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| Media Diversity Institute (MDI) | Global | Implementing organization | MDI is a non-profit organization. It focuses on regions where news media have played a destructive role in exacerbating ethnic and religious conflicts and violations of human and minority rights. It works with media organizations, journalists, journalism |
| Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) | Africa (Southern Africa) | Implementing organization | MISA is a non-governmental organization with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. MISA aims to promote free, independent and pluralistic media by seeking ways in which to promote the free flow of information and co- |
| Media Progress | Global | Implementing organization | Media progress is a consultancy that works internationally to strengthen the media's potential to foster dialogue, disseminate information, and enable its audiences to participate in political and social processes. Services include monitoring media effect |
| Southern Africa Media and Gender Institute | Africa (Southern Africa) | Implementing organization | SAMGI is a NGO that is divided into three units: Women's Media Watch, a Training Unit and a Media & Production Unit. The women's media watch unit’s main function is advocacy and lobbying. It is responsible for taking up media complaints, interacting with |
| Thomson Foundation | Global | Implementing organization | The Thomson Foundation is a private consultancy firm that provides consultancy services to media organisations across the world. They have a range of experts available as consultants to provide professional advice, practical assistance and specialised tra |
| UNESCO | Global | Implementing organization | UNESCO is a leading inter-governmental organization working across the full spectrum of access to information support areas. It provides project implementation and counselling in media and broadcasting development (mass, multi and community), gender, yout |
| Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) | Global | Implementing organization | WFD is a London based foundation. It aims to build and strengthen pluralist democracies through support, among other areas to the development of an independent media. It uses a broad definition of the media sector, encompassing issues related to the const |
| World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) | Global | Implementing organization | The non-governmental organization, AMARC is a worldwide network of community radio stations. Its members are radio stations, production groups and associations of radio stations which operate for social purposes and are independent of governments and larg |
| World Association of Newspapers (WAN) | Global | Implementing organization | WAN is a newspaper industry association which represents approximately 18,000 print publications globally. It has three major objectives (i) defending and promoting press freedom and the economic independence of newspapers (ii) contributing to the develop |
| Communications Assistance Foundation (CAF) | Global | Private foundations and funding organization | CAF is a Dutch foundation. It supports independent media in developing countries. Its objective is to contribute to democratization processes by promoting freedom of information, pluralism of the news and forming of opinion in the developing world. CAF wa |
