Removing Barriers, Increasing Effectiveness - amarc

for immediate action that can bring international forces into play to change thesituation and we know it will be effective. This is one of most measurable actionsthat AMARC can do. AMARC works together with 71 other freedom of expressionorganizations in a global network called the Freedom of Expression expressedwhich circulates the alerts of each organization to every other organization and tojournalist and other newspapers worldwide to provide services to freedom ofexpression activist and defenders, human right defenders worldwide. It gets tothousands of people.Ensuring the independence of CR. There is need to be working with thegovernments but maintain independence and keep lobbying the ministersespecially on issues for licensesSharing Knowledge and experiences of the CR MovementKey recommendations for action by CR stakeholders and particularly AMARCinclude knowledge sharing and capacity building to facilitate the access of thepoor and marginalized to community radio and to increase community radioimpact;Increasing the exchanges among members and stakeholders. Putting theory intopractice. Deepen the theory and document the theory for communication fordevelopment for others to be able to use. Increase social sustainability of CR byorganizing seminars and exchanges on best experiences and impactassessment studies.Documenting the best experiences. One of the main priorities was to properlydocument experiences where CR can work best, mainly in peace building andconflict resolution, as well as in natural prevention/disaster relief management.Increasing capacity building as an empowerment process. Community radiosintroduce a communication approach and allow for grassroots appropriation ofnew technologies. The government’s approach on ICTs, is business oriented. Weneed to transform it into a rights approach. The contemporary question of theconvergence of media, of the contents, is not only a matter of changingequipments it is a matter of communication rights in the information society.Embed social impact assessment in community radio. In order to increase CRsocial Impact, embed social impact participatory & monitoring techniques withinthe network and document it.Ensure technical guidance & support. In order to ensure proper confrontation oftechnology challenges (digital radio, etc) develop capacity within the networkthrough knowledge sharing.AMARC Community Radio Social Impact Assessment 2007 Page 90 of 128