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#EMCOEjordan: Enhancing Media Coverage of Elections

Albany has started with the planned set of activities under the Enhancing Media Coverage of Elections in Jordan. We believe that the effective working relationships among elections regulators, media authorities and the media are vital to the success of this … Continue reading

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In the Field: Democratic Republic of Congo

When I first took on the management and administration of a media development project in the Democratic Republic of Congo I expected the usual challenges for a project based in a transitional environment. 

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Out of the Ivory Tower: Academics on ICTs and Africa

Practitioners tend to get caught up in the fast-pace, project-dominated sphere of development while academics wait years for their research to bear fruit in the real world.  What if there was more collaboration between the two sectors?  We are, after … Continue reading

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Perceptions in Iraq..

Last week I went to Baghdad to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights.  Albany are contracted via UNOPS to provide them with training in human rights, media skills and public relations.  The group of ten officials had already … Continue reading

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Afghan Journalists Boycott World Press Freedom Day

Of all the groups to turn their back on this year’s World Press Freedom day in Afghanistan, few would have put their money on the Afghan journalists themselves. Neither of the two main independent journalists associations – the Afghan National Journalists … Continue reading

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Iraqi Media and Communications: A Legal Framework in Flux, a Sector in Danger.

Albany Associates was commissioned to draft a report to coincide with the recognition of World Press Freedom Day in Iraq and elsewhere around the world on 3rd May 2009 as part of a UNDP/UNESCO project for media development in Iraq.  … Continue reading

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