"Laure-Hélène Piron (The Policy Practice Director) undertook an analysis of official development assistance to media and the information environment for the Governance Network of the OECD Development Assistance Committee which was published in June 2024. The report shows that the rhetoric of gover
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nments which support freedom of expression and condemn disinformation is not matched by sufficient resources. ODA for media and the information environment has increased since 2002, reaching USD 1.5 billion in 2022, but this only represented 0.5% of total ODA in that year. When infrastructure support is excluded, ODA for media fluctuated around USD 500 million a year since 2008 (representing 0.19% of total ODA in 2022). This is despite the growth of threats facing media, such as the rise of censorship and the dominance of technology platforms.
And not enough aid directly reaches local organisations. Only up to 8% of ODA for media and the information environment (representing only 0.05% of total ODA) is directly channelled to media organisations in partner countries, such as journalists, media outlets or civil society organisations working with media or on access to information. To improve the quality and quantity of ODA for media and the information environment, the report recommends: increasing direct assistance for local public interest media; adopting a broader “information environment” lens; improving coordination between (i) digital transformation and ICT infrastructure and (ii) media and information policies and programmes; improving co-ordination and coherence between development partners (including global initiatives); strengthening the evidence base." (https://thepolicypractice.com)
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"This publication describes the main media assistance funders outside the USA in an alphabetical fashion from 'Arab States' to 'United Kingdom', complemented by data on the European Commission (EC), UNESCO and UNDP. The EC is likely to be the biggest single funder of media development projects besid
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es the United States. An approximate and conservative guess was a current yearly commitment by the EC of about $82 million worth of media-related projects. For comparison, Sweden and Norway provided $30 million and $19 million on media support, respectively, in 2008, and the Netherlands and Switzerland were estimated to fund about $37 million and $29 million per year, respectively. In forming part of the "governance" agenda of many donors the rationale for media support is being much more precisely articulated than in the past, and it is no longer as confused with either communications as public relations or with communications as a tool for social or behavioural change. Nevertheless, often there is no long-term strategy or commitment for media development and, as a result, more complex media reform programmes (for instance legislation, reform of state broadcasters, or establishment of national training structures) are not tackled accordingly." (CAMECO Update 1-2010)
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"Exposé devant le 21e Congrès de la F.I.E.J. à Kyoto. L'Association des Editeurs de Journaux Japonais (N.S.K.) fournit depuis 1960 une aide technique à de nombreux journaux asiatiques — Elle organise des séminaires d'information, procède à des échanges de stagiaires et à l'envoi d'experts
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— Soixante participants représentant onze pays d'Asie ont assisté aux séminaires — Des experts ont été envoyés aux Indes, en Corée et dans une dizaine d'autres pays." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 866, topic code 163.20)
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"Compte rendu de la troisième année de fonctionnement du cycle de formation organisé par l'Association des éditeurs et directeurs de journaux japonais à l'intention des journalistes asiatiques — L'importance des contacts interpersonnels y est soulignée." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakh
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fakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2039, topic code 163.22)
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"The author undertook various surveys on the television for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting — He speaks about Japan's technical cooperation in the field of broadcasting, the general situation regarding television in Asia and Near and Middle East, the actual situation in the two parts
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of Pakistan — Then he deals with the influence of broadcasting on people, on their beliefs, on their way of life — He gives us an idea about the economic situation of television, he concludes by showing what the role of television should be in the underdeveloped countries." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1566, topic code 410.1, 442.2, 452)
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"Cours de formation de journalisme organisé par le Nihon Shinbun Kyokai, l'Association des éditeurs et directeurs de journaux japonais, afin d'élever le niveau de la presse asiatique — Contenu du programme." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing coun
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tries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1181, topic code 163.20)
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