January

Bangladesh: Workshop on identifying effective information strategies
Brazil: Launch of Brazil access to information website
Brazil: Launch of campaign for teacher’s freedom of expression
Mexico: Attendance at 3rd Transparency and Access to Information Forum
Mexico: Attendance at Citizen’s Audit Manual presentation
Mexico: Mission of Mexico’s Coordinator to Washington DC
Mexico: Working meetings with stakeholders on freedom of expression
Nepal: Participation in International Press Freedom mission
Nepal: Agenda for Change media stakeholder meeting
Nepal: Publication of freedom of information analysis
Russia: Mission to research freedom of expression and conflict in North Caucasus
Somalia: Publication of media law analysis
Ukraine: Launch of environmental information report in Kyiv
Yemen: Launch of Freedom of Expression in Peril report in English and Arabic
Yemen: International stakeholders meeting, Copenhagen

February

Bangladesh: Freedom of expression workshop
Brazil: Launch of publication on freedom of expression for teachers
Brazil: Launch of website on the national seminar on freedom of expression and information
Europe: Attendance at Council of Europe expert group meeting on the freedom of information convention
Mexico: Fact finding mission
Mexico: Working meetings with stakeholders on freedom of expression
Kenya: Meeting of ICJ/ Kenya Delegation
Kenya: Participation in media assessment and roundtable discussion
Sierra Leone: Country report on the state of freedom of expression

March

Bangladesh: Freedom of expression workshop
Brazil: Launch of outreach project on youth and access to information in Sao Paulo
Brazil: Audience at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to discuss abusive use of defamation lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders
Brazil: Launch of publication on access to environmental information
Brazil: National seminar on freedom of expression and information
Indonesia: Defamation workshop
Jordan: Attendance at launch of code of professional conduct for Iraqi broadcasters (BBC World Service)
Jordan: Meetings with Iraqi/Jordanian partners and international donors
Mexico: 3 training sessions for public officials on freedom of information to improve coordination with non-governmental organisations, Mexico
Mexico: Working meetings with stakeholders on freedom of expression
Nepal: Agenda for Change media stakeholder meeting
Nepal: Access to information training of trainers
North Caucasus: Launch of freedom of expression report
Papua New Guinea: Publication of analysis of freedom of information law
Somaliland: Publication of analysis of broadcasting law
Sudan: Mission to Sudanese provinces for ‘media assessment’
Ukraine: 5 training seminars for public officials and civil society in Lviv, Donetsk and Kyiv on access to environmental information

April

Nicaragua: Fact-finding mission
North Caucasus: Training seminar for journalists in Russian media law /international standards
Yemen: Training of monitors on media monitoring
Yemen: Meeting with syndicate and stakeholders on media law reform

May

Bangladesh: World Press Freedom Day Event
Brazil: Mapping of access to information in Brazil
Brazil: Two workshops on access to information with legal community
Brazil: Freedom of information workshop in Recife for NGO activists
Honduras: Fact-finding mission
Lebanon: Attendance at seminar on freedom of expression, opinion and assembly in the Middle East/ North Africa region (UN-Office of the High Commisioner)
Nepal: Agenda for Change media stakeholder meeting

June

Brazil: National seminar on freedom of expression and of information
Guatemala: Fact-finding mission
Global: Meeting on racism and freedom of expression (location to be determined)
Middle East: Attendance at seminar on Journalism Testing Legal Boundaries: Media Laws and the Reporting of Arab News (London)

July

Brazil: Launch of reference material on access to information
Mexico: Workshop for local Congresses and advisors to promote slander and defamation revocation in local legislation
Yemen: Training of trainers on gender-sensitive reporting

August

Bahrain/Kuwait: Fact-finding mission
Mexico: 3 training sessions on methodology and tools for journalists' protection
Mexico: Workshop for local Congresses and advisors to promote slander and defamation revocation in local legislation
North Caucasus: Launch of freedom of expression manual for journalists and lawyers

September

Bangladesh: Right to information day celebration
Brazil: Four workshops on access to information with environmental NGOs
Colombia: Fact-finding mission
Mexico: 3 training sessions on methodology and tools for journalists protection
North Caucasus: Training seminar for journalists in Russian media law /international standards
Yemen: Launch of report on gender in the Yemeni media

October

Bahrain/ Kuwait: Launch of report on free expression
Brazil: Two roundtables with environmental NGOs to discuss findings on access to environmental information

November


December

Brazil: Community radios broadcast programmes on access to information


Note: Other events are likely to be organised throughout the year but these are yet to be confirmed.