritius Strategy (Para 55) Access to and use of ICTs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIDS: MAURITIUS STRATEGY
AND CI
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Recognize the importance of cultural identity of people and its importance in advancing sustainable development in small island developing states
• Mauritius Strategy (Para 55)
– Access to and use of ICTs– Development of Community Multi
Media Centers– ICT literacy – Skill Development– Local Content Development
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Some Snap shots: Media Situation in Small Islands
• High connectivity costs• Distribution problem for Print media• Transmission difficulties in scattered
islands• High staff turnover • Lack of training opportunities• Lack of local programme content .
Particularly in TV• Poor economic viability (lack of critical
advertising income)
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Some Snap shots: Media Situation in Small Islands
• Radio: the most penetrative and widely used medium
• Funding public radio has become essential
• Community media/community access to information have more potentials
• Media production networks
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IPDC and SIDS
Media Development in SIDS – IPDC plays a major role;
IPDC has implemented more than 150 media development projects (40 national projects in the Caribbean, 39 in the Pacific, 21 in Other regions covering 32 SIDS) amounting to a total of 3 million US$ dollars.
It also implemented 61 regional projects in the Carribbean and the Pacific
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Communication Projects
Project types• All Media: 42 projects• Community Multimedia
Centres: 12 projects• Multimedia: 10 projects • News Agencies: 5 projects • Print Media: 12 Projects• Radio Broadcasting: 14 projects• Media training: 19 projects• TV content : 10 projects• Media Law: 1 project• Communication Network : 5
projects• Archiving and preservation
projects• Media literacy: 2
19 New IPDC projects approved for SIDS in 2004/05 ($ 497,000)
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ICT Literacy, Content preservation
• Introducing Media Literacy: UNESCO Associated Schools Network in the Pacific
• Libraries and archives in the Pacific
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Partners
• Pacific Island News Association• Pacific Island Broadcasting
Association• University of the South Pacific• Caribbean Broadcasting Union• CARIMAC• Caribbean CMC Network (12 CMC
led by Radio TOCO)• National Broadcasters• Community Radio Organizations
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ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS (ASP) NETWORK: MEDIA EDUCATION IN THE PACIFIC
15 000
IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL QUALITY OF THE PACIFIC WAY
20 000
MICRONESIA:MODERN RADIO MANAGEMENT &
BROADCASTING FOR THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
25 000
TONGA:TBC: CONTROBUTING TO ALLEVIATION OF
POVERTY THROUGH MEDIA FOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
18 000
EAST TIMOR:NATIONAL COMMUNITY RADIO DOCUMENTARY
PRODUCTIONTRAINNG PROGRAM
30 000
FIJI:COMMUNITY BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
25 000
FIJI:WOMEN SPEAKING TO WOMEN IN FIJI
15 000
SOLOMON ISLAND:DIGITALISATION OF SIBC ARCHIVES
33 000
SOLOMON ISLANDS: MEDIA TRAINING FOR PEACE AND
RECONCILIATION
81 000
IPDC Projects 2004-2005 Pacific Projects
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IPDC Other SIDS Projects
CIRTEF: POST-PRODUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CENTRE IN EAST AFRICA (Mauritius)
50 000
CAPE-VERDE:MEDIA LAW REFORM
25 000
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IPDC 2004/2005 Caribbean Projects
CARIBBEAN REGION: ETHICAL PRACTICES, JOURNALISM TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
20 000
BAHAMAS:BUILDING COMMUNITY MEDIA CAPACITY ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP
25 000
DOMINICA:REINFORCING THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE
LOCAL CONTENT MASS MEDIA MATERIAL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES
20 000
HAITI: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES 25 000
JAMAICA:BUILDING MOBILE, MULTIMEDIA CAPACITY FOR RURAL YOUTH
20 000
ST. LUCIA:TRAINING FOR THE DIGITAL NEWSROOM AT RADIO ST LUCIA
15 000
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES:ENHANCING BROADCAST AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY AT NBC
RADIO
15 000
GRENADA:GRENCODA COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRE
20 000
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Help to Voice the Small Island Voices
UNESCO/IPDC Seeks VoluntaryContributions to support Media andCommunication Development in the SmallIsland Developing States.
IPDC Contributors (2004-05): Australia, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Republic of Korea, USA