“We want Norway to be a driving force in efforts to promote free and independent media,”
said Minister of International Development Hilde F. Johnson.
“Free media are essential for good governance. Good governance is vital for promoting
development and eradicating poverty. The new guidelines are the start of a major effort in our
support for free media,” she said.
The objective of the new guidelines is to help strengthen the legal and professional status of
the media in Norwegian partner countries. This support should not only promote media
diversity, relevance and availability, but also help to ensure that the media have access to
information, have the opportunity to check information, sources, etc., and are able to be
accountable.
The guidelines apply to all Norwegian support for the media in developing countries, but will
primarily be concentrated on Norway’s partner and main partner countries.
• Applications concerning national and regional measures should be directed to the
Norwegian foreign service missions.
• Applications from Norwegian NGOs and from international organisations requesting
support for non-national measures should be directed to Norad.
• Applications from individual journalists and other media professionals and applications
for support for global measures should be directed to the Press, Cultural Relations and
Information Department (PKI) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The guidelines: http://www.dep.no/filarkiv/236011/retn310105e.doc