Development of independent press in Africa

project is intended to cover all 46 sub-Saharan and Indian Ocean African countries

Approval date

1992

Total budget $

816,134

Budget code

PDC/13 RAF/03 352 RAF 36

Source

534 RAF 60 FIT Italy 523 RAF 60 FIT USA 520 RAF 69 FIT France 548CVI 60 FIT Luxembourg

Objectives

To promote the development of a pluralistic and independent press in Africa.
To improve the professional level of independent newspapers in journalistic writing, ethics and management.

Activities

Training workshops for professional journalists working on independent newspapers. Provision of computer equipment. Provision of fellowships to 25 newspaper managers for a training course in Israel on management of press enterprises.

Funds obligated

572,585

70.2%. The creation of a database on African press is on-going.
Assistance given for the preparation of a strategy for communication development in Togo.
Brochure on project prepared for promotion and fund-raising.
Project funding provided by: IPDC: $219,000
Italy: $312,134
USA: $85,000 France: $100,000
Luxembourg: $100,000

Project officers

ONDOBO,
SECK, MCCLAIN, SY, AZNAR

Community media in support of basic education
(Phase I)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger

Approval date

1992 (1995)

Total budget $

802,300

Budget code

507 INT 60

Source

FIT Germany

Objectives

To provide community media support for social mobilisation towards basic education.

Activities

Sub-regional workshops and seminars organised. Equipment for rural press and radio delivered. Study visits of innovative educational projects in Benin and Guinea. Second phase of mobilisation campaigns for education for women carried out. Production of audio-visual material on the subject.

Funds obligated

796,126

99.2%. Phase 1 completed. o Terminal report being prepared. o Project has contributed to an increase in school attendance and construction of school buildings. o Not yet financially closed.

Project officers

PERONNE, SY

 Community media in support of basic education
(Phase II)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger

Approval date

1995

Total budget $

861,060

Budget code

543 RAF 61

Source

FIT Germany

Objectives

To provide community media support for social mobilisation towards basic education.

Activities

Mobilisation campaigns for education in new areas have been carried out in all 5 project countries. A brochure, L'Eveil, on the results of Phase 1 published. Seminar on new approaches to basic education organised with participation of communication professionals.

Funds obligated

438,769

52% o Project implementation in progress.

Project officers

PERONNE, SY

Communication and good governance in West and Central Africa

Benin, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Approval date

1996

Total budget $

576,000

Budget code

543 RAF 62

Source

FIT Germany

Objectives

To develop the human and technical capacity of communication media in West and Central Africa in support of good governance. To provide appropriate equipment to the media. To enhance communication between the government and the general population.

Activities

Organisation of national and regional training workshops for media practitioners and media trainers. Provision of equipment.

Funds obligated

127,248

22% o Six national and regional workshops organised. o Procurement of equipment for seven of the participating countries in progress. o The low implementation rate is attributed to a delay in the procurement of equipment and the postponement of related training workshops.

Project officers

SY , BOAFO

Audio-visual training institute for Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa

Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe

Approval date

1994

Total budget $

115,000

Budget code

PDC/13 RAF/03 352 RAF 33

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To provide professional training to the staff of radio and television organizations in five Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa.

Activities

Provision of equipment.

Funds obligated

114,546

99.6% o Equipment ordered and delivered. o Project completed and evaluated but not yet financially closed.

Project officers

ONDOBO, MCCLAIN

Development of Media Institute of Southern Africa

Angola, Botswana, Mauritius, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Approval date

1994 (Completed in 1996)

Total budget $

463,830

Budget code

510 RAF 60

Source

FIT Denmark

Objectives

To strengthen regional links among independent media in the SADC region. To facilitate training, co-operation, exchange of information. To enhance the free flow of news and information. To organise training workshops.

Activities

Initiation and co-ordination of MISA's programme of activities. General meetings of MISA's governing council held (publishers, editors of regional independent media). Needs assessment done. Training workshops organised.

