Capabilities

strategic and action planning  ●  issue and campaign development and management  ●  media relations  ●  materials production in print, multi-image, audio, video, multi-media  ●  public participation and consultation  ●  event planning and management  ●  implementation and management of communication and public education programs  ●  web site and e-commerce development  ●  community and organization based communication 

From his work as an audio recordist and broadcast journalist in the early 1970s,  communications has always been at the centre of Al Vigoda's activities.  Al acted as Director of Communications for Nunavut Tunngavik, the Inuit land claims organization in Nunavut.  He was responsible for strategic and implementation planning, development and maintenance of departmental systems and work flow, advising political and administrative leadership on issues management and media relations, management of a staff of seven and programming and management of a $1.5 million annual budget.

Beginning with a two-year assignment in Papua New Guinea, Al has spent significant time in developing countries and emerging economies.  Al began working in Ethiopia over a decade ago, providing communication strategy and implementation planning for a major rural water supply initiative, funded by the government of Finland.  He was invited to return a few years later to design a disengagement and sustainability strategy for the program.   He is currently supporting the Public Engagement and Training of Trainers components of a project aimed at increasing ethics and transparency in Ethiopian governance.

Working in The Gambia, Al completed assignments for several agencies and programs, developing the Information, Education, Communication strategy for the UNDP-led Strategy for Poverty Alleviation, the implementation plan for the Gambia National Population Policy (funded by UNFPA) and, most importantly, managing the World Bank funded Technical Assistance Package to the Information, Education and Communication Unit for the Women in Development Project.

From its origin in early 1984 through its development and implementation, Al was involved with the Asia-Pacific Project for Broadcasting in Development.  An initiative developed by Ryerson University’s Ryerson International, and funded by a consortium led by Canadian International Development Agency, the Project supported the creation of locally-oriented Development Broadcasting Units in radio and television stations in India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.  Al was part of the teams that developed the original proposal, organized and conducted a feasibility and design study and created the final Implementation Package.  Once funding was secured, he moved to Malaysia for four years, working out of the regional partner’s Kuala Lumpur headquarters as Operations Manager for the Project.  In the final year of the Project, he led the international team of writers and producers who created the Project’s legacy Training Package, a multi-media compendium of lessons learned and processes developed and tested. 

Al has also provided media and education policy and planning expertise to a number of feasibility and monitoring assignments in South Asia and Southern Africa.

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