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The 2006 Annual Meeting of the Informal Network of DAC Heads of Information/Communication was hosted from May 17-19 by AusAID at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia, and supported by NZAID in collaboration with the OECD Development Centre,and the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate-DAC Secretariat.

> Agenda

Day I: Corruption and Governance – what role can communications play
>  The White Paper – Australia’s aid to 2016  by Annmaree O'Keeffe (AusAID)
> Corruption & Governance – what role can communications play?, by Dr Randal G. Stewart (Timmins Stewart Consulting)
> Corruption in Bangladesh – A Household Survey by Ifterkhar Zaman (Transparency International Bangladesh)
> How can communications change the perception and reality of corruption in donor & recipient countries?, by Barbara Ann Clay (Transparency International)

Day II: Communicating aid effectiveness
> NZAID Overview by Catrina McDiarmid (NZAID)
> DAC theme study: communicating aid effectiveness by Stan Termeer (The Netherlands) and Jo Elsom (AusAID)
> DAC theme study: In-country communications by Eamoinn Taylor (DFID)
> DAC theme study: Evaluation by Catrina McDiarmid (NZAID)
> Experience in evaluating Communication and development education in OECD-DAC countries by Ida Mc Donnell (OECD DEV)
> DAC case study: Japan, 50 years on by Keiichi Muraoka (JICA)

Day III: Communications – a development tool
> Social Marketing for Behaviour Changes by Laurie Van Veen/Jenny Taylor (Australian Department of Health and Ageing)
> Childwise Campaign by Anita Dodds (Child Wise Tourism and & Grey Worldwide)
> The role of development communications by Stephen King (BBC World Service Trust)
>  How communications contributes to development outcomes by Jean-Gabriel Manguy (Radio Australia)
> World Bank Communications for Development Conference update by Diana Chung (World Bank)
> Developing communications tools at the OECD DAC, by Josie Pagani (OECD DAC)
> Activities in France since hosting the 2005 annual HOI by Bernard Humbaire (France)
- HOI network business by Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte (OECD DEV)

For more information please contact the DevCom Network Secretariat (dev.com@oecd.org).