Multi Annual Strategic Plan Collapse
Only 1 in 7 people live in countries where they can seek, receive, or share information freely and safely.
Ambition 1
Free Press Unlimited positions itself as a leading international press freedom organisation.
Free Press Unlimited will no longer only be known as an implementing media development organisation providing services and implementing projects, Free Press Unlimited will evolve into an organisation that has a strong international reputation, promoting and supporting press freedom and safety, including both online and offline security for journalists on a global scale. We want to stand out and be recognised for our work in conflict-ridden countries such as Sudan and Syria, and for our readiness to take on risks and do whatever it takes.
Ambition 2
Free Press Unlimited ensures access to reliable information, independent media and journalism.
Our mission remains the same as always: making independent news and information available and accessible to everyone. Free Press Unlimited is known for its work in areas where press freedom is most at risk and where we can make a real difference. And while we will continue to focus on countries that are most at risk, we cannot ignore the rapid decline in media freedom in more democratic countries closer to home. As such, Free Press Unlimited sees it as part of its mission and mandate to also actively support independent media and journalism in parts of the world where authoritarianism is on the rise, for instance, in the Western Balkan countries, Eastern Europe and even within the European Union.
Ambition 3
Free Press Unlimited is financially sustainable.
Free Press Unlimited raises funds for its objectives and activities through partnerships, subsidies and donations from private supporters, governments and other institutional donors. Free Press Unlimited has protected and, slowly but surely, advanced its independence from single donors while developing a solid strategic financial reserve. However, the ambition to become financially sustainable means generating more interest in our work from major donors and private funders. We want to gain more unearmarked funding. This will give the organisation an innovation impulse for incorporating new ideas and technologies into its work and be of increased value to its stakeholders.
132 countries have limited to no press freedom.
This strategic plan sets out the ambitions for the next three years, and how to fulfill these through more focused programmes, a restructuring of the organisation and finding innovative solutions to continue the fight for press freedom.
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