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Amplify, Verify, Engage
The Amplify, Verify, Engage project promotes democratic growth, participatory governance, and cross-border cooperation, by strengthening civil society and independent media across Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus.
Years active: 2021-2023
The Amplify, Verify, Engage: Information for Democratisation and Good Governance in Eurasia project builds on IWPR's previous Norwegian-supported initiatives, including the Giving Voice, Driving Change project. AVE will continue to promote democratic growth, participatory governance, and cross-border cooperation, by strengthening civil society and independent media across Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus.
Amplify, Verify, Engage (AVE) has three key objectives, through which IWPR will:
- Amplify journalists and independent media voices producing verified, evidence-based reporting;
- Verify reliable information by strengthening the capacity of civil society and independent media to counter misinformation and disinformation;
- Engage civil society, independent media, public officials and the general public to foster increased dialogue and cooperation.
Established in collaboration with and funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the project directly supports Norwegian priorities and values, builds on long-standing Norwegian supported programming in the region, and expands on IWPR’s extensive local and regional networks of independent media and civic groups.
Latest from the project
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Kyiv Citizens Brace for Battle
Amid shock and anger, people in the capital are quickly adapting to war conditions.
Ukraine: Russian Troops Continue Offensive from Crimea
Amid the chaos of invasion, locals struggle to communicate with regional and state authorities.
Civilians Take Cover as Russians Invade Kyiv
Thousands have fled, while those who remain scramble to stock up on essential supplies.
Ukraine’s Telegram Battlefield
How guerilla media operations in the country’s east preceded - and amplified - Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine: How My War Began
Journalist reports calm and confusion as Ukrainians wake up to a new reality.
Georgia: LGBTI Activists Fear Far-Right Alliances
Could a toxic partnership be developing between mainstream politics and extremists?
Ukraine Crisis Proves Tense for Armenia
Yerevan faces uncomfortable choice between political and diplomatic alliances.
Russian Tanks Roll into Eastern Ukraine
The Kremlin’s recognition of breakaway republics as independent states effectively ends the Minsk agreements.
Newsrooms Countering Disinformation
IWPR film and online course available in seven languages is supporting young journalists across the Eastern Partnership region and Central Asia to detect and combat disinformation in their daily work.
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The Amplify, Verify, Engage (AVE) project builds on IWPR's previous Norwegian-supported initiatives, including the Giving Voice, Driving Change - from the Borderland to the Steppes project. AVE will continue to promote democratic growth, participatory governance, and cross-border cooperation, by strengthening civil society and independent media across Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus.