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April 10, 2013
 The Prime Minister of Mozambique, Alberto Vaquina, visited IREX’s Maputo office last week as part of a series of working visits to media organizations. During the visit, the Prime Minister learned about the Media Strengthening Program in Mozambique and also toured the facilities and media lab. While there, he heard about ongoing activities in the areas of capacity building, media business management, journalism education, community radio, and advocacy. |
February 11, 2013
 Determined Mozambican journalists have a new forum to express, share and unburden with fellow colleagues and community leaders. For more than thirty years now journalists there worked amid threats and bureaucratic hurdles for freedom of expression and access to information with little support. |
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November 15, 2012
 In a ceremony attended by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique Douglas Griffiths, U.S. and Mozambican government officials and representatives of the media, IREX officially launched the Mozambique Media Strengthening Program in Maputo yesterday. The program supports the Mozambican media sector to provide high-quality information to citizens, improve accountability of the Government towards the electorate, and promote a free, open, diverse, and self-sustained media environment. |
September 19, 2012
 Are you currently engaged in community development work? Do you have the potential to be a leader and change-maker in your community? Are you looking for a career development opportunity to increase your professional skills, experience and networks? If you answered yes to the above questions then you may be an excellent candidate for this year’s Community Solutions Program. |
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September 17, 2012
 IREX is seeking qualified experts to serve on the 2013-2014 Community Solutions Program selection committee. The Community Solutions Program is a professional development program for the best and brightest global community leaders working to make positive, lasting change in their local communities. If you are interested in participating in this year’s selection committee for the Community Solutions Program, please e-mail communitysolutions@irex.org by October 1, 2012 |
July 10, 2012
 IREX is pleased to launch a five-year Media Strengthening Program (MSP) in Mozambique. IREX will work with professional and community reporters, media managers, journalism educators, advocacy organizations and civil society to strengthen the quality of news and information available to citizens. The program will develop innovative approaches to an open, diverse and self-sustaining media sector that provides Mozambicans with platforms for engaging in informed dialogue encouraging accountability and development. The $10 million MSP is funded by USAID with additional assistance from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). |
