Gary Coldevin is an international consultant specializing in communication and distance education for development. Previously he was a Professor for twenty-five years in the Graduate Programme in Educational Technology, Concordia University, Montreal. He has worked in over 25 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean with various agencies including United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Department for International Development (DFID), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Commonwealth of Learning. He has held frequent assignments with FAO since 1983. He has authored three of the FAO Communication for Development Case Studies; most recently, the use of multimedia campaigns for participatory community development in the Philippines. Over the past five years, he has had various FAO consulting assignments with the SADC Center of Communication for Development in Harare, Zimbabwe.
For more information contact:
Senior
Officer
Communication for Development Group,
Extension, Education and
Communication Service (SDRE),
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO),
Viale delle Terme diCaracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy
e-mail:
[email protected]
