"The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) is the UK based charity and enterprise that represents all printed publications sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn a dignified income. INSP mission is to support the global street paper network to alleviate poverty and buil
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d a movement for social change. In 2023, INSP has provided services to its 92-member organisations in 35 countries, through both its news service and member engagement activities. As poverty continues to rise globally, so has the demands on street paper organisations, who are an important part of the solution to the poverty crisis. INSP’s member organisations consist of street paper staff and volunteers who provide frontline services to people experiencing homelessness, poverty and other forms of marginalisation. 2023 saw INSP strengthen its regional networks in South America, Europe and in North America, where it has established a non-profit umbrella to raise funds and support street papers." (Page 2)
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"Over the last year, the Theory of Change (ToC) has guided the MDP’s activities and actions. The Programme has followed a dual approach, reinforcing the capacities of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders, with a focus on local media stakeholders. The aim of this approach is to create a safe
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and enabling environment for media to thrive at national, regional, and global levels, by improving legislative frameworks and policies relative to freedom of expression, access to information, the safety of journalists, community media, media in crisis preparedness and vulnerable situations, Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and access to information." (Summary)
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"Happy anniversary, GIJN. It’s 20 years since a band of nonprofits gathered in Copenhagen – at the second Global Investigative Journalism Conference – to found a network that would bind together the world’s most enterprising, most determined reporters. At that 2003 meeting, 35 groups came to
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gether, signing an organizing statement to “support the training and sharing of information among journalists in investigative and computer-assisted reporting.” Our conferences grew, as did our global community. But our gatherings bounced from country to country, with no dedicated funding or staff, and no institutional memory. What we needed was an organization that could plan events, raise funds, provide resources, and spread investigative and data journalism around the world. In 2012 – 10 years after Copenhagen – we launched GIJN as a fledgling nonprofit. We had a couple volunteers and just $35,000 in startup funds. Since then, our growth has surprised even us. GIJN’s expansion coincided with the global spread of kleptocracy, even as digital age tools from data analysis to satellite imagery made it easier to investigate across borders – and harder to keep secrets. The international backlash against democracy and civil society – with independent media in its crosshairs – only increased the demand for our work. By the end of 2022, GIJN had a staff of 38, an annual budget of $2.3 million, and daily operations in a dozen languages. Membership in GIJN had jumped five-fold – to 244 groups in 90 countries. The world now recognizes that a watchdog press is as fundamental to development as are good schools and sound economic policy." (Page 2)
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"I am proud of the steps that the International Fund took in 2023 to advance its mission. We published our first strategy, expanded the global coalition supporting our work, and increased our total investment in news publishers in our focus countries to over $8 million USD across 31 portfolio organi
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zations. We also created a new multilateral entity that will soon open its headquarters in Paris as an international organization. This was marked by a ceremony at the sixth edition of the Paris Peace Forum at which the Ghanaian, Moldovan, and French governments approved our Statutes and formally appointed our Board. The Republic of Ghana additionally announced that it would provide the International Fund with privileges and immunities and host our Africa regional headquarters in Accra. In 2024, the International Fund will continue to scale up its activities in preparation for the next phase of its development. We plan to deploy more than $20 million USD in direct grant funding, substantially growing our commitments to sustainability and innovation in global media markets. We will also begin analyzing the early learnings from our growing portfolio, assessing the impact of our financing, and iterating our grantmaking approach." (Letter from the CEO, page 3)
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"The present report offers a summary of IPDC’s activities during the current biennium (2022-2023). It provides an overview of important decisions and initiatives of the Council, IPDC projects and the financial situation of the Programme. More detailed information is available in the latest report
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submitted to the IPDC Bureau." (Page 1)
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"Since its founding in 1980, the IPDC has worked to foster and secure a healthy environment for free, pluralistic, and independent media in developing countries, countries in transition, and countries in conflict and post-conflict situations. Through this mandate, the Programme has since dedicated o
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ver $115 million to media development through more than 2,200 projects, carried out in at least 140 countries. In 2021, the IPDC Bureau approved a total of 86 project proposals and 9 Special Allocation initiatives. Nine of those projects, approved through the Rapid Response mechanism, reported to the Bureau in 2022. This report therefore covers 77 projects and the 9 Special Allocation initiatives approved in 2021, implemented in at least 90 countries over the course of 2021 and 2022." (Executive summary)
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"Since it first began substantial implementation in 2018, the MDP has enabled UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector to immediately respond to emerging priorities and needs affecting freedom of expression, the safety of journalists, access to information, and community media. Before its cre
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ation, UNESCO Officers in the field were limited to regular programme funds, and few extrabudgetary projects limited in time and scope, therefore, at times, were unable to provide the urgent support requested by local stakeholders or respond to any emerging need. Through its inherent flexibility, the MDP has over the past four years been able to provide core funding for initiatives, or co-fund projects, as well as maintain momentum when field offices experienced delays in receiving funds between two extrabudgetary projects. It has also enabled UNESCO to immediately respond to urgent needs and not miss windows of opportunity. During the reporting period, this flexibility has allowed the MDP to respond to crises as they appeared, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beirut port explosions, the 2021 crisis in Gaza, or political events in Afghanistan and Myanmar. The MDP’s response to emergencies has been critical and, maintaining this approach, it will continue to respond to urgent needs in countries such as Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Ukraine in the coming biennium." (Summary, page 6)
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"This is the annual report for the Interactive Radio for Ecologically Sustainable Agricultural Practises (IRESAP) among small scale farmers in Northern and Central Tanzania. The reporting period was from January 2021 to December 2022." (commbox)