[FoME] Feasibility Study: International Fund for Public Interest Media

[Christoph Dietz]

Enabling media markets to work for democracy: an international fund for
public interest media. Feasibility study
By James Deane, Maha Taki et al.
London: BBC Media Action, 2020, 121 p.

Download:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/pdf/policybriefing/feasibility-study-ifpim-april2020.pdf
 
>From the executive summary:
"This study outlines the case for, and the practical feasibility of
establishing, a new International Fund for Public Interest Media
(IFPIM). Such a Fund would focus mainly on resource-poor settings across
the world where the economic and political challenges confronting
independent media have become overwhelming. The study is principally
addressed to international development agencies, technology companies,
philanthropic entities and others with an interest in supporting
democracy and development in such settings. It argues that an IFPIM
would provide an effective, legitimate and efficient way of increasing
institutional support to independent media."

Contents:
1 The Decline of the Fourth Estate
2 Why independent media matter to democracy and development – and the
costs of it disappearing
3 An International Fund for Public Interest Media
4 The Structure, Priorities and Operational Model of an International
Fund
5 Evaluation and Learning
6 Enabling Media Markets to Work for Democracy: Does an Exit Strategy
potentially exist for IFPIM?
7 Alternatives to Establishing an International Fund for Public
Interest Media
8 What are the risks in setting up an International Fund?
9 Our Ask to You: Next Steps for the Development of an International
Fund for Public Interest Media
Appendix 1: International Fund for Public Interest Media: Design
Considerations for Global Funds
Appendix 2: Stakeholder Consultation: Establishing an International
Fund for Public Interest Media
Appendix 3: The Scope of the International Fund for Public Interest
Media.

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Christoph Dietz
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