Media Training and Public Sensitization on ECOWAS and Migrant Rights

As one of the components supporting the achievement of the “Support to Free Movement of Persons and Migration in West Africa” (FMM West Africa) project, the Fund for Non-State Actors seeks to strengthen the capacities of NSAs and local authorities to promote and protect the rights of migrants and to develop networks and cross-border cooperation projects through a call for proposals.

To this effect, the FMM West Africa Fund for Non-State Actors provides grants for capacity-building activities in project development, implementation

Thematic Areas

• Free Movement of Persons
• Cross-Border Cooperation
• Protection of Migration
• Empowerment of Migrant Workers
• Reintegration of Returning Migrants
• Gender and Migration

KEY BENEFICIARIES AND PARTNERS

Beneficiaries

• Regional correspondents;
• Frontline Journalists and reporters (print, radio, television and online)
• Local authorities and state actors;
• Cross-border economic operatives Migrant communities;
• Civil Society groups and civil rights activists.

Partners

• Ministry of Information;
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration;
• Ghana Journalists Association;
• Ghana News Agency;
• Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association;
• Information Services Department;
• Ghana Institute of Journalism;
• Center for Migration Studies, University of Ghana;
• Ghana Immigration Service;
• Ghana Police Service.

KEY RECOMMENDATIONS

Increase geographical coverage for project implementation.

provision for support and basic reporting equipment for journalists.

Strengthen collaboration between law enforcement agencies and state-actors in migration reporting.

Promote partnership between the Globalization of Migration Reporters Awards, MigStories App and Database of Migration Stories.

Replicate the Network of Journalists in Migration Reporting in ECOWAS Member States.

Conduct capacity-building activities to cure “Editorial Red-Tapeism” in migration reporting