Southern Africa (SADC)

Media Institute of Southern Africa

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in eleven of the Southern Africa Development Community countries. Officially launched in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration. MISA seeks ways in which to promote the free flow of information and cooperation between media workers, as a principal means of nurturing democracy and human rights in Africa. The role of the MISA is primarily one of a coordinator, facilitator and communicator, and for this reason MISA aims to work together with like-minded organisations and individuals to achieve a genuinely free and pluralistic media in southern Africa.

Private Bag 13386, 9000 Windhoek

Namibia

 

Tel +264 61 232 975, Fax +264 61 248 016

director@misa.org.na

www.misa.org

 

Contact

Luckson Chipare, Director

 

Budget

$100,000 - $500,000

Number of staff

14

 

Publications

Handbook on Journalism Ethics - African Case Studies

FreePress

So this is Democracy?

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

Regional Media Directory (Annual publication)

 

Programmes

Media Monitoring Programme