The ‘Strengthening Community Radios’ project is building a regional network of sustainable community radio stations that provide reliable local content to their audience. The project aims to increase access to information in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria and build Media and Information Literacy (MIL) skills in order to improve citizens’ resilience to disinformation, fake news and hate speech.
More specifically, the project will organise regional exchanges and networking for radio stations across the three countries and MIL seminars and individual training sessions so that they can go on to produce and broadcast their own MIL-related media content.
In parallel, the radio stations will receive an individualized and tailored mentorship on institutional and financial sustainability and media content production, based on their needs.
Timeline
- October 2020: Project launch
- December 2020: Regional capacity building in Tunis
- December 2020 – February 2021: E-learning follow-up training and mentorship
- March 2021: Best practice exchange seminar
- April – September 2021: Individualized mentorship
- September 2021: Best practice exchange seminar
Donors
- National Endowment for Democracy