The IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication is awarded by the

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

-sponsored

International Programme for the Development of Communication The International Programme for the Development of Communication is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) programme aimed at strengthening the development of mass media in Developing country, developing countr ...

. Its aim is to recognize initiatives for improving communication in rural communities, mainly in

developing countries A developing country is a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreem ...

. The prize was established in 1985 by the Executive Board of UNESCO and consists of a sum of US$20,000. It is awarded to no more than two winners every two years.

Winners

The winner of the 1985 Prize was the Kheda Communication Project. The prize was won in 1999 by Radio Tanzania, and in 2003 by Radio Toco of Trinidad & Tobago. In 2012 the prize was shared by the Kenyan

Arid Lands Information Network Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) is a Kenya-based non-governmental organisation that seeks to exchange ideas and experiences among "grassroots change agents". It sees its goal as enabling such grassroot change agents to learn from one another, ...

(ALIN) and the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists.

References

{{reflist UNESCO Rural development Awards established in 1985 Awards for contributions to society

Winners

See also

References