Ukrainian Media Project is a five-year program implemented by Internews to support and develop the Ukrainian media sector through activities that protect freedom of speech, improve the media enabling environment, create opportunities for new and innovative approaches by Ukrainian media outlets, and strengthen the capacity of media CSO leaders to effectively represent their constituencies.

In September 2013, 12 pedagogical colleges throughout Ukraine will launch a media literacy course for secondary school teachers-in-training, thanks to a new media literacy curriculum developed through support from the U-Media project.

Media literacy courses teach young people how to consume media wisely, giving them the tools they need to recognize accurate, fair, and balanced media, and to reject biased, inaccurate and harmful media. The Academy of Ukrainian Press, with U-Media support, launched a pilot media literacy program in 2011 to give college and secondary teachers the skills they need to instruct their students in media literacy.

The Institute of World Policy (IWP), a local partner of Internews in Ukraine, organized the Global Virtual Forum of Women Leaders, a series of videoconferences featuring prominent women in government, media, and international affairs.

Through an open mapping system where anyone can post legitimate or illegitimate land acquisitions and construction in-progress, Deriban.net increases citizen participation in holding local government accountable.

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USAID institutional capacity building ensures that an objective voice is heard in Ukraine’s media sector