Media Literacy: a Pre-Condition for Active Citizenship - CommGAP Releases...
In today’s fast-paced digital environment, new forms of literacy are quickly emerging. It is not only a challenge to keep up with new tools and skills needed to stay informed and engaged in the world...
View ArticleBuilding Active Citizenship and Accountability in Asia: Case Studies from...
Last week I attended a seminar in Bangkok on ‘active citizenship’ in Asia, part of an ‘Asia Development Dialogue’ organized by Oxfam, Chulalongkorn University and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public...
View ArticleHow are Citizens’ Movements Getting More Active in Asia? Lessons from a 10...
Yesterday’s post discussed two of the case studies from last week’s Asia Development Dialogue on active citizenship. Today’s installment covers my more general thoughts on the discussion, based on...
View ArticleWeekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week. Compare your country - Aid statistics by donor, recipient and sectorOECD Data - Aid...
View ArticleIf You Want a Better Media System in Your Country…Build a Movement
Far too many of the people and organizations working on strengthening media systems in developing countries focus on how to secure funding from donors, preponderantly donors in the West; and they still...
View ArticleHow to Build Accountability in Fragile States? Some Lessons (and 2 New Jobs)...
One of my favourite Oxfam programmes is called (rather arcanely) ‘Within and Without the State’(WWS). It is trying to build civil society and good governance in some pretty unpromising environments –...
View ArticleHow Can We Get Better at Promoting Active Citizenship? Lessons from Ten Case...
Over the last few months I’ve been writing a series of ten case studies on Oxfam’s work in promoting active citizenship, and blogging the drafts for comments (thanks for those – really helpful). These...
View ArticlePeople Power: What Do We Know About Empowered Citizens and Development?
This is a short piece written for UNDP, which is organizing my Kapuscinski lecture in Malta on Wednesday (4pm GMT, webcast live) Power is intangible, but crucial; a subtle and pervasive force field...
View Article14 Ways for Aid Agencies to Better Promote Active Citizenship
As you may have noticed, I’ve been writing a series of 10 case studies of Oxfam’s work in promoting ‘active citizenship’, plus a synthesis paper. They cover everything from global campaigns to...
View ArticleIs citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
View ArticleIs citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
View ArticleIs citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
View ArticleIs citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
View ArticleIs citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
View ArticleIs citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
View ArticleIs citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
View ArticleFrom citizen feedback to inclusive institutions: 10 lessons
Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank Over the last couple of years a small team of us have worked on an initiative to incorporate the regular, systematic feedback of citizens into the design and...
View ArticleMOOC? Engaging citizens: A game changer for development?
Often it is the simple things that make major impacts, and engaging citizens for better development results is a very simple concept. However, at a time when participatory approaches such as...
View ArticlePublic opinion: Should leaders follow it or lead it?
Perhaps, as recent events have shown, no greater challenge confronts statesmen and women than this one: when should leaders yield to public opinion and when should they resist it or lead it? In many...
View ArticleMedia (R)evolutions: Citizens are eager to interact with their cities but...
New developments and curiosities from a changing global media landscape: People, Spaces, Deliberation brings trends and events to your attention that illustrate that tomorrow's media environment will...
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