1. Use DevCom as part of IDRC support to research for development with a focus on poverty alleviation

2. Specialised programs and advocacy campaigns are multiplied around it

3. Supporting action- research using PDC strategies to support community development initiatives in the field of natural resource management

4. We have developed courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels that include topics on the development process itself and how communication can play its role in various development models. Poverty alleviation is the end goal of devcom and this is being emphasized in the discussion of communication strategies or approaches. The guide is always that communication follows where development leads (as stated by Dr. Nora Quebral, the pioneer of devcom in Asia ).

5. All ComDev programmes in FAO have as ultimate objective eradication of poverty and hunger.

6. UN DPI/UNICs: Preparing and disseminating PI materials. Training of media practitioners etc.,

7. We have drafted and submitted to UN Res-Coordinator an outline of Communications Strategy for MDGs in Russia (just one example)

8. We support projects with a special focus on media and poverty reduction strategies... and others

9. Community radio broadcasting in poor communities, specially rural areas.

10. My organisation is a university and I answer from the point of view of an R&D project that we are implementing in West Africa and will be continuing also in East Africa . The idea is to work closely with farmers to develop technologies and modules for farmer field schools that will help small farmers to improve their livelihoods.

11. Poverty reduction strategies have been shown to work best in a climate where there is strong public understanding, public debate and the capacity of those most affected to be heard in that debate. The Communication for Social Change Consortium is working with bilateral and multilateral partners and other communication partners to illustrate and advocate for an increased focus on communication for development if poverty reduction and allied strategies are to be successful.

12. élaboration d'une stratégie de communication sur le cadre stratégique de lutte contre la pauvreté.

13. My Organisation is an educational Institution training future staff members for Communication for Development. It is a University with a Faculty of Communication for Development.

14. Supporting Community radio for better content production on relevant themes.

15. We work with civil society, education institutions, other UN organisations in the country to sensitise people to the challenges represented by MDG 1.

16. Our organisation is a development communication organisation. Our definition of poverty is one that is inclusive so all activities contribute to this. In particular work includes looking at the role of communication in PRSPs as well as building media capacity to cover a range of development issues.

17. Communication for food security

18. Integrated in communication on weather, water and climate related matters as these have an impact on development

19. Appui à des actions de lutte contre la désertfication au Sahel

20. I no longer work for any organization so some parts of this survey don't apply to me.

21. I don't know, but it has a mandate to use information to alleviate poverty and food security so there is a formal activation of this.

22. Empower community in NRM by working through provincial government line departments and share the research finding to policy makers at both provincial and national level.

23. Together with UNFPA we have embarked on a project to address the food insecurity in the country. We have sensitized journalist and will be holding awareness meetings with opinion leaders while targeting parents and guardians how the situation affects reproductive health

24. Letting communities know their rights to various government programmes related to employment and food for work

25. Compliance strategy

26. FAO are the lead organization for eradicating hunger so MDG1 is important to us however, the allocation of funds for the ComforDev group has been squeezed year after year extinguishing our ability to respond in a meaningful way.

27. Communicating research to policy-makers or those with influence on policy and facilitating information exchange

28. I am a professional advisor in development communications, so that is what I do all day.

29. The University has developed projects and offered human resources to help the Brazilian government to implement ist “Fome Zero” (Zero Hungry) project.

30. Research and evaluation studies conducted by academic researchers usually under consultancy arrangements

31. Contributing to Food and nutrition security is considered by CTA as one of the means to address this particular MDG. CTA is developing a range of Information and Communication Management activities in this context (training in the use of communication tools (eg ICT) support to rural radio programs, support to Market Information Systems using integrated tools (internet, radio, mobile phone etc...)

32. 1. Advocating development communication in FAO and in national rural and agricultural dev. Projects 2. Promoting development support communication components in projects and programs of research, training and extension. 3. Developing and seeking funding for development communication programs and projects

33. We are working to give access to communications, particularly through community-based radio, to the poorest and most marginalised communities in order to assist community driven solutions to the eradication of poverty and hunger.

34. The United Nations Information Centres (UNICs) are fully engaged in promoting MDGs particularly trough the activities of the Regional Economic Commissions, The United Nations Development Programme and specialized agencies. Cooperation between UNICs and the field offices reveal essential in sensitizing the public at large towards the MDGs.

35. Pour atteindre ce but du millenium,notre réseauinitie avec les associations de femmes rurales, des rencontres de réflexions, où l'expression des femmes est capitale; elles prennent la parole pour analyser leurs places dans leurs familles, dans leurs communautés et comment elles peuvent intier ou améliorer les activités génératrices de revenus pour lutter contre la pauvreté; exemple dans le cas de la gestion des ressources naturelles:comment les femmes peuvent s'organiser pour influencer les autorités locales dans la protection des espèces ligneuses qui constituaient des sources de revenus pour les femmes.

36. To sensibilize and responsabilize community to fight to the causes of malnutrition We try to give frame and tools helping community and authority to show how are the gravity and source of their poverty; after how to plan action; and how to make partnership with all services ; how to evaluate and replan

37. We host the Snowden Program and the director, Dr. Hambly-Odame, organized an international symposium in October 2004 to drive home the role of communication for development and social change. Our graduate programme provides students with the skills and approaches to put Communication for Development into action in the context of MDGs.

