The 2008 annual meeting of the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators

The 2008 Annual Meeting of the DevCom Network took place from 20-22 October in Washington, DC. The meeting was hosted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

 

Agenda

Participants list

Summary Report

 

Presentations Day I 

DevCom Network

> Presentation of the DevCom Network - Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte (OECD)

> Donor Profiles Presentation - Robert Zimmerman (OECD).

> Status of DevCom Network: Looking Back (2007-08) & Looking Ahead (2009-10) - Steffen Beitz (OECD)

DAC Communication Strategy - Christine Graves (OECD)

 

Keynote address

by Henrietta Fore (USAID)

 

Communication Strategies: Best Practices Roundtable

> The Dutch MDG 5 campaign - Ilse van Woudenberg & Annelies Kanis (NCDO). See also the video: NCDO short documentary on MDG 5 in Mali (Youtube) 

> The French MDG campaign - Guillaume de Saint Phalle (l'Agence Française de Developpement)

> Public Outreach at JICA - Aiichiro Yamamoto (Jica)

> USAID Media Campaign in Lebanon - Joseph Fredericks (USAID). See also the video: USAID Lebanon Public Service Announcement (Youtube)

 

Evening Programme

BBC World Debate in Accra (Watch online)

 

Presentations Day 2

Communication Strategies for the 21st century

The role for non-state actors in development  - Dan Runde (International Finance Corporation). See also his article: How to make Development Partnerships work (OECD Observer).

Proctor and Gamble Company - Patrick Blair (P&G)

DevEx Web Platform - Raj Kumar (DevEx)

 

Reengineering the Internet for Development, Information Sharing, and Communications

Using New Media for Development Communication - Warren Feek (The Communication Initiative)

ReliefWeb, United Nations - Shuichi Odaka (ReliefWeb)

USAID Global Development Commons - Karen Turner (USAID)

 

Polling for Public Opinion, Decision-Making and Targeting

> The Gallup World Poll - Jon Clifton (Gallup)

> Using Polling for Communications Strategy in Conflict Situations - Craig Charney (Charney Research)

World Bank Group 2008 Global Poll - Paul Mitchell (World Bank)

 

Presentations Day 3

> USAID Development Outreach Co-Ordinators - Jeff Grieco

 

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