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Continental Shift: New Trends in Private U.S
Continental Shift: New Trends in Private U.S. Funding for Media Development A Report to the Center for International Media Assistance By Anne Nelson December 1, 2011 About the Author Anne Nelson The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), a project of the Anne Nelson is an international media consultant who has worked with a number of major National Endowment for Democracy, aims to strengthen the support, raise foundations and media organizations in recent years. She created and teaches a course in new the visibility, and improve the effectiveness of media assistance programs media and development communications at Columbia University’s School of International and by providing information, building networks, conducting research, and Public Affairs. She is a former journalist and served as the director of the Committee to Protect highlighting the indispensable role independent media play in the cre- Journalists, where she helped to found the International Freedom of Expression Exchange ation and development of sustainable democracies around the world. An (IFEX). She received a Guggenheim Fellowship for her research on her recent book, Red important aspect of CIMA’s work is to research ways to attract additional Orchestra, which describes practices of mass media propaganda and resistance samizdat in U.S. private sector interest in and support for international media develop- Nazi Germany. Nelson is a graduate of Yale University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She lectures around the world on current media trends, and her publications are posted ment. The center was one of the of the main nongovernmental organizers at academia.edu. -
Handbook: a Conflict Sensitive Approach to Reporting on Conflict and Violent Extremism
HANDBOOK A CONFLICT SENSITIVE APPROACH TO REPORTING ON CONFLICT AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM This project is funded by the European Union This project is funded by the European Union HANDBOOK: A CONFLICT SENSITIVE APPROACH TO REPORTING ON CONFLICT AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM Disclaimer: This handbook has been produced within the framework of the “Contributing to stability and peace in Central Asia through media literacy, improved reporting and regional cooperation” Project implemented by Internews and funded by the European Union. The contents of this handbook are the sole responsibility of authors and can not be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union and Internews under any circumstances. 1 2 Contents FOREWORD ...............................................................................................................................................................4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .........................................................................................................................................5 ABOUT THE AUTHOR .............................................................................................................................................5 OVERALL INTRODUCTION - THE THINKING BEHIND THIS HANDBOOK ..............................................6 PART ONE: CONFLICT SENSITIVE REPORTING .............................................................................................. 7 CASE STUDY: GETTING IT WRONG ..................................................................................................................... -
FOSTERING Resiliencefor Childrenin ADVERSITY
FOSTERING RESILIENCE for CHILDREN in ADVERSITY: A Guide to Whole Child School-Community Approaches FOSTERING RESILIENCE FOR CHILDREN IN ADVERSITY A Table of Contents Introduction 1 Audience 2 SECTION 1 Resilience and Adversity 3 What Creates Risk? What Promotes Resilience? 4 Building Blocks of Children’s Resilience 6 Basic Needs Highlight 7 Housing 7 Nutritious Food 7 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) 8 Health care 8 Physical safety and security 9 Nurturing Relationships Highlight 9 Parents and Caregivers 9 Teachers 10 Peers 10 Core Capabilities and Values: Social and Emotional Learning 10 Contextualization is Key 13 Resilience Building Principles 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) SECTION 2 Whole Child School-Community Approaches 17 Essential Players in the School-Community Approach to Fostering Resilience: the home, the school, and the community 20 The Home 20 Early Childhood Development 20 Adolescent Development 23 Supporting Parents 24 The School 26 Academic Resilience 26 Safe spaces 28 Curriculum 30 SEL 31 Teacher Training and Well-being 34 Community 36 SECTION 3 Research and Learning 39 Understand risk and protection across building blocks and settings 40 Focus on equity as a key dimension of the matrixed needs assessment 42 Measure learning and development outcomes rather than resilience 43 Systems Resilience Post-COVID-19 44 Putting the Pieces Together 47 Introduction Education and resilience have a strong reciprocal relationship: participation in education promotes children’s resilience, and resilient children are more likely to participate in, and to benefit from, education. For example, strong cognitive competencies are key components of resilience that are strengthened by quality education. -
