"The MDP has made the safety of Palestinian journalists one of its priority areas of intervention. Building on a series of training courses and open dialogues organized by UNESCO with support from SIDA in 2017 between journalists and members of the Palestinian security forces, UNESCO sustained its advocacy efforts throughout 2018 and advanced planning for activities rolled out in 2019. The year 2019 was marked by two major achievements in advancing the safety of Palestinian journalists and enhancing the implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and Issue of Impunity, namely the creation of a Safety Officers Network across several media organizations and the establishment of a national monitoring mechanism, launched in cooperation with the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Palestine. Both the network and the mechanism were reinforced throughout 2020 and 2021 through series of capacity-building activities and in-house coaching for their respective members." (p.1)