Advisory services and on-site trainings

Guided by the principle of sustainability and impact-orientation in international cooperation the IIJ offers –   in addition to training and dialogue – on-site support for media houses and training institutions actively engaged in promoting professional standards in journalism.

This offer includes both on-site advisory services that address organisational and managerial constraints within the media house or training institution, as well as tailor-made in-house workshops responding to specific training needs referring to the various positions and tasks in a media house (management, newsrooms etc).

Learning objectives for training activities and conceptual frameworks for transfer projects should be mutually agreed as a point of reference. That way the advanced training of individuals can be closely linked to the requirements of the organisational development.

Media houses in the target regions of the IIJ seeking advisory services and/or on-site trainings should make sure that respective requests submitted to the IIJ meet the following criteria:

• a proven track record of the organisation in terms of independent and professional journalism
• an earlier secondment of staff (e.g. reporters, editors) to training courses of the IIJ and a statement on the impact of the acquired knowledge on the performance of the media organisation
• a statement on the subject matter/ desired change/ area of intervention with the measures proposed and suggested time frames
• an assurance of commitment in and ownership of the cooperation project.  

Requests for the supporting services should be forwarded to the IIJ in writing only – with a copy to the respective German embassy in the partner country. The IIJ reserves the right to reject requests for support without detailed explanation. The cooperation will be based on an Agreement of Understanding.