Communication Development Division 1 COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIDS: MAURITIUS STRATEGY AND CI.

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Communication Development Division 1 COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIDS: MAURITIUS STRATEGY AND CI

Communication Development Division 2 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

Communication Development Division 3 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)

Communication Development Division 4 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

Communication Development Division 5 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

Communication Development Division 6 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)

Communication Development Division 7 ICT Literacy, Content preservation Introducing Media Literacy: UNESCO Associated Schools Network in the Pacific Libraries and archives in the Pacific

Communication Development Division 8 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

Communication Development Division 9 Total: US$ ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS (ASP) NETWORK: MEDIA EDUCATION IN THE PACIFIC IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL QUALITY OF THE PACIFIC WAY MICRONESIA: MODERN RADIO MANAGEMENT & BROADCASTING FOR THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA TONGA: TBC: CONTROBUTING TO ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY THROUGH MEDIA FOR OUTLYING ISLANDS EAST TIMOR: NATIONAL COMMUNITY RADIO DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTIONTRAINNG PROGRAM FIJI: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FIJI: WOMEN SPEAKING TO WOMEN IN FIJI SOLOMON ISLAND: DIGITALISATION OF SIBC ARCHIVES SOLOMON ISLANDS: MEDIA TRAINING FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IPDC Projects Pacific Projects

Communication Development Division 10 IPDC Other SIDS Projects CIRTEF: POST-PRODUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CENTRE IN EAST AFRICA (Mauritius) CAPE-VERDE: MEDIA LAW REFORM

Communication Development Division 11 IPDC 2004/2005 Caribbean Projects CARIBBEAN REGION: ETHICAL PRACTICES, JOURNALISM TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS BAHAMAS: BUILDING COMMUNITY MEDIA CAPACITY ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP DOMINICA: REINFORCING THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE LOCAL CONTENT MASS MEDIA MATERIAL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES HAITI: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES JAMAICA: BUILDING MOBILE, MULTIMEDIA CAPACITY FOR RURAL YOUTH ST. LUCIA: TRAINING FOR THE DIGITAL NEWSROOM AT RADIO ST LUCIA ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES: ENHANCING BROADCAST AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY AT NBC RADIO GRENADA: GRENCODA COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRE

Communication Development Division 12 Help to Voice the Small Island Voices UNESCO/IPDC Seeks Voluntary Contributions to support Media and Communication Development in the Small Island Developing States. IPDC Contributors ( ): Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Republic of Korea, USA