Programme D: Media Accountability & Professionalism (M&E Framework Report for the period April 2003 to March 2004) REGIONAL: MEDIA SUPPORT Regional Programme Goal Enhancing media accountability and professionalism through developing skilled media workers in order to attain an independent, pluralistic and competent media environment that promotes access to a diversity of views and opinions PERFORMANCE INDICATORS REGIONAL OBJECTIVE MAJOR ACTIVITIES REMARK/COMMENTS (ACTUAL/ACHIEVED) 1. Facilitate, through provision of expert advice, campaigns in national chapters designed to Enhance media accountability and professionalism and develop skilled media workers in order to attain an independent, pluralistic and competent media environment that promotes access to a diversity of views and opinions. 1.1 Provision of expert advice and presentation of papers on ethics and media self-regulation • Attended major events in chapters. The regional officer responsible for the project presented papers and documentation to chapters that have been organising activities to either establish media self-regulatory mechanism or draft code of ethics. Regional & National: MEDIA SUPPORT MEDIA AWARDS National Programme Goal Establishment of national media awards to promote excellence in journalism and reward high standard of reporting Regional Programme Enhancing media professionalism through hosting of national media awards to promote excellence in journalism Objectives PERFORMANCE INDICATORS NATIONAL OBJECTIVE MAJOR ACTIVITIES REMARK/COMMENTS (ACTUAL/ACHIEVED) 1. Media Awards Develop award categories • Successfully completed The Media Awards present an excellent • Regional Assign judging panel • MISA South Africa has moved its opportunity to reward excellence in • Botswana Logistics Community Media Awards to the 2004- journalism. It is also a welcomed profiling • Malawi Present media awards 5 timeline exercise for MISA as an organisation that • Namibia supports responsible and professional media activities. • South Africa • Swaziland • Tanzania • Zambia MISA Annual Report (April 2003 – March 2004) 87