Ongoing and related processes

TED Network desktop study of EU funding to media and information integrity

The soon-to-be concluded study of EU funding to media and information integrity analyses the extent to which existing practices align with the principles and includes a summary of discussion with EU Member States.

OECD DAC survey

This will be implemented in 2025 as part of monitoring implementation of the principles.

Media Viability Manifesto

The MVM provides a common framework for joint action from the global media development community and aims to foster strategic collaboration and coordinated implementation. GFMD has been a member of the coalition of organisations that developed the manifesto and is well-placed to ensure that it is incorporated into the Toolkit.

‘State of Media Development’ - DW Akademie

The results from the DW Akademie survey, which is designed to measure the extent to which the OECD media assistance principles, will be published in the second quarter of 2025

Media Support Index

The MSI aims to be an annual, high-profile ranking of nation states according to their international support for media. It is being jointly developed by City, University of London, and the University of East Anglia. The index will recognise the degree that countries deliver on their commitments to support media internationally and provide a proven incentive for changing state behaviour.

The criteria for this index will (a) directly address various dimensions of media freedom, (b) be transparent and relatively easy to measure, using accessible sources of information, (c) be appropriate to all states, including those whose Foreign Ministries have relatively limited capacity and (d) be easily replicable each year.

The MSI is scheduled to be launched on 2 November 2025, the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’.