The Commission Set to Train Journalists to Commemorate Universal Access to Information Day
The Commission will join the world in commemorating the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on Tuesday 28th September 2021. The theme for IDUAI 2021, is ‘The Right to Know – Building Back Better with Access to Information’.
The Day will highlight the importance of expanding access to information laws, and their implementation worldwide to build back strong institutions for sustainable development and to uphold the vision of information as a public good,
As well as to strengthen international cooperation in the field of implementing the right to information as a fundamental right.
The main objective of the Day is to accelerate sustainable solutions aimed at reaching SDG 16 target 10 (as measured by indicator 2, on public access to information), by mobilising governments,
Civil society, and people to take ownership and contribute to the achievement of this sustainable development goal, particularly in regards to building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
To mark the Day, the Commission, in collaboration with the @MediaCouncilK and @giz_gmbh #Kenya Good Governance Programme, is set to train journalists drawn from Garisa and Wajir counties on access to information and how they can use the law to advance their work.
@MediaCouncilK @giz_gmbh The Commission has in the last one year trained 150 journalists, correspondents, and editors on the access to information law.
@MediaCouncilK @giz_gmbh IDUAI has been celebrated on September 28 of every year since 2016. This is after UNESCO adopted resolution 38 C/Resolution 57 in November 2015 declaring September 28 every year as International Day of Universal Access to Information #AccessToInfoDay #AccessToInfoKE #RightToKnow.
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