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Description of the programme / policy
Via the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network(BIRN), Sida strengthens free and investigative media in the Western Balkan countries. Internews strengthens the ability of local media in Eastern Europe to conduct market and target group analyses, thus increasing their revenues. Sida also supports the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a network of media organisations that conduct investigative journalism to highlight corruption and organised crime.
Main objective of the programme/policy
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is a network of non-governmental organisations promoting freedom of speech, human rights and democratic values in Southern and Eastern Europe. By developing and equipping a global network of investigative journalists and publishing their stories, OCCRP exposes crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account.
Specific objective of the programme/policy
BIRN Hub brings extensive expertise to journalists in post-communist and post-conflict societies, mainly through sharing the accumulated knowledge from the Western Balkan region.
BIRN strives to empower people to access their rights by providing accurate and relevant information and creating opportunities for them to participate in democratic processes. OCCRP is reinventing investigative journalism as a public good. In the face of rising costs and growing threats to independent media, OCCRP provides media outlets and journalists with a range of critical resources and tools including digital and physical security and allows those covering the most sensitive topics to work in teams with trusted editors.