38. I have answered these questions, the last ones, as if I still were an FAO Officer. But I have to. Because it has been a big effort in the organization, and in the Communication for Development Group to survive, to work. But, the group have a lot of impact, a lot of good results. Every activity in this year 2004 has been related too the MDG, inclusive the policies for rural education, for hunger, etc. work under this umbrella.

39. FAO has various projects in communication for development, among which the Dimitra Project.

40. Almost all the activities of the communication for development group are aimed at increasing food security, improving agricultural productivity and the quality of lives of the rural poor.

41. My Centre is a key player in managing/coordination of the information and communication works of the United Nations Country team in Nigeria .

42. Giving a voice to the poor. Influencing PRSP by documenting lessons learned from poverty reduction processes.

43. Promoting use of Community Radio stations, especially (not exclusively) in Africa .

44. Established the Special Programme for Food Security, and several other units focus on this MDG

45. Mine is an agriculture research organisation. I particularly work with banana farmers. We facilitate farmers to identify problems they are experiencing in their farming. Farmers agree and implement solutions to the problems. All this is aimed at improving the banana yields with the ultimate aim of food security.

46. participate in elaborate the CSLP election the committee of struggle against poverty

47. My organization is a higher education institution operating at a graduate education level. We pioneered the graduate program in devcom in Indonesia in 1972. Our activities are mainly academic, educating and training our prospective graduates in research and development works especially for improving the human capacity for better relationship, better business and better living, especially in rural areas.

48. Promoting ICTs and studies on DevCom with partner countries in the region(East & Southern Africa).

49. Using a human-rights based approach to development that starts with community engagement on issues of poverty.

50. We are collecting and organising devcomm information on each of the MDG's to build a resource of programme experiences, strategic thinking, impact evaluations and the like. These will be available for peer review and comment and we plan to utilise them to catalyze policy and programme discussion on how to bring devcomm approaches to bear more effectively on all the MDGs.

51. Educational and awareness programs as well as training workshops are being organized all the time to sensitize journalists about the importance of comm as a tool to help in reducing poverty.

52. Our institution is doing several things within the food security set up of SADC: 1.Building capacity of development workers and their institutions in skills of communication for development 2.Providing advisory services in communication for development to development projects and institutions 3.Conducting research and developing methodologies in communication for development and disseminating these widely. It is our firm belief that unless these things are in place development workers do not understand how the poor and the hungry really feel. In other words no real dialogue takes place between the two groups-the poor and the hungry become voiceless and even more marginalized.

53. This MDG is at the core of our organisations mandate and everything we do relates to it.

54. The Local Development Projects are based on a commitment to ensure that communities are involved in their own decision making, so a participatory approach is the essence of the projects. In some countries like Uganda and Malawi a specific communications strategy has been developed (though in both cases the strategy tends to be a one - way information sharing process and doesn't emphasize empowerment and dialogue adequately.

1. Make more people aware of DevCom and its value to empower people to participate in and take more ownership of development efforts that they manage or that affect them.

2. Communication and advocacy should be tuned to the needs of different cultural groups.

3. Widen the scope of application; invest major efforts in capacity-building and collaborative learning in PDC; share widely lessons learned and results attained.

4. Adopt as a policy that all development programs or projects should have a devcom component that not only address the goals of the project but the need for people affected by development to demand for information and knowledge as basis for their decisions and actions. Local people should be trained on devcom so that they become local catalysts of the development model they aspire for.

5. Making declarations reality.

6. Promote more effectively the role of ComDev

7. Funding and capacity building. Enhancing political will of decision makers to honour commitments and increase application of low cost appropriate technologies.

8. Sharing best practices, lessons learned.

9. Support for community radio development through a fund created for this effort (enabling environment, knowledge and technical processes capacity building rights awareness.

10. For Africa particularly, there is a call for huge investment in agriculture. But these plans seem to ignore the need to ‘engage in a dance' with small farmers. Small farmers are very dynamic, but it has not been possible to effectively create conditions for their development

11. Given that communication has such a central role in underpinning the success of PRSPs and similar strategies, it appears increasingly indefensible not to allocate more attention to communication for development in this context.

12. la vulgarisation sientifique sur les résultats de la recherche agricole

13. Good training Enough resources for projects Clear development projects based on real needs of populations.

14. The release of more funding to strengthen NGO's working development communication.

15. Develop a communication strategy as part of each MDG.

16. Global partnership on communication for development. National ComDev policies. Integrating communication components in development programmes. Strengthening regional and national communication centres/facilities. Training individuals, CBO, NGOs. Stimulating market for ComDev services in rural areas.

17. All projects aimed at helping the poorest people should be properly planned and executed through a participatory communication process with them. Some agencies that work with the poorest of the poor try to do this, but in my experience it seldom works as it should. This is mainly because the project planners do not have the inclination or the skills to get involved in a truly participatory process, and nor do the project implementers, usually national government staff whose whole background has been one based on the notion that government agents are superior to peasants. It's not truly the fault of the government staff, it is simply that a whole way of thinking and behaving has to be thrown out, and this would require much more orientation and training that seems to be going on at present. It is amazing how often one is told that a project was planned and is being operated in participation with its beneficiaries; but when you then spend some time with it, you find that the field staff have not the faintest notion of how to facilitate a meeting with beneficiaries in a way the really stimulates them to express their ideas, criticisms, etc.

18. Ask the right questions - by asking communities what they are.

19. No ideas

20. Most communication initiatives often fail to reach all corners of affected countries; hence there is need for more resources to be directed towards devcom activities

21. To highlight food for work programmes taken up all across the world and make it relevant to as many nations as possible

22. Information applications and info collaboration

23. Both developing and developed countries are part of the MDG1 problem and solution so any interventions require participation for both groupings. Communication for development interventions that support the co-creation of knowledge and exchange of information between farmers and service providers, like research and extension, is the greatest contribution we could make. After all, who will produce the food for the hungry but farmers and yet who resides in the last mile of connectivity, farmers.

24. Understand the role of (a) consensus-building in change and (b) of communications in consensus building. Integrate those steps into the project design process.

25. I believe there could be a larger information initiative to link different organizations around the world to work for the same objective. Also, the hungry eradication needs a lot of logistic and strategy for the distribution of resources (food) and for the implementation of a local production system. Besides giving food, those initiatives need to train (educate) the communities to develop I local market, with economical opportunities, and specially to offer them means to produce and sell the groceries.

26. Greater sensitivity to limitations of evaluation techniques, to improving those which are being developed, and shifting attention to the relationships between communication, learning, and context.

27. Better coordination of actions at national and regional levels ; increase of resources to support the very diversified initiative from local actors

28. Create a global fund for communication for development

29. Investment in communications for development needs to put more emphasis on traditional communications tools, such as radio, than on ICT infrastructure and the Internet. To reach the poorest communities communications need to be appropriate and take account of lack of access to electricity, low levels of literacy etc.

30. Pour atteindre ce but, il est très important notamment en Afrique de l'Ouest que je connais bien, de donner la parole aux femmes rurales et de leur permettre de s'exprimer sur leur situation, de s'ouvrir aux autres et d'échanger leurs expériences avec d'autres .Les femmes constituent environ 50% de la population et elles produisent 50à70% de l'alimentation dans des pays où l'économie dépend en grande partie de la production agricole et où elles sont pratiquement exclues des formations et de la possibilité d'acquérir les facteurs de production comme la terre,la main d'oeuvre, les crédits pour améliorer leur production.Il faut oser donner la parole aux femmes rurales et les écouter.

31. The poor countries like Madagascar have no more budget to (1) invest on communication; personally, I think that Raio rural is one of the best tools we can use to change behaviour and attitude of population, to facilitate communication; and (2) have a right specialist with “skill of development”, not media specialist or journalistic

32. Continuation of the above + fund-raising to allow graduate students more field opportunities.

33. The needs are there, so the information. We know what we could make. The big problem is to formulate one project, and them you have to wait a bureaucracy that takes a lot of time.. and procedures.. that gives a lot of frustration. There is money, good will.... but the Bureaucracies are terrible. All of the governments, UN and inclusive NGOs. What to do: have confidence in the people, in the organizations de base, train them and give them the money.. the tools... and the money.. Cut time..

34. A systematic approach should be taken to sensitize public opinion on a continuing basis on the reality of hunger and poverty.

35. More multilateral organisations, bilateral donors and NGOs should systematically plan for communication for development efforts to address the requirements of this MDG, and provide the necessary resources.

36. Increased involvement of local non-conventional media organizations that can effectively disseminate MDG information at grassroots levels. Development of key messages and strategies to reach targeted grassroots and vulnerable populations.

37. Giving a voice to the poor in order to show causes of their vulnerability and efforts undertaken to improve their livelihoods.

38. Much more funds should be made available to support (tele-)communications projects, especially in the South of the globe; enhance and upgrade south-south communication, develop phone systems, Internet and other means of sharing information especially among the poorest.

39. Advocacy for economic reforms among policy makers, reduce corruption, improve peace. At operational levels, greater emphasis on literacy and skill training using community based programmes. Greater access to self-study materials, More successful examples of farmers on TV, more leadership of countries (presidents) on TV and radio encouraging people on proper nutrition, etc.

40. Development problems have both communication and financial obstacles. It is important that the development problems address these two possible hindrances. So Financial and material assistance should be devoted to support communication initiatives. All this is best done through a communication strategy that will indicate which issue should be addressed in what way and with what financial/material or communication intervention.

41. Eradicate the ignorance, alphabetisation adults, remise de dette pour l,afrique

42. Sharing information, experiences, training and resources needed for a just and equal development for all.

43. 1. DevCom needs to engage with the wider agendas for rural community emancipation and change -- moving beyond ICTs and mechanistic tools to social processes especially competencies in facilitation and OD for institutions and communities. 2. Needs to promote the integration of local knowledge nodes(e.g. district centres of ComDev learning)into mainstream development programmes by donors/govs/NGOs.