Usaid/Haiti Strategic Framework Gender Analysis
USAID/HAITI USAID/HAITI STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK GENDER ANALYSIS November 30, 2020 DISCLAIMER The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States government. This publication was produced for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Contract Number 47QRAA18D00CM. It was prepared by Banyan Global under the authorship of Jane Kellum, Sue Telingator, Kenise Phanord, and Alexandre Medginah Lynn. Implemented by: Banyan Global 1120 20th Street NW, Suite 950 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: +1 202-684-9367 Recommended Citation: Jane Kellum, Sue Telingator, Kenise Phanord, and Alexandre Medginah Lynn. USAID/Haiti Strategic Framework Gender Analysis Report. Prepared by Banyan Global. 2020 1 | USAID/HAITI STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK GENDER ANALYSIS USAID.GOV ACRONYMS ADS Automated Directives System AFASDA Association Femmes Soleil d'Haiti /Sun of Haiti women's association AOR/COR Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contract Officer’s Representative APN L'Autorité Portuaire Nationale/National Port Authority ARI Acute respiratory infections ASEC Assemblée de la Section Communale/Assembly of the Communal Section BDS Business development services BINUH Bureau intégré des Nations Unies en Haïti/United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti CAEPA Comité d’Approvisionnement en Eau Potable et Assainissement/Potable Water and Sanitation Provision Committee CASEC Conseil d'Administration de la Section Communale/Board of Directors of the Communal Section -
U.S. Export Sales
This summary is based on reports from exporters for the period July 30-August 5, 2021. Wheat: Net sales of 293,100 metric tons (MT) for 2021/2022 were down 5 percent from the previous week and 32 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for unknown destinations (98,600 MT, including 82,600 MT - late), Japan (34,300 MT, including decreases of 700 MT and 500 MT - late), Nigeria (31,800 MT), Venezuela (27,100 MT – late), and Chile (21,500 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for the Dominican Republic (17,400 MT) and Guatemala (5,000 MT). Exports of 627,900 MT--a marketing-year high--were up 62 percent from the previous week and 60 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (130,400 MT, including 500 MT - late), Mexico (89,600 MT), Nigeria (82,300 MT), China (64,700 MT), and South Korea (62,800 MT). Late Reporting: For 2020/2021, net sales totaling 123,800 MT of wheat were reported late for unknown destinations (82,600 MT), Venezuela (27,100 MT), Haiti (11,500 MT), Leeward and Windward Islands (2,200 MT), and Japan (500 MT). Exports totaling 41,300 MT of wheat were reported late to Venezuela (27,100 MT), Haiti (11,500 MT), Leeward and Windward Islands (2,200 MT), and Japan (500 MT). Corn: Net sales of 377,600 MT for 2020/2021 were up noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Mexico (144,500 MT, including decreases of 38,500 MT), Japan (80,500 MT, including 81,700 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 1,200 MT), Venezuela (59,200 MT, including 39,200 MT - late), Colombia (54,800 MT, including 21,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and 31,700 MT - late), and Canada (45,700 MT, including decreases of 8,900 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (76,800 MT) and the Dominican Republic (7,500 MT). -
SITUATION REPORT No. 14 AS of 8:00 PM on 11 JUNE, 2020
COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN CDEMA PARTICIPATING STATES SITUATION REPORT No. 14 AS OF 8:00 PM ON 11 JUNE, 2020 Restrictions are gradually being lifted among CDEMA Participating States amidst ongoing management of the COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 Regional Surveillance Update for 11th June - The George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, U.W.I. In the week to June 11th, among the 20 CARICOM members and associate members, there have been 1,269 new confirmed cases (down from 1,449 last week, up from 828 new cases 2 weeks ago) and 10 new confirmed deaths (down from 17 new deaths last week and 13 new deaths 2 weeks ago). Most of these new cases were identified in Haiti (1,156). The remaining 113 cases were reported in Suriname (63), The Cayman Islands (24), Jamaica (15), Barbados (4), Guyana (3) and with single cases reported in The Bahamas, Belize, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In the past 24 hours there have been 142 new confirmed cases and 2 new confirmed deaths. With 3,796 confirmed cases, 1,156 of these in the past week, Haiti remains the outbreak hotspot among the CARICOM members. The continuing outbreak in neighbouring Dominican Republic (20,808 cases, 2,768 in the past week, 550 deaths) compounds the situation in Haiti. Ten of the 20 CARICOM countries have identified new cases in the past week. Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. Resilience Way, Lower Estate, St. Michael, Barbados www.cdema.org Tel: (246) 434-4880, Fax: (246) 271-3660 CDEMA’s Situation Report #14 2 Updates from CDEMA Participating States ANGUILLA – Department of Disaster Management (DDM) Cases ● There are currently no active COVID 19 cases, with no reported deaths. -
