Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR)

Press and media freedoms are increasingly at risk. After its first edition (March 2020-March 2021), the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) has been confirmed for the third year, this time covering a period of 18 months, from May 2022 till November 2023: it monitors violations in all EU Member States and Candidate Countries and documents them on the Mapping Media Freedom platform.

Furthermore, the MFRR provides practical and direct support to journalists and media workers who are at risk due to their work through emergency funds, legal aid, training, and shelter programmes. MFRR partners also carry out advocacy missions and awareness-raising campaigns to secure a wider engagement in European civil society with issues related to press and media freedom.

Within the project, OBCT makes further use of its Resource Centre on Media Freedom to support evidence-informed policymaking and advocacy, and supports QCode Mag in managing the programme Journalists-in-Residence Milan.

AN OPEN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT FACILITATES QUICK, SYSTEMATIC ACCESS TO AN EVER-GROWING COLLECTION OF RESOURCES ON MEDIA FREEDOM AND PLURALISM IN EUROPE

LAUNCHED IN 2014 WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF OBCT, IT CONTINUES TO DOCUMENT MEDIA FREEDOM VIOLATIONS IN EUROPE

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As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response project, OBCT organised on 17 October 2023 an international conference aimed at unpacking the nexus between rule of law, media and democracy.
Here you can find all the materials and video recordings of the event
All the materials and video recordings of the event organised by OBCT on 16 Oktober 2023 (in Italian) : Per una rete transnazionale di contrasto alle SLAPP: contro i bavagli alla partecipazione pubblica

Publications

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) started in March 2020 as a one-year pilot project co-funded by the European Commission.