Comunicación para el Desarrollo: Una Guía Práctica

This manual, produced in Spanish, "Comunicación para el Desarrollo: Una Guía Práctica (Communication for Development - A Practical Guide)" reaffirms the importance of communication to support development processes and social change in Latin America. It was developed by the Red de Comunicadores en Latinoamérica (Redcolatina - Network of Communicators in Latin America) de la Cooperación Suiza (COSUDE - of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC). It is written for programmes and projects sponsored by SDC, but it can be very used by other national and international organisations.

The manual presents communication for development (C4D) as a cross-cutting activity for all donors. It provides a conceptual framework, guidance for systematic planning, and a series of tools and concrete examples intended for designing effective communication.

The manual consists of three chapters: 1) Communication for development - laying the foundations; 2) The C4D in the project cycle; and 3) Best practices in C4D (examples from Central America, Colombia, Bolivia, Cuba, Haiti, and Peru).

Print copies may be available through: Yaoska Cantón, Responsable de Comunicaión de COSUDE, email: yaoska.canton@eda.admin.ch