<
 
 
 
 
×
>
You are viewing an archived web page, collected at the request of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) using Archive-It. This page was captured on 08:07:13 Aug 06, 2016, and is part of the UNESCO collection. The information on this web page may be out of date. See All versions of this archived page.
Loading media information hide

Promoting the right to public information through community media in El Salvador

Year when project approved: 
2014
Approved budget: 
US$14 000.00

In 2013, the government of El Salvador established the Institute for Access to Public Information to sanction violations of the Access to Public Information Law. However, the general public - particularly rural citizens - lack awareness of the Institute and its mandate. The proposed project will therefore train community journalists in remote areas of El Salvador on how to educate the public on their rights and responsibilities regarding this Law.

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

Implementation status :

Project evaluated:

Project scope:

IPDC Priority:

Budget
Budget code: 
354GLO5002 FEM

Source of funds:

Beneficiary
Beneficiary name: 
Asociación de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS) and Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (APES)
Beneficiary description: 

This project will be implemented by the Asociación de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS) in collaboration of the Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador APES. ARPAS coordinates the work of 23 community radio stations in the country and has radio production studio where the radio series will be recorded. Likewise, the radio series will be broadcast through the 23 radio stations. The stations are: ACISAM - Acaxual - Bálsamo - Fe y Alegría - Guazapa - Guija - Izcanal - Juventud - Juvi - La Klave - Mangle – Milenio - San Pedro - Segundo Montes - Sensunat - Stereo Sur - Suchitlán - Sumpul - Tazumal - Tehuacán – Victoria. APES will provide specialists for the development of the radio series, and the workshop sessions with 23 local community media journalists. Both ARPAS and APES have a long experience working on media production and training sessions for journalists, and in the implementation of projects funded by several national and international organizations. The project will be in close contact with media and legal experts from the Institute for Access to Public Information.

Beneficiary country:

Beneficiary type:

Location and contacts
UNESCO

UNESCO Field Office:

Project place: 
San Salvador, Acajutla, Zaragoza, Coatepeque, Guazapa, Nueva Granada, Coatepeque, Antiguo Cuscatlán, etc.

Project region:

Follow-up and achievments
Summary of the project implementation: 

The IPDC project resulted in the creation of broadcasting material for community radios and the organization of six one-day workshops and five forums for the public. Ten chapters of novels were produced following a story line to be broadcasted by 21 listed community radios. Thirty-one journalists (14 women, 17 men) of community radios participated in capacity building on the right to access to public information in El Salvador. Three cases were presented: deforestation, information on community employees, health impact of geothermic energy (links are in the attached evaluation). The workshop experiences are documented in the video link below summarizing the experience of at least one male and one female participant in each of the six workshops. For the campaign on Law of access to public information social dramas and information blocks were produced for associated radio stations. In addition, five regional fora were realized in rural areas as further information on public access for the public. Several speakers were invited to raise awareness in the communities on their rights. The project was carried out as originally envisaged.