Funds obligated

463,831

100% o MISA chapters have been set up in 11 countries and close monitoring of press freedom issues is carried out in collaboration with IFEX/CANADA. o A number of training workshops held. o MISA Free Press is published every other month o Progress reports covering implementation of project activities from 1994 to end of June 1996 have been prepared o Report on Tripartite Project Review Meeting and Project Terminal Report submitted o Project not yet financially closed

Project officers

MCCLAIN , BOAFO

Creation of three units of audio-visual production

project is intended to cover all French-speaking countries in West and Central Africa as well as those in the Indian Ocean

Approval date

1994 (Phase I) 1997 (Phase II)

Total budget $

300,000 (200,000-Phase and 100,000 Phase II)

Budget code

PDC/14 RAF 01 352 RAF 41 and PDC/16 RAF 03 352RAF63

Source

IPDC (Phase I)
IPDC (Phase II)

Objectives

First post-production unit created and inaugurated in Cotonou, Benin, in April 1995. Training provided to professionals from 6 Francophone countries.

Activities

Funds obligated

190,000 and 95,000

95% 95% o First post-production unit created and inaugurated in Cotonou in April 1995. o Professionals from French-speaking countries trained. o The remaining $10,000 of Phase 1 used for an external evaluation of the unit and its activities.
o Contract for financial contribution (Phase 2) established for implementing agency (CIRTEF) o The remaining $ 5,000 to be used for evaluation.

Project officers

DUPONT, SY

Promotion of photojournalism in Africa

Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo

Approval date

1996 (1997)

Total budget $

50,000

Budget code

PDC/RAF 16/04 352 RAF 64

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To strengthen the capacity of the Mauritius College of the Air (MCA) as a regional training Centre for media production and for distance education. To develop human resources through specialised programmes. To build up media resources for the region and enhance exchange of audio-visual programmes for adult education and social mobilisation.

Activities

Two workshops in radio production and management organised for women media professionals.

Funds obligated

50,000

100% o Project completed but not yet financially closed.

Project officers

AZNAR, BOAFO

Institutional reinforcement of the Association of African Women in the Media (APAC)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo and Zaire

Approval date

1996

Total budget $

50,000

Budget code

PDC/16 RAF/01 352 RAF 61

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To strengthen the organizational network of APAC and its capacity to publish and distribute its newsletter «La Satellite». To raise the professional level of women journalists in French-speaking West and Central African countries through training workshops. To create a data-base on women journalists and African publications for women in French-speaking West and Central African countries.

Activities

Training workshops organised for women in the media.

Funds obligated

49,910

89.8% o Project completed but not yet financially closed. o Remaining funds reserved for evaluation.

Project officers

SY, BOAFO

Zimbabwe Film Training Project: Phase 2

Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Approval date

1996

Total budget $

2 ,355,058

Budget code

510 ZIM 62

Source

FIT Denmark

Objectives

To train all categories of film personnel in Zimbabwe and the SADC countries. To start a regular programme for production and distribution of development-oriented films.

Activities

Training of trainers course organised. Regional consultative meeting held. Curriculum for training activities designed. National and regional courses in film and video production held.

Funds obligated

574,311

24.4% (54.2% of the allotment made which is $ 1,059,513) o Project CTA appointed in late 1997. o Workplan for project activities revised. o Project implementation to be intensified in 1998.

Project officers

MCCLAIN, BOAFO

Development of the Federation of African Media Women- SADC

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Approval date

1997

Total budget $

391,868

Budget code

543 RAF 63

Source

FIT Germany

Objectives

To establish a co-ordinating mechanism for the Federation and introduce the concept of Development Through Radio in the SADC region. To collect and analyse regional data on media women and compile a regional media resource directory. To prepare a series of guidelines for action on the advancement of women media professionals. To organise regional workshops on gender sensitisation for media managers.

Activities

Study on women in the media being carried out. Training programme on empowerment of women in the media organised.

Funds obligated

101,000

25.8% (100% of the allotment made which is $ 101,838) o Executive Officer of Federation and administrative secretary appointed. o Office for Federation established. o Implementation of the project slowed down awaiting futher allotment of funds.

Project officers

MCCLAIN, BOAFO

FAMW: Translation of training manuals on community/rural radio into the local languages of the 12 SADC countries

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Approval date

1997

Total budget $

20,000

Budget code

PDC/18 RAF/05 352 RAF 82

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To enhance the development of communication structures in SADC countries. To empower local communities to run their community radio stations. To translate training manuals on community radio into two local languages in each of 12 SADC countries.

