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Elections’ media monitoring unit gets EU $5.8M funding

Feb 26, 2015 News

The European Union (EU) has committed Euros 25,000 to support the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) towards the re-establishment of the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) within GECOM.
Director of the Americas Department in the European External Action Service, Roland Schaefer, who is in Guyana for a two-day working visit, and the Chairman of GECOM, Dr Steve Surujbally, endorsed the initiative yesterday at the Commission’s headquarters in High Street, Kingston.
The funding towards the re-establishment of the MMU comes from the Governance component of the Technical Assistance Facility of the 10th European Development Fund.
Funding has also been given by the EU from this instrument to provide two international experts to support GECOM in its capacity-building activities.
According to EU, its total funding in support of GECOM related activities ahead of the forthcoming elections amounts to Euro 300,000. The initiatives were undertaken as a result of requests by GECOM and the Government of Guyana.
MMU will establish a Code of Conduct for the media on reporting; conduct training sessions on reporting in the lead up, during and after the elections. The Unit will also monitor the media’s reporting on the elections.
Schaefer also made calls on President Donald Ramotar, Minister for Home Affairs, Clement Rohee and the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Early general elections are to be held on May 11, after the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) suspended Parliament in November in face of a no-confidence vote.
In January, President Ramotar, announced May 11 as Elections day.

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