Doris Consuelo Sánchez Santillán being interviewed in a recent oral testimony project Panos London undertook as a consultancy for IFAD.
Panos London believes that strengthening the flows of communication in developing countries is a prerequisite for sustainable poverty reduction, and an essential part and enabler of development.
We assess the role communication plays, or could play, in key development issues such as HIV and AIDS, environment, trade policy, poverty reduction, and the information society. We also create and implement information and communication projects on these issues.
Through research and advocacy we promote greater recognition of the essential role of communication in development among decision-makers both internationally and at the national level, making the case for better incorporation of communication – including the media – into development thinking and practice.
We look at communication as part of the fabric of all societies, developed and developing, having many different functions, using many different channels and media, and involving all levels of society.
Services offered
We offer international development practitioners an opportunity to see how communication can improve their own development initiatives.
We bring a wide range of expertise in all aspects of information and communication for development, and have extensive experience working with a broad cross-section of international agencies, government departments (such as the UK’s Department for International Development, DFID), foundations, NGOs and civil society organisations.
Our services include:
- Designing and delivering creative local, national and global communication projects with a focus on media and stakeholder participation
- Advising on the design of, and being part of, large-scale strategic communication initiatives
- Giving tailored presentations on how communication can improve and be integrated into development projects
- Running workshops on communication methodologies such as oral testimony collection
- Designing and conducting evaluations of media and communication interventions and projects
If you would like more information or to discuss further, please email consultancies@panos.org.uk.
Key people
Panos London has a number of expertise in different fields. For more information about individual members of staff please visit their biography pages.
- Mark Wilson – Communication for Development
- Robin Vincent – Dialogue
- Siobhan Warrington – Oral Testimony and direct voice
- Beryl Leach – International public health
- Clodagh Miskelly – Participatory ICTs
- Tim Williams – Media
Recent consultancies
Panos London has undertaken a number of consultancies in the past years. Below is a selection.
Minority Rights Group
We ran a training day in January 2011 on recording audience feedback for partners in the Minority Rights Group’s Street Theatre project.
IFAD
For the 2011 report, IFAD commissioned Panos London to collect oral testimonies from men and women living in rural areas in China, Egypt, Madagascar, Pakistan, Peru and Senegal. Between November 2009 and November 2010, Panos London coordinated several stages of oral testimony collection and photography with partner organisations in each of the six countries, and worked with IFAD to produce summaries of the testimonies, extracts and full transcripts for use in the Rural Poverty Report itself and the IFAD website.
The Rural Poverty report is published by IFAD every decade to draw attention to the issues around rural poverty. It highlights actions and policy to support the efforts of rural people in developing countries to overcome poverty and tell their story.
To see these testimonies in full, the summaries of all 30 interviews, and the full interview transcripts please visit the IFAD website: http://www.ifad.org/rpr2011/testimonials/index.htm.You can also read the Rural Poverty Report 2011 at http://www.ifad.org/rpr2011/index.htm.
Save the Children UK
Panos London carried out the overseas research component of Save the Children UK’s Depicting Injustice project (June – September 2010).