The Drum Beat 41 - Communication and Change News and Issues
PROGRAMMES
1. "Shabuj Chhaya" soap opera - Bangladesh - a weekly 1/2 hr. television drama, developed by the Bangladesh Center for Communication Programmes, deals with a different health related issue each week (ie: Compulsory Immunization for Children, Diarrhoea, Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, etc.). Viewers can win prizes by answering a series of quiz questions at the end of each episode. Contact Mohammmed Shahjahan [email protected]
2. Committee to Democratize Information Technology (CDI) - Brazil - is an NGO promoting citizenship, literacy, ecology, health, human rights and non-violence, through information technology and educational and vocational training programs. CDI works to reintegrate members of poor communities and alleviate the social exclusion they are subjected to in Brazil and throughout the world. In January 1999, CDI created an Information Technology and Citizenship School (EIC) in a Rio de Janeiro jail. Web site. Contact [email protected]
3. International Network for Visitors to Eco Farms and Forests (INVEFF) - Global - developed by several members of a Dec. 1999 ASHOKA conference in India, INVEFF is a global ecological network utilising a new concept of eco-farming. To join their e-mail discussion list, send an empty e-mail: [email protected] Contact Jadwiga Lopata [email protected]
4. Earth Report - Global - is a 1/2 hr environmental series produced by the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) and broadcast 9 times weekly on BBC World. Issues include - the effect of the bombing of Yugoslavia on the Danube, competition for water resources in Jerusalem, and the links between climate change and highland malaria in Ethiopia. One programme a month will be a global edition focusing on successful sustainable development solutions. Contact Zoe Stephenson [email protected]
5. NGONet Africa - Africa - was conceived at the African Computing and Telecommunications Summit in Aug. 1999 as an African-led information sharing and dissemination initiative for African civil society organisations. The initiative will operate as a virtual network. It seeks to engage NGOs and community based organisations in advocacy towards effective deregulation, marketisation and liberalisation of information and telecommunications in support of African development. Contact Lola Dare [email protected]
6. International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH & RA) initiative to combat HIV/AIDS - Southern Africa - will distribute "The Challenge of HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: a Guide for the Hospitality Industry" with the partnership of the Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa. The manual features "best practice" company policies on HIV/AIDS and provides answers to questions that arise in the hospitality work environment. Web site. Contact Nicola Pogson [email protected]
7. Dialogue on HIV/AIDS - CNN.com - During the week of Feb 28-Mar 3, CNN will hold an on-line chat series on HIV/AIDS. Health experts [Debrework Zewdie, Hans Binswanger & Martha Ainsworth - The World Bank; Lori Bollinger - Futures group; and Set Berkely - IAVI] will talk about the growing HIV/AIDS crisis around the world. They will discuss how the disease has spread, and how it is treated. Everyone is invited to join the chat. Absolute anonymity for contributors. Web site.
EVALUATION
8. Evaluation of Soul City - South Africa - Soul City (SC) has commissioned Strategy & Tactics to set up a database of all groups, organisations, institutions, government departments and companies, internationally, that have ever: used or distributed SC materials; used (or considered using) the SC model for health & development communication; worked with SC; or, had contact with SC. Contact Sihaam/Matthew to be included. [email protected]
WEB SITES
9. Tercer Sector is a Spanish magazine produced in Argentina, with articles about programmes throughout South America, focused on civil society actions and third sector affairs. Web site.
10. AMARC-Europe's Women's Network Permanent Waves web site is a project focusing on training for women in the radio sector, with an emphasis on community radio. In Spanish & English. Web site.
GATHERINGS
12. The International Conference on Street Children in East Africa, sponsored by AFROCENTRE, will be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 19-20 Apr. 2000. Medical and social scientists and representatives from local and international NGOs will address factors that determine health of street children, especially the violence and poverty of street life that make them vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Contact Gail Helmer [email protected]
13. Strategic Leadership and Management for Reproductive Health Workshop, sponsored by the Gates Leadership Program of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in July 2000. Designed for leaders in reproductive health. Participants develop a programme to enhance leadership skills using STARGuide, an interactive software programme. Web site. Contact [email protected]
14. "Prospects for Culture in a World of Trade" will be held at New York University, USA, 3 Mar. 2000. Covering issues related to corporate consolidation of media empires and issues of technological convergence for regulation. What steps can be taken at the national and international levels to engender cultural pluralism? Contact Pratima V. Rao [email protected]
15. NORAD's Oslo seminar of May 1999, "Music co-operation between Norway and the South" has produced a report. It is a collection of presentations by keynote speakers and discussions from workshops. Focuses on cultural policies and visions of cultural cooperation in relation to 2 prevailing ideologies, practices and strategies in the world today - the national and the global. Contact [email protected]
16. 3rd International Workshop on "Strategic Management and Marketing of Training (SMMT-3): Ensuring Sustainability & Financial Health of Learning Institutions" will be held in Manila, Philippines in Apr. 2000. Contact Ronny Adhikarya [email protected]
MATERIALS
17. "Impact Assessment for Development Agencies: Learning to Value Change" by Chris Roche. Considers the process of impact assessment and shows how & why it needs to be integrated into all stages of development programmes from planning to evaluation. Includes qualitative, quantitative, and participatory case studies. Contact [email protected].
18. "Advocacy in Southern Africa - Lessons for the Future," published by the Co-operative for Research and Education (CORE) US$ 40. 13 advocacy case studies from the region, dealing with issues including human rights, women's rights & political participation, rights of disabled people, land reform, civic education & election monitoring, HIV/AIDS, and landmines. Contact Phiroshaw Camay [email protected]
19. "Meeting the Cairo Challenge: Progress in Sexual and Reproductive Health" - for decision-makers and programme planners, it outlines national programmes and model projects related to implementation of the 1994 ICPD Programme of Action. Web site. Contact [email protected]
VACANCIES...Recruiting
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20. Senior Technical Communication Advisor for USAID's Office of Population's family planning and reproductive health programme. Will focus on technical design and implementation of the new Information, Education and Communication Results Package and related activities. Contact David Bennett [email protected]
21. Technical Advisor on HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing for 11 months at UNICEF New York. Contact Mark Connolly [email protected]
22. International HIV/AIDS Alliance - 1) Deputy Director, supervisor of 4 programme teams. 2) Asia Programme Officer supports programme work in 3 countries of Asia. Contact [email protected].
23. FAO Consultant - to work with Tajikistan Radio Broadcasting for Private Farmers. Speak Russian & preferably Tajiki. Contact L. Van Crowder [email protected]
24. Interagency Technical Officer for the Global Coalition for Polio Eradication Resource Mobilization (GCPERM) at WHO in Geneva, Switzerland for 11 months. Deadline 17 Mar. 2000. Contact Lina Abrahan [email protected]
25. Health/Social Marketing Communications Managers for The Futures Group International in Jakarta, Indonesia. Fluency in English & Bahasa Indonesia. Contact Reed Ramlow [email protected]
26. Health Communicator for Abt Associates Inc., based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Contact William A. Sigler [email protected]
27. Regional Coordinator (with law degree) for Women in Law & Development in Africa (WiLDAF), a women's human rights network in Harare, Zimbabwe. Deadline 17 Mar. 2000. Contact [email protected]
28. 2 Programme Officers for Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programmes Africa Division, based in Baltimore, to provide technical assistance. Contact Rachel Thomas [email protected]
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