• • • • tive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) and the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) to further transparency; Promote availability of public domain information through ICTs and public access to ICTs; Support AU efforts to adopt an instrument on access to information; Officially recognise 28 September as International and African “Right to Information Day”; Adopt and effectively implement legislation and policies ensuring whistleblower-protection. Civil Society to: • Engage with governments in developing, enhancing and implementing ATI laws; • Monitor progress on the implementation of ATI laws including sectoral laws; • Create awareness on ATI and provide assistance to facilitate information access by the general public as well as by specific audiences (including women, minority groups and minority language speakers, children, rural communities, individuals with disabilities or living in poverty); • Ensure transparency in their own activities; • Promote September 28 as African and International Right to Information Day and, in particular, carry out activities on that date every year to advance the recognition, awareness and enjoyment of the right of access to information by all sectors of society. Media to: • Respect editorial independence, professional ethics and journalism standards in their provision of information; • Recognise the need for transparency and accountability with regard to their own output and institutions, while safeguarding the principal of protecting sources; • Respect and promote equality, and provide equitable representation within their information output; • Promote the widest possible access to their information output; • Enhance mechanisms for audience participation and response; • Recognise and be responsive to gender differences in regard to audience and market research; • Popularise the importance of, and issues around, access to information. • Make optimum use of ATI laws to access information for the public interest. Business Sector Companies and Corporations to: • Join multi-stakeholder initiatives promoting transparency including EITI, CoST and MeTA; • Adopt corporate and social responsibility (CSR) policies that promote transparency and accountability, including access to information and protection of whistleblowers; • Proactively disclose information of