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Public Opinion and Engagement for Development
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Bookmark this page: www.oecd.org/dev/devcom
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Policy makers working on development issues care about public attitudes for at least two reasons: they are accountable to taxpayers, and they need public support.
Yet, evidence on public attitudes towards development across OECD countries is uneven and scattered, and the strategic importance of communication for development is not widely understood.
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Learn more: Results Reporting in Donor Agencies
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For over a decade, the Development Centre has been monitoring and analysing trends in public opinion about development cooperation in OECD countries. It also facilitates the DevCom Network: the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators.
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Public Opinion about Development Cooperation
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Public Engagement: the DevCom Network
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> Publications about public support for development cooperation
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> About the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators
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> Public opinion polls about development cooperation
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> Meetings and documents of the DevCom Network
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> Network Members can login to the DevCom Extranet here
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What's new
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19-Mar-2009
Following on the 2008 meeting on development results reporting, OECD countries are working to develop guidelines to facilitate better 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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02-Jun-2008
The OECD Development Centre and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) organised an Informal Experts’ Meeting on Managing for and Communicating about Development Results in Berlin on 19 and 20 May 2008.
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11-Jan-2008
After a slow start, public awareness about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is rising steadily in OECD countries, especially where publicity campaigns are run. Our study of three OECD countries shows that successful MDG campaigns are long-term, funded adequately, and involve local authorities, civil society organisations and the private sector.
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09-Jan-2008
In November 2007, the members of the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators met in Lisbon for two days of brainstorming about the current state and future of development communication. The summary report gives an overview of the discussions and projects for the coming year.
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