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Communication and Information Activities

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Freedom of Expression

UNESCO promotes freedom of expression and freedom of the press as a basic human right

Donors - Professional Organizations and NGOs - UN
Donors

In former Yugoslavia / Rwanda / Burundi / Angola / Indonesia / Haiti
(Projects entirely funded by outside sources)

European Commission: $2,382,263
Belgium: $856,163
Denmark: $836,523
Norway: $768,063
Finland: $655,000
France: $539,230
Switzerland: $490,117
United Kingdom: $442,619
Germany: $405,397
Sweden: $163,557
United States: $120,000
Canada: $64,000
Austria: $24,963

Private donors (Open Fund Society, Foundation of Japan, the Finnish television YLE): $153,764

TOTAL: $9,127,496

Professional Organizations and NGOs

Non-governmental organisations: World Association of Newspapers (WAN), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), World Press Freedom Committee(WPFC)< European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Article 19, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Internews, The Soros Foundation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Search for Common Ground, International Centre for Humanitarian Reporting, Media Action International, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Fondation Hirondelle, European Agency for Reconstruction, Association pour l'Action Humanitaire, Equilibre, MISA.



International organisations: United Nations, OSCE, UNHCR, UN Volunteers, WHO, EU Commission, Council of Europe.

Many European and North American media solidly backed SOS MEDIA by helping to train journalists or providing copyright-free programmes, notably YLE (Finland) and Arte (France).


Key Facts

$9,127,496 in donations have been used for buying equipment, providing training and producing radio and TV programmes.

About $500,000 worth of donated equipment has been delivered to ex-Yugoslavia since 1993.

$1.5 million worth (at market prices) of television programmes have been donated by 17 European stations.

$1.3 million has been given directly to the programme by UNESCO.

Many European and North American media solidly backed SOS MEDIA by helping to train journalists or providing copyright-free programmes, notably YLE (Finland) and Arte (France).

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