Project profile — Support for accessible and quality information in the Sahel

• Niger (33.33%)
• Mali (33.34%)
• Burkina Faso (33.33%)

• Media and free flow of information:
Media and free flow of information (15153) (45.00%)
Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (10.00%)
• Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Peace And Security: Security system management and reform (15210) (45.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to consolidate social cohesion in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger by addressing conflict triggers, including online information monitoring. It also aims to promote credible, factual and constructive information. The project focuses on a regional approach by supporting national early warning systems that allow a collaborative risk management approach. This regional approach adopts greater flexibility to redeploy activities to other areas when required. Project activities include: (1) creating a digital threat monitoring training program for civil society actors; (2) producing and disseminating positive and inclusive message on social medias in response to violent digital threats and disinformation; and (3) organizing local, national and regional forums to facilitate the coordinated, positive and inclusive management of digital threats with civil society, local authorities, law enforcement, and security forces. More than 1400 government and civil society leaders will participate in the platforms to share information and best practices linked to identifying digital threats and related responses. The beneficiaries will come from local, national and regional levels and various ethnic and religious backgrounds.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened skills of civil society, including women's and youth groups, to recognize, detect, and limit the dissemination of false and disruptive messages within targeted communities in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger; (2) strengthened skills of civil society in the production and dissemination of objective, verified, and gender- and conflict-sensitive information that promotes social cohesion in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger; and (3) concerted management, between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, of the risks of social unrest related to false and disruptive information circulating in the region.

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