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In Iraq, IREX Europe is working in partnership with the [[BBC World Service Trust]] and [[Albany Associates]] to build a professional code of conduct and regulatory framework for Iraqi media<ref> BBC World Service Trust [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/middleeast/story/2007/10/070921_iraq_expression.shtml] </ref>. | In Iraq, IREX Europe is working in partnership with the [[BBC World Service Trust]] and [[Albany Associates]] to build a professional code of conduct and regulatory framework for Iraqi media<ref> BBC World Service Trust [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/middleeast/story/2007/10/070921_iraq_expression.shtml] </ref>. | ||
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| + | IREX Europe is also involved in a project run by the [[UN Democracy Fund]] where it is Building a Sustainable Independent Nationwide News Agency for Iraq to "increase the scope of professional and objective news coverage supplied by the [[National Iraqi News Agency]] (NINA) to media outlets"<ref> IREX Europe, 2008 [http://www.europe.irex.org/programs/iraq/nationalnewsiraq.asp]</ref>. The project will "open seven new bureaus across the country, expanding its regional coverage and improving its services to customers en route to commercial viability"<ref> IREX Europe, 2008 [http://www.europe.irex.org/programs/iraq/nationalnewsiraq.asp]</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 02:17, 16 April 2008
IREX Europe is the European arm of the International Research and Exchanges Board, a US non-profit organisation "specialising in education, independent media, Internet development, and civil society programmes in the United States, Europe, Eurasia, Africa, the Near East, and Asia"[1].
According to the organisation's mission statement; "IREX Europe assists in the development of nations and peoples by providing services, programs, infrastructure and technologies that strengthen civil society, independent media, education and the functioning of democracy"[2].
In Iraq, IREX Europe is working in partnership with the BBC World Service Trust and Albany Associates to build a professional code of conduct and regulatory framework for Iraqi media[3].
IREX Europe is also involved in a project run by the UN Democracy Fund where it is Building a Sustainable Independent Nationwide News Agency for Iraq to "increase the scope of professional and objective news coverage supplied by the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) to media outlets"[4]. The project will "open seven new bureaus across the country, expanding its regional coverage and improving its services to customers en route to commercial viability"[5].
Leadership
Paige Alexander - President
Mark Whitehouse - Secretary
Mike de Villiers - IREX Europe Director
Drusilla Menaker - IREX Europe Associate Director
- ↑ IREX Europe [http://www.europe.irex.org/about/index.asp}
- ↑ IREX Europe [http://www.europe.irex.org/about/index.asp}
- ↑ BBC World Service Trust [1]
- ↑ IREX Europe, 2008 [2]
- ↑ IREX Europe, 2008 [3]
