List of Some of the Projects Implemented by ENMS:
- Ethnification of Ethiopian Media
- It was a five-month-long project in collaboration with International Media Support (IMS)
- The foundation of the project was a research finding
- Public discussions were carried out, targeting 180 participants at the national level and in six regional cities; Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Jimma, Hawassa, Jigjiga, and Gondar.
- The Post-Election Media Environment in Ethiopia
- It was partners’ dialogue and networking program based on a rapid assessment
- Consultative meeting, funded by PRIMED in collaboration with International Media Support (IMS).
- Dialogue on the Role of Conflict-Sensitive Media in Peacebuilding in Ethiopia
- Besides a Policy briefing paperwork presentation, topics such as the Ethiopian Media Environment for conflict-sensitivity, Conflict-sensitivity: Media stakeholders’ collaboration in peacebuilding in Ethiopia, and Media independence in upholding conflict-sensitive culture in Ethiopia were covered.
- Targeted journalists, associations, networks, national and regional media representatives, community radios, digital and social media, federal and regional authorities, political parties, National Dialogue and Reconciliation Commission, Local and International Civil Society Organizations, Religious actors and representatives, Youth groups, Peace/rights activists, Academic and research institutions, and think tanks.
- In collaboration with IMS–PRIMED
- International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI)–2021
- Discussions on topics: Access to Information During Crises, Access to Information in Ensuring the Right to Know: Legal and Practical Issues, and Digital Media in Accessing Public Information.
- The participants were media and communication experts, ministerial officers and PR experts, a high-level representative from HoPR, journalists, think tanks and academics, government and nongovernment PR officers.
- More than 60 people participated
- Conducted in collaboration with UNESCO and the Ethiopian Ombudsman.
- Safety and Security of Journalists
- It was a training given in four rounds for journalists and media professionals
- It exhaustively covered the Physical, Mental and Digital Security of journalists
- It targeted more than 60 journalists across the country
- Carried out in collaboration with IREX International
- Ethiopian Media Sector Alliance (EMSA) Joint Curriculum for Middle-Level and In-Service Journalism Training in Ethiopia
- It was a Training for Trainers (ToT) for three days.
- It covered areas of Functions of Media management, Fundamentals of Media Marketing & Advertising, Audience Research Techniques, Media Entrepreneurship: Balancing Public and Commercial Interests, Human Resource Management, Project Planning, Management and Convergence, Brand Psychology and Audience Engagement, Gender Issues in the Media, Safety, Security and Welfare of Journalists, Editorial Independence and News Room Management, Media Management Project
- Targeted more than 33 middle-level media leaders and journalists across the country
- Carried out in collaboration with UNESCO, British Embassy, Ethiopian Media Council (EMC), Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), Ethiopian Broadcast Authority (EBA, now called Ethiopian Media Authority)
- Dialogue on the Role of Conflict-Sensitive Community Radios for Peacebuilding in Ethiopia
- It covered topics such as Philosophical Foundation of Conflict and Conflict-sensitivity, Conflict-sensitivity: the role of community radios in peacebuilding in Ethiopia, Conflict-sensitivity and community engagement in community radios, and Opportunities and challenges of community radios for being conflict-sensitive
- Primarily targeted community radio journalists and leaders
- In collaboration with IMS–PRIMED and the Community Radio Association
- Communicating Health Science and Fact-checking Training
- Given to 33 journalists selected from various media outlets across the country
- Carried out in collaboration with UNESCO
- Roundtables on:
- Conflict Sensitivity: Journalists’ Challenges and Opportunities (June 8, 2023, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Cooperation and Collaboration of Journalists’ Associations in Ethiopia (June 20, 2023, Adama City, Ethiopia, in collaboration with Oromia Journalists Association)
- Religion Media and Conflict Sensitivity (July 5, 2023, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- All carried out in collaboration with International Media Support (IMS)
- Coalition of Key Media Stakeholders in Ethiopia
- A coalition that had 25 members of journalism associations, media houses, media CSOs, notable journalists, and media development organizations founded
- Carried out in collaboration with PRIMED-IMS
- Media Information and Research Hub (MIRH)
- A 2 year-long digital resource center project [being] implemented
- Funded by Fojo Media Institute in collaboration with IMS