This is a guidebook, not a workshop or conference report. It has been written for radio broadcasters (adults and youth) who want to make good, entertaining youth radio programmes which also build peace. The tools described here are meant for use by those working in radio, but they can also be used by youth workers and young leaders to design and implement their own radio initiatives.

Some broadcasters may be familiar with some of the ideas, but we hope that it also contains a lot of new and useful material.

Everyone would like to live in a peaceful society, one not driven by hatred and violence, but the question is how to get there. This guidebook is packed with a wealth of examples and tools to help radio professionals and young people produce youth programmes for peacebuilding. Each chapter begins with a short summary of the main ideas and concepts it contains, but overall the guidebook includes:

• A how-to guide to analysing conflict
• An analysis of what happens to young people in conflict and how radio can help
• Tools and examples of how radio professionals can create youth radio initiatives
• Guidance for adults working with young people on radio programmes for peacebuilding; and
• Tools to help young producers participate in creating radio for peacebuilding

Most of the examples are drawn from African countries, and the guide is written with that continent in mind. But the issues, discussion and skills are relevant to a much wider spectrum of countries.

Youth Radio for Peacebuilding - a guide is one of a series1 of guidebooks developed for radio producers and others involved in making positive radio in Africa - radio which makes a difference. It has been produced by the Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa project2, which is a project of Search for Common Ground. It can be read straight through, or you may simply use the tables to help you design your programmes, but whatever you do your comments, ideas and experiences will help improve itl

This is an up-dated edition of the original guide published in 2006. Changes to that guide have been based on feedback received from you, the readers, and on the recommendations of focus groups with stake holders organised by the project in Belgium, Burundi and Sierra Leone.

Download Youth Radio for Peacebuilding: A Guide, 2nd edition

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Our vision is that radio stations come to use youth radio as a tool to help resolve conflicts and build peace. This can be done by giving young people the chance and the means to communicate with adult decision-makers. It can also be done by educating young people about the power they have to build peace in their own communities. Youth radio can contribute to peace by educating adults so that they have more and better information about the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people in conflicts. It helps youth resist manipulation to violence and encourages them to take active roles in building bridges across the dividing lines in their societies.

This guide also aims to motivate those who have power over radio outlets to encourage radio initiatives for young people, and to equip those who are committed to youth radio to do their work more effectively.

Youth radio is a tool with tremendous power to build peace.

Just as youth are deeply involved in conflict, so too they have the possibility to play a role in building peace.

Radio has the potential to harness the creativity of young people.

This guidebook has been written with such young people in mind. It is designed to help them and those who work with them design and produce entertaining radio programmes which help construct a peaceful future.

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Search for Common Ground's Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa project aims:

    * to help sub-Saharan African radio broadcasters' develop their potential to have a constructive impact on conflicts of all kinds,
    * to build on other successes
    * to share lessons learnt with other radio professionals across the continent

In order to measure properly the impact of the project, we are conducting a baseline, attitudinal survey among sub-Saharan African broadcasters. Throughout the project (2004-2006), we will monitor its impact on the radio professionals - specifically on how it changes what they produce and broadcast, and how they produce it.

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