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The development intervention consists of a five-year project in the field of media development and human rights, which will be implemented by the FOJO Media Institute in cooperation with a local partner, the Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI). The project is called Improving Investigative Journalism, Bangladesh. Operations comprise a number of components that aim at capacity development of media organizations and individuals active in the media, networking, sectoral strengthening and special efforts in the field of media security.

Special thematic focus within the initiative lies in Sida's priority issues in good governance, human rights, labor law, gender equality, environment and climate.

It is Sida's opinion that the FOJO Media Institute has a unique position in Swedish development cooperation in the field of media development, has shown good results in previous projects of similar nature in other countries and has good prospects for achieving results also in this project in Bangladesh.

The initiative in question is fully in line with the Government's Development Cooperation Strategy with Bangladesh 2014-2020. Omprogrammerade medel för att bekämpa covid-19
Utvecklingsinsatsen utgörs av ett femårigt projekt inom området medieutveckling och mänskliga rättigheter vilket skall genomföras av Fojo Media Institute i samarbete med en lokal partner, Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI). Projektet har namnet Improving Investigative Journalism, Bangladesh. Verksamhet omfattar ett flertal komponenter som syftar till kapacitetsutveckling av medieorganisationer och individer verksamma inom media, nätverksbyggande, sektorstärkande och särskilda insatser på området säkerhet för medieaktörer. 

Särskilt tematiskt fokus inom insatsen ligger på för Sida prioriterade frågor inom god samhällsstyrning, mänskliga rättigheter,  arbetsrättsfrågor, jämställdhet och miljö och klimat. 

Det är den Sidas bedömning att FOJO Media Institute har en unik ställning inom svenskt utvecklingssamarbete på området medieutveckling, har visat goda resultat i tidigare projekt av liknande natur i andra länder och har goda förutsättningar att nå uppställda resultat även i detta projekt i Bangladesh. 

Insatsen i fråga är helt i linje med regeringens Strategi för Utvecklingssamarbetet med Bangladesh 2014-2020. The overarching development objective for the intervention is to: "Contribute to improving the conditions for people to raise themselves out of poverty, strengthening democracy, respect for human rights and gender equality, and to contribute to sustainable development."
The specific objective of the intervention is stated as “Media in Bangladesh contributes to strengthened democracy and gender equality, greater respect for human rights and freedom from oppression.”To this Objective, Fojo links three outcomes – two immediate and one intermediate.
1) The first immediate outcome is linked to the strengthening of individual media outlets and journalists in their production of qualitative journalism: "Targeted media houses and news providers identify, research and produce high quality investigative journalism, particularly on gender equality, labour rights, corruption and environmental impact and climate change".
2) The second immediate outcome is focused on strengthening the media sector as a whole, to enable a conducive environment for this production: "Targeted partners in the media sector collaborate to create a conducive environment for investigative journalism, particularly on gender equality, labour rights, corruption and environmental impact and climate change".
The theory of change links the outcomes to the overarching and the specific objective through the following logic: "The stories published result in an invigorated debate on issues related to gender equality, labour rights, corruption and environmental impact and climate change as well as other issues vital for the development of democracy, gender equality and respect for human rights. The debate contributes to strengthened democracy and gender equality, greater respect for human rights and freedom from oppression. Strengthened democracy and gender equality, greater respect for human rights and freedom from oppression contributes to improving the conditions for people to raise themselves out of poverty in a better environment.”