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Self-regulation of journalism in Uruguay: dissemination of journalists’ code of ethics and strengthening of enforcement mechanism

Year when project approved: 
2014
Approved budget: 
US$12 000.00

This project seeks to foster a framework for media self-regulation in Uruguay by strengthening the implementation of the Code of Ethics recently approved by the Association of Uruguayan journalists. It will do so by: a) promoting awareness of the Code among media and journalism students so that as many media organizations as possible adopt it voluntarily, thereby strengthening its enforceability; and b) setting a date for the first periodic review, thereby ensuring maximum participation in a national debate on media self-regulation.

Documents
Full project description: 
Uruguay_project_proposal.pdf
Full implementation report: 
Uruguay_implementation_report.pdf
Project details
IPDC Bureau meeting nº: 
58

Implementation status :

Project evaluated:

Project scope:

IPDC Priority:

Budget
Budget code: 
8037 354GLO5002.70

Source of funds:

Beneficiary
Beneficiary name: 
Centro de Archivos y Acceso a la Información Pública
Beneficiary description: 

The project is presented by the Center for Archives and Access to Information (Centro de Archivos y Acceso a la Información - Cainfo), a civil society organization that will also manage it. Furthermore, as in the case of the development process of the Code of Ethics, it will work with two other organizations that are advocates and promoters of freedom of speech and the right to information, the Uruguayan Press Association (Asociación de la Prensa Uruguaya - APU ) and Media and Society Group (Grupo Medios y Sociedad - MSG).

Beneficiary address: 
San José 1330, Montevideo

Beneficiary country:

Beneficiary phone: 
(5982) 901215

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Location and contacts
UNESCO

UNESCO Field Office:

Project contacts: 

Fabián Werner/Carolina Molla

Project place: 
Uruguay

Project region:

Follow-up and achievments
Summary of the project implementation: 

Meetings with journalists, media owners and managers throughout the country to raise awareness on the Code’s contents, to receive questions and criticisms about its application, and to promote its adoption by local media. We focused on gender and discrimination, childhood and adolescence, right to information, digital journalism and social networks. There were 18 activities carried out between 3rd and 13th September 2015 within the framework of the ‘Self-regulation of journalism in Uruguay: dissemination of journalists’ code of ethics and strengthening of enforcement mechanism’ project. These activities included workshops, presentations, exhibitions and closed meetings throughout the country. The project also involved the implementation of an Ethics Committee.