Partnerships

The 2021/2022 global edition of the World Trends Report received additional funds from Sweden to strengthen data collection and analysis, in partnership with the UNESCO Institute of Statistics. Sweden has supported the World Trends Report series since its inception by sponsoring a General Conference resolution in 2011, and through each of its editions since then.

The Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) serves to further strengthen UNESCO’s work at a global, regional, and national levels, by channeling funds towards emerging priorities and the most pressing needs to achieve its mandate on freedom of expression. This includes continuous financial support to the World Trends Report Series. 

For the 2021/2022 Global Report, UNESCO partnered with Data-Pop Alliance, a collaborative laboratory of researchers, experts, practitioners, policymakers, and activists created in 2013 out of MIT, Harvard and ODI. This collaboration enabled a robust, data-driven methodology for the report’s analysis. 

Economist Impact, the research arm of The Economist, partnered with UNESCO for the 2021/2022 Global Report, conducting key research focused on media viability, to be accompanied by a stand-alone Economist report to be released in early 2022. 

The Journalism & Media International Center (JMIC) at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway cooperates with UNESCO to organize launches and presentations of the World Trends Report in Freedom of Expression and Media Development in different countries. Since 2018, thanks to OsloMet support and local partners, the Report has been presented in Indonesia, Tunisia, Pakistan, Palestine and Uganda. For more information, visit the blog of the Journalism and Media International Center (JMIC).