Internews Europe

Internews Europe is an international development organisation founded in 1995 that specialises in media development which includes supporting independent media and free information flows in fragile states, emerging democracies and some of the world’s poorest countries. In doing so, it tries to promote good governance, human rights, effective response to humanitarian crises and access to information on critical issues such as the environment and climate change.

The organisation trains journalists and citizen journalists and gives them the tools and knowledge to analyse and report on human rights issues effectively. It has been providing support to independent media and helped them to preserve access to independent information. A current project in Kyrgyzstan, for instance, supports the reforming of the media and helps journalists to strengthen their conflict-sensitive reporting skills. In December 2008, Internews organised Every Human Has Rights media awards ceremony during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights in Paris. It gathered distinguished personalities such as members of the Elders, Irish President Mary Robinson and U.S. President Jimmy Carter that honoured 30 journalists and citizen journalists from around the world in a ceremony.

Another field of activity is the support of two way information flows between humanitarian organisations and affected populations. In the recent past, the organisation has responded to crisis situations as in Haiti. It partners with a number of humanitarian agencies, including the Red Cross, Save the Children, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to gather evidence about the key role that effective communication can play in the effectiveness, relevance and accountability of humanitarian response. Internews has been the beneficiary of a large grant from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (with money from the UK’s DFID, the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Canadian International Development Agency) for a project in Central African Republic, where it support a network of local radio stations providing real-time mapping of developing crises.

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