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Network
Identification:
The
"Media
Professionals for Integrity and
Accountability"
network is a voluntary
group of active media professionals who show potential and commitment to
work under the network’s umbrella. The network's
goals are:
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ensuring that
the work of all
media is independent
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enhancing the role of media
in promoting and spreading values of integrity and accountability
throughout society
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encouraging the public’s
role in monitoring the performance of the public sector
institutions.
Vision:
A democratic
Palestinian society supported by laws and legislations which enforce
transparency and accountability as basic requirements for good
governance and which are respected and protected in
such a manner that allows the
public to actively and objectively participate in monitoring the
performance of the public sector institutions.
Main
Goal:
To create an
anti-corruption media that confronts corruption and works to prevent its
spread in the Palestinian society, especially in the public sector
institutions.
Specific
objectives:
1.
raise public awareness of the importance of free media as a basic
right of freedom of expression
2.
build the capacities of journalists and improve their skills in
areas such as investigative reporting as an effective means to combat
corruption
3.
act as an umbrella for the protection of journalists who work on
corruption cases
4.
encourage networks with various media means to take part in the
fight against corruption by broadcasting/publishing information on
corruption that is restricted through other means
5.
form journalist pressure groups that can influence the general
public opinion in the fight against corruption through putting pressure
on officials to investigate serious corruption cases
6.
lobby for legislations that respect and guarantee the protection
of media professionals and ensure freedom of press
Note:
For more information, in Arabic only, on the network’s policies, plan of
action, membership and structure, please visit our site at the following
address:
www.aman-palestine.org
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