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CI-09/CONF.201/2 13 January 2009 Original: English/French I NTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION NEW PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE IPDC PART II: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IPDC BUREAU Fifty-third meeting UNESCO HEADQUARTERS, PARIS 23 - 25 FEBRUARY 2009 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGIONAL PROJECTS 1. PDC/53 RAS/01 REGIONAL: STRENGTHENING INFORMATION SECURITY 5 SKILLS AMONG CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNALISTS 2. PDC/53 RAS/02 REGIONAL: AMIC: STREAMLINING COMMUNITY RADIO 10 CAPACITY BUILDING IN ASIA 3. PDC/53 RAS/03 REGIONAL: ABU:CAPACITY BUILDING ON ICTS IN 15 BROADCAST MEDIA 4. PDC/53 RAS/04 REGIONAL:AIBD: TRAINING OF WOMEN MEDIA TRAINERS 20 IN THE MEKONG COUNTRIES 5. PDC/53 RAS/05 REGIONAL:STRENGTHENING AWARENESS AND 25 MONITORING OF PRESS FREEDOM IN THE PACIFIC NATIONAL PROJECTS 6. PDC/53 AFG/01 AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING OF AINA 30 PHOTO AGENCY 7. PDC/53 AFG/02 AFGHANISTAN:TRANSFORMING KABUL WEEKLY INTO A 35 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER 8. PDC/53 BGD/01 BANGLADESH: CAPACITY BUILDING OF COMMUNITY 40 RADIO PERSONNEL IN BANGLADESH 9. PDC/53 BGD/02 BANGLADESH: CAPACITY BUILDING OF INDIGENOUS 46 PEOPLE ON RADIO JOURNALISM AND PROGRAMME PRODUCTION 10. PDC/53 CPR/01 CHINA PR OF: CHINESE JOURNALISM EDUCATION REFORM AND UNESCO MODEL JOURNALISM CURRICULA 52 11. PDC/53 TIM /01 EAST TIMOR: COMMUNITY RADIOS MODEL FOR TIMOR- 58 LESTE 12. PDC/53 TIM /02 EAST-TIMOR: INDEPENDENT PRINTING PRESS FOR 63 INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN TIMOR-LESTE 13. PDC/53 IND /01 INDIA: COMMUNITY RADIO FOR URBAN POOR IN 68 PARTICIPATORY GOVRNANCE 14. PDC/53 KZH/01 KAZAKHSTAN: CAPACITY BUILDING OF TV NEWS 74 REPORTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN KAZAKHSTAN 15. PDC/53LAO/01 LAO PDR :COMMUNITY RADIO IN SAMNEUA DISTRICT, 79 HOUAPHANH PROVINCE, LAOS 16. PDC/53MAL/01 MALAYSIA: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF SARAWAK 84 INDIGENOUS GROUPS THROUGH CITIZENS MEDIA 17. PDC/53MON/01 MONGOLIA: IMPROVING THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE 90 CONFLICT RESOLUTION 18. PDC/53NEP/01 NEPAL:BUILDING BRIDGES: 96 COMMUNICATION FOR EMPOWERMENT NEPAL 19. PDC/53PAU/01 PALAU: CAPACITY BUILDING IN COMMUNITY TELEVISION TO ENHANCE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE 102 REPUBLIC OF PALAU THROUGH BI-WEEKLY TELEVISION NEWS PROGRAM 20. PDC/53PNG/01 PNG: BUILDING TRAINING CAPACITY IN PARTICIPATORY 107 VIDEO-MAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOROKA 21. PDC/53PNG/02 PNG: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE COMMUNICATION ARTS DEPARTMENT FOR HIGH QUALITY JOURNALISM 113 3 TRAINING 22. PDC/53 SRL/01 SRI LANKA: TRAINING OF PROVINCIAL TV REPORTERS 119 23. PDC/53 TAD/01 TAJIKISTAN: STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONAL 123 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF YOUNG JOURNALISTS 24. THAILAND: BUILDING CAPACITY OF WOMEN IN PDC/53 THA/01 129 COMMUNITY RADIO FOR GENDER RESPONSIVE GOVERNANCE 25. VIETNAM: ELECTRONIC LIBRARY AND FREE SPEECH PDC/53 VIE/01 135 FORUM FOR FARMERS IN RURAL AREA OF VIETNAM 4 REGIONAL A. PROJECT IDENTIFICATION STRENGTHENING INFORMATION 1. PROJECT TITLE SECURITY SKILLS AMONG CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNALISTS 2. NUMBER PDC/53 RAS/01 INFORMATION AGENCIES, TV, RADIO 3. CATEGORY OF MASS MEDIA AND NEWSPAPERS 4. IPDC PRIORITY AREA TRAINING FOR MEDIA PROFESSIONALS SCOPE 5. (NATIONAL, SUB-REGIONAL, REGIONAL, REGIONAL INTERREGIONAL) TYPE OF ASSISTANCE 6. REQUESTED TRAINING 7. TOTAL COST OF PROJECT US$59,410 8. AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM US$36,850 IPDC Civil Initiative on Internet Policy Public 9. BENEFICIARY BODY Foundation 129 B\1 Akhunbaev Str., Bishkek 720055, the Kyrgyz Republic; tel: + 996 312 54-04-40; fax: + 996 312 54-41-91; [email protected] Contact person: Ms Tattu Mambetalieva, Director 10. IMPLEMENTING OFFICE UNESCO CLUSTER OFFICE, ALMATY 11. PROJECT LOCATION BISHKEK, THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 12. PROJECT PREPARED BY PROJECT PREPARED BY: MS TATTU MAMBETALIEVA UNESCO CONTACT: MR SERGEY KARPOV DECISION OF THE BUREAU: 5 B. PRESENTATION 1. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: This training project proposed for the consideration of IPDC will address the three following needs: • Mass media in Central Asia are not very knowledgeable in technology use and journalists rarely use technology effectively. This knowledge deficit will be remedied by conducting training for managers and staff of Central Asian mass media. Post-training follow-up will help journalists put into practice “safe computing.” • Central Asian governments are generally relatively restrictive in the mass media field, and their actions in the electronic media sphere are no exception but are less visible by virtue of being virtual. The training will educate journalists about the practical ramifications of the government policies being implemented under the guise of “information