On the occasion of the Paris Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international movement bringing together States and civil society actors to promote greater openness, accountability and citizen participation, it is worth having another look at the relationship between the OGP, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 16.10 and the right to information. These international forums provide a number of interesting opportunities for civil society and the media to promote the right to information.
 

On the occasion of the Paris Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international movement bringing together States and civil society actors to promote greater openness, accountability and citizen participation, it is worth having another look at the relationship between the OGP, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 16.10 and the right to information. These international forums provide a number of interesting opportunities for civil society and the media to promote the right to information.
 

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wrote to Vice-President Elect Mike Pence in order to seek a meeting with the Trump Administration over concerns about press freedom and the deteriorating climate for journalists during the Presidential campaign. The letter produced  is from the CPJ website.

Recent developments within EU with regard to media development throw up new opportunities for engagement between mediadev practitioners, researchers and policy-makers around some of the most critical issues on the international media development agenda today.

The International Journalism Festival (IJF) is one of the biggest media events in Europe, held every year in the historic town centre of Perugia in Italy. In 2016 the five-day festival hosted 549 speakers from 34 different countries. The eleventh edition of IJF is scheduled to be held from 5-9 April 2017 and it provides an excellent opportunity for visibility and networking with media professionals from across the world. The media development community will benefit from better representation in Perugia and GFMD members are encouraged to apply and propose sessions for the festival.
 

New York, November 16, 2016: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) today announced the launch of MDIF Media Finance I, a blended-value loan fund for independent news media companies in select emerging and frontier markets.

In a ground-breaking partnership MDIF, a New York-based investment fund for media companies in countries where access to information is limited, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) are providing investors with 55% first-loss protection.

GFMD members, colleagues, and friends are cordially invited to a C4D Network (Communication for Development) annual meeting in Brussels on 7 December to grab a drink, meet, share and discuss C4D. 
 
The C4D Network Challenge has been meeting globally in more and more countries each year - in 2015 it was nearly 20 countries, and this year the hope is to achieve a target of 30.