In the framework of the EU-funded project “Elections, Medias, Civil Society for Democracy (ELMS)”, in cooperation with Panos Great Lakes (PGL) Koshin Aden, a senior associate and media expert, has been deployed in Rwanda to deliver trainings to the media monitors and the staff members of the Rwanda Media Commission (RMC). The expert’s mission lasted for 5 working days in Kigali (Rwanda), the training took place between 17th and 23rd of December 2016.
The key tasks delivered by expert included
- Diagnostic of the media monitoring unit of Rwanda Media Commission;
- Training to RMC’s monitors and staff members on:
- monitoring of the professional standards in Rwandan journalism
- agenda Setting;
- hate speech;
- monitoring of the election coverage of the media.