EU4INDEPENDENT MEDIA

Project Description
Surviving independent media in the Eastern Partnership struggle with unfair competition practices starving outlets of revenue, with political interference and general lack of management skills. To contribute to democratisation and empower citizens in the Eastern Partnership, the project aims to raise the abundance of quality journalism in the independent media sector from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. EU4IM encourages fact based, gender inclusive and reliable public interest journalism exerting its watchdog role. It contributes to boosting the resilience of the media by strengthening its financial sustainability. Our approach is if independent media journalists have the capacity to produce high quality, engaging content, then they will be more competitive in the media market, which will lead to bigger consumption of reliable information and, by extension, greater societal resilience and government accountability. The programme’s activities include online and face-to-face trainings, on-the-job and individual mentoring to improve editorial content or enhance management and marketing skills, as well as develop new revenue streams, an increased understanding of audiences, and support necessary technological investments. Furthermore, content production and emergency support, peer-to-peer networking are also offered together with access to research studies and reports on media development activities relevant to the region’s stakeholders.
Specific Objective
The overall objective of the Programme is to contribute to democratisation and empower citizens in the Eastern Neighbourhood.

The specific objectives are:

- To improve offer of fact-based, good quality media content with additional, more diverse content.
- To improve financial sustainability of independent, commercial media across the Eastern Neighbourhood.
Expected Results
- Increased offer of fact-based, good quality media content, including investigative journalism, in the Eastern Neighbourhood region.
- More professional editorial processes of targeted media outlets, including improved fact-checking policies and higher quality news reporting delivered by its journalists.
- Improved gender equality in the media sector and gender sensitive reporting
- Better trained editorial and management staff in commercial media training and more diversified revenue sources.
- Reinforced network of independent journalists and media professionals being actively used as professional resource and networking platform.
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Trauma Management training - part 4/4 (in Russian)
Trauma Management training - part 3/4 (in Russian)
Trauma Management training - part 2/4 (in Russian)
Trauma Management training - part 1/4 (in Russian)
Trauma Management training - part 4/4 (in English)
Trauma Management training - part 3/4 (in English)
Trauma Management training - part 2/4 (in English)
Trauma Management training - part 1/4 (in English)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments (in Georgian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments (in Armenian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments (in Belarusian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments (in Azerbaijani)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments (in Romanian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources (in Russian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War (in Russian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages (in Russian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security (in Russian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants (in Russian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War (in Russian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims (in Russian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments (in Russian)
Video from the HEFAT training in Georgia 07.2022
Risk Assessment for editors & managers training (in Russian)
Risk Assesment training (in Russian)
Digital Security Training (in Ukrainian)
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Relationship with combatants
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Working with Sources
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Social media and War
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Sieges and hostages
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Reporting and National Security
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Prisoners of War
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Identification of Victims
Editorial Guidelines for War Reporting - Audience Comments
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PROJECT DETAILS
Regional
Priority Area:
Partnership that empowers
Subsector:
Communication & support to media
Topic:
Media, Eastern Partnership
EaP Countries:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine
Project Status:
Ongoing
Start Date:
03.01.2022
End Date:
02.01.2025
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EU Project Number:
423-349

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