How to use the toolkit
The toolkit is designed to be used depending on who you are and what you want to know.
If you want to find out about why supporting independent media supports development, governance, economic and security objectives go to
If you want guidance on how to support media and the information environment go straight to recommendations specifically for you go to
If you want the bigger picture and more depth on how implementing each of the principles results in more effective interventions go to
Evidence and arguments
This section explores why support for independent media and information integrity is essential to achieving development, economic and political goals
Development goals
Economic prosperity
Epistemic security
Information integrity
Guidance by institution and role
Go to the "guidance by institution and role" section and search for your institution and role for tailored recommendations.
We know that you are busy, so this section is deliberately concise.
After most recommendations there is bracket with a link to where you can more detailed information.
It will look like this:
Promote ecosystem-wide approaches that link media freedom with digital, competition, and rule-of-law agendas. ("Whole of system perspective")
Guidance by principle
Go the area that you are looking for answers on using the "guidance by principle" to find what you are looking for.
This section is where we recommend that you begin if you
Are new to media and information integrity support or a
Looking for more context to inform your work
This section is frequently linked to from the Guidance by institution and role section to provide more nuance and detail.
Go deeper
When you are looking for more in nuance and detail — as well as reading the toolkit principle by principle — you can also visit the go deeper section for case studies, checklists, and a glossary of terms related to international development aid, media development and journalism support.
Your feedback is vital
This toolkit is a work in progress and we want to improve it.
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What do you want more detail on?
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