Programme B: Media Freedom Monitoring (M&E Framework Report for the period April 2003 to May 2004) REGIONAL: MEDIA FREEDOM MONITORING Regional Programme Goal Establishment of a region where there are no media freedom violations and the media operates freely without political, commercial and economic interference • Regional Programme Objectives • • REGIONAL OBJECTIVE 1. Production of time-efficient alerts. • • • • • • • • • • Botswana Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe Time-efficient and effective identification, analysis and exposure of each violation of media freedom and right to information in the 11 SADC countries Civil society, policy-makers, national, regional and international organizations galvanized to fight for media freedom in Southern Africa SADC Journalists under Fire campaign objective: To expose the persecution of journalists in the SADC region, provide practical support to victims and advocate for an enabling environment for media freedom and freedom of expression PERFORMANCE INDICATORS MAJOR ACTIVITIES REMARK/COMMENTS (ACTUAL/ACHIEVED) 1.1 Daily scanning of print and electronic media. 1.2 Electronic and manual filing of alerts. 1.3 Background research into violations. 1.4 Appropriate action taken. Researching and issuing alerts on media freedom violations is an on-going exercise. No alerts were issued in Angola as MISA had no representation there until late in 2003. MISA Botswana reports a lack of clarity in the classification of alerts. This is largely due to the fact that MISA has to date not defined its gender monitoring component as this relates to freedom of expression/media freedom. Zimbabwe accounted for 54% (102) of the 188 alerts issued by MISA during 2003. Only three alerts were issued by MISA Swaziland despite reports of political tension and threats of negative media laws received from other sources. MISA Secretariat intends to review the media monitoring capacity in Swaziland. In South Africa, the media monitoring process was greatly enhanced by the assistance of an intern, who is a graduate at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. The intern is currently busy with the design of the MISA-SA website. MISA Annual Report (April 2003 – March 2004) 47