Building trust. Fighting fake news. Mobilising partners. For organisations in the development sector, good communications has never been more important. The OECD Development Communication Network (DevCom) helps its members find better ways to engage citizens for their work. Established in 1988, DevCom brings together the latest advice from practitioners in policy, campaigning and advocacy, together with cutting-edge expertise on public attitudes, marketing and behavioural science.

 DevCom Toolkit

 

Click to find advice and inspiration to tackle your communication challenges

 
Latest News

 

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 Publications

 

DevCom's publications, surveys and reports provide guidance on effective public engagement, based on latest analysis and case samples.

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 Activities

Below is a selection of DevCom’s virtual events in 2023. Click here for a full list. 

 

Workstream A   GOING GLOBAL  Exploring the challenge of communicating across countries and regions	Workstream B   LEARNING WITH OTHERS  Insights from fellow communication experts around the world	Workstream C   CAMPAIGNING TOGETHER:  Sharing content and stories on big issues and how our organisations address them
DevCom Zooms In on South-South Cooperation	Peer Learning Series #1: Public Attitudes & Media Insights	International Women's Day: Promoting Gender Equality
DevCom @ Africa Comms Week	Development Bank Communicators Meet-up	ODA Launch: Achieving Development Results
DevCom @ European Development Days	Nordic-Baltic Communicators Meet-up	SDG Summit: Strengthening the SDGs
DevCom Zooms In on the Asia-Pacific	Peer Learning Series #2: Learning from other Government Departments	COP-28 Summit: Communicating for Climate Action
DevCom Zooms In on Latin America
DevCom Annual Meeting, Madrid

 

Learn more about DevCom’s current 2023-2024 work programme, and about its activities in 2021-2022

Please note that participation is by invitation only. For more information, please contact [email protected]. For highlights of recent events, please visit The SDG Communicator.

The DevCom Community

 

DevCom’s activities bring together experts on campaigning, social media and journalism, market research and polling, philanthropy and corporate sustainability, and global policy. It’s work is funded through annual contributions from DevCom member institutions: 

 

• Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
• Austria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Austrian Development Agency
• Brazil, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Canada, Global Affairs Canada
• Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• France, French Development Agency (AFD)
• Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ)
• Iceland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Italy, Agency for Development Co-operation (AICS)
• Netherlands, Department of Foreign Affairs
• Norway, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
• Portugal, Camões Institute of Co-operation and Language, I.P.
• Sweden, Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA)
• European Commission
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• OPEC Fund for International Development
• Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB)
• Spain, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
  
• UN Department of Global Communications (UN)
  
  

 

Get involved

 

To find out more information or become a member, contact the DevCom Secretariat on [email protected]