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The text box below summarizes the key findings from the 2010 mid-line evaluation report. Excerpt from PDEV media programming mid-line evaluation report “Summary of findings” section (p. 27) I believe the PDEV program design facilitates levels and types of participation that address several of the projected results submitted to USAID by PDEV in the 2010 performance monitoring plan. Rather than a largely passive one-way communications tool, the radio programs and associated activities are designed to maximize audience input and interactivity, directly resulting in impact that addresses PDEV goals. Specifically: Result 2.2: ―Expansion of informal and formal social groups for youth‖ through the sustained promotion of organized listening clubs; Result 2.3: ―Increased youth civic participation‖ through the participation of dozens of community reporters and the actions of listeners as will be detailed in the next section of this report; Result 3.1: ―Improved information flow among citizens on peace and tolerance‖ through the targeted participation of moderate religious authorities and representatives from civil society and the government sector on radio programs dedicated to issues of peace and tolerance; Performance indicator 23: ―Number of radio stations producing and broadcasting their own programs incorporating PDEV messaging‖ through training and support offered to ―local production‖ radio partners; and finally 3.2 ―Moderate voices strengthened,‖ through strategic invitations to participate in the new religion-themed radio program and ongoing invitations to moderate religious leaders, civil society representatives and civil servants to participate as guests on the youth and good governance radio programs. Clearly, increasing the number of voices in circulation in a democracy is an important objective and the PDEV media component is designed to maximize impact in this area. The goals of increasing the number and diversity of moderate voices in circulation, increasing access to information on peace and tolerance and fostering related discussions among citizens are as relevant or even more relevant now, in 2011, as they were when the request for task order proposals was first issued for PDEV in 2007. In addition to the security-related events described in the 2010 mid-line evaluation, which included several kidnappings and two coups d‘états (attempted in Chad, successful in Niger), 11 the PDEV programming zone has since experienced additional violence and increased risk of violence due to regional events. In early 2011 two French citizens were kidnapped in Niamey, the capital of Niger, and 11 Events include: The attempted coup in Chad (February 2008), the successful coup in Niger (February 2010), the kidnapping of Michel Germaneau in Niger (April 2010) and seven additional foreigners in Arlit, Niger (September 2010). See Applying local solutions to local problems: Radio listeners as agents of change, p. 14. 4
were subsequently killed in a failed rescue attempt. 12 The 2011 Niamey kidnapping signaled the first time in recent memory that Niger‘s capital was the site of extremist violence. Additional recent events in the region surrounding the PDEV program countries, Niger and Chad, have contributed to an increased risk of violence although violence itself has not erupted. To the east of PDEV countries, independence of South Sudan was successfully and peacefully declared despite reports of ongoing rebel activity that threatens to destabilize the region. 13 To the north, violence in Libya has led to an influx of refugees and/or ―returnees,‖ estimated to number 75,000 across both PDEV countries. 14 Figure 1: PDEV program operating zone and neighboring countries 15 Just south of the Nigerien border and fewer than 300km from N‘Djamena, the town of Maiduguri in Nigeria has witnessed violent attacks by the extremist group Boko Haram who have also attacked government installations in Abuja. 16 As will be discussed in a later section of this report, the PDEV media team received reports that after its July 2011 attack on Maiduguri, elements of Boko Haram had fled across the border into Diffa, Niger, and began attempting to recruit there. The existence of violence or risk of violence in the region bordering PDEV countries makes ongoing PDEV programming crucial to preventing future violence and contributing to regional stability. Beyond 12 The Telegraph, ―Two French hostages killed by al-Qaeda kidnappers during failed rescue attempt,‖ January 9, 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/niger/8248977/Two-French-hostageskilled-by-al-Qaeda-kidnappers-during-failed-rescue-attempt.html 13 Copnal, J., South Sudan's enemy within, BBC, July 1, 2011. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13977178 14 Niger, Chad receive 75,000 refugees from Libya. April 27, 2011. African online news with supporting statistics from International Organisation for Migration (IOM) offices in Niamey, Niger. Source http://www.afrol.com/articles/37666 15 Source: World Sites Atlas website: http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/Maps/707.htm 16 Sources: Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2011/0621/Boko- Haram-attacks-show-new-range-sophistication ; Al-Jazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/06/201162621858898349.html 5
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