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Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme

The UK is working with partners through its Counter Disinformation and Media Development programme to counter Russian propaganda and disinformation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The £4.9 million programme for 2019-2020 supports independent media, engages with at-risk audiences, and helps civil society expose disinformation. The UK provides expertise in impartial media to strengthen defenses against propaganda and promote access to reliable information. The programme aims to achieve greater balance in Russian language media and increase resilience to disinformation across Eastern Europe.

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Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme

The UK is working with partners through its Counter Disinformation and Media Development programme to counter Russian propaganda and disinformation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The £4.9 million programme for 2019-2020 supports independent media, engages with at-risk audiences, and helps civil society expose disinformation. The UK provides expertise in impartial media to strengthen defenses against propaganda and promote access to reliable information. The programme aims to achieve greater balance in Russian language media and increase resilience to disinformation across Eastern Europe.

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CSSF PROGRAMME SUMMARY

PROGRAMME TITLE: Counter Disinformation and Media Development (CDMD)


(formally Russian Language)
HMG Partners Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Ministry of Defence
(LEAD in bold) (MoD), Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Cabinet
Office
COUNTRY AND Eastern Europe and Central Asia
REGION:
UNIQUE ID: CSSF-05-000006
DAC Code: 15153
PROGRAMME DURATION: April 2016 – March 2021
Start Date: 1 April 2016 End Date: 31 March 2021
IF A NEW PROGRAMME FOR THIS FY, HAVE ANY ELEMENTS DERIVED FROM OLDER
PROGRAMMES? IF YES, WHICH ONES? : N/A
FY 19-20 ODA: £4.9m Non-ODA: £ 18.485m
BUDGET
ALLOCATION:
CONTACT DETAILS [email protected]
PROJECT/ LEA IMPLEMENTIN Implementing CONTRACT FY19-20
COMPONENT D G Partner Type START/END BUDGET
DEP ORGANISATIO DATES (ODA/Non-
T N ODA)
Enhancing FCO Various Various Various
independent £4.4m/
media and £11.1m
NGOs
Engaging with FCO Various NGOs Various £0.5m/£2.3m
audiences
potentially
vulnerable to
disinformation
Other Strategic FCO Various Various Various £0m/£4.1m
Communication
s projects
including
Monitoring and
Evaluation and
Research
Stakeholder FCO * * * £0/£1m
Engagement
and
Programme
Delivery Costs
*Information is redacted on security grounds.
WHAT SUPPORT IS THE UK PROVIDING?
The UK is working with a range of partners to enhance the quality of public service and
independent media (including in the Russian language) so that it is able to support social
cohesion, uphold universal values and provide communities in countries across Eastern
Europe with access to reliable information. The types of support given varies from
mentoring with UK media organisations; consultancy on programming; funded co-
productions and support for regional Russian language media initiatives. In the coming
year we will be investing over £8m in supporting public service and independent
media. This will include projects in the Baltic States and Ukraine, as well as regional
initiatives.

The UK is seeking to engage and build connections with local communities in the Baltic
States that support youth empowerment and greater engagement through sport, the arts
and social enterprise so as to increase social cohesion and make the population less
susceptible to attempts to create divides through the use of disinformation. We are
prioritising work that enhances social cohesion.

The UK also supports efforts by Civil Society to chronicle and expose disinformation so
as to strengthen defences to disinformation amongst overseas audiences.
WHY IS UK SUPPORT NEEDED?
The UK is recognised as a world leader in impartial and independent media. The UK has a
unique position through this recognition, its knowledge of capacity building elsewhere in
the world, its network of Posts across Eastern Europe and its ability to convene other
countries, to make a real difference.

Access to reliable information is crucial to the ongoing stability of Europe. The UK does
not seek to fight propaganda with propaganda. Instead this programme promotes the free
circulation of accurate information and positive engagement with those most impacted by
Russian disinformation.

The Russian Government invests heavily in propaganda which was deployed as part of
illegal actions in Georgia and Ukraine. It has an in-built advantage in generating
propaganda in the Russian-language, enjoying a dominant position in the provision of
Russia-language media inside and outside Russia.
WHAT HMG OBJECTIVE AND WHICH SDG’S (IF SPENDING ODA) DOES THIS
CONTRIBUTE TO?
This programme works towards SDG 16 to promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.
It also works towards SDG 1.1 which tackles the causes of instability, insecurity and
conflict.

The CDMD Programme delivers against the HMG Russia Strategy, but also complements
the Ukraine and Eastern Partnership Strategies and Global Britain priorities by
championing British values around the globe: freedom, democracy, tolerance and the rule
of law.

WHAT RESULTS DOES THE UK EXPECT TO ACHIEVE?


The UK expects to strengthen defences against disinformation across Eastern Europe through
greater variety and balance in Russian language media giving audiences access to reliable
information, increased awareness of the problem of disinformation and increased support for
universal values.

The UK also expects to achieve greater awareness of disinformation and increased resilience to it
in a range of audiences across Europe.

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