44. A human-rights based approach should be mainstreamed in development programmes to reduce poverty.

45. There are a number of things though a key first step will be pulling together the kind of impact analysis and evidence in the formats required to influence key decision makers at the policy, resource distribution and programme development levels of major development organizations (multilateral, bilateral, INGO, NGO, CBO). This should be done across the board for all MDGs.

46. Improve the capacity of journalists in targeted countries in terms of professional skills, equipment and other aspects.

47. 1.BUILD CAPACITY IN COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN A REAL WAY- NOT THROUGH ADHOC WORKSHOPS,BUT FORMAL TRAINING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD 2.SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS(materially and financially) THAT ARE GENUINELY ADVANCING COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT 3.ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE IN THE FORE FRONT OF WORKING TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS GOAL ARE CONVERSANT WITH COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

48. The extremely poor are often the ones left out of communication processes and they could be more involved through communication for development. In this way interventions and the development efforts could be directed to solve their problems and needs.

49. Absolutely YES...participation, dialogue, empowerment need to be an essential element in all of the MDG programmes/projects.

1. We are organising dialogues and events with school children and school teachers to raise awareness of the importance of primary education. We do so either jointly with UNESCO or in the organisation participated by all UN agencies in Pakistan .

2. We encourage our students to do field work or practicum along this line and do research related to universal primary education. We also accept action development projects related to these and develop the appropriate approaches and communication materials/media advocating for this goal.

3. Ditto as MDG 1

4. Specific radio programs mainly in some African and Latin American countries

5. Proposition de Campagne d'information sur la scolarisation des filles en milieu rural dans la stratcom élaborée pour le PNUD et le gouvernement

6. The UN has taken a leading role in promoting the importance of all MDGs, including MDG 2. A lot more people are talking about MDGs and the need to achieve the standards by 2015 today than they were a couple of years ago. The UN country team has created working groups/theme groups to promote the MDGs. An MDG Theme Group develops ideas and implements them and this work cuts across all UN organisation in this country.

7. Flagship with UNESCO on Education for Rural People

8. Appui à des actions communautaires de lutte contre la désertification

9. RNTC Latin America produces a lot of educational materials on developmental issues for primary school in Latin America . RNTC organises long and short training courses for media professionals from developing countries on the production of attractive and effective educational programmes for children, to be used in a school setting. RNTC produces course supportive websites for primary school in Latin America .

10. Support Non-formal Education activities in order to provide information regarding NRM, indigenous rights and other skills to improve livelihood of indigenous minority through literacy and post literacy class.

11. Making communities aware of the programmes available for children for free universal primary education along with mid day meals and therefore the advantages of attending schools for children.

12. The University has educational projects in poor communities, among other activities.

13. Mostly project related communication activities and linking it with government annual plan and IPRSP

14. We are a teaching/training and research institute

15. We sensitize parents to send their kids to school ; and give tools for teachers to fight malnutrition : deworming, games about malnutrition, micronutrients, school-field, sometimes cantine.

16. The service Extension, Education and Communication of FAO, has been promoting a lot of activities: projects, publication, and Regional seminars to explain the inclusion of rural education as one of the alliances with another UN Agency as UNESCO. I believe this have been a big success.... To work together gives a open mind to the organizations, and to put together efforts and resources.. and it works. The impact is bigger.

17. DevCom is advocating for schooling of boys and girls and showing the links between the first and the second MDG.

18. We believe through the radio not only primary education but also adult education can be possible and recommended.

19. Training, diagnostics participatory,

20. By training journalists and others employees of community radios in devcom.

21. Child-to-child census, where in-school youth map and identify out-of-school youth and then develop strategies in partnership with out-of-school youth to enrol them.

22. See previous statement.

23. A group of UN agencies are working together to make sure that school-age children especially female children are give all necessary support to go and stay in school.

24. 1.Training teams of education personnel involved in getting communities to participate in the running of primary education. 2.Helping education personnel and communities to develop communication strategies for encouraging girls to go to and stay in school. 3.Helping development workers, educationalists and villagers to mount social mobilisation campaigns for girls education.

25. Many of the LDP projects tend to be school constructions.

1. The increase in the frequency of events and more diversified styles of events.

2. There should be re-orientation among development practitioners that devcom is not merely the process of giving out information. It should be viewed as a process of empowering people so that they learn to direct their own development path. Hence, it is more of education anchored on the belief that people are capable of doing something about themselves, and that this would require from them acquisition of certain values and knowledge.

3. Making declarations reality

4. ditto as in MDG 1

5. Utilisation des approches de communication communautaire

6. Mainstreaming ComDev in non formal education programmes. Launching training, technical assistance and non formal education programmes for a variety of audiences. Education for bridging the digital divide.

7. 1. Public media organisations can be used for educating (and re-training) teacher staff for primary education (of which there is a huge shortage); 2. Public and private media production houses can make more and better educational programmes, which can be broadcasted on a national or local level; 3. The media can be sued by children themselves, to express themselves, to claim their place in society and to apply things learned to the wider world.

