{"id":18272,"date":"2024-01-25T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=18272"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:55:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:55:23","slug":"call-for-applications-gi-toc-capacity-building-mentorship-program-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/call-for-applications-gi-toc-capacity-building-mentorship-program-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Call For Applications: GI-TOC Capacity Building & Mentorship Program 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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As part of a program supported by the U.S. Department of State, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC) is coordinating a capacity-building program with a group of investigative journalists in Mauritania, Cape Verde, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, and Senegal. The United States in committed to combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (IUU Fishing) and Illicit Trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhancing the capacities of West African journalists is a vital step in the fight against transnational organized crime (TOC) and illicit trafficking. The GI-TOC has been a long-standing partner and supporter of investigative journalism focusing on organized crime around the world, including in West Africa. The GI-TOC is partnering with Poseidon, and The Consortium of Media Innovation and Social Communication (CMICS) in the delivery of this training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The primary goal of the capacity building and mentorship program is to strengthen the capacities of West African networks of investigative journalists working on transnational organized crime, including by building their investigative skills and substantive knowledge of human trafficking, IUU, and forestry crimes, and to enhance the impact of their reporting on public awareness and policymaking regarding TOC in West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The program will constitute of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n