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(b) Electronic Forum. 196 CR practitioners and stakeholders participated ininteractive and multilingual discussions articulated around the reactions tothe synthesis documents produced from the Roundtable face-to-facephase. There were three consecutive discussions on the same threetopics of the Round tables.a. CR review in the region;b. Social impact of CR and;c. What can AMARC do?(c) Community Radio Social Impact survey. 149 CR practitioners andstakeholders from 76 countries answered the questionnaire on the threethemes discussed in the Roundtables.a. Research activities on Best experiences, CR practitioners’presentations were selected and some of them were included inthis book (See Part 3).b. Bibliography and evaluation tools. The external advisorscontributed to the action research process with documents onsocial impact evaluation of CR including, overview, methodologiesand bibliography.(d) Synthesis Meeting of AMARC decision-making bodies on the resultsof the project “Community Radio Social Impact Assessment:Removing Barriers, Increasing Effectiveness”. 38 members ofdecision-making bodies of AMARC (including the International board andthe regional boards of AMARC) met on November 10 in Amman, Jordan,to discuss the results of the Evaluation process and to explore policies forbetter governance of AMARC structures and the need for betterharmonization between the different bodies of AMARC in order to increaseAMARC effectiveness;(e) AMARC 9 World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters 312CR stakeholders from 94 countries (besides the AMARC decision makingbodies) participated in the 9 th world gathering of CR broadcasters. Theparticipants analyzed in several workshops the synthesis of the globalevaluation process and decided on policies and the strategic plan 2007-2010 arising from the global evaluation. There were important remarks onhow to embed the evaluation process throughout the AMARC and CRnetwork.AMARC Community Radio Social Impact Assessment 2007 Page 20 of 128
PART II. Global Challenges to Community Radio 21Chapter 3 Global Review of Community Radio: Barriers and Opportunities.Under globalization, the world has become a “village” characterized by aneconomic, social and cultural divide in the North as well as in the South thattranslates itself into a democratic deficit, inequitable public policies, acutedevelopment challenges, inadequate distribution of wealth and opportunities,exclusion of women and the poor, cultural tensions, migrations and a series ofopen or latent conflicts. Concentration and corporate ownership of media,including the existence of large conglomerates, has lead to prioritize customerand profit interest resulting in the dilution of the critical role of media in informingcitizens and holding governments and economic entities accountable.These challenges of globalization tend to present themselves affecting in varyingdegrees regions, countries and local communities. The communicationprocesses facilitated by CR show new and dynamic responses to thesechallenges that arise from the communities themselves and, through networkingwith social movements, at the regional and international levels. Communitieshave sought in community radio a means to express their own issues, concerns,cultures and languages. The continuous struggle for more democratic systems ofgovernance and accountability, globally and particularly in Latin America, Africaand Asia have paved the way for the proliferation of community radios worldwide.CR has become a new tier of communications and has become a new socialactor for development that is contributing specifically to empowerment of womenand the excluded as well as social change conducing to democracy building,good governance and accountability, poverty reduction and the achievement ofdevelopment goals.Community Radio contributes to communication political processes that fostersocial change. Community radio’s fundamental role in poverty reduction anddemocratization is evidenced in the multiplicity of voices aired, the numbers ofpublic service announcements and programs that are provided at little or notcost; reporting by and on underserved communities; in depth coverage of politicalevents including those by small parties; serious discussion of issues neglected bycorporate media such as labor movements; low and full power stations in ruralcommunities and urban neighborhoods; and lobbying for a more democratizedmedia generally21Part 1, presents the key findings and documentation on the situation of Community Radio worldwideformulated and used by CR stakeholders during the World Evaluation of Community Radio: RemovingBarriers, Increasing Efficiency activities, including Regional Roundtables, Electronic Forum Discussions,electronic Survey and AMARC 9 World Conference.AMARC Community Radio Social Impact Assessment 2007 Page 21 of 128
Page 1 and 2: COMMUNITY RADIOSOCIAL IMPACTASSESSM
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Page 5 and 6: ForewordThe World Association of Co
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platforms and technologies? How can
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CR should increase its role in faci
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Clarifying the nature of Community
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Amplify the voices of the poor and
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Handbook for Developing Countries.
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