CR Self Assessment Guide

This is a simple, action-oriented self-assessment tool for community radio (CR) stations to assess their structure and performance on a variety of parameters. New Delhi, India's Ideosync Media Combine poses a variety of questions to spark discussion. For example, "How is the management committee formulated and who are the current members of the Management Committee?" Some possible responses are included to inspire thinking (not as options to select from), such as: "Well known local community members from the community are nominated by the license holding NGO [non-governmental organisation] and there is equal representation of women and marginalised communities....We hold an open call every two years and community representatives get elected to the CR management committee but there is unequal representation of women and marginalised communities....Local politicians and village heads and heads of other local NGOS in the area and the district collector are on the management committee. There was no clear process how they became part of the committee." Whatever response(s) the CR gives, participants are prompted to discuss questions such as: Is this in keeping with the Mission and Vision of the station? How can this be changed/improved? They are asked to write down the actions decided upon and the timeline.

Ideosync explains: "Please adapt it to suit the needs of your stations. The response options will give you a sense of the kinds of responses you could have to the areas of enquiry into your work. Use this tool to analyse and improve on your activities by ideating on opportunities for change and desirable actions and activities that you will undertake in a stipulated timeframe to improve on any or all of the areas below. You may like to print out the questions and responses for reference. Once this has been discussed by the team members, you can enter final responses in this booklet and save it for the record so that you may revisit the actions committed to during this self analysis and review of your work when undertaking the next review."