Paolo Mefalopulos
Paolo Mefalopulos heads the Communication Program at UNICEF in India. He holds a doctorate degree in communication from the University of Texas at Austin. His professional career began in the private sector in Italy, where he worked for a national television network and for a training institution of a major private corporation. He has worked extensively in the field of information, education and communication for a number of international agencies such as UNESCO, FAO and the European Union. While working for FAO, Mefalopulos was part of a team that developed an innovative methodology known as PRCA – Participatory Rural Communication Appraisal, adopted by many projects around the world.
Paolo previously worked as a senior communication officer in the Development Communication Division of the World Bank. He has published a number of articles and books on communication. His most recent work is titled Development Communication Sourcebook: broadening the boundaries of communication. His main expertise is in participatory communication research and planning of development projects and programs.
Latest Posts:
- Development Results Require Program Communication
- Institutional Takes on Communication for Development
- (Development) Communication: The Lubricant for Running the Development Engine Smoothly
- Who is a Good ‘Communicologist’?
- Balancing Results-Based Management with People-Based Processes
- What a Difference an 'S' makes
- Dialogic Approaches to Development: Beyond Media and Messages
- A Major Challenge in Good Governance: The End of Communication as We Know it (Part II)
- A Major Challenge in Good Governance: The End of Communication as We Know It (Part I)
- Promoting the Role of Development Communication in UN Organizations
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