Seminar in Dakar on information techniques
International Review of the Red Cross · 1977
The First Regional Seminar for Information and Public Relations Officers of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of French-speaking African countries was organized by the League of Red Cross Societies, in co-operation with the Senegalese Red Cross Society, in Dakar (Senegal) from 17 to 29 January 1977.The aim of this seminar was to promote a better knowledge of information techniques among Societies of the Red Cross.National Society Information and Public Relations Officers of thirteen countries took part in the seminar.Based on African experience in this field the seminar was centred on the promotion of Red Cross knowledge among rural populations, as well as on learning professional techniques in the fields of press, radio, television, and methods of communicating with the public.Radio, one of the most effective means of sensitizing rural African populations, was a major item on the seminar's programme.