CONGO (Democratic Republic of Congo)

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1 CONGO (Democratic Republic of Congo) A. PROJECT IDENTIFICATION 1. PROJECT TITLE RURAL RADIO FOR THE YOUTH AND WOMEN OF BUKAVU 2. NUMBER IPDC/55 ZAI /01 3. MEDIA DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR CATEGORY Category 2: Plurality and diversity of media, a level economic playing field and transparency of ownership 4. IPDC PRIORITY AREA Development of community media 5. SCOPE National 6. TYPE OF ASSISTANCE REQUESTED Equipment 7. TOTAL COST OF PROJECT US$ AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM THE PIDC US$ PROJECT BENEFICIARY ROAR CONGO NETWORK (RCN) M. Placide Bagalwa, Director 144 avenue P.E.Lumumba Commune d Ibanda, Province Sud-Kivu, Bukavu / RDC Tel. : Mob. : / Rcnbukavu@yahoo.fr 10. IMPLEMENTING BODY 11. PROJECT LOCATION UNESCO / Kinshasa Michel E. Kenmoe, Communication Advisor, Libreville Regional Office ROAR CONGO NETWORK: 144 avenue P. E. Lumumba, Commune d Ibanda, Province du Sud-Kivu, Bukavu 12. PROJET PREPARED BY Placide BAGALWA, Director of RCN, with the assistance of Michel E. Kenmoe, UNESCO / Libreville DECISION OF THE BUREAU 36

2 B. PRESENTATION 1. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION Apart from the print media, the Democratic Republic of the Congo comprises three types of media: the public media, often managed by the government, the commercial private media and the private community media which includes our project. It should be noted that the DRC has a huge number of media organs. In the city of Bukavu, the print media boasts two weekly publications: Karibu and Uhuru. There are also three other press organizations: Maendeleo, RTNC (the official Radioand Television Broadcasting Service) and Vision Shala (Radio and television broadcastin). At the legislative level, the media environment in DRC is governed by the law of 22 September 1996 on the rights and duties of journalists in RDC. In addition to this law, the Penal Code provides for press offenses. In terms of regulation, the Haute Autorité des Médias (HAM) (High Authority for the Media) is the public institution responsible for regulating the media sector, and the entity responsible for self-regulation is the Observatoire Congolais des Médias (The Congolese Media Watchdog). Besides these two institutions, there is a large number of NGOs and media-professional associations, such as the Union Nationale de la presse au Congo (UNPC, Congo national Press Union), which has a branch in Sud-Kivu, and the NGO Journalistes en Danger (JED, Journalists in Danger). In the area of training, Sud-Kivu province has two higher education institutes, each with a Communications Department. These departments organize classic continuous training geared towards students, journalists and volunteers. Although a large part of the DRC is no longer at war, this is not the case for the Sud-Kivu where the population is still plagued with confrontations between factions. Women and young people are the main victims of rape, mutilation and other acts of violence. Unfortunately, given the absence of community media, and taking into account the current practices of the private and even the public media environments, which charge for access to the media, this population, for the most part impoverished, does not have access to the media. The radio that the project is proposing to set up will thus give a voice to these voiceless groups, composed of women and young victims of abuse since the second war in The project will train about thirty women and young people in the production of radio content, and these trainees will host radio programs on various topics (sexual hygiene and reproduction, agriculture, animal husbandry etc.). 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET GROUPS The direct beneficiaries of the project are young people and women (victims of atrocities and other war crimes), who would run the station. 3. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE The project will contribute to promoting the participation of the communities in Bukavu in the democratic process, but will also give the community a measure of autonomy in the realm of communication. 4. IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE To set up a rural radio station capable of serving 13 villages around Bukavu. 5. EXPECTED PROJECT OUTPUTS The equipment for the community radio is installed and operational; 15 female community radio operators with the necessary skills and know-how to collect information on the Internet and use it in the production of their programs; 37

