CRIS CAMPAIGN 

SURVEY FOR THE EVALUATION PROCESS / SHORT
July 2005

This questionnaire is part of the review process the CRIS campaign is conducting to assess its results and impact.  
At the IOC (International Organising Committee) meeting in Porto Alegre (January 2005) it was agreed to undertake a major
review of CRIS, leading to proposals for restructuring, refocusing or relaunching of CRIS after the WSIS, with a first consultative
meeting in mid 2005.  The evaluation process is led by a small group of 4 CRIS active members.

The main steps include:

- Now until late July: distribution of two questionnaires (one brief, one more in depth) to people who have been involved in CRIS activities;
- July 25/28: stakeholders evaluation meeting in London to discuss the results of the responses to the questionnaires and plan next steps;
- August-October 2005: strategic planning process. This will be a largely online consultation to develop strategic options for the future of CRIS, including goals, structures, modus operandi, etc. It will be an open process and it will be vital to have full regional/thematic input and participation, including in any drafting group or committees established;
- Late 2005: Strategic planning meeting for 40-50 participants.

Your contribution to the review is very important – please spend 15 minutes to respond, on the basis of your experience.  You are welcome to answer only the questions that are relevant to you.

Please complete before July 23, 2005 and send your response, and any other questions to: Jason Nardi [jason.nardi@gmail.com]

Thank you,
The CRIS Evaluation group

NAME 		_______________________________________________________
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COUNTRY		_______________________________________________________
EMAIL		_______________________________________________________
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1. Please evaluate what you think have been the main results of CRIS activity in the past 4 years, by filling in the following matrix on the processes/spaces where CRIS has had impact and the nature of the results/impact.  Use a scale from 1 to 5 (1: no impact – 5: maximum impact). 

				   Impact/results
Processes/Spaces	Animation /coordination /facilitation of civil society engagement	Development of positions	Awareness raising and animation of communication rights discourse/debate	Mobilizing organizations around communication issues	Other (please describe)	
WSIS (World Summit on Information Society)						
UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity						
World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation (WIPO)						
World Trade Organisation (WTO)						
World Social Forum						
Other global processes (please describe)
						
Regional processes (please describe)
						
National and local processes (please describe)

Please elaborate where necessary:
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2. Please can you indicate up to three priorities you think CRIS should focus in the coming two years (in terms of content, issues, actions, agenda)? 

[] Support/consolidate national and/or regional level CRIS  communication rights initiatives
[] Conduct research and capacity building
[] Identify campaigns for action (for example, around communication rights and trade, communication rights and intellectual property rights, etc.)
[] Identify specific spaces/processes for engagement
[] Open out to wider social justice movement
[] other ___________________________________________________________________

3. Is "communication rights" an appropriate framework for your organization's work on media, communications, culture and/or information technology?  
Please comment briefly.
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4. Can you briefly describe what have been the main shortcomings in CRIS activity in the past years (please mention up to three)  
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5. In a scale of 1-5, how would do you assess judge CRIS's information and communication tools/strategy in terms of  relevencerelevance, accessibility (written clearly), frequency, language diversity and any other comments? (1 being poor, 5 being excellent)

Tool/strategy	Relevance	Accessibility of content	Frequency	Language	Other	
www.crisinfo.org						
CRIS Newsletter/update						
CRIS leaflets						
CRIS position papers						
CRIS 'active' list						
CRIS 'Info' list						
Other (please describe)						

Additional comments: _______________________________________________________
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Thank you for compiling the survey.  

You may further help by sending this questionnaire to other people you think appropriate.