security,” to be better prepared to track and report violations of citizens’ civil rights. Additionally, the journalists will be enabled to participate more actively in the process of the information security policy formulation at national level. • Journalists gather and collect massive amounts of violation data. Much of it never reaches its full potential or intended audience. Instead, part of this information is lost due to confiscation or destruction, neglect, passage of time or because the organizations that collect the data lack the resources or infrastructure to document and communicate violations systematically and securely. Deployment of servers and internet-based infrastructure and working strategically with mass media organizations in Central Asia will help to resolve this problem. Recent problems encountered by the media in Central Asia have demonstrated the need to increase their understanding of modern ICT in order to improve their effectiveness as well as to prevent their manipulation through the mishandling of information security rules. As a result of constrained budgets and the generally more humanistic than scientific ethos of journalists, mass media workers do not generally possess a high level of skills in the field of technology use. They often (with justification) perceive themselves to be under pressure and do not feel they have the time to learn how to use computers, believing they must concentrate on immediate problems rather than investing in a longer-term strategic increase in capabilities (and therefore effectiveness). Most governments of Central Asia, under the guise of providing “national security”, monitor e- communications, require ISPs to keep records of citizens’ online activities, ban the publication or access to certain kinds of materials they deem dangerous, and use regulations governing intellectual property rights (IPRs) to control content. Journalists need to do a better job to ensure their own information is secure as technology use is increasingly a critical part of mass media, and they also need to understand the ways in which government policies can encroach upon the spheres of citizens’ freedoms to associate, communicate and express themselves. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET GROUP: This project will train and support 50 radio, TV, print and online journalists (Kyrgyzstan: 20; Kazakhstan: 20; and Tajikistan: 10) 3. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE: This project will contribute to improved access to information and freedom of expression in Central Asia by building media workers’ capacity to use technologies and enabling them to better protect in the practice of journalism. 6 4. IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES: Fifty journalists will acquire skills, knowledge and tools to ensure the use of technology is both effective and secure, and will better understand information security and other government technology-related policies. 5. PROJECT OUTPUTS Fifty media workers working in various media outlets in Central Asia will acquire skills and knowledge by participating in five 3-day training courses and will be able to: (i) support their own information security and that of their organizations based on personal responsibility; (ii) reduce the risk of mistakes, stealing, and irrelevant use of the equipment, as well as introduce a mechanism for tracking accidents; (iii) prevent unsanctioned access in the operation of the organizations’ information systems; (iv) assure secure operation of computers and networks, figure out risks in a speedy way; (v) manage access to business information, support the security of applications; (vi) prepare an action plan in case of emergencies; and (vii) assure compliance with relevant legislation, including data protection laws. 6. ACTIVITIES: The project consists of 5 x 3-day training courses, each involving ten participants. Each course will cover two sections - technology use and information policy. Months 1-2: CIIP will engage project staff: coordinator, technical expert and logistics manager. The project coordinator will be in charge of the overall project implementation acting concurrently as the legal expert in information security policies. The technical expert will maintain the project technology aspects. The logistics manager will organize the trainings. In this phase, applications will be solicited and trainees will be selected. Months 3-9: Five trainings will be conducted: two for Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and one for Tajikistan. Months 9-12, CIIP will mentor the 50 journalists in ICT use and information policy advocacy; regularly produce new tech tips; maintain the media organizations’ ICT support site with updates and translations of relevant materials. All trainees will be subscribed to a non-public mailing list, to which mentors will be assigned to send regularly “tech tips”. These tips will be placed on a website as a guide for journalists. In this phase, a technical expert will provide support for a secure file-storage server and secured mail server. Additionally graduates
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