UN InterAgency Round Table on

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• UN Inter-Agency Round Table on
• Communication for Development
• Addis Ababa, February 12-14, 2007
• UNDP Presentation for Session 2
• Stock taking of current activities on C4D

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• UNDPs mandate is poverty reduction. Its
  priorities reflect a specific commitment to the
  achievement of the MDGs within the framework of
  the Millennium Declaration. Success in achieving
  the MDGs and the broader millennium agenda will
  be determined in large part by how well national
  planning processes are informed by the genuine
  participation and involvement of those most
  affected by development. UNDP believes that
  information and communication focused
  interventions are central in bringing about such
  participation. It believes that genuine
  involvement and participation can only occur if
  the information needs of all citizens including
  those at the margins of societies are met and
  the voices of those most affected by development
  decisions are heard.

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• Strategies and programmes 1
• What is UNDP doing to achieve the MDGs through
  C4D?
• UNDP is entrusted with the role of MDG
  coordination
• UNDP policies have achievement of MDGs as major
  rationale
• UNDP does not have a C4D programme as such
• This is part of the Democratic Governance DG
  practice area
• E-governance and Access to Information A2I
  service line in DG
• E-governance includes ICT community centres
• A2I includes Right to Information media
  development
• A2I includes C4D and Communication for
  Empowerment
• A2I includes Civil Society strengthening

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• Strategies and programmes 2
• What is UNDP doing to achieve the MDGs through
  C4D?
• Also part of Decentralization localizing the
  MDGs
• Also part of Parliaments budget oversight etc.
  
• Also part of Political Parties setting a HD
  agenda
• Global Knowledge products in above areas can
  consist of
• Policy notes providing UNDP position
• Practical guidance notes providing ideas and
  resources
• Tool kits with best practices, resources, etc.
• Discussions among country office staff on
  virtual networks
• Community of Practitioners of country office
  staff
• Workshops involving staff as well as government
  partners
• Capacity development an integrated dimension of
  above

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• Specific activities 1
• Regional and country specific challenges and
  opportunities?
• OGC Project to develop media strategies in
  support of vulnerable groups to be implemented in
  2007-2008
• OGC in cooperation with Consortium for Social
  Change Consortium
• Funded through OGC core funding and UNDEF grant
• Pilots in 3 LDCs in Africa Malawi, Liberia,
  Madagascar and 3 in Asia
• National information and communication baseline
  reports
• Establishing multi-stakeholder alliances in each
  country
• National strategies for meeting information and
  communication deficits of poor people
• Synthesis of country audits and project approach
  disseminated to global audience
• Lon-term objective is to be able to scale up
• Geneva Media 21 training for journalists

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• Specific activities 2
• Regional and country specific challenges and
  opportunities?
• UNDP Human Development Report Global, regional,
  national
• Information on critical issues related to MDGs
• Communicated to media, decision-makers, civil
  society
• Training of journalists regionally and country
  based on issues of HDR, environment, poverty
  reduction, anti-corruption, HIV/AIDS
• Working with musicians and actors
• Talk Back in Botswana as example of strategic
  intervention
• Weekly television program with interactive
  dimensions
• Development of curriculum for teachers
• Coordinated with other HIV/AIDS interventions

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• Inter-agency collaboration
• Development, launch and communication of national
  MDG status reports with government and CS as
  well
• HIV/AIDS interventions through the UNCT Theme
  Group and coordinated with national coordination
  frameworkHIV/AIDS
• Media interventions in cooperation with UNESCO
• Activities in the area of disaster risk
  management