Fostering Freedom of Expression

As the United Nations agency with a specific mandate to promote “the free flow of ideas by word and image”, UNESCO works to foster free, independent and pluralistic media in print, broadcast and online. Media development in this mode enhances freedom of expression, and it contributes to peace, sustainability, poverty eradication and human rights. Read more

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26 July 2017 Experts from Central Asian countries met in Almaty to learn more about the diversity of cultural expression
20 July 2017 V Summer School "Media and information literacy: a New paradigm of intercultural dialogue"
28 April 2017 Kazakhstan: Round Table on Journalism and Press Freedom in Turan University
10 April 2017 KazNU UNESCO Chair: II Conference on the Model of Teaching Journalists
3 February 2017 Training on legal security and access to information
30 January 2017 13 February 2017 - World Radio Day: Radio is You!
23 April 2016 World Press Freedom Day in Central Asia 2016: Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms: This Is Your Right!
13 October 2014 Safety Of Central Asian Journalists in the focus of International Media Development Workshop
18 February 2014 Conference in Kyrgyzstan: Community media to promote good governance
12 November 2012 Alma-Ata+20 Recommendations Developed
25 November 2011 Information Provision in Kyrgyzstan
23 November 2011 Best practices in journalism education
7 July 2007 UNESCO/CIPI/Soros Eurasian conference on promoting Free Open Source Software (FOSS), Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 6-7 July 2007