5 - Coordinate

Improve co-ordination of support to the media and information environment.

Coordination

Improve co-ordination of support to the media and information environment, both among donor agencies and between development and diplomatic efforts to support media freedom, especially in contexts of crisis.

This may include:

Building on good practices to improve donor co-ordination at the national and global level, including opportunities for joint, locally led diagnostics and data sharing.

Ensuring co-ordination efforts in individual countries meaningfully involve local partners and foster accountability towards them.

Ensuring multistakeholder co-ordination with tech companies, tech developers, content creators and young people, as appropriate.

Consider including funding for co-ordination and collaboration between actors in public interest media and the information environment.

Streamlining administrative requirements for support to lower transaction costs for actors and providers and incorporating adaptive and flexible processes into results management of funding.

Ensuring that diplomatic efforts to protect media freedom also recognise the importance of supporting the media and information environment through ODA.

Broadening co-ordination efforts to initiate dialogue with non-DAC development co-operation providers, philanthropic organisations and other development co-operation providers to the media sector.