Dear Puna, Thanks a lot for sharing this. This is indeed a valuable resource.
Regards, Jaya On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Puna Das <[email protected]> wrote: > UNESCO-supported Nepali NGO launches a set of indicators on community media > 16-09-2009 (Kathmandu) > > The Nepali Community Radio Support Centre (CRSC) has recently launched a > new manual entitled Community Radio Performance Assessment System. This most > comprehensive set of indicators concerning community media is the result of > a decade-long work of CRSC in promoting, enabling and facilitating the > community radio movement in Nepal. > > "The one who speaks can market even the flour successfully while the one > who cannot do so cannot even market the rice," says a Nepali proverb. This > highlights the importance of effective communication. Radio happens to be > the most effective way of communication in the country, where the majority > of population lives in villages and the half of it cannot read and write. > The Nepal experience of community radio is fascinating, inspiring and full > of lessons to be learned. But the huge proliferation of community radios > there urgently requires well-considered benchmarks and criteria. The new > CRSC manual is a major contribution to the development of community media > not just in Nepal but more widely in South Asia and internationally. > > Community Radio Performance Assessment System draws effectively from both > the grassroots experience of community media and from international > broadcast practices. It considers the issues that are the real basis for the > success of community media: public accountability, community representation, > locally relevant programming, diverse funding and acknowledgement of staff, > including volunteers. > > The manual contains a great amount of knowledge concerning community radio, > its practices and potential. It covers in details many key success factors, > such as participation and ownership, content, management, volunteerism and > networking; it can be applied across a wide range of contexts, from policy > issues to the assessment of a local station. > > "We thank the community radio pioneers in Nepal for coming up with this set > of indicators that should contribute to the improvement of the community > radio sector in the country and provide insights to prospective community > radio operators elsewhere," – says W. Jayaweera, Director of UNESCO's > Communication Development Division in his foreword to the publication. > > CRSC is a ground-breaking initiative that was established by the Nepal > Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) in 2000. Working in close > cooperation with UNESCO since its inception, CRSC has actively promoted > community radios across Nepal and provided concrete and practical support to > many of them: almost all community broadcasters in the country benefited > from CRSC assistance to get broadcasting licences, to set up the station or > to develop capacity and networks. It has issued a number of publications, > such as Guidelines for Setting up Community Radio Station, Program > Production Manuals, Strategic Planning Manuals, etc. > > Community Radio Performance Assessment System is available online, on the > CRSC website, in PDF http://www.nefej.org/pdf/crpa_book.pdf. > > Source: > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29145&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr. Anup Kumar Das > New Delhi, India > http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. > http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/connectmore > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -- Jayalakshmi Chittoor Consultant, Programme Management, Development Communications, ICT4D and Knowledge Management D-405 ATS Greens I, A 86, Sector 50, NOIDA 201301, UP, INDIA Tel: +91-9811309160 Email: [email protected] (personal) Skype: jchittoor
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