Media strengthening democracy

Project Status:	Grant Agreement
Funding Partner:	The European Union in Bangladesh
Location:	Dhaka
Project Duration:	18 months (1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024)
Project Cost:	BDT 23,613,524.00 FD6 Click to View/Download FD6 Click to View/Download FD6 (1st Revision) Details Budget Click to View/Download Details Budget Click to View/Download Details Budget (1st Revision) Audit Reports Click to View/Download Audit Report (1st Year) Click to View/Download Audit Report (2nd Year) Audit Acceptance Letters Click to View/Download Audit Report Acceptance Letter (1st Year) Project Reports Click to View/Download Project Annual Report (1st Year) Click to View/Download Project Annual Report (2nd Year) DC Office Certificates Click to View/Download DC Office Certificate (1st Year)

PROJECT PERSONNEL

Team Leader:	Hasibur Rahman, Executive Director, MRDI
Project Coordinator:	Aktarun Naher, Manager Programme, MRDI
Finance Coordinator:	Md. Mominul Islam, Manager Accounts, MRDI
Training Coordinator:	1. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Senior Logistics Officer, MRDI 2. Umme Samia, Programme Officer, MRDI
Media Monitoring Officer:	1. Anannya Paul, MRDI 2. Buty Hajong, MRDI
HR & Logistic Coordinator:	Mohua Alam Snigdha, Senior Officer HR & Logistics, MRDI

OBJECTIVE
To strengthen role of news outlets through capacity building of journalist on public interest reporting and create awareness on digital safety

ACTIVITIES

Media monitoring of public interest stories for training content development

Develop training content on public interest journalism and accountability tools

Conduct training on public interest journalism and accountability tools

Award mentorship on public interest reporting

Journalists training on digital security act and how to keep safe from legal suit

Engagement programme with newsroom managers to interact on role of public interest reporting in strengthening democracy

Analyzing trend of publishing reports through monitoring media contents