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Public engagement guarantees the political and legislative support necessary for strong and dynamic development programmes, as DAC Peer reviews show. Such public engagement requires governments and civil society organisations to invest in targeted communication, public education and awareness building strategies. The Development Centre co-ordinates the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators and monitors public opinion about development issues. Read more...
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04-Nov-2009
The 2009 DevCom Annual Meeting will take place 8-10 November, and will be hosted by IrishAid in Dublin. 60 communicators and experts from donor institutions will share best practices on issues such as communicating results and aid effectiveness, implications for communication specialists arising from the economic crisis, use of new technologies and social media in development communication, polling for public opinion. Among invited speakers are Dambisa Moyo, Simon Maxwell and Jamie Drummond.
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19-Mar-2009
Following on the 2008 meeting on development results reporting, OECD countries are developing guidelines to improve aid accountability. The guidelines will promote cooperation in the fields of results based management, evaluation and communication.
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05-Dec-2008
Over the past 20 years, public attitudes towards aid in OECD countries have remained steadily positive throughout economic ups and downs. At the same time, polling data shows that voters continue to strongly support aid to developing countries, despite the financial crisis.
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01-Dec-2008
For the first time the DevCom Annual Meeting was hosted by the United States. It brought together more than 65 communicators and experts, including new donors such as Israel and Thailand. The issues covered during the sessions were communicating results and aid effectiveness, new trends on the Internet, communication strategies of non-state actors, making development more media-friendly, polling for public opinion. The meeting also provided the opportunity for several members states to share best practices.
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10-Apr-2008
This DevCom Network meeting was organised in collaboration with the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results and attended by representatives of more than twenty bilateral and multilateral aid agencies. Policy makers and development communicators were able to share their respective views on development results. Discussions constituted a first step in the development of guiding principles on the role of communications in managing results.
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