The 12 major events marking 2019 for the French media development agency.
January
EU-JDID: conference on “social networks and politics” in partnership with the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan. A project financed by the European Union.
January
February
YMER+: training courses in four cities in Yemen (Sana’a, Aden, Taiz and Hajjah) to improve skills of Yemeni journalists on the journalistic processing of humanitarian information. A project funded by the AFD (Agence Française de Développement).
February
March
International Women’s Day: enhancing the value of the journalists who benefit from our projects.
March
April
MediaSahel: project launch in partnership with the AFD encouraging the involvement of young people from the Sahel in the media.
April
May
World journalists: dissemination of 42 accounts from media partners in Africa and the Arab world. A project led with the EFJ, the school of new journalisme.
May
June
“Social change and digital transformation: challenges faced by the Arab world” conference at the Arab World Institute.
June
July
Echoes of Women’s Voices: first programmes broadcast in Morocco.
July
August
Hiwar Tounsi: journalist training courses focusing on the issues relating to the presidential elections in two Tunisian cities (Djerba and Sousse).
August
September
Adopting our gender strategy, which places equality between men and women at the heart of what we do.
September
October
MediaLab Environment: project launch at the Arab World Institute
October
November
MediaSahel: project presentation during the second Paris Peace Forum. A project financed by the AFD.
November
December
200 media stakeholders from 25 countries in attendance at the “Media and Development” forum in Paris, at CFI’s 30th anniversary, in partnership with RFI, France 24 et Monte Carlo Doualiya.