[cr-india] Impact Assessment for existing CRS

Wed Mar 14 05:27:39 CET 2007

Thanks Ram for the inputs. I did see the UNESCO portal  and the Namma Dwani
report on that...

I completely agree that ethnographic research is the best way out for CR...

I just wanted to add here that a World Bank research gp from IIM-A has
developed a framework for Impact Assessment of e-Governance projects, and
something similar can be done for CR too...

I take this example as, like CR, the indicators do not just define the
financial success of the project, but the impact which is social and
cultural to the communities...
Also, as you did say before it is an acountability mechanism...

What I feel is that if we take initiative to develop such indicators for CR,
they can be adopted by the CRF (after required analysis /talking over ie)
and then can be used by people who want to do something similar themselves.
Though, CRSs in different areas would work in a diff fashion, I believe
there is a common framework that can be formulated surely, say 80% of it
would be same for all and the 20% would vary depending on the area/
community...(the numbers just as examples)....I believe this would also help
in the Self-Regulation process that was being talked about!

Its always good to have clarity on the goals and to access where we are and
where we would want to be, and creating a document like this definitely is ,
like they say, no rocket science!

Rgds,
Upasna

On 3/13/07, Ram Bhat <ramnathbhat.13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just want to add to this by saying that UNESCO, Communication and
> Information Sector, New Delhi conducted some basic ethnographic action
> research on a few ICT initiatives including Namma Dhwani in Karnataka, as a
> part of ICTs for Poverty Eradication....
> please check out some links at http://www.ictpr.nic.in/
>
>
> The Our Media Network and AMARC would also provide some valuable data on
> how CR has worked in other places...
>
> This is important, i think, because, CR is so localized and so dynamic and
> fluid, that ethnography as a tool suits CR very well....
> indicators would be different in each community...
> it would be great if work could be undertaken from where previous work
> left off...so we have continuity, progress and we avoid reinventing the
> wheel....
> apart from that, our initiative has been getting several independent
> researchers trying to investigate different things, from participation to
> impact....
> however we have not got access to these studies....
> its an important point to research what CR is trying to do with which
> communities and what is happening in the process...also helps to build
> collaborations with universities and other research agencies...not to
> mention that there are accountability mechanisms in place...
>
> best
>
> ram
>
> On 3/13/07, Upasna Kakroo <upasna.kakroo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the inputs!   I was just trying to understand as to what all
> > indicators have been already considered by the CR operators/ agencies and if
> > at all there is a generic framework that has been developed for the
> > assessment of the same, though of course the indicators would differ
> > considerably from one place to another.   But that I guess also does not
> > negate the need of having a generic framework, because for anyone starting a
> > CRS and for the government to look into it and make policies more conducive
> > to/ and to generate interest amongst the communities, it is very important
> > that the real "success" stories are independently assessed. In the presence
> > of a generic framework, it would be possible to give definitive comparitive
> > analysis of say 2-3 CRS which have been working, which would bring out the
> > key learnings from those initiatives and also pave the way for new ones to
> > come up!   As an example impact assessment frameworks have been developed
> > for e-Governance projects, I guess something similar could be done for CR
> > also, also cos here the success of the projects, as reiterated time and
> > again, is not merely on the financial side.   Rgds, Upasna
> >
> >   On 3/13/07, Mahesh Acharya <mahesh4acharya at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Upasana,
> > >
> > > To my knowledge, there has been no need assessment done prior to
> > > setting up CR. As others in this group who have involved with CR will agree,
> > > there has been and will be consensus by community that CR in their locality
> > > is good idea. When we ask them what benefit will it give, the answers will
> > > depend upon the occupation/profession of the respondent. For example  for
> > > the namma Dhwani Project in Kolar, Karnataka, when we asked what programs
> > > should be broadcast through CR. The response was...in  early morning  there
> > > should be devotional music, in afternoon program for women and kids and in
> > > the evening, some agriculture broadcast.
> > > This is precisely what All India Radio broadcasts every day for
> > > regional programs.
> > >
> > > When I asked a farmer his choice of program through CR, he said he
> > > wanted to know  wholesale  rates of vegetables in nearby towns so that he
> > > can decide to sell where profit is more.
> > >
> > > I remember when I was in VOICES qualitative data on radio sets in five
> > > villages of Kolar was available, the data was collected I think in 1999/2000
> > > not sure.
> > >
> > > Deccan Development Society, in Pastapur, may have some data that you
> > > are looking at.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > mahesh
> > > 9886 303077
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/12/07, Upasna Kakroo < upasna.kakroo at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > HI,   During the recently concluded National CR consultation in
> > > > Delhi, a lot of people talked about a needs assessment etc., which should be
> > > > done prior to starting up a CRS . I had some questions on the same line -
> > > > 1. Have some of the people done an impact assessment in areas which have
> > > > already had CR functioning (in various ways like buying Airtime off AIR),
> > > > and if so what are the key indicators which they used? 2. Can I be please
> > > > directed to such documents, if they are available electronically   Rgds,
> > > > Upasna
> > > >   On 3/12/07, Frederick Noronha <fred at bytesforall.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear Satheesh, Please could you take a look at the CR-India
> > > > > network,
> > > > > and all the discussions that have gone into it:
> > > > > http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
> > > > >
> > > > > In particular, please go through the archives where you'll find
> > > > > some
> > > > > interesting pointers: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards, FN
> > > > >
> > > > > PS: Please also see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cr-india
> > > > > (specially
> > > > > under the FILES section)
> > > > >
> > > > > On 12/03/07, satheesh s <saradhasatheesh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > sir
> > > > > > i am from tamil nadu at karuri read your article
> > > > > >
> > > > > > i would like to start the fm radio in my city so please tell me
> > > > > the rule and
> > > > > > regulation form me
> > > > > > to do this and how i can i do this
> > > > > > kindly response me
> > > > > > 094421 23824
> > > > > > regards
> > > > > > satheesh
> > > > > --
> > > > > FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please)
> > > > > http://fn.goa-india.org    http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com
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