Making Media Development More Effective
A Special Report to the Center for International Media Assistance: Making Media Development More Effective By Tara Susman-Peña October 9, 2012 The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), at the National Endowment for Democracy, works to strengthen the support, raise the visibility, and improve the effectiveness of independent media development throughout the world. The Center provides information, builds networks, conducts research, and highlights the indispensable role independent media play in the creation and development of sustainable democracies. An important aspect of CIMA’s work is to research ways to attract additional U.S. private sector interest in and support for international media development. The Center was one of the of the main nongovernmental organizers of World Press Freedom Day 2011 in Washington, DC. CIMA convenes working groups, discussions, and panels on a variety of topics in the field of media development and assistance. The center also issues reports and recommendations based on working group discussions and other investigations. These reports aim to provide policymakers, as well as donors and practitioners, with ideas for bolstering the effectiveness of media assistance. Marguerite H. Sullivan Senior Director Center for International Media Assistance National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street, N.W., 8th Floor Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 378-9700 Fax: (202) 378-9407 Email: [email protected] URL: http://cima.ned.org About the Author Tara Susman-Peña Tara Susman-Peña is a media development and communications consultant. She was the director of research for Internews’s Media Map Project. Before joining Internews, she worked in the audience insight and research department at NPR (National Public Radio), where she managed the online listener panel and qualitative research initiatives. -
U.S. Public and Private Funding of Independent Media Development Abroad
U.S. Public and Private Funding of Independent Media Development Abroad A Report to the Center for International Media Assistance December 10, 2007 The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), a project of the National Endowment for Democracy, aims to strengthen the support, raise the visibility, and improve the effectiveness of media assistance programs by providing information, building networks, conducting research, and highlighting the indispensable role independent media play in the creation and development of sustainable democracies around the world. An im- portant aspect of CIMA’s work is to research ways to attract additional U.S. private sector interest in and support for international media development. CIMA convenes working groups, discussions, and panels on a variety of topics in the field of media development and assistance. The center also issues reports and recommendations based on working group discussions and other investigations. These reports aim to provide policymakers, as well as donors and practitioners, with ideas for bolstering the effectiveness of media assistance. Marguerite Sullivan Senior Director Center for International Media Assistance National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street, N.W., 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20004 Phone: (202) 378-9700 Fax: (202) 378-9407 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.ned.org/cima/cima.html About the Author Peter Graves International Development Consultant Peter Graves provides consulting services to leading public and private organizations involved in international development. From 2006 to 2007, he was executive vice president at the International Center for Journalists, responsible for managing its business development and communications strategies, including assisting with program design and implementation. -
WER9630-329-340-Eng-Fre.Pdf (1.194MB)
2021, 96, 329–352 No 30 Weekly epidemiological record Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire 30 JULY 2021, 96th YEAR / 30 JUILLET 2021, 96e ANNÉE No 30, 2021, 96, 329–352 http://www.who.int/wer Summary of the 32nd Résumé de la 32e réunion Contents meeting of the International du Groupe spécial international 329 Summary of the 32nd meeting of the International Task Force Task Force for Disease pour l’éradication des maladies, for Disease Eradication, 4–5 Eradication, 4–5 May 2021 4-5 mai 2021 May 2021 The 32nd meeting of the International Task La 32e réunion du Groupe spécial international 341 Progress towards hepatitis B 1 1 control – WHO European Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was pour l’éradication des maladies (ITFDE) a été Region, 2016–2019 convened virtually at The Carter Center in organisée en ligne au Centre Carter d’Atlanta en Atlanta (GA), USA, on 4–5 May 2021 to Géorgie (États-Unis), les 4 et 5 mai 2021 pour faire discuss “Hispaniola update – progress le point sur la situation de l’île d’Hispaniola Sommaire towards eliminating malaria and lymphatic concernant les progrès accomplis vers l’élimina- 329 Résumé de la 32e réunion du filariasis in Haiti and the Dominican tion du paludisme et de la filariose lymphatique Groupe spécial international Republic, 2008 to 2020”. The Task Force en Haïti et en République dominicaine entre 2008 pour l’éradication des mala- declared in 2006 that eliminating malaria et 2020. Le Groupe spécial a déclaré en 2006 que dies, 4-5 mai 2021 and lymphatic filariasis (LF) from the island l’élimination du paludisme et de la filariose 341 Progrès accomplis dans la of Hispaniola was “technically feasible, lymphatique de l’île d’Hispaniola était «techni- lutte contre l’hépatite B – Région européenne de l’OMS, medically desirable, and would be econom- quement faisable, médicalement souhaitable et 2016-2019 ically advantageous”. -
