(Funded) 2024 Ethiopia Media Support, Train, Protect & Value Project

Are you a media professional? Would you like to help implement the “2024 Ethiopia Media support, Train, Protect & Value” project in Ethiopia as a coach or trainer of journalists? To contribute to stability, social cohesion and long-term peace in Ethiopia by helping media outlets to produce pluralists, reliable and inclusive information. Do you have expertise in the field of media training and would like to strengthen and apply it? Then apply and become a beneficiary and player in the “Ethiopia Media support, Train, Protect & Value” project!

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2024 Ethiopia Media Support project aims to strengthen the training skills of the media self-regulatory body, Ethiopian Media Council (EMC), to cement its legitimacy and credibility within the media sector, where it works to promote the freedom of the press and guarantee that journalists take ethics into account. The EMC will benefit from two train-the-trainer training programmes. The first will focus on combating misinformation and hate speech, while the second will cover journalism in sensitive contexts and the safety aspects of reporting. This project is part of a programme implemented in partnership with the Cooperation and Cultural Action Service of the French Embassy in Addis Ababa, which supports the EMC in its media self-regulation role, and the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA – France’s national audiovisual institute), which helps to preserve and promote the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation’s archives.

Course of the project

• The training of Trainers programme for trainers will run from February 2024 to September 2024. 
• Each cycle will include 3 courses of 6 days each.
• The courses will involve a large proportion of practical exercises and role-playing so that trainees can gradually acquire and consolidate the skills they need to become trainers in one of the areas covered by the programme.

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A total of 30 people will be trained

• 15 people will be selected to follow the first cycle of training (combating disinformation and hate speech);
• 15 people will be selected to follow the second cycle of training (journalism in sensitive context).

Benefits of 2024 Ethiopia Media Support

• Coffee breaks, lunches and transport within Addis Ababa will be provided by CFI as part of the training. For journalists coming from outside Addis Ababa, accommodation, dinners and reimbursement of transport costs will also be covered by CFI.

Eligibility 

• Editors-in-chief, editorial directors, programme directors or heads, experienced journalists; living in Ethiopia and wishing to become professional trainers or any other person with experience in the field of training.
• Applications from women are strongly encouraged.

Qualifications required include: 

• At least five (5) years’ professional experience in journalism or equivalent field;
• Professional experience in radio or TV broadcasting;
• Good knowledge of continuing education issues;
• Experience of running educational modules;
• A good level of general knowledge;
• Advanced digital skills;
• Computer skills;
• Presence on social networks would be appreciated (Facebook and/or Twitter accounts created and active, WhatsApp, etc.);
• Availability of a laptop;
• Available to take part in the 1st training of trainers, scheduled for November 2024;
• Availability to act as a trainer for the benefit of EMC.
• A good command of one of the following local languages would be an asset: Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Trigrigna;
• Residence in one of the following four areas would be an asset: Amhara regional state; Oromia regional state; Tigray regional state; Addis Ababa administration.

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Application documents for 2024 Ethiopia Media Support

The application file must include the following items:  

1. The completed “Application form”
2. A detailed, signed CV (max. 3 pages)
3. A copy of your valid passport or national identity card.

*Specify for which cycle training you applied:

• for the first cycle of session: combating disinformation and hate speech;

• for the second cycle of session: journalism in sensitive contexts.