[FoME] Media assistance of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED)

[Christoph Dietz]

Supporting media for democracy (2013-2019)
Brussels: European Endowment for Democracy (EED), 2019, 20 p.
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>From the introductory section (p.3-4):
 
"This publication presents EED’s work in the area of independent media,
and reflects on lessons learned in six years of media and democracy
support. It offers an analysis of the worrying trends and challenges
faced by media today and calls for an urgent re-set in thinking about
donor support to media in the EU neighbourhood. The document also seeks
to offer recommendations for the wider donor community. Key
recommendations include the need for a longer-term and more coordinated
approach to media support as an essential component of democratisation,
recognising the high cost of quality media and the difficulties media
have of surviving in increasingly distorted markets and restrictive
environments.
 
... Over the past six years, EED has ensured a particular focus on
media-based projects, funding more than 230 initiatives. This represents
around one third of all initiatives supported by EED. In line with EED’s
added-value philosophy, support is usually focused on areas that cannot
currently get funding from other donors, such as seed funding, bridge
funding and emergency support, in addition to core funding and funding
provided in a discrete way. It is important to note that EED support
cannot replace the need for further support from other donors.
 
... EED’s media work can broadly be divided into the following five
thematic areas: Ensuring media pluralism; Supporting innovation;
Countering disinformation; Investigative journalism and documentation;
Media targeting specific audiences."

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Dr. Christoph Dietz
CAMECO
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D-52021 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: 0049 - 241 - 70 13 12 14
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christoph.dietz at cameco.org 
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