8. No idea.

9. Again the spread of initiatives by various developing countries should be communicated to others to benefit.

10. ICT is fundamental for education in nowadays.

11. Help people to take the lead, instead we are leading them.

12. Education for all Lifelong education Knowledge Societies is Information society

13. The lack is about the achievement; Parents invest to send kids to school. But after five years they can not hope more issue for their kids, they have “lost” money. So I think we have to develop the link of all aspects of development, not only the school. Why don't try another style of primary education.

14. To include this discipline in the projects.. in a very concrete work... that communication be recognized first and then to give budget, to dedicate people.. and go to work.

15. In the South, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, High Schools/Universities are insufficient and under-equipped, and most of them in the urban areas only. The international community should do something to change this situation, and I am convinced they can if they finally decide to invest also there where they can't expect direct interests on the short run.

16. giving scholarship to African students

17. More trainers and training in devcom.

18. See previous statement.

19. Allocate enough resources to improve infrastructure for schooling.

20. Using communication for development, get into the socialisation processes of communities with issues of education so that the need for education is felt by everybody NOT just government workers and missionaries. This means special training in communication for development.

21. yes

1. This concern is an element of all research projects supported by IDRC.

2. We collaborate closely with NGOs and the Government to raise awareness of gender equality through events on UN observances such as Women's Day and the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. There is high participation of media in these events.

3. Many sensitisation workshops are organised to empower local communities

4. Linked to MDG1

5. There is a growing programme on women and environment issues led by UNEP's NGO and civil society Unit. Dev communications while not there explicitly is integrated into some of the thinking concerning “giving greater voice” to women and women's groups.

6. We allow our staff to become members of committees and projects that address this theme. We also integrate issues on this in our various courses. Students are also encouraged to work on thesis on this topic. We have developed a pool of faculty who specialize on communication concerning gender.

7. Gender components are always considered in ComDev projects or ComDev components of other projects

8. Ditto MDGs 1 & 2

9. Round tables, special events, mainly together with other UN agencies.

10. Gender equality is central to social change communication and is inherent in all our programmes.

11. The Women's International Network works through community radio to promote women's empowerment. It also advocates for women's rights in international fora allowing for gender equality and develop partnerships with other organisations for capacity building around women's issues.

12. Our project explicitly addresses this issue in the belief that in African rural areas women play key development roles and need to be supported and strengthened to play these roles more effectively. In addition, women bear the brunt of poverty in many ways, so it is especially their livelihoods that need to be improved.

13. Recrutement de filles dans le Centre de recherché.

14. About half of the students at Université Lumière de Bujumbura are women.

15. Content development in these themes and information dissemination and capacity building in gender mainstreaming.

16. Essentially their answer is the same as the previous one. Except that there is also a Gender Theme Group, in which representatives of all UN agencies participate, to develop activities to promote this MDG.

17. Gender is seen as a cross cutting issue and so addressed in each of our programmes

18. Promoting the use of communication as a mean to address gender equality and to empower women (see Voices for change) http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/kn0601_en.htm

19. The topic is only to a limited extent relevant to UNIS Vienna client countries ( Austria , Hungary , Slovenia , Slovakia ) and to client UN organisations such as UNODC. We were concentrating on tackling human trafficking and prostitution issues.

20. Appui à des actions communautaires de lutte contre la desertification.

21. The United Nations Information Centres (UNICs) are fully cooperating with UNIFEM, (the women's fund at United Nations) in promoting gender equality at national and regional levels.

22. Again, I don't know specifically but same as for answer one.

23. 1. In most media and communication courses organised by RNTC, 50% of the available places are reserved for women. 2. RNTC organises special courses for women working in media organisation in developing countries. 3. RNTC supports women media network organisations in Africa . 4. RNTC collaborates closely with female media professionals and women organisations in participatory communication campaigns aimed at women; 5. RNTC produces educational materials about the portrayal and representation of women in the media.

24. We partner with the Association of Progressive Women in promoting gender equality and empowering women.

25. Gender mainstreaming in commune investment plan and provincial development plan.

26. We are in the process of identifying gender barriers to information access for health care providers. Our goal is to develop guidelines for the development, production and dissemination of publications and materials for health care providers.

27. Assessing the role of each stakeholder group in a given reform (including women), providing policy makers with access to the opinions of those stakeholders, then explaining the process of policy change to stakeholders.

28. Mon organisation qui est le RESACIFROAT procède au renforcement des compétences à travers la formation pour que les femmes rurales améliorent leurs activités économiques pour assumer leurs responsabilités au sein des ménages.De plus, notre organisation propose et anime des débats sociaux en associant toutes les couches des communautés afin de sensibiliser à la prise en compte de l'association de toutes les couches sociales à toutes les étapes du processus de développement de la communauté.A cet effet, nous pouvons utiliser le théâtre, les émissions radios à travers l'utilisation des radios locales.

