the community radio toolkit

Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook
Compiled and edited by Steve Buckley

Published by UNESCO and available free online at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002150/215097E.pdf

Among its activities to mark World Radio Day 2012, UNESCO has launched a new good practice handbook with case studies of community media from around the world. The publication draws on a diversity of experiences to provide inspiration and support for those engaged in community media practice and advocacy and to raise awareness and understanding of community media among policy makers and other stakeholders.

13 February has been proclaimed by UNESCO as a date to celebrate radio broadcast, improve international cooperation among radio broadcasters and encourage decision-makers to create and provide access to information through radio. Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook is a compilation of 30 community radio and other community media examples demonstrating successful approaches to strengthening public voice.

“The value of this publication lies in the fact that it highlights problems while at the same time offering possible solutions. It presents a useful empirical basis for replicating time-tested decisions about how community media can become an even more effective element of a free, independent and pluralistic media system of any democratic society. This book will be a useful reference to community media practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, community organizers, and other media development stakeholders.”

From the Foreword by Wijayananda Jayaweera, former Director, Communication Development Division/IPDC, UNESCO, Paris

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Grade: NJC Scale Point 20, £18,453 pa plus Employer’s contribution of 6% of gross salary offered via CMA Group Personal Pension Scheme

Based at: CMA office, Sheffield

Background: The Community Media Association (CMA) is a not-for-profit voluntary and community sector members organisation providing support, advice and lobbying services for the UK community broadcasting sector. The CMA receives funding from a variety of sources including
subscriptions, grants, fees from contracts and fees from projects. An important stream within these are the online media services (operated under the Canstream banner) which are available to CMA members and to others.

A key feature of the Technical Assistant’s role is to work with the Technical Operations Manager to develop, implement and manage new and existing online media services so as to generate unrestricted income for the CMA.

This dynamic and challenging role requires you to provide a high degree of service to new and existing Canstream customers requesting online media services such as Internet radio, podcasting, video streaming and more. You will also give excellent customer service to CMA members requiring information and support about community broadcasting issues. The post holder must be committed to the social
enterprise ethos of business development.

Job Purpose Summary: The Technical Assistant will work with the Technical Operations Manager to deliver, maintain and develop the CMA’s ICT strategies including development of the CMA’s flagship Canstream webcasting services, maintenance and improvement of the CMA’s ICT systems and services, and the provision of technical advice and support to CMA staff, members and external organisations that the CMA supports.

Closing date: 5pm Friday 2nd December, interviews in w/c 12 December 2011.

http://www.commedia.org.uk/jobs/

This post was submitted by Bill Best.

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The 1st CMFE Conference and General Assembly will take place in Nicosia from today and until 19 November, marking the first major event organized directly by CMFE with the the support of the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, co-organised and hosted by the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), with the organizational support of the World Association of Community Radio broadcasters (AMARC) and International Media Support (IMS) for the Community Media and the Arab Spring panel.

The event is now glad to welcome new supporters for the initiative: apart from  European Union under the ‘Europe for Citizens Programme 2011′, European Commission Representation in Cyprus and the United Nations Development Programme, Action for Cooperation and Trust in Cyprus (UNDP-ACT), we have the pleasure to add the Goethe Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus, the World Association of Community Radio broadcasters (AMARC) and International Media Support (IMS) who will respectively provide another venue for the conference in the Buffer zone and financial support for the Community Media and the Arab Spring panel. …

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Just to remind you that the CMA Annual Conference & AGM will be on Saturday 11th June at The Number One Centre, 2 Didsbury Close, London, E6 2SX. The Conference/AGM mini-site is now live to take bookings: http://www.conference.commedia.org.uk/. The theme of the Conference this year is “Community Media – New Directions” and we have a strong and comprehensive agenda to reflect this: http://www.conference.commedia.org.uk/agenda.

The proposed changes to the CMA Charter will be discussed at this year’s AGM – the original and revised versions may be downloaded below:

Original Community Media Charter [PDF]
Proposed revised Community Media Charter [PDF]

The agenda for this year’s AGM is here with downloadable Nomination and Proxy Voting forms: http://www.conference.commedia.org.uk/agm-agenda. Within the afternoon slot in the conference we will have short items such as a discussion on moving forward with a national community media advertising agency and also a short presentation from Gari Sullivan on community radio in Australia. There will also be an update from Traffic Link, the free traffic news service.

Formal invites will be sent in the post to current members. The cost will be £40 for paid staff members and £10 for volunteers, £80+VAT for non-members.

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Community Media Association is working with Arts Council England and Voluntary Arts Network to develop the ways arts and community media organisations to work together.

As part of this ongoing work we are coordinating a series of one day events across England designed to illustrate how arts and community media are working together and inspiring future collaborations.

The North West region roadshow is happening on the 11th May 2011 .

This event will take place at the Arts and Media Centre Preston and is hosted by Preston FM and supported by Preston City Council.

If you are a community media organisation, or arts group working in the North West region register and come along.

Register for the event here

http://cma-roadshow-north-west.eventbrite.com

cma-roadshow-invite-north-west.pdf (56 KB)

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Below is a survey on your thoughts about the proposed Make Media Centre in Salford. Please, if you have not already, please complete this for us, even if you are nowhere near the North West, as it will both assist the development of this particular project and also give us ammo to give to you in other parts of the UK to persuade funders to set up similar projects in your area. NB none of the project activity proposed for the Make Media Centre will displace current activity in the community media sector – additionality not displacement is crucial to its success.

The survey takes only 5 minutes to complete:http://tinyurl.com/MMC-CM-organisations

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