Activities

Funds obligated

Project funds allotted in February 1998. o Arrangements are being made to implement the project.

Project officers

MCCLAIN, BOAFO

Development of the East African Media Institute

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda

Approval date

1996

Total budget $

61,600

Budget code

PDC/16 RAF/02 352 RAF 62

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To enhance the professional capacity of journalists in East African countries. To establish codes of ethics for and by journalists. To strengthen national journalists' associations. To set up mechanisms for protection of journalists against political, legal and economic pressures.

Activities

Survey of training facilities in East Africa. Study of economic trends in training for East Africa. EAMI Governing Council meeting organised. Equipment for network provided.

Funds obligated

61,600

100% o Project completed but not yet financially closed.

Project officers

AZNAR, BOAFO

Establishment of a Training Institute for Media Professionals from Portuguese-speaking African Countries

Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tomé and Principe

Approval date

1997

Total budget $

38,500

Budget code

PDC/18 RAF/02 352 RAF 82

Source

IPDC Fit Portugal

Objectives

To establish a Portuguese-language teaching and professional training structure for communication professionals and managers in Portuguese-speaking African countries. To enable Portuguese-speaking African countries to achieve self-sufficiency in information production and distribution. To undertake training-of-trainers programmes.

Activities

Funds obligated

34,000

88% o Project funds allotted in February 1998. o Contract signed with implementing agency.

Project officers

SY, MCLAIN, AZNAR, BOAFO

PANA: Bulletin Women of Africa

project is intended to cover all African countries

Approval date

1997

Total budget $

40,000

Budget code

PDC/18 RAF/03 352 RAF 83

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To create and maintain a network of women information and communication professionals specialised in women's issues. To develop a regional information Centre for issues affecting African women. To facilitate information and communication among African women and between them and women in other parts of the world.

Activities

Funds obligated

36,000

90% o Project funds allotted in February 1998. o Contract signed with implementing agency.

Project officers

SY BOAFO

PANA: Modernisation of the computer system and introduction of Internet technology

project is intended to cover all African countries

Approval date

1997

Total budget $

40,000

Budget code

PDC/17 RAF/01 352 RAF 71

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To create and maintain a network of women information and communication professionals specialised in women's issues. To develop a regional information Centre for issues affecting African women. To facilitate information and communication among African women and between them and women in other parts of the world.

Activities

Funds obligated

36,000

90% o Project funds allotted in February 1998. o Contract signed with implementing agency.

Project officers

DUPONT, SY

PANA: Modernisation of the computer system and introduction of Internet technology

project is intended to cover all African countries

Approval date

1997

Total budget $

70,000

Budget code

PDC/17 RAF/01 352 RAF 71

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To establish a training Centre in new communication technology for the editorial and technical personnel.
To connect all the workstations in the newsroom to the Internet and «Rapide».
To contribute to sub-regional and regional integration through rapid news and information circulation.

Activities

Provision of equipment.

Funds obligated

63,000

90% o Project activities carried out; remaining funds to be used for evaluation.

Project officers

DUPONT, SY

Media and communication for democracy and sustainable development in West and Central Africa

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo

Approval date

1997

Total budget $

50,000

Budget code

PDC/17 RAF/02 352 RAF 72

Source

IPDC

Objectives

To improve the quality of journalism in West and Central Africa by increasing specialisation in development issues.
To train information officers and development communicators in IEC approaches and methods.
To support the development of democracy through communication in West and Central Africa.

Activities

o Project funds allotted in October 1997; preparations for implementation in progress.

Funds obligated

Project officers

BOAFO, SY

SUB-REGIONAL

Creation of a rural press in Guinea in conjunction with the consolidation of the rural press in Mali

Guinea and Mali

Approval date

1994

Total budget $

509,500

Budget code

507 RAF 60

Source

FIT Germany

Objectives

To create rural newspapers in Guinea.
To rehabilitate the rural press in Mali.

Activities

Provision of equipment to Guinea and Mali. Technical and journalistic training organised. Four local language newspapers established.

Funds obligated

447,568

87.8% o Equipment delivered. o Training of technicians and professional journalists completed. o Project completed; terminal report being prepared.

Project officers

PERONNE and SY