29. Through research.

30. Helping the government through country programme of cooperation

31. Elaboration of gender strategy recruitment of staff taking into account gender balance sponsorship of programme taking into account gender issues creation of a small grants program to promote activities related to gender and communication in agriculture and rural development

32. Women in development programs have development communication component.

33. Our organisation has a strong commitment to gender equality. We support an active and dynamic network of women in community radio, we provide gender sensitive approaches to training and capacity building, we promote communications tools on gender equality and women's rights, and we organise radio campaigns on gender equality such for International Women's Day and the 16 days campaign against violence against women.

34. We try to hire more women/our student body is more than 60% female.

35. Indirectly, because our project works with women ; they are the nutrition community agent; We give formation and tools for them. They serve the model and the advisor for mother and family to the good behaviour about nutrition Now, we can see some of them becoming Mayor of Municipality or President of community.

36. A graduate training course has been offered on this topic.

37. I think that communication can not be worked without the gender point of view. In FAO all materials to train in communication has been integrated with this enfoque, and we train as possible, in communication and equity.. it has worked very well, in all levels: organizations, government, NGOs, farmers, etc...It is not easy, but it is very important. It was a political decision of the Service in FAO, Extension, Education and Communication, to include the gender in all the activities, and inclusive when it was a vacant post, always women were presented..

38. Involve Women in all our projects.

39. The Division Population and Gender for Development has for mandate to address this particular issue. Several projects it runs also exclusively deals with, such as the Dimitra Project.

40. The empowerment of rural women has always been one of the priorities of FAO's communication for development programs. See for example, the FAO publication Voices of Change.

41. As in the Poverty MDG, my Centre is a part of a Country team coordinating the mainstreaming of gender issues in the works and development information documents of the United Nations in Nigeria . We have done this successfully in the first United Nations Development Assistance Framework for the country, in the last two years.

42. DevCom is giving a voice to women and is advocating gender equality.

43. Not much directly. Yet whatever activities we have, we do them for both female and male, with no gender distinction whatsoever.

44. Participation in the Education for All.

45. We ensure that women participate in the decision making process wherein the community identify their problems and what they wish to implement and how. They also participate in the implementation etc.

46. Promoting and integrating gender as a critical component in development projects/programmes.

47. Training women, human rights.

48. We provide equal opportunity for women to enrol in our academic programs and include rural women in our action research programs, especially in agriculture and rural development activities.

49. See previous statement.

50. Awareness campaigns are being organized to make sure that all kinds of bias against women are abandoned. Targeting religious personalities in the country has been very pivotal as they have a lot of influence on the public.

51. Developing communication for development methodologies that recognise the place of gender in development work. Our methods are participatory. They emphasize giving equal voices and opportunities in development of all communication strategies in development work.

52. Uganda Gender component has a participation and empowerment element and a full activity on communication the Gender Action Plan and National Gender Policy nationwide.

1. More awareness about DevCom and its value as tool for empowering people for their own development.

2. The increase of partners for the organisation of events.

3. The communication strategies should address the needs for the attainment of the MDGs and not just mere recitations.

4. Same remarks as before.

5. greater education for girls and women is widely accepted as a necessary step. increased opportunities in communication “jobs” would also benefit.

6. I have same opinion as indicated in my response to question number 24.

7. Making declarations reality.

8. Ditto MDGs 1 & 2.

9. Addressing the problem from societal, rather than narrowly “sex vs. sex” point of view.

10. Too much to be outline quickly here!

11. Farmer Field Schools have shown to be a very effective means to empower women and give them self-confidence to take action either individually or collectively. Therefore I believe that FFS can be much more effectively used to improve the position of women.

12. Intensifier des campagnes de plaidoyer auprès des leaders communautaires.

13. Sensitize more people to send girls to school especially in developing countries Give executive positions to women who deserve them thanks to their education and competence.

14. More support to Ngo's working in this sector through a basket funding.

15. Build women's access to ICTs; address their representation in the media; build communication strategies that take account of women's particular needs, interests, vulnerabilities and capacities.

16. Mainstreaming communication in gender focused development initiatives

17. Developing tailor-made communication strategies on key issues and provide women with the means to articulate themselves.

18. Renforcer l'utilisation des outils de communication

19. Ditto answer re MDG 1

20. 1. Women should participate in all communication efforts directed at them; 2. Women must be supported to gain access on an equal level to all different kinds of media in developing countries. 3. The specific position of women in development related issues, such as income generation, HIV/AIDS and conflict, should be highlighted and specifically targeted. 4. On a higher level, media should reflect on their portrayal and representation of women.

21. Understand different and address traditional and cultural practices that impend on gender equality and women empowerment.

22. No idea.

23. We need sex-disaggregated data about the specific gender barriers to information access for health care providers. Recognizing that barriers do exist, and that they are not the same everywhere, we should be collecting data at the local level, but in a consistent structured manner. A lot of attention is paid to understanding and overcoming gender barriers as it relates to getting information to the general public in developing countries but little is known about the gender barriers experienced by health care providers.

