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Meta-Synthesis of UN Women Evaluations on Advocacy and Communications
New York; Independent Evaluation Service (IES): UN Women (2023), ix, 32 pp.
"This meta-synthesis collates evaluation insights and evidence on the advocacy and communications efforts related to the key results areas of UN Women’s Strategic Plan: Governance and Participation in Public Life; Women’s Economic Empowerment; Ending Violence Against Women; and Women, Peace and
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Beyond the Humanitarian Savior Logics? UNHCR's Public Communication Strategies for the Syrian and Central African Crises
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 164-190
"Forcibly displaced people often face restrictive migration policies and stereotypical discourses. Therefore, this study analyzes UNHCR's public communication strategies towards the Syrian and Central African crises. Through a comparative-synchronic multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) of U
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"The 64th meeting of the IPDC Bureau (June 2020) requested the Secretariat to develop a strategy to approach the private sector and civil society in accordance with UNESCO’s fundraising strategy. A targeted fundraising strategy was developed and presented to the 32nd session of the Intergovernment
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UNESCO Prizes: Reviews and Renewals. UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
UNESCO (2022), 10 pp.
"In conformity with Article 8.1 of the Statutes for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize and the Revised Overall Strategy for UNESCO Prizes and its Constituent Criteria, an external evaluation of the Prize was carried out from June to July 2022 for the past six years of the Prize (201
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Can There be Security Without Media Freedom? 25th Anniversary of the Mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom on the Media
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2022), 49 pp.
"This exercise - bringing together eminent experts to look ahead - has enabled the Representative on Freedom of the Media to update and strengthen her toolbox so as to be better prepared to address media freedom challenges to our common security. The recommendations provided in this report are not a
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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its Potential to Foster Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists: Guidelines for Civil Society Organizations
UNESCO; Amnesty International (2022), 17 pp.
"This guide aims to encourage civil society and community organizations, activists and individuals to engage with the United Nations' (UN) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism on freedom of expression, safety of journalists and access to information issues. The guide explains why it is importan
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Digital Strategy 2022-2025
New York: UNDP (2022), 51 pp.
"UNDP's Digital Strategy builds on the momentum created by the first strategy launched in 2018 and lays out a long-term vision for UNDP to 'help create a world in which digital is an empowering force for people and planet'. It outlines three interconnected objectives through which UNDP will support
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Biodiversity Communication at the UN Summit 2020: Blending Business and Nature
Discourse & Communication, volume 16, issue 1 (2022), pp. 37-57
"Biodiverse ecosystems play a key role in maintaining life on earth. In response to rapid declines in biodiversity throughout the world, the UN Biodiversity Summit 2020 brought together world leaders to discuss potential solutions. We draw on cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis and ec
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UNESCO's Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP): Regional Action in Africa: 2018-2021 Quadrennial Report
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 10 pp.
"[...] in 2019, UNESCO’s Addis Ababa Liaison Office engaged the African Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and a wide range of partners to ensure adequate responses to the protection of journalists and the fight against impunity in Africa. These consultative meeti
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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its Potential to Foster Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists: Guidelines for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 15 pp.
"These UNESCO guidelines aim to provide practical support to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) on the use of the UPR process to improve freedom of opinion and expression, safety of journalists, and access to information and to strengthen their capacity to engage with the process in all its
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Iniciativas de institucionalidad para la transparencia y rendición de cuentas de las grandes plataformas digitales
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 37 pp.
"Este informe elaborado por el Instituto de Desarrollo Digital de América Latina y el Caribe (IDD LAC) describe y analiza diversos modelos e iniciativas (tanto estatales como de la sociedad civil) sobre formas de institucionalidad para la supervisión de obligaciones de transparencia y rendición d
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Let Free Media Thrive: Selected Stories of 4 Years of Impact of the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (2018-2021)
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 18 pp.
"The stories presented here are some examples of how the Multi-Donor Programme for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) works to provide countries and their populations with the necessary tools to nurture a free and independent media. This includes promoting the adoption of policies
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Towards a Safer and More Free Internet: Expert Opinion on the Draft Digital Services Act
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2022), 29 pp.
"With the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) package, the European Union will adopt what is probably the most significant international standard-setting project besides the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is expected that the DSA will have far-reaching impact
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Disinformation Against UN Peacekeeping Operations
New York: International Peace Institute (IPI) (2022), 15 pp.
"Over the past few years, a growing barrage of disinformation has targeted UN peacekeeping operations, particularly the missions in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Mali (MINUSMA), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). This includes false allegations that UN peacekeepers are tra
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Protecting the truth: Peace operations and disinformation
Berlin: Center for International Peace Operations (2022), 18 pp.
"This study discusses how and to what extent peace operations are affected by digital disinformation and how international organisations (UN, EU, OSCE and NATO) as mandating bodies for peace operations have responded to limit the effect of disinformation or even prevent it. Based on this assessment
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Towards a Digital Development Partnership That Meets African Interests
Washington, DC: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2022), 24 pp.
"Africa has become a linchpin in the EU’s ambitions to support economic development, particularly through digital transformation. The February 2022 EU-African Union (AU) Summit will provide an opportunity to present the EU’s Global Gateway not only in opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initia
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UNESCO’s Judges’ Initiative: Training the Custodians of the Legal System on Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and the Safety of Journalists
Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online, volume 25, issue 1 (2022), pp. 54-76
"Human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interlinked and mutually reinforcing. Within the framework of international human rights law, the right to freedom of expression particularly stands out, as it constitutes a pre-requisite for the fulfilment of other fundamental rights. In this regard,
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Results-Based Report on Projects Approved by the 64th Meeting of the IPDC Bureau (June 2020) and Implemented in 2020-2021. Part I
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 24 pp.
"This document reports on the implementation of projects approved by the 64th meeting of the IPDC Bureau (June 2020) and implemented in 2020-2021, and on projects approved as part of IPDC’s rapid response mechanism in January 2021. It also includes the implementation reports of several projects th
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CPDE Advocacy Toolkit
Quezon City: CPDE Global Secretariat (2022), 77 pp.
Principles for Effective Support to the Media Sector. Thirty-Third Session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication, 24-25 November 2022, Item 10 of the Provisional Agenda
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 3 pp.
"This document offers a summary of a broad-based process underway in the wider media development community to develop principles for effective support to the media sector, and its relevance for the work of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The document includes
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