International Day for Universal Access to Information
The Media Institute of the Caribbean is proud to partner with the UNESCO Cluster Office in the Caribbean to commemorate 28th September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI).
Various UN agencies in the English-speaking Caribbean have described the region as being “data poor” with scarce official data and information which is available on a timely basis. The experiences of journalists employed in the conduct of investigative reporting as part of the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN) have served to highlight both deficiencies – official “data poverty” and an inability to optimize use of already scarce data. It is our intention, in that context, to focus on building professional capacity with the context of the current crisis of Covid19 while providing advocacy support for the more efficient delivery of official data and information on the subject.
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