24. Thinking strategically about the role of women, as stakeholders, in the full range of development issues then making that process an integral part of project planning

25. De notre point de vue,beaucoup reste encore à faire;Au niveau des communautés rurales,sensibiliser à associer toutes les couches sociales sur un pied d'égalité, notamment les femmes qui sont toujours plus surchargées de travail et qui n'ont pas droit au partage à parts égales aux produits du développement.Même au niveau des politiques, on doit apprendre d'abord aux techniciens et aux décideurs d'associer les femmes aux réflexions, et de prendre en compte leurs propositions dans l'élaboration des politiques de développement.

26. Greater emphasis on involvement of women in all aspects of development.

27. Help women achieve economic freedom first.

28. No opinion.

29. Multilateral, bilateral and private donors and NGOs/CBOs should systematically incorporate gender equality objectives into projects and programmes and ensure that specific action is taken to involve women where they are excluded.

30. Women are more of time very busy, and illiterate. I think we have to make effort to fight analphabetism.

31. Secure funding to make this course offering regular.

32. To include gender, .. it should be a political decision of the levels: in the institutions, in the organizations, in the schools, in every place.. should be a political decision.. otherwise It will not work... It will depend of the consultant and his/her compromise with the subject matter...only that. Politicas are very decisive!!!!

33. Raise the rate of literacy especially basic education of girls.

34. Raising gender awareness is a lengthy business and starts at home. It takes a lot of time.

35. Provide more resources for communication efforts for and by women.

36. I think a lot is already being done and efforts should be made to remain focused on these.

37. Education through radio, TV and other means available to overcome cultural barriers and make education/formation balanced and equal for all, boys and girls.

38. More funding for schools and better teacher training

39. Investigate related problems in order to identify and address financial/material obstacles in support of the communications interventions.

40. Design and support implementation of numerous learning programmes for partner institutions in gender mainstreaming with central focus on organisation development for transformation in systems and approaches for equality of opportunity.

41. Giving to women expression free training.

42. Provide more supports, programs and resources for women development across countries.

43. See previous statement.

44. Generally speaking, the problem is rooted in socio-religious traditions all over the world. So, these roots have to be tackled if we were to overcome this problem.

45. Training of people in communication for development skills that emphasize recognition of the role of gender in development- within appropriate cultural contexts

46. yes.

1. 1. Training & capacity building of service providers. 2. Improving the service delivery in the facilities & promoting institutional delivery. 3. Gender sensitisation among service providers & community. 4. Early identification of neonatal illness & appropriate care for newborn through IMNCI 4. Provide Family Counselling & interpersonal communication through community leaders to reach every family with pregnant women 5. Generate awareness in the community through campaigns & social mobilization.

2. We develop messages and materials about this topic in partnership with people from the Department of Health. We also conduct training programs geared towards this.

3. Communication and information.

4. Ditto.

5. We are working to ensure that communication for social change principles are embedded in child survival initiatives. One example is to work with UNICEF to document how and why polio campaigns have been the subject of boycotts in Nigeria and elsewhere and to determine what communication strategies, embedded in communication for social change principles, could be used to ameliorate the risk of such boycotts and anti-immunization campaigns in the future (both on immunization and other issues).

6. idem.

7. Our graduates may work in child organisations and set up strategies to reduce child mortality by coming up with relevant messages to convince people.

8. Same.

9. This MDG is also handled by one of the theme groups. All theme groups work closely with the External Relations Team in the country, again comprising of representatives of all UN agencies. These groups work closely with the civil society, the government, the media and are engaged in different activities to promote the MDGs.

10. Communication to support food security.

11. Promoting efforts of UNIS Vienna client countries to increase their official development assistance with special emphasis on reducing child mortality.

12. Integrated in WMO's objective of reducing by half casualties due to disasters of meteorological or hydrological origin

13. At National level The United Nations Information Centres (UNICs) in Brazil are cooperating with UNICEF to disseminating the advantage of fighting malaria infectious disease and safe drinking water.

14. Again, I don't know specifically but same as for answer re MDG 1.

15. We address this issue somewhat indirectly. We disseminate material on birth spacing, family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention and care. All these contribute in a significant way to improving and maintaining the health of mothers and therefore benefits their children and families.

16. The University has different programs to reduce child mortality

17. Our central focus is children and Bangladesh is one of the 90 countries who are on target in achieving this goal.

18. We are not involved in specific action in this area but we do have communication projects to promote health awareness and prevention of disease which have impact on this MDG.

19. Our program give education to mother about IMCI ; vaccination, breastfeeding and feeding, and pregnancy are topics.

20. Not in the sense of health. But to reduce child mortality is a consequence of reducing hunger.

21. Through building local capacity in the sharing of knowledge and skills in simple techniques such as vaccinations, boiling water to avoid diarrhoea, etc. FAO has contributed also to this MDG.

22. DevCom is putting into evidence causes of child mortality linked to poverty, lack of food security, lack of access to health services, etc. DevCom is undertaking health and nutrition communication.

23. In relation to food security and nutrition education

24. Snte primaire, recherche,

25. By workshops training how to implement UNICEF programmes by community radios.

26. Since our institution is an academic institution, and our mandate is mainly in agricultural education, so our approach to this particular MDG issue is indirect. We mainly deal with better nutrition issue for the family, including the child.

