Activities until December 2023
- Capacity-Building for technical and editorial skills in Bangladesh, Burundi, Kenya, Mauritania, Nepal, South Sudan and Tunisia
- Multi-stakeholders’ meetings to establish or strengthen community media networks in Bangladesh, Burundi, Kenya, Nepal, South Sudan and Tunisia
- Three international meetings with the World Radio Day Committee to coordinate World Radio Day (WRD) (the first one already held in October 2022)
- WRD worldwide celebration under the 2023 theme “Radio and Peace” and 2024’s.
- Technical support for the inclusion of community media in the peacebuildingprogramme for Guinea Bissau
- Support to Indigenous community media
Media pluralism provides choice to the public. It is made possible by a mix of public, private, and community media, as well as a variety of platforms (print, radio, TV, and online) to avoid media concentration, which could limit the diversity of opinions and viewpoints in circulation. In this framework, UNESCO assists Member States in ensuring a diverse media landscape supporting, in particular, community media.
Protection of freedom of expression, ‘Independence and effectiveness of the media authority’, and ‘Universal reach of traditional media and access to the Internet’.
The indicator on the ‘Protection of the right to information, ‘Journalistic profession, standards and protection