NEW PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE IPDC - UNESCO

1 I NTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION NEW PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE ipdc PART I: AFRICA ipdc BUREAU Fifty-third meeting UNESCO HEADQUARTERS, PARIS 23 - 25 FEBRUARY 2009 CI-09 13 January 2009 Original: English/French 2 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS AFRICA REGIONAL PROJECTS PAGE 1. PDC/53 RAF/01 REGIONAL:CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MEDIA EDUCATORS ON REPORTING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOFUELS IN EAST AFRICA 5 2. PDC/53 RAF/02 REGIONAL: EASTERN AFRICA: ENHANCING THE CAPACITIES OF JOURNALISTS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREE EXPRESSION N EASTERN AFRICA 10 NATIONAL PROJECTS 3. PDC/53 BEN/021 BENIN: STRENGTHENING CAPACITY AND ACCESS TO TECHNICAL RESOURCES 15 4.

2 PDC/53 BKF/01 BURKINA FASO: BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT 21 5. PDC/53 CMR/02 CAMEROON: SETTING UP OF A COMMUNITY RADIO IN GAROUA 27 6. PDC/53 CAF/01 CAR:SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BANGUI 32 7. PDC/53 CAF/02 CAR: TRAINING OF FEMALE JOURNALISTS IN INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES AND THE PRODUCTION OF THEMATIC 37 8. PDC/53 CHD/01 CHAD: CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE DAILY, LE PROGR S 42 9. PDC/53 COI/01 COMOROS: CAPACITY BUILDING OF ALWATWAN NEWSPAPER IN MODERN NEWS GATHERING AND PRODUCTION METHODS 48 10. PDC/53 IVC/01 C TE D IVOIRE: CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR RADIO BOUTOUROU (COMO NATIONAL PARK, WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE) 53 11.

3 PDC/53 ERI /01 ERITREA: CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ERITREAN TV TECHNICIANS & PRODUCERS 59 12. PDC/52 ETH/02 ETHIOPIA : BUILDING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY IN THE MEDIA IN TIGRAY REGION FOR COMMUNITY ORIENTATION 65 13. PDC/53 GAB/01 GABON: LA VOIX DE DIENGA 72 14. PDC/53 GAM/01 GAMBIA: ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRE 78 15. PDC/53 GHA/01 GHANA: BOSOMTWE RADIO NETWORK 83 16. PDC/53 GUI/01 GUINEA :TRAINING IN THE EXPLOITATION OF THE GUINEAN RADIO-TELEVISION SERVICE'S AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES 89 17. PDC/53 KEN/01 KENYA: PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE KENYAN MEDIA CORRESPONDENTS 95 18. PDC/53 MLW/01 MALAWI :ESTABLISHMENT OF NSANJE COMMUNITY RADIO STATION 101 19. PDC/53 NER/01 NIGER: BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE INSTITUT DE FORMATION AUX TECHNIQUES DE L INFORMATION ET DE LA COMMUNICATION (IFTIC) 107 420.

4 PDC/53 RWA/01 RWANDA: BUILDING THE CAPACITIES OF THE PHOTOLAB OF THE HUYE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION 113 21. PDC/53 SEY/01 SEYCHELLES: BUILDING THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY OF SEYCHELLES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TO OFFER MEDIA TRAINING IN SEYCHELLES 118 22. PDC/53 SOM/01 SOMALIA: JOWHAR COMMUNITY RADIO 123 23. PDC/53 URT/01 TANZANIA:TRAINING JOURNALISTS ON REPORTING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) FOR CHANGE 129 24. PDC/53 URT/02 TANZANIA: PEMBA PRESS CLUB CAPACITY BUILDING project 135 25. PDC/53 TOG/01 TOGO: CAPACITY BUILDING IN GOOD JOURNALISM PRACTICES FOR MEDIA PROFESSIONALS 141 26. PDC/53 UGA/01 UGANDA: ESTABLISHMENT OF NGORA COMMUNITYY MULTIMEDIA CENTRE, KUMI DISTRICT, UGANDA 146 27. PDC/53 ZAM/01 ZAMBIA:ESTABLISHMENT OF SAMFYA COMMUNITY RADIO STATION 152 5 REGIONAL A.

