Building a Community of Practice for Rural Radio Broadcasters in Africa ©FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Building a
Community of
Practice for
Rural Radio
Broadcasters in
Africa
The Role of Radio in Development Practice
Learning from each other
A joint AMARC/FAO/AMISnet Workshop
Rome, 16-18 April, 2008

2. FAO
POTENTIAL PLAYERS
AMARC
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Rural Radio Broadcasters
Building a Community of Practice for Rural Radio Broadcasters in Africa
SIMBANI NEWS
AGENCY ?
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3. RR
Station
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Supervision
Team
COMMUNITY of PRACTICE
CoP
Legend
Contents
RR stations
CoP
Communication
paths
Building a Community of Practice for Rural Radio Broadcasters in Africa

4. • Action to stimulate
• Reputation making
• Clear identification
• Social involvement
• Showing enthusiasm
• Leading by example
• Users become developers
General facilities
Financing opportunities
Training
Technical assistance
Advocacy
• Focus on priorities in terms of needs
In the attempt to create a Community of practice among the rural radio people, the
key principle to follow is the need to stimulate the creation of a “social network”.
So doing we have to focus on the following aspect of the social process:
PRINCIPLES
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Building a Community of Practice for Rural Radio Broadcasters in Africa
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Connectivity frequency requested:
Dedicated address:
1 working language:
Limited number of subscribers:
Skilled subscribers:
1 theme:
1 aim:
1 interactive instrument:
Type of management:
Technical moderation:
Guaranteed technical assistance:
Duration of the pilot project:
techcommunity@amarc.org
english
40/50
technical assistance
to offer technical solutions
mailing list
centralized
centralized
5 days a week
6 months
weekly
technicians
MAIN FEATURES OF PILOT PROJECT
Building a Community of Practice for Rural Radio Broadcasters in Africa

6. FAO can offer:
FAO is looking for partners to:
support the
implementation activities
train the editorial/facilitation
team around the region
create and run the leading team
long experience in
communication for development
long experience in
knowledge management
and communication using
new technologies and the Internet
MARTIX OFFERS/DEMANDS
Building a Community of Practice for Rural Radio Broadcasters in Africa