Results of ‘Support to Media in Jordan’ project presented in Brussels

AMMAN — UNESCO’s Amman office on Thursday organised a technical meeting in cooperation with the Brussels office to present the achievements of the EU funded “Support to Media in Jordan” project, according to a UNESCO statement.

The meeting included a presentation of the media landscape in Jordan and of the project’s key achievements in the areas of journalism training, support to community and local radio, access to information for public servants and media self-regulation.

UNESCO Representative to Jordan Costanza Farina expressed her satisfaction with the project’s results, saying: “A lot has been achieved, particularly in the areas of journalism education, new systematic training for practising journalists and the introduction of media and information literacy concepts in Jordanian schools and universities for the first time,” according to the statement.