The objective of this project was to set up the Educational Audio-visual Archives of the Mauritius College of Air (MCA).
IPDC Project beneficiary type: University/journalism departments
Period: 1999-2003
Period: 1998-2002
Period: 1998-1999
Period: 1998-1999
Period: 1997-1998
The basic aim of the project was to improve the quality of training in various areas of journalism at the Journalism Faculty of the State University of Baku. This involved restructuring the study programme and providing up-to-date material for the radio and television school, together with print media desktop publishing (DTP) equipment.
The objective of this project was to install a television broadcasting centre, on the campus of the University of the West Indies, to produce and broadcast throughout the region audiovisual programmes for training and research, as well as news programmes, from a low-power transmitter. It includes the set-up of a laboratory to provide training to 30 trainees on station management and the operation of a television studio.
The present appraisal relates to Phase II of the project, which aimed to equip the JMCD (Journalism and Mass Communication Department) of Yarmouk University with facilities for modern radio and television production, to produce programmes which meet Jordan's development needs in setting-up local radio and television services for the Irbid community, and improving the quality of training so as to widen the prospects offered to media professionals in Jordan.