Project: „Electoral debates and civic education in print press”

Implementation period: 20 April – 19 July 2011

Financing organization: East European Foundation

Goal of the project:

Civic education of entitled voters for participating actively in local general elections by means of an information campaign and electoral debates within API-member independent newspapers.

Objectives:

1. Building journalists’ professional capacities for organizing electoral debates and covering local general elections;

2. Encouraging the organization of electoral debates in local and national independent print press;

3. Electoral information and civic education of citizens during the election campaign for local general elections.

Activities:

- Unfolding one seminar for 14 API-member newspaper journalists on the modalities and techniques for organizing and conducting electoral debates with the participation of candidates running for mayors / councilors, as well as techniques for writing articles on local general elections;

- Organizing electoral debates by 14 local national and local newspapers, members of API, with the involvement of electoral competitors from the newspaper distribution area (each editorial office shall organize 4 debates);

- Publishing one civic and electoral education page “ACTIV” in the 14 local and national API-member newspapers.

Project newspapers:

1. „Cuvântul Liber” (Leova),
2. „Cuvântul” (Rezina),
3. „Unghiul” (Ungheni),
4. „Est Curier” (Criuleni),
5. „Observatorul de Nord” (Soroca),
6. „SP” (Baltsi),
7. „Gazeta de Sud” (Cimişlia),
8. „Ora Locală” (Ialoveni),
9. „Glia Drochiană” (Drochia),
10. „Ecoul Nostru” (Sângerei),
11. „Gazeta de Vest” (Nisporeni)
12. „Expresul de Ungheni” (Ungheni),
13. „Jurnal de Chişinău” (Chisinau),
14. „Ziarul de Gardă” (Chisinau).