Bruce Girard

Bruce Girard has extensive experience in a broad range of areas, including journalism, development communication, community media, research, education, and ICT applications for development. Girard has consulted for numerous national and international agencies, including designing and teaching courses on ICT and development for the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), teaching radio management and training for Radio Netherlands Training Centre (RNTC), and developing a project to network researchers and policy makers in Africa for the European Commission and the World Bank. He has worked intensively with the Communication for Development Group of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to develop a global network linking rural radio broadcasters with new ICTs. Other international agency clients include UNDP, UNESCO, ITU and UNRISD. Girard also works as a communication strategist and current clients include the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), UNDP, the Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores en Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL), and LIRNE.NET.