Media urged to amplify coverage of regional integration issues
The media has been urged to play a greater role in helping citizens understand regional integration, free movement and protection of people affected by disasters across the IGAD region to help dispel misconceptions and ensure communities benefit from regional protocols and strengthen regional cooperation. In particular, the media has been challenged to go beyond reporting […] The post Media urged…
The media has been called upon to enhance its coverage of regional integration, free movement, and disaster recovery within the IGAD region, aiming to dispel misunderstandings and ensure communities reap the benefits of regional agreements and enhance cooperation among member states. During the inauguration of a four-day media workshop in Entebbe, Uganda, Lucy Daxbacher, Senior Programme Coordinator for Health and Social Development at IGAD, emphasized journalists' crucial role in breaking down intricate regional policies into digestible information for the public and communities.
Ephrem Getnet, Chief Technical Advisor at the International Labour Organization (ILO), echoed these sentiments, asserting that thorough media reporting can help close the gap between regional policies and the populace, while fostering dialogue, collaboration, peace, economic growth, and poverty alleviation across the region. The workshop, centered on "Free Movement of Persons and Transhumance in the IGAD Region," has gathered journalists and communication professionals from the seven IGAD member nations, including Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.
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