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The level of media development in Puntland, Somalia is low due to lack of resources, expertise and decades of war. Puntland State University (PSU) is committed to fulfilling this gap and is ready to operationalize its Campus Radio Station. It has establis

Year when project approved: 
2014
Approved budget: 
US$10 000.00

The level of media development in Puntland, Somalia is low due to lack of resources and expertise as well as decades of war. Puntland State University (PSU) is committed to filling this gap and is ready to operationalize its Campus Radio Station. It has established a Media Training and Resource Centre, attained government permission for the radio station and, in 2011, equipment was procured by UNESCO. The station will cover community issues including, governance, rule of law, youth unemployment, environmental conservation, the plight of IDPs, piracy, FGM/C, terrorism and HIV/AIDS.

The project will pilot UNESCO’s Model Curricula for Journalism Education course on Broadcast Reporting and Writing (radio and television) to 20 third-year undergraduates (10 women and 10 men) at PSU Campus Radio. It will prepare them to report, write and present news, features, and interviews for radio, television and community radio.

Documents
Full project description: 
Somalia_project_proposal.pdf
Full implementation report: 
Somalia_implementation_report.pdf
Project details
IPDC Bureau meeting nº: 
58

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Budget
Budget code: 
354GLO5002.23

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Beneficiary
Beneficiary name: 
Puntland State University Campus Radio
Beneficiary description: 

Puntland State University’s mission is to provide the best attainable, affordable, non-profit, world-standard sustainable higher education geared towards responsible citizenship. Its vision is to provide students with feasible education programmes and development at all levels of education including emerging sciences and technologies. The universities core values are quality, selfless service, equity, social responsibility, transparency and accountability. PSU was established in March 1999 as a tertiary college, Garowe School of Management (GSM) offering six months diploma courses in Management, Accountancy, English and Computer studies. Sixty female students graduated in June 2000 and were subsequently absorbed into the labor market. In addition to the diploma course, GSM also offered short vocational training courses, trainings, seminars and workshops. On May 1st 2001, GSM was transformed into community college under the name Puntland Community College (PCC) to offer a two year diploma course in office procedures and accountancy. Ninety students (50% male and 50% female) were admitted, with sixty-five (31 boys and 34 girls) graduating on 16th September 2003. The current PSU campus was constructed in July 2001 with funds generated from Somali Diaspora (USA), and Diakonia – Sweden, . On 1st July 2004, UNDP in liaison with the PCC administration contracted the United States International University (USIU), Nairobi, Kenya to prepare a Higher Education Curriculum to be offered in four year Bachelor degree courses. With a regular student population of one thousand, two hundred and twenty five, the University has over 100 regular staff with over 45 part-time staff. A team of educational experts from USIU visited PCC Garowe, conducted research and formulated the 2004-2009 PSU Strategic plan. This strategic plan endeavored to establish a fully-fledged university offering two year Associate degree and four year Bachelor degree courses in Business Administration, Public Administration and Information Technology. With these developments, PCC was renamed Puntland State University (PSU).

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Beneficiary phone: 
+254717488614

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Location and contacts
UNESCO

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Project place: 
Puntland, Garowe City, Nairobi

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Follow-up and achievments
Summary of the project implementation: 

A 1-week training course on New Digital Broadcasting Technologies took place on 15 October 2014 at the Online Distance e-learning department at Puntland State University in Somalia. It equipped 20 journalism students (10 men and 10 women) with skills to enhance their operational skills at the campus radio. In 2015, a 5-day training course took place on Radio Station Essentials for 5 staff of the Puntland State University radio station (3 men and 2 women), which resulted in 4 daily programmes produced by the radio station. The radio station also organized a 2-day seminar to sensitize the community, university staff and students on the use and impact of the radio to the community.
 
UNESCO's cooperation with Puntland State University and its continued support and engagement with the media through Somali Media Sector Group (SMSG) provided a good opportunity for the implementation of activities as specified in the SMSG strategy. Through the activity, higher education institutions in Somalia were supported to contribute towards a strengthened free, independent and pluralistic media.