[WSIS CS-Plenary] E-Forum on Measuring the Impact of Development Communication

[karen banks]

dear all

the following might be of interest to those of you working impact 
assessment and development of indicators..

also pertinent i think in relation to the preparatory process of WSIS phase II

karen

>The World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
>(FAO), the Communication Initiative (CI) and the Department for International
>Development (DFID) invite you to join an E-Forum on Measuring the Impact of
>Development Communication, during a two-week period between January 17 and 
>28,
>2005.
>
>This is one of the major themes that will be addressed at the World 
>Congress on
>Communication for Development to be held in Rome, Autumn 2005. The input from
>the e-forum will feed into the design of the Congress.
>
>The E-Forum will be organized around two main topics:
>
>Quantitative Assessments of the Impact of Communication, and
>Qualitative Assessments of the Impact of Communication.
>
>This e-Forum is intended to debate and, if possible, bring out evidence on 
>the
>effectiveness of communication in development interventions. It aims to bring
>together the experiences, information and perspectives of development
>practitioners, decision-makers, academicians and communication specialists
>representing various national institutions, NGOs, international 
>institutions and
>donors active in the field of development.
>
>Moreover, the e-Forum intends to:
>    stimulate the debate on how to assess the impact of communication in
>    development initiatives;
>    help to raise awareness of the need to focus efforts in demonstrating the
>    value of communication, searching for methods and techniques that can 
> provide
>    valid measurements, both at the quantitative and qualitative level;
>    compare and contrast the data so far available on this subject.
>
>
>To register please click here:
><http://info.worldbank.org/etools/devforum-reg_wccd1/reg.htm>http://info.worldbank.org/etools/devforum-reg_wccd1/reg.htm 
>
>
>
>For more information about the e-Forum click here:
><http://www.worldbank.org/developmentcommunications/where1/environment/e-forumjan05.htm>http://www.worldbank.org/developmentcommunications/where1/environment/e-forumjan05.htm 
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