3 15 young technicians and 8 journalists trained to produce daily programs for youths and children. 6. ACTIVITIES A 3-week course on ethics, code of conduct and training methods, organised in the premises of the RCN and involving 45 members of the community from Bukavu and surrounding villages; Organization of a 6-day training program, at the RCN offices, on the production of broadcasts suitable for young people and children; Identification of suppliers, purchase and installation of equipment. 7. PROJECT INPUTS The list of equipment is detailed in the budget. In regard to the training, the investment will be used for hiring 2 trainers capable of delivering courses in radio production, ethics and ethics of media professionnals, and media and information processing. 8. WORK PLAN ACTIVITIES / MONTH Training workshop for journalists and technicians Purchase of equipment Installation of equipment Monitoring and evaluation Inauguration of the station Production and broadcast of programs Submission of activity reports 9. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ROAR CONGO NETWORK (RCN) is a non-profit association established in July 2008 in Bukavu, in the province of Sud-Kivu, and registered under the number 01/1006/CAB/GOUPRO-SK/2009. Frequencies have been granted for the radio on a trial basis by the Ministry of Postal Services, Telephones and Communications. The activities of RCN are financed by contributions from members, the proceeds from commercial activities enabling the organization to mobilize funds to reach its objectives in terms of self-financing, third party grants, gifts and bequests. RCN s administration is composed of the various monitoring bodies: The General Assembly, the Executive Board, the Auditing Dept. and the Coordination Dept. 10. SUSTAINABILITY When IPDC assistance ends, the project will be financed by RCN resources: the profits generated by the cyercafes run by the RCN, the gifts received from other local and international NGOs and associations, marketing and commercial advertising. 11. FRAMEWORK OF MONITORING The implementation of the project will be coordinated by an RCN team under the control of the UNESCO Office. 38

4 12. EVALUATION To carry out this project, the organisation held several consultation meetings with the women and the young people, as well as with the community, at which several participants expressed the view that the community should be provided with a radio station capable of giving them a voice. Also, they deplored the lack of information in various areas (health, education, agriculture) which could contribute to the devlopement of the community and the region. 13. FRAMEWORK OF BENEFICIARY AGENCY S REPORTING Activity reports will be sent to UNESCO every four months; they will be accompanied by concrete samples of what has been achieved, on CD and CD-ROM. C. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Aid requested from sources other than the IPDC The organisation has sought assistance from sources other than the IPDC, from whom we are awaiting a response: RCN Member Overseas: Radio Active: Swiss Humanitarian Aid (SHA): Microsoft: SIDA: City of Geneva: InfoDev: Europe AID: In US$ 20 computers, freight, basic software, internet connection Radio training, equipment and installation Training, broadband connection 120 second-hand computers Equipment, infrastructure and training Previous IPDC support received by the country: C. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROJECT N FUNDS BUDGET CODE (US $) PDC/8ZAI/ ZAI-81 32,500 PDC/21 ZAI/ DRC ,000 PDC/49 ZAI/02 REGULAR 32,000 PROGRAMME PDC/54 ZAI/ ZAI ,500 PROJECT TITLE PERIOD DEM. REP. OF CONGO: PLANNED PROGRAMME FOR THE TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE BOOK INDUSTRY EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEWSLETTER TRIBUNE DE LA FEMME CONGO (DEM. REP. OF): STRENGTHENING OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN KATANGA AND EASTERN KASAÏ CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF): CREATION OF A COMMUNITY RADIO STATION «FM KAMOLE» TOTAL DEM. REP. OF CONGO: US$ 99, BUDGET Equipment BREAKDOWN OF IPDC CONTRIBUTION (in US dollars) Qty. Unit Price Condenser microphones: Total 39

5 Microphone bases: Headphones: Ampli headphones: Ultra di Pro line control Audio cable (100 m.) with RCA and XLR connectors: 300 Mixer console with telephone interface (hybrid system): Acoustic speakers with built-in amplifier Broadcast antenna with 4 components: Feeder line: 300 Antenna mast: W transmitter: Transmission centre: Freight and insurance: TOTAL : BREAKDOWN OF BENEFICIARY S CONTRIBUTION (in US dollars) Drafting of reports: 350 Installation of materials: Microphones: 700 Radio production computers and UPSs: Emergency generator: Trainers fees: Organization of training workshops: Trainee expenses: Consumables for the production: 500 Project monitoring: TOTAL :