Internews Europe

Early elections planned for Kazakhstan in January, coupled with progress towards fully multi-party polls has created the urgent need for media training and capacity building. Internews launched activities to reinforce the media capacity during the electoral and post-electoral periods.

This project aims to build towards consensus on unity and reconciliation. The capacity building of responsible and independent Rwandan media will enhance inclusiveness and pluralism of the Rwandan civil society. Local media outlets in Rwanda and DRC will be able to understand and cover important cross-border issues. The civil society will receive accurate and practical information on the FDLR demobilization process through radio and video/TV programs disseminated on both sides of the border.

This project seeks to promote long term recovery and stabilization efforts in four flood-affected provinces of Pakistan: Sindh, Punjab, KPK and Baluchistan. The activities planned will improve the capacity of local media TV and radio outlets in these areas to engage with and report on grassroots governance issues in flood-affected areas.  will also work on building the communications skills of local government officials. Citizens will be introduced sustainable means to interact with their local media and, thus, those in positions of leadership and authority, to stimulate discourse around effective local governance.

Iraq Media Junction is a three-year programme designed to strengthen the interaction between Iraq’s independent media and civil society organisations. It promotes mutual understanding and establishes contacts between them. The aim of the project is to improve journalistic skills in social reporting and investigative journalism on the one hand and the capacity of Iraq’s civil society to engage the press and advocate reporting on social issues on the other.