5 project IDENTIFICATION 1. project TITLE CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MEDIA EDUCATORS ON REPORTING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOFUELS IN EAST AFRICA 2. NUMBER PDC/53 RAF/01 3. CATEGORY OF MASS MEDIA Radio broadcasting 4. ipdc PRIORITY AREA Training of media trainers/educators 5. SCOPE (NATIONAL, REGIONAL, INTERREGIONAL) Regional (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) 6. TYPE OF ASSISTANCE REQUESTED Training support 7. TOTAL COST OF project US$27,700 8. AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM ipdc US$23,700 9. BENEFICIARY BODY The International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter) C/o CIP-ILRI Campus; Box 25171, 00603 Nairobi, KENYA Contact Person: Margaret Karembu PhD. Director, ISAAA AfriCenter Tel.

6 +254 20 4223618; Fax +254 20 4223600 E-mail: 10. IMPLEMENTING OFFICE UNESCO Nairobi Office Hezekiel Dlamini, ACI/NAI 11. project LOCATION Nairobi, KENYA 12. project PREPARED BY Margaret Karembu PhD Director, ISAAA AfriCenter DECISION OF THE BUREAU: 6B. PRESENTATION 1. project JUSTIFICATION The proposed project aims at enhancing capacity of media educators to integrate modern biotechnology and biofuel issues in their curriculum using radio broadcast as a case study. It provides a logical and necessary extension to on-going efforts by various communication actors aimed at improving communication of emerging development issues in the region. It also responds to identified gaps in training of media educators from recent regional consultations on media centres of excellence through the University of Nairobi s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

7 While biotechnology development and advent of biofuels are not panacea to the food insecurity and environmental degradation problems in Africa, there exists documented evidence that biotechnological tools may provide promising opportunities for achieving greater food security and improving quality of life. In 2007, for instance, biotech crops occupied 114 million hectares, grown by 12 million farmers in 23 countries, 12 of which were developing countries. A panel of African experts under the New Partnership for Africa s Development (NEPAD) and the African Union (AU) has underscored the need to raise awareness on biotechnology as a means of encouraging freedom to innovate in the African context. Media coverage of biotechnology and biofuels in particular is fraught with sensationalism, trivialisation, inaccurate reporting; misuse of terminologies; and, incomplete coverage of issues.

8 The situation is compounded by the many communication actors with vested interests and strongly held views. Whereas informal training of journalists through short-term courses (workshops, seminars) has yielded some positive results in accuracy and balanced treatment of issues, there exists major capacity building needs among media educators. Conventional media training has not significantly addressed training for specialized writing/scripting, a situation compounded by the very few qualified media educators with science background. Even fewer are media educators with substantive knowledge on modern biotechnology and biofuels issues, which are relatively new disciplines. Building capacity of media educators on advanced radio interviewing skills, handling live and online interactive radio sessions, searching for credible sources of information and exposure to basic concepts on biotechnology and biofuels is therefore timely, need-based and highly significant to the development agenda.

9 Training of trainers (TOTs) will have a multiplier effect of training in-house staff and develop regional capacity with potential to institutionalize specialized writing in journalism training. A training module will be developed and availed to all journalism training institutions in respective countries while, in the longer term, opportunities and support for an on-line training course will be explored. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET GROUP The primary target group and beneficiaries of this project are Media Educators in Journalism training institutions from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Some of the institutions where the participants will be drawn from : School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Nairobi, departments of mass communication from Daystar, Makerere, Dar es-Salaam and Ethiopia Universities, Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, Uganda Christian University, among several others with relevance to project goal.

10 7 3. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE The project contributes to effective reporting on modern biotechnology and Biofuels issues through radio broadcast by enhancing the capacity of media trainers on specialised writing/scripting skills from journalism institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. 4. IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE Fifteen media trainers in 10 journalism training institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will acquire skills and knowledge for effective training in radio broadcast and specialized writing/scripting on biotechnology and Biofuels issues after having participated in a four-day training course in Nairobi, Kenya. 5. project OUTPUTS Fifteen media educators capable of training journalism students to become effective radio broadcasters on modern biotechnology and biofuels issues High-quality radio training module on modern biotechnology and biofuels issues produced for use in specialised writing/scripting course.