The West African Media Foundation and its partner in Guinea-Bissau, the Union of Journalists and Media Technicians of Guinea-Bissau (SINJOTECS), will officially launch on Friday, July 15, 2022, a three-year project entitled Promoting media freedom and access to quality information in Guinea-Bissau . The project is funded by the EU (Guinea-Bissau).
The project aims to strengthen the capacity of media actors to monitor and document violations of media rights and freedom of expression, and to increase the capacity of key state actors on human rights and media issues. The project will also enhance the capacity of media organizations and professionals to produce high-quality, fact-based, and ethical content to help counter messages of radicalization and violent extremism.
The project’s main activities include training workshops on media ethics, human rights, and freedom of expression (including digital rights); development of institutional documents such as editorial, communication, and fundraising policies for media actors; monitoring and reporting on the state of media freedom and freedom of expression in the country. Media actors in Bissau will also benefit from the creation and operation of a common website for publishing issues of freedom of expression violations and significant developments affecting the media sector in the country.
To improve media security relations in Guinea-Bissau, the project will work with key state actors, such as the police, military, and the Human Rights Commission, to jointly develop a comprehensive national framework on journalist security.
Baseline studies and launch workshops have already been conducted with key media actors – the Union of Journalists and Social Communication Technicians (SINJOTECS), the National Network of Community Radios (RENARC), the Association of Women Professionals in Social Communication Organizations (AMPROCS), and the Order of Journalists of Guinea-Bissau (OJGB); state actors – the Police, the Armed Forces, and the Human Rights Commission; and some influential media outlets in the country.
The official launch of the project will be conducted by the Minister of Communication, who will also be the keynote speaker. The EU Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau will make a statement. The project launch will bring together representatives from the government, civil society, media, political parties, religious organizations, and international agencies.
Bissau, July 12, 2022
For more information and interviews, please contact the following:
Abigail Larbi-Odei
Project manager
Tel: +233-244867047
Daisy Prempeh
Project Coordinator
Tel: +245-966182468
Ivanildo Paulo Bodjam
Project Assistant
Tel: +245-969-293001/+245-955341198293001/+245-955341198
