Community Radio Assessment System (CR-PAS)

The success of a community radio depends on the consistent, honest and cooperative behaviour of those involved in running it. This manual constitutes valuable information for strengthening community radio initiatives in Nepal, but also in other Asian countries and even other continents. It draws from both the grassroots experience of community media and from international broadcast practices.

The manual considers the issues that are the real basis for the success of community media: public accountability, community representation, locally relevant programming, diverse funding and acknowledgement of staff, including volunteers. It covers in details many key success factors, such as participation and ownership, content, management, volunteerism and networking; it can be applied across a wide range of contexts, from policy issues to the assessment of a local station.

The manual measures performance in seven key areas as follows:

• Participation and ownership 
• Governance 
• Radio programmes 
• Resource management 
• Station management 
• Financial management 
• Networking 
• Relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability