HIGHLIGHTS DURING 2022
The 12 major events marking 2022 for the French media development agency.
Closure of the call for candidates for the second Citizen Connections 2 support programme: over 300 applications received from young project owners from French-speaking Africa
AU-EU Summit: setup of a pop-up newsroom for 17 African journalists in Brussels to cover the event
International Journalism Conference in Tunis: presentation of the new Conseils de Journalistes (Journalists’ Insight) website and a survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on media outlets and journalists
Publication of a language charter defining the rules for using French and multilingualism, in the agency’s in-house workings, international initiatives and communication
Launch of the Terra Africa project, to train journalists from Africa on the coverage of environmental issues
Seminar to wind up the Project for Promoting Open Government in the French-speaking World (PAGOF) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Opening by France Médias Monde and CFI of a regional centre in Bucharest to welcome Ukrainian journalists in exile
Finalisation of the first survey on the impact of a project, namely Echoes of Women’s Voices in Morocco
Launch of the educational activities for media outlets with the RFI clubs in N’Djamena and Abéché, for Desinfox Chad
Inauguration of new CFI premises in Issy-les-Moulineaux, attended by CFI staff and the CEOs of CFI and France Médias Monde
COP27: nine journalists from the Qarib project sent to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to cover the conference for their media outlets
Publication of a survey on gender equality in media outlets and content in Sub-Saharan Africa
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