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>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:15:41 -0700
>Subject: The Drum Beat - 371 - Without Communication,
>There Is No Development From: The Drum Beat <drumbeat@comminit.com>
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>The Drum Beat - Issue 371 - Without Communication,
>There Is No Development October 30 2006
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>from The Communication Initiative...global forces...local
>choices...critical voices...telling stories...
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>The first World Congress on Communication for Development was
>held by The World Bank, The Food and Agriculture Organization
>of the United Nations (FAO), and The Communication Initiative
>in Rome, Italy, October 25-27 2006. Its purpose was to
>demonstrate that communication for development is an essential
>approach for responding to the most urgent challenges of
>development, and to suggest that, therefore, it should be more
>fully integrated into the practice and the politics of
>development. Discussions and presentations focused on what
>works, what doesn't, and how communication for development
>contributes to better development.
>
>Looking to carry to Rome some joint positions and common
>ideas, various sectoral and regional discussions were
>organised in Latin America, including: the First Regional
>Workshop on Communication for the >Development and Ways of
>Sustainable Life, May 28 - June 1 2006 in Costa Rica; the
>seminar "Without Communication, There Is No Development",
>August 25-27 2006 in Lima, Peru; and the International
>Meeting of Communication and Development of Pueblos
>Indígenas, September 13-15 2006, in Santacruz, Bolivia.
>These events were organised with the support of the FAO
>and Asociación de Comunicadores Sociales Calandria,
>both partners of The Communication Initiative.
>
>In Son de Tambora No. 152, published by La Iniciativa de
>Comunicación October 18 2006 -
>http://www.comminit.com/la/drum_beat_152.html -
>Rosa María Alfaro, founder of Calandria, and founder and
>Executive Secretary of the Veeduría Ciudadana de la
>Comunicación Social, shares the document that was written
>as a conclusion to the seminar "Without Communication,
>There Is No Development". This report analyses the
>achievements and strategic contributions of Latin
>American communication for development, demands the
>recognition of communication as key factor in the
>construction of development and democracy, and
>exposes the challenges that Latin American
>communicators face.
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