Summary

The purpose of this report is to outline the findings of the independent evaluation of the Vois Blong Yumi Program – an Australian Government funded program of support to the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation.

Description

The purpose of this report is to outline the findings of the independent evaluation of the Vois Blong Yumi Program – an Australian Government funded program of support to the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (the program). The program is being implemented through a twinning arrangement between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC).

The VBTC was established in 1993. It operates Radio Vanuatu (the national public service radio), a commercial radio station (recently rebranded as Paradise FM) and Television Blong Vanuatu. Since its establishment VBTC has struggled to maintain effective services. This
is partly due to a lack of funding (the corporation receives limited government funding and is required to generate its own revenues), partly due to poor transmission and studio equipment and partly due to a lack of governance, management and professional capacity.

ABC Radio Australia and Radio Vanuatu have had an informal relationship reaching back many years. In 2005 Radio Australia and the VBTC jointly developed a concept paper for a more formalised twinning arrangement which proposed technical and capacity building support. Subsequently, AusAID contracted a team to develop a program design that was completed in December 2006. The program commenced in May 2007.

Independent Evaluation of 'Vois Blong Yumi' Program, Vanuatu [PDF 366kb]
Independent Evaluation of 'Vois Blong Yumi' Program, Vanuatu [WORD 573kb]