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"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that fo ... cus on participatory development communication and NRM, particularly in Asia and Africa. There are many approaches and practices in development communication, and most of them have been implemented in the field of environment and natural resource management. But, even when considering participatory approaches in NRM, communication is often limited to information dissemination activities that mainly use printed materials, radio programmes and educational videos to send messages, explain technologies or illustrate activities. These approaches, with their strengths and weaknesses, have been well documented. Participatory development communication takes another perspective. This form of communication facilitates participation in a development initiative identified and selected by a community, with or without the external assistance of other stakeholders. The terminology has been used in the past by a number of scholars to stress the participatory approach of communication in contrast with its more traditional diffusion approach. Others refer to similar approaches as participatory communication for development, participatory communication or communication for social change. In this publication, participatory development communication is considered to be a planned activity that is based on participatory processes and on media and interpersonal communication. This communication facilitates dialogue among different stakeholders around a common development problem or goal. The objective is to develop and implement a set of activities that contribute to a solution to the problem or the realization of a goal, and which support and accompany this initiative. This kind of communication requires moving from a focus on information and persuasion to facilitating exchanges between different stakeholders to address a common problem, to develop a concrete initiative for experimenting with possible solutions, and to identify the partnerships, knowledge and materials needed to support these solutions." (Preface) more

"This study outlines a strategy for information and communication technology (ICT) development in Sub-Saharan Africa that will further the reform agenda to facilitate deployment of ICT infrastructure, and encourage the development community to supp ... more

"Dans les démocraties africaines encore fragiles et à citoyenneté postulée, ce livre, en prenant l’exemple du Sénégal, pose la question des mass média sénégalais dans la perspective historique de leur émergence, dans leurs tiraillements ... more

"Organisation de la Direction Nationale de l'Information et de la Presse — Le Service de Presse (édition de publications sur le Sénégal) — Le Service Photo-reportage photographique sur les événements nationaux — Le Service Cinéma (actualité sénégalaise) — Le Service de l'Information ... more

Media and Religion in Africa

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
Inspiring Practice

Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa: A World Bank Group Strategy for Information and Communication Technology Sector Development

Entre tradition orale et nouvelles technologies: òu vont les mass média au Sénégal?

L'Information d'Etat au Sénégal

Media and Religion in Africa

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management Inspiring Practice

Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa: A World Bank Group Strategy for Information and Communication Technology Sector Development

Entre tradition orale et nouvelles technologies: òu vont les mass média au Sénégal?

L'Information d'Etat au Sénégal

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
Inspiring Practice