Ayiti: Stories & Songs from Haiti Resource Guide
teacher resource guide schooltime performance series ayiti: stories and songs from haiti about the about in the performance inez balatier spotlight Get ready for a rousing and energetic performance that Inez Barlatier is a multidisciplinary artist. She is a gifted How did you get your start in performance and music? We start with a beautiful song to warm up the crowd, celebrates Haiti in all of its multifaceted wonder and beauty. singer-songwriter, folkloric dancer, actress, percussionist I grew up with music. My father is a musician. When and the song is called Ayiti, which talks about how much The show, “AYITI, Stories and Songs from Haiti,” features and teacher who has long been steeped in performance, I was just 12 years old, he gave me a guitar. I started we love our country. In the second song, we talk about Haitian-American performer and Miami native Inez music and the arts. She joined her father’s band Jan Sebon writing music. And also, in the same year, I joined his the history of Ayiti and how it began with the Taino Barlatier and her family band, who will take audience & Kazak International when she was 12 years old. For six band and I was a backup singer and percussionist. people and then how African people were brought to members on a fun, celebratory and eye-opening trip years, she also led her own band, Kazoots. And then when I started writing my own music, we the island and how they all became Ayisyen. Then we through Haitian (Ayisyen) culture and art. -
The Urgency of Resuming Disrupted Dog Rabies Vaccination Campaigns: a Modeling and Cost- Effectiveness Analysis
medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.24.21256032; this version posted April 26, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. This article is a US Government work. It is not subject to copyright under 17 USC 105 and is also made available for use under a CC0 license. The urgency of resuming disrupted dog rabies vaccination campaigns: a modeling and cost- effectiveness analysis Amber Kunkel1,2,*, Seonghye Jeon3, Haim C Joseph4, Pierre Dilius4, Kelly Crowdis5, Martin I. Meltzer3, Ryan Wallace1 1 Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America 2 Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America 3 Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America 4 Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Natural Resources, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 5 Christian Veterinary Mission, Port-au-Prince, Haiti *Corresponding author; [email protected] Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 1 NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice. -
Measuring Media Development Sanjukta Roy
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ScholarlyCommons@Penn University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Other Publications from the Center for Global Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) Communication Studies 3-2011 Overview Report: Measuring Media Development Sanjukta Roy Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.upenn.edu/cgcs_publications Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Roy, Sanjukta. (2011). Overview Report: Measuring Media Development. Other Publications from the Center for Global Communication Studies. Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/cgcs_publications/17 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/cgcs_publications/17 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Overview Report: Measuring Media Development Abstract An Interactive Timeline of Media Development Sankalpa Dashrath Research is a primary component of the Media Map project, and several papers will be published and distributed publicly as part of the effort through 2011 and 2012. They include: OVERVIEW PAPERS Rethinking Media Development: A Report on The Media Map Project, Mark Nelson with Tara Susman- Peña This final report is intended as the beginning of a process of using Media Map research as a platform for action. Your feedback welcome. On Media Development: An Unorthodox Review (forthcoming) Daniel Kaufmann; Presentation to the Center for International Media Assistance based on this research available here. Healthy Media, Vibrant Societies: How Strengthening the Media Can Boost Development in Sub- Saharan Africa Tara Susman-Peña A synthesis report examining the policy implications of the relationships between media and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Media Development and Political Stability: An Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa, Sanjukta Roy An econometric study of the relationships between press freedom and access to information, and political stability in Sub- Saharan Africa.