1 Sharing Knowledge ● Building Partnerships www.globalknowledge.o Summary Results of GKP Consultation with Practitioners on Issues Discussed At the 10 th UN Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat [email protected]10 th Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director, GKP Secretariat 12-14 February 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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1Sharing Knowledge ● Building Partnerships
www.globalknowledge.org
Summary Results of GKP Consultation with Practitioners on Issues Discussed At the 10th UN Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development
– Issues being discussed at RT were important and timely, addressing real and urgent challenges
• Increasing coordination of C4D action: Yes, great but ….
– Current investments in C4D initiatives not strategic, are sector-specific rather than based on systemic approach for building capacities in society and across sectors
• Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Key for Success
– Strong consensus for involvement of CSO, private sector, academic, funding and other organisations through multi-sector or multi-stakeholder partnerships
– UNDAF not well suited to meeting multi-sector or multi-stakeholder partnership approach
– Consider 2 coordination mechanisms: (1) internal UN equivalent of JUNIC on C4D, (2) broader forum representing other stakeholder interests
– Acknowledgment that effective C4D cannot always be product of consensus
– UN (or governmental structures) in multi-sector partnerships must not have exclusive control or ‘veto’ power to avoid compromising two-way communication
• Incorporating C4D into planning systems: The value, scale and diversity of
current initiatives
– Most multilateral/bilateral development organisations insufficiently aware of dynamism, innovation and scale of C4D at country level
– Important to be aware of, to build on and to support what exists in many countries
• UN working together to achieve policy impact: a serious and necessary
contribution
– A more coordinated UN system could play positive role in securing enabling policy environments for C4D (community media, public service broadcasting, ICT policy and freedom of expression)
• Questions of capacity: systematic thinking
– Need to employ experts who can take holistic view – iCT, media, DevComm
– Must have overarching “public goods” approach for C4D to be financed, managed and included in national policy and visions