This UNESCO programme focuses on building the capacities of media professionals through enhancing the quality of media training institutions and fostering community access to information in order to increase opportunities for non-formal education.

Media is an important element for enhancing participation in development processes and contributing to poverty eradication. Capacity-building of media professionals is critical for achieving these goals. Therefore, UNESCO aims at:

• increasing the competency of media training institutions;
  
• improving accountability, ethical and professional standards in journalism; and
  
• providing training on investigative journalism.

Within this programme, training is provided to the print and broadcast media, to media management, and to technicians and engineers. The high priority is given to the training of women media professionals.

At the country level, capacity-building of media professionals is supported through establishment and strengthening of media training institutions to offer high-quality training, particularly in Africa. This includes setting criteria of excellence, provision of training facilities, training of trainers, and development of training modules in disciplinary knowledge including popularising science journalism.

19-07-2011 (Doha) 

UNESCO hosts workshops at Doha global science journalism conference

19-07-2011 (Maseru) 

Broadcasting regulation workshop is taking place this week in Lesotho

18-07-2011 (Quito) 

Latin American Consultative Meeting on UNESCO’s Model Curricula for Journalism Education to be held in Ecuador

05-07-2011 (Tunis) 

Second round of trainings on election reporting for Tunisian media professionals starts this week

17-06-2011 (Grahamstown) 

Ethical reporting of health issues in Africa: Exploring civic awareness with journalism practitioners and educators

17-06-2011 (Quito) 

Training workshops for members of parliament and parliamentary journalists in Ecuador

16-06-2011 (Addis Ababa) 

Building journalists’ unions: Regional conference ended in Addis Ababa

16-06-2011 (Windhoek) 

UNESCO partners with Namibian media to promote education for sustainable development

15-06-2011 (Rabat) 

UNESCO starts series of trainings on election reporting for Tunisian media professionals

24-03-2011 (Windhoek) 

Training at Karas community radio to improve health programmes for women and girls

10-03-2011 (Juba) 

UNESCO holds training on post-conflict sensitive reporting in Juba

01-03-2011 (Cairo) 

UNESCO to assist in reforming journalism education in Egypt

28-02-2011 (Rabat) 

Maghreb adaptation of UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education focuses on gender mainstreaming

15-02-2011 (Port-au-Prince) 

UNESCO assists unemployed Haitian journalists

09-02-2011 (Rabat) 

COPEAM releases results of survey on journalism training needs in South Mediterranean countries

08-02-2011 (Brasilia) 

Model curricula for journalism education now available in Portuguese

07-02-2011 (Cap Rouge) 

Haiti: UNESCO supports establishment of new radio for Cap Rouge community

04-02-2011 (Windhoek) 

Namibian community radio to assess needs of its users with UNESCO support

01-02-2011 (Amman) 

UNESCO and ARIJ help media professors integrate investigative journalism into curricula

12-01-2011 (Libreville) 

Omar Bongo University launches department of communication

30-12-2010 (Port-au-Prince) 

UNESCO supports training of Haitian journalists on election reporting

21-12-2010 (Erbil) 

Reporting on environmental sustainability on agenda of UNESCO training in Iraq

25-11-2010 (Almaty) 

Kazakh TV journalists improve their capacity to report on environmental issues

25-11-2010 (Paris) 

UNESCO and Knight Center wrap up pilot training programme for African journalism professors

19-11-2010 (Sofia) 

Climate change discussed at workshop for public broadcasters in South East Europe

15-11-2010 (Quito) 

Role of journalism in building trust among Andean countries on agenda of UNESCO workshops

15-11-2010 (Windhoek) 

Training of Lesotho media as partners in education for sustainable development

10-11-2010 (Paris) 

Arab New Media for Peace and Dialogue: Best practice guide published

05-11-2010 (Quito) 

A series of workshops on ICT literacy for community radios concluded in Latin America

03-11-2010 (Kingston) 

CARIMAC to offer workshop on specialised reporting

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