Duration: 2012 – 2014

Donor: Delegation of the European Union

Description: The overall objective of the action was to strengthen the cooperation and to establish cross-sector links between civil society and media, aiming to be a driving force in promotion of human rights, freedom of expression and independent media. The specific objectives of the project were to improve information sharing and incite constructive debate among CSOs and media by organizing cross sector activities; to strengthen the influence of CSOs over the public opinion by giving CSOs voice in the media; to strengthen the capacities of journalists and media to pursue professional journalism and promote freedom of expression by producing human rights driven investigative stories; to provide citizens with high quality information of public interest via media.
The main project results include: 29 interviews with representatives of the CSOs and media in order to explore their attitudes and perceptions on the mutual cooperation among media and CSOs active in the area of human rights; a national conference on cooperation between Human Rights CSOs and Media, which gathered 100 participants; a training in investigative journalism with a focus on HR; web-platform Aktiv.mk on which 13 investigative stories and more than 100 articles were published; White Paper on cooperation between the CSOs and media.

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