INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SAHELIAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

One of the primary missions was to explore ways of involving the mass communications media in the work of the Club du Sahel and in making this work known to the people of the Sahel generally. Recommendations include: develop and provide specialist assistance to prevent further duplication of effort and cost with maximum impact on the region as a whole; initiate action-oriented programs in related information and mass media training through conferences, seminars, meetings, and workshop planning and implementation in coordination; assist in the recruitment of public information, specialists to begin work on information dissemination programs in reaching their respective constituencies which include both the urban and rural poor in the Sahel; recognize and utilize the capacities of the growing Sahelian membership of the African Council of Communication Education. It is also suggested that a conference, seminar, or workshop program be developed with action oriented objectives specifically designed to involve more Sahelian women in information dissemination and mass media for development in the region.