Core Contribution to the Interna-tional Fund for Public Interest Me-dia (IFPIM)
Public interest media in low- and middle-income countries face existential threats, impact-ing sustainable development and peace. IFPIM is an organization backing the resilience and independence of public interest media. Through SDC’s contribution to IFPIM, Swit-zerland promotes democracy by combating dis- and misinformation and ensuring media freedom and access to reliable information.
Región/País | Tema | Período | Presupuesto |
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A nivel mundial |
Governance
Medios y libertad de información
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01.01.2025
- 31.12.2028 |
CHF 2’000’000
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- More and better-informed people, in-cluding voters
- Greater accountability of those in power, including political, economic and social actors
- Other OI
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Sector según clasificación del comité de ayuda al desarrollo de la OCDE GOBIERNO Y SOCIEDAD CIVIL
Sub-Sector según clasificación del comité de ayuda al desarrollo de la OCDE Medios y libertad de información
Temas transversales Derechos humanos
El proyecto apoya fundamentalmente mejoras en la organización contraparte
Tipo de ayuda Contribución básica
Mandato sin fondos fiduciarios
Número de proyecto 7F10901
Contexto | Public interest media, particularly in low- and middle-income countries face challenges like limited funding, government in-terference, media concentration, and inadequate infrastructure. Restrictive laws, cen-sorship, and government control reduce independent voices and spread mis- and dis-information. These undermine media credibility and public trust, leading to a misinformed population, reduction of independent voices, suppression of criticism, loss of pluralism, a more polarized society, more extremism and terrorism. SDC’s contribu-tion to IFPIM was a key part of Switzerland’s commitments at the second Summit for Democracy in 2023, presented by the President Berset. |
Objetivos |
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Grupos destinarios | Independent media outlets in low- and mid-dle-income countries that are working in the public interest and are in danger of extinc-tion or capture. |
Efectos a medio plazo |
Outcome 1: Public interest media under fi-nancial pressure are sustained Outcome 2: Public interest media improve their economic resilience, by evolving their business strategies and leveraging technol-ogies Outcome 3: Public interest media better serve society, by growing their audience’s reach and/or engagement Outcome 4: Innovations that unlock new, long-term sources of funding for public in-terest media are launched and developed |
Resultados |
Resultados previstos: To Outcome 1: IFPIM provides grants to sustain media facing financial extinction or capture To Outcome 2: IFPIM provides grants to enable media to experiment with and trans-form new models to fund, create and dis-tribute journalism To Outcome 3: IFPIM provides facilitation of capacity strengthening and technical support for media To Outcome 4: IFPIM provides financial and advisory support to test and develop systemic financing solutions to help solve market failures Resultados de las fases anteriores: The following results should be considered with the understanding that IFPIM's primary objective in the first phase was to establish a new international organization: IFPIM has made significant strides in advancing its mission across the world since its start in 2022. It has mobilized approximately USD 52 million to support public in-terest media in low- and middle-income countries. It expanded the global coalition supporting its work, and increased its total investment in news publishers in its focus countries to over USD 8 million across 31 organizations. After the approval of IFPIM’s Statutes and the appointment of its Board, IFPIM transformed into a new multilateral entity with HQ in Paris as a quasi-interna-tional organization. |
Dirección / Officina Federal responsable |
COSUDE |
Contrapartes del proyecto |
Contraparte del contrato Otra organización internacional Contraparte de la implémentación
IFPIM
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Coordinación con otros proyectos y actores | Fondation Hirondelle (SDC partner); DAC GovNet and its mem-bers; Swiss offices abroad incl. Swiss Em-bassy in Paris; HQ SDC’s geographical units, PHRD, BAKOM. |
Presupuesto | Fase en curso Presupuesto suizo CHF 2’000’000 Presupuesto actual suizo ya emitido CHF 0 Total del proyecto desde la primera fase Presupuesto suizo CHF 2’499’998 Presupuesto inclusive contrapartes del proyecto CHF 7’500’000 |
Fases del proyecto | Fase 2 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028 (Fase en curso) Fase 1 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024 (Completed) |