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Human rights and democracy

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Last Updated: 03 April 2025

Protecting and promoting human rights and democracy is a key priority of EU external action, in line with the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024 (extended until 2027). Initiated and managed by DG INTPA G1, this group aims to create connections, enhance cooperation and practice-sharing among people/organisations working on human rights and democratic governance in external action.

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Leveraging the Open Government Partnership to Promote Information Integrity and Media Freedom

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Webinar
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Team Europe Democracy Initiative - TED

Founded in 2011, the OGP brings government reformers and civil society organizations together, effectively allowing governments to elaborate and implement ambitious reforms. Recognising the importance of media freedom and...

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Forum on Information and Democracy; Open Government Partnership

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Funding for Environmental Journalism

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Meeting
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EU DEAR Programme GroupEU DEAR Programme: Development Education and Awareness Raising

This grant can be awarded to cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets to conduct investigations into environmental affairs related to Europe (all the countries, not only the EU). The resulting stories...

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Journalism Fund

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Europe
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Environment & green economy
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Team Europe Democracy Initiative - TED

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Last Updated: 10 April 2025

The Team Europe Democracy Initiative (TED) is a global thematic Team Europe Initiative (TEI) launched in December 2021 to promote democracy and human rights worldwide.

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Bringing the OECD Principles to Local Actors

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MD Madina Davletkildeeva
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co-authored by Ursula Werther-Pietsch and Felix Bruch In an era framed by hybrid threats, rampant disinformation, and the erosion of democratic norms, independent media and information integrity play a crucial role in upholding...

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Advancing Media Support Through Coordinated Action

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MD Madina Davletkildeeva
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A Collaborative Effort for Media and Information The Development Co-operation Principles for Relevant and Effective Support to Media and the Information Environment were created by the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s...

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Webinar Series on Information Integrity Kicks Off with Focus on ‘Human Rights Online’

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MD Madina Davletkildeeva
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TED Working Group 3 held the webinar “Information Integrity: Protecting and Promoting Human Rights Online” on November 27, marking the first installment of a webinar series focusing on the evolving concept of information integrity...

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Supporting independent media through global partnerships

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Conference
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Private Group for the Team Europe Democracy (TED) Initiative Network Members

In October 2023, the Commission launched Financial Framework Partnership Agreements (FFPAs) to support independent media, with the goal of offering more strategic actions with greater impact and sustainability. Three consortia of...

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DG INTPA

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Human Rights
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Call for Proposals: Action-oriented research projects on topics related to democracy support

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MD Madina Davletkildeeva
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The Team Europe Democracy (TED) Initiative seeks partners, such as civil society organizations, think tanks, research institutions, and academia, to submit proposals for action-oriented research projects on topics related to...

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