Support to democratic governance process in east timor: eu media program in east timor


When
2016
Who
Ipad (currently camões- instituto da cooperação e da língua, ip), by delegation of the european commission., the technical execution of the activities was the result of specific cooperation protocols signed between camões, the secretary of state of the co
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Description of the policy/measure

Improving the overall situation of the media sector in timor leste. the program (that lasted from 2012 to 2015) provided several training courses (more than one thousand of hours of classes) to journalists and media professionals in dili, it started an exchange student program for students of journalism between the national university of timor leste and the catholic university of portugal. at the legislative level, the program provided technical advice and assistance to the group responsible for drafting the new media law, which was promulgated and published on the 19th of november, 2014. the program also promoted the holding of the first national congress of journalists of timor-leste, in which one of the goals of the program was fulfilled: the approval and signing of a universal code of ethics for all journalists in timor-leste. the program also provided the means to digitize the archives of the public television of timor leste (rttl) and secured specialized training for its journalists and personnel. the program also created a specialized library in the matters of media and portuguese language in dili. it has also produced media campaigns aimed at providing the population with a better knowledge of the functioning of state bodies through the distribution of information leaflets and the broadcasting of radio and television programs.

Results achieved

1. legislation - media activity framed by legislative package2. self-regulation - journalistic activity regulated by self-regulation procedures / codes3. training - journalists trained in the transmission of reliable information to the public, thus contributing to the increase of media literacy, economic and financial literacy and legal literacy in order to promote knowledge of the population4. public information - disseminate information on the activities of the government, the parliament, the chamber of accounts and the police, with the aim of improving the knowledge of the population about state action, strengthening democratic bases.5. collective memory - reinforce the cultural identity of timor-leste through the recovery and protection of rttl files 

Financial resources allocated to the policy

The program was funded by the 10th european development fund (edf) under the cotonou partnership agreement that allocated 1 million euros to implement the measures.

Evaluation of the policy/measure

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