Advancing Media Capacity and Information Integrity
| Project Status: | Contractual |
| Funding Partner: | UNDP Bangladesh |
| Location: | Dhaka |
| Project Duration: | 01 November 2025 to 31 March 2026 |
| Project Cost: | BDT 12,518,912.00
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PROJECT PERSONNEL
| Team Leader: | Hasibur Rahman, Executive Director, MRDI |
OBJECTIVE
To strengthen the role of news media in safeguarding democracy and to promote interventions for free, fair, inclusive, and accountable elections in Bangladesh by advancing good journalistic practices and upholding news media integrity.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
News media content analysis on issues involving democratic process and dissemination
Review and reprint of election reporting handbook for journalists
Collaborative platform against electoral mis/disinformation through MRDI Fact-Check Helpdesk
In house training on fact checking, digital safety and security
Capacity building for RFED members and non-members engaged in EC for electoral coverage