27. Community-based communication as part of community IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness).

28. See previous statement.

29. Raise the awareness of the society about the importance of vaccinations. Targeting mothers is a primary goal in this.

30. again, LDP projects are often health centers, indirectly supporting this MDG

1. Nil

2. Training of local people on the ground who can sustain this effort. Development workers alone cannot do the job alone.

3. Making declarations reality

4. Ditto

5. idem

6. Well qualified staff members More resources well managed Good training.

7. same

8. Better inclusion of ComDev into development initiatives.

9. Enhance communication between donor countries and receiver countries to identify particular needs for assistance and targeted delivery of that assistance.

10. Ditto.

11. There needs to be a greater understanding and appreciation for a woman's role in her own health and the health and success of her family. Often women are not included in decisions about their own reproductive health. They cannot choose to use family planning or to deny sex to their husbands or partners. Even when the partner has a STD, the woman is forced to submit. Empowering women, and granting them rights in all social settings is where we need to start if we want to protect the well-being of children.

12. There is a lot that could be done, specially information campaigns.

13. We have inherent structural limitations and tied to global power structure, hence, only grassroots organisations and popular movements can realistically expected to play that leading role.

14. More could be done in the way of communication campaigns on the causes of child mortality.

15. Install more sanitary formation and a political sanitary especially for poor

16. Politics, national budget dedicated to health.. and education for the people.. and to recognize the alternatives: medicinas tradicionales...

17. Provide more resources for communication for development efforts at the local and community level, and in particular for local staff working with communities and children.

18. Health education, promoting health, pladoyer.

19. Giving technical and financial support to community radios.

20. Again, sharing information, experiences, training, and resources to address this issue. Influence the local, national, regional and international policy makers to increase their consciousness so as to make better policies and programs to address this MDG issue.

21. Take this approach from pilot-project status to full implementation.

22. See previous statement.

23. Reduction of poverty because it is the source of almost all social and economic ills in any society.

24. Yes

1. 1. Improve the facilities & insist institutional delivery. 2. Build capacity of the service delivery 3. Family counselling to improve maternal diet & care 4. Train husbands on their role 6. Improve service delivery 7. Promote spacing/termination of pregnancies 8. Provide special care for women below poverty line. 8. Enlist people's participation to arrange vehicle for delivery

2. Same as my response in number 28.

3. Ditto.

4. idem (éléménts de la stratégie de communication pour le développement).

5. The course entitled “Communication strategies” may help our graduates to participate effectively in health programmes.

6. Same.

7. This MDG is also covered by one of the theme groups.

8. Communication for food security.

9. l'IEC et le pliadoyer sont des outils utilisés pour améliorer la santé maternelle EST UTILIS.

10. The United Nations Information Centres (UNICs) in Brazil are working with UNIFEM to promote public campaign vis-à-vis women's rights in order to improve maternal conditions as well gender equality.

11. Again, I don't know specifically but same as for answer re MDG 1.

12. Our main focus is reproductive health. We disseminate free materials about family planning, post abortion care, birth spacing, and HIV/AIDS prevention and care. This material goes to developing country health care providers, policy makers and academics so that they can adapt their practices to be more effective.

13. They have programs, but I don't have information on them.

14. Cooperating with the government.

15. We provide training and capacity building support for thematic content production by community radio stations on health awareness, prevention of disease, gender equality and women's rights including maternal health.

16. Mother is an important theme of our program, especially to prepare them to be mother.

17. Two graduate student projects will contribute in this direction.

18. FAO through its nutrition programme is certainly using Development Communications to address this issue.

19. Communication for development is a cross cutting discipline, that deals with all the aspects of life in rural communities. Thus it also deals with maternal health: for example, rural radio , that FAO has actively promoted over the years, deals with all the issues related to life in rural communities.

20. Nutrition communication linked to health education.

21. In relation to nutrition and food security.

22. training, promotion health.

23. Indirectly, through training of rural women in better family nutrition.

24. By training employees of community radios how to support UNICEF program.

25. As above.

26. See previous statement.

27. As with the previous questions.

1. Nil

2. Same as my response in number 29.

3. Making declarations reality.

4. Ditto

5. Approche de communication interpersonnelle(porte à porte)au niveau villageois et associatif

6. With respect to our Institution, we need more qualified professors to train our students. We need more books for our library, University links, etc.

7. Same.

8. Better inclusion of ComDev in development programmes.

9. Aller de plus vers les populations en concevant les projets.

10. Ditto.

11. Women in developing countries often have little to say in the conduct of their own lives. We must begin to find ways to change policy and empower women about income generation, reproductive health choices, property and inheritance rights, and protecting themselves from STI's especially HIV/AIDS.

12. Also to develop information campaigns.

13. None.

14. More could be done in the way of communication campaigns on maternal health and involvement of women in communication for development projects.

15. More resources for planning and implementation of rural communication programs that include subjects such as maternal health. More training of local health personnel in communication techniques and methods.

16. Giving health education, pladoyer

17. Make better policies, programs, training and sharing resources for improving family welfare, especially for the low income families in rural and urban areas across countries.

18. By giving technical, financial support to community radio broadcasting

19. See previous statement.

20. Yes.