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As part of the UN Regional Refugee Response Plan for the Ukraine Situation, UNESCO launched the “Support for Ukrainian Refugees through Media” project in February 2023, assisting governments in the Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Slovakia in their refugee responses through working with national and local broadcasters. 

The initiative made concrete impact in increasing refugees’ access to credible and trustworthy information and fostering knowledge-based exchanges between refugees and host populations. 

Through the project 15 beneficiary media strengthened their editorial content on refugees and related issues, publishing nearly 400 news pieces. In total 30 displaced Ukrainian media professionals were engaged in making this media content in Ukrainian, as well as trained on modern broadcast equipment and production.

For more information about UNESCO's work on media and refugees, please visit  this page. 

The project implementation was guided by research on the media habits and information needs of the refugees from Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Slovakia, based on 695 interviews with displaced women, children, youths, older people, people with disabilities and vulnerable persons.

Mainstream media worked with refugees from Ukraine to produce content for, with and by Ukrainian refugees, on topics of their interest and concern. Refugee voices were included in media coverage, to foster dialogue, inclusion and understanding with host communities.

Workshops and mentoring sessions on solutions journalism and ethical and conflict-sensitive reporting were held to strengthen the editorial practices of host-country media in covering refugees and related issues.

Government institutions and the UN multi-partner, multi-sector response actors were included in project events and activities, promoting a greater diversity of sources for refugee-related media coverage.