• Address: P.O.Box 11283 Kampala. Plot 124 nanjala Road, Bunga

ACME

African Centre for Media Excellence

2018

Member since

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Platforms

Working towards these commitments

Ensure that processes of decision-making over land are inclusive, so that policies, laws, procedures and decisions concerning land adequately reflect the rights, needs and aspirations of individuals and communities who will be affected by them. This requires the empowerment of those who otherwise would face limitations in representing their interests, particularly through support to land users' and other civil society organizations that are best able to inform, mobilize and legitimately represent marginalized land users, and their participation in multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue.
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Inclusive decision-making

Ensure transparency and accountability, through unhindered and timely public access to all information that may contribute to informed public debate and decision-making on land issues at all stages, and through decentralization to the lowest effective level, to facilitate participation, accountability and the identification of locally appropriate solutions
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Transparent and accessible information

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations and are based on: the free, prior and informed consent of existing land users; a thorough assessment of economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts with respect to both women and men; democratic planning and independent oversight; and transparent contracts that respect labour rights, comply with social and fiscal obligations and are specific and binding on the sharing of responsibilities and benefits. Where adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights have occurred, concerned actors should provide for, and cooperate in, impartial and competent mechanisms to provide remedy, including through land restitution and compensation.
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Effective actions against land grabbing

Mission

ACME's main goal is to make the media a more effective platform for the provision of information on public affairs, in order to thus provide a tool for monitoring official power and a forum for vibrant public debate, together with the priority of advocating, promoting and defending press freedom and right of expression.

Objectives

ACME's objectives are:

- to inspire media practitioners & scholars to seek and achieve professional excellence; 

- to foster sound investigative journalism best practices through reliable and credible sources of information;

- to promote the effective watchdog role of the media through vibrant forums for public debate;

- to cultivate effective media relations skills in the private sector, civil society, academia and the government;

- to raise public awareness about the dynamics of news making and production. 


Constituencies

Based in Kampala, the African Center for Media Excellence is an independent, non-profit, professional organisation that is committed to excellence in journalism and mass communication in Africa. ACME directly employs about a dozen staff and works with a growing network of external trainers and researchers. It is governed by a general meeting (its highest organ), which is made up of subscribers, a board of directors (its policy-making organ), and a management team that carries out the day-to-day activities of the center.

  • Address: P.O.Box 11283 Kampala. Plot 124 nanjala Road, Bunga