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The Great Debate: Freedom of Information and Med...
UN Representative, Global Forum for Media Development This Monday, the UN General Assembly began its final phase of negotiations over the UN’s next set of global development goals, which will succeed the expiring Millennium Development Goals and guide international development priorities and aid f... |
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Post-2015 Goals Should Include Independent Media...
Access to information, transparency, independent media, accountability and citizen participation are not being adequately addressed by the global effort to set a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a diverse group of global development specialists. Drawn from an informal su... |
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Post-2015 and Media Development: An Online Discu...
CIMA held an online event on May 21, 2014 featuring Article 19 on the role of media in strengthening accountability. The goal was to bring a new audience to the discussion of the media sector’s role in development, and how media would fit into the post-2015 agenda. Below is a collection of res... |
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What you need to know: Media Freedom for a Bette...
Day One of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Conference If you work in the media field, World Press Freedom Day is nothing new. It takes place each year. Conferences and events are held around the world (see, for example, our event from last week in Washington, DC), and UNESCO hosts the flagship co... |
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Tough Questions Surface at Global Meeting
An update from the First High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation Erik Solheim is the kind of development professional who would be most inclined to argue for the important role of media in development. The chair of the Development Assistance Committee of th... |
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Improving development assistance: Can it be done...
The short answer: No! As ministers and delegates from all over the world gather on April 15th and 16th in Mexico City to discuss progress in international development, they will be hawking an ambitious agenda. They want wider participation by citizens, who often know better what will work and what... |