The MFWA has received a grant from the European Union for a three-year project to support the media sector in Guinea-Bissau. The project is entitled: Promoting Media Freedom and Access to Quality Information in Guinea-Bissau.
General Project Objective:
The project seeks to ensure that journalists and other media actors in Guinea-Bissau are safe and produce ethical, timely and fact-based journalistic content that promotes peaceful coexistence and allows public access to quality information in a sustainable way.
The project in Guinea-Bissau is also collaborating with key state actors/institutions, such as the police, military, regulatory bodies, the judiciary and the human rights commission; media actors and media organizations to increase their knowledge of human rights and press issues and build partnerships to promote and protect press freedom and freedom of expression in the country.
Purpose/Scope of Consultancy:
The aim of the call is to provide training for social media influencers (including bloggers) in online journalism, digital security, fact-checking, online ethics, ways to mitigate extremist radicalization through digital platforms and peace messaging.
The training for social media influencers (including bloggers) will last two days.
The training should enable beneficiaries to improve their skills through practical and theoretical sessions;
If you are interested, click here to access the full details of the consultancy service.
Please note that expressions of interest and inquiries should be sent to info[@]mfwa.org copying the Project Coordinator daisy[@]mfwa.org by September 10, 2022.
