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Participatory communication

The goal of participation is to empower communities to determine their objectives and take action to achieve them. Participatory communication aims to facilitate the expression of people's needs and priorities through effective communication processes.



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  • New » Community information management
    People need information as an integral part of community development – information about their rights as citizens and about what has worked to promote inclusive development at the community level.
  • ARVs and treatment literacy
    What do we say about ARVs? These key resources accompany a paper on empowering communities to access AIDS treatment.
  • New » Networking for development
    Networking can be approached as a way of measuring what happens in development projects, or as a development activity in its own right...
  • Documenting what we learn
    Practical resources that build skills and competence in documenting experiences of development work.
  • Learning from practice
    Highlights useful and practical resources about learning processes at organisational, project and individual levels.
  • Using ICTs for development
    Key resources on how to effectively use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in development work.
  • Participatory communication for malaria control Communication is vital in the control of malaria – for communities to understand and take action, and for those working in malaria control to introduce the most appropriate action at community level.
  • Communicating health research
    Studies of research-policy dynamics suggest there is a need for effective communication of research, through dissemination of results and networking between researchers.
  • Culture and development
    The way that cultural processes work and affect communication, development and individual and social change are still poorly understood.
  • Communicating for advocacy
    Advocacy is a communication process through which individuals, groups or communities influence their social environments.
  • Impact assessment
    Gauging the impact of development work presents many challenges, not least the one of attribution...
  • Participatory communication
    Participatory communication aims to faciliate the expression of people's needs and priorities through effective communication processes...
  • Theatre for development
    This list of key resources relating to participatory performance practices and theatre for development...
  • Communication for social change
    Communication for social change supports processes of community-based decision making...
  • HIV / AIDS communication
    HIV/AIDS raises many communication challenges as it touches on all aspects of life...
  • Learning in partnership
    Learning is integral to a meaningful understanding of 'partnership' in international development today...
  • Participatory evaluation
    This is a list of a number of useful resources relating to participatory approaches to evaluation...
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Community mobilisation manual
PRIVATE AGENCIES COLLABORATING TOGETHER (PACT), TANZANIA Advocacy Expert Series Dar es Salaam: PACT, [2007], 28 p.

This is a "how-to" book, intended for community mobilisers who want to stimulate social change in a community to work towards poverty eradication, good governance, increased transparency -- in short community empowerment. This manual identifies key steps in the community mobilisation process; it stresses the role and responsibility of the community leader or coordinator of an activity, community networks and other Civil Society groups, including local citizens
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