Rome, Italy

Originally scheduled for March 2006, this international event is organised by the World Bank's Development Communication Division, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The Communication Initiative.
The WCCD will focus on demonstrating that communication for development is an essential ingredient for meeting today's most pressing development challenges and, as such, should be more fully integrated in development policy and practice.



This 3-day Congress will bring together communication professionals engaged in development initiatives, policymakers, development practitioners, donor and non-governmental organisation (NGO) representatives, community representatives, and academics from around the world to share experiences and best practices in this growing field for a common understanding of what works, what doesn't, and how best to measure impact.



Objectives:


The WCCD aims to analyse and evaluate new developments in the field of Communication for Development and to develop recommendations for consideration by policy and decision-makers, practitioners and researchers on how to make communication for development recognised as a central pillar of development.



The organisers want to ensure that the Congress showcases the wealth of innovative and creative work underway from around the world. They therefore encourage abstracts and proposals to consider innovative and creative ways to present information and share knowledge using different technologies that encourage dialogue and exchange, consistent with the spirit of the discipline.



Abstracts and proposals are invited on the following broad topic areas:

• Poverty Reduction
• Health
• Education
• Governance
• Security and Emergencies
• Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Communication and Media
• Marginalised and Vulnerable Groups
• Environment and Sustainable Development

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