ACCESS TO INFORMATION
& SDGS – A SIMULATION
GAME
PRODUCED BY
WHAT IS THE GFMD
• The Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) is an
international membership network of media assistance groups
that highlights the importance of independent, pluralistic and
sustainable media in social and economic development.
• GFMD members share a common goal: to foster free,
professional and pluralistic media, leading to more open
societies, greater transparency and enhanced freedom of
expression.
The NEW UN SDGs
•
In September 2015, the 193 member states of the United Nations
unanimously adopted the New Sustainable Development Goals, in
including a pledge to 'ensure public access to information.'
•
In September 2016, the UN will select official indicators for measuring
progress towards these new global goals.
•
The promise by all national governments to guarantee public access
to information is potentially historic, but only if media and civil society
work actively to help achieve this goal and to monitor it.
•
It is a formidable opportunity of progress for freedom of expression,
access to information and the positive role of media in societies.
•
Who will engage at the national level and what are the most effective
ways to make progress on SDG 16.10?
TARGET: SDG16.10
Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental
freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international
agreements
Recommended UN indicators for SDG16-10:
1) “Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced
disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists,
associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights
advocates in the previous 12 months” [Source: UNESCO and the
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights]
2) “Number of countries that adopt and implement constitutional,
statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to
information” [Source: UNESCO]
SERIOUS GAME
“Serious games are simulations of real-world events or processes
designed for the purpose of solving a problem. Although serious
games can be entertaining, their main purpose is to train or
educate users, (…).
Serious game will sometimes deliberately sacrifice fun and
entertainment in order to achieve a desired progress by the
player.
Serious games are not a game genre but a category of games
with different purposes. This category includes some educational
games and advergames, political games, or evangelical games.”
(Wikipedia English)
WHY THIS GAME
•
To raise awareness on SDGs and their relation to media and access
to information
•
To foresee dynamics at country level of implementation of SDGs
•
To experiment a reality-check on the challenges of partnerships
between donors, national authorities, media
•
Having fun on a topic makes it worth remembering it (it’s fun for
organisers too :)
•
To explore blockages and incentives for national authorities to invest
on public access to information in country
•
Feedback on the game will help refine it for future use in training
situation
OBJECTIVE OF THE
GAME FOR PLAYERS
• Advancing their agendas with the maximum
interaction between players while serving the
public interest.
• The interactions must include how they will
use or ignore SDGs and the access to
information target (SDG16.10).
RULES
• Each player picks a role randomly International agency,
media, NGO, private company or national authorities. Each
has a hidden agenda to advance.
• Players read the documents (10 min) and receive an indication
of a “situation” from the animator.
• Each table “plays” for 45 to 75 minutes by rounds of 15 min (3
rounds minimum). At each round, players have respectively 2
minutes to say what they do to address the situation. A group
discussion follows for 5 minutes. The animator sums up then
announces how much time has passed and what has
happened in the meanwhile. A new round starts.
• At the end, the animator or the rapporteur shares the highlights
of what happened at the table with the room.
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Play it «real »
• Ask for clarifications to your animator
• Beware of the time
• Have fun !
OPEN DISCUSSION
• Which table “wins in your view & who has the best
result in public interest ?
• What is the take-away of the game ?
• Would you use this game, in which circumstances
• What worked and didn’t ? What would you change ?
• Did you guess which country it could be ?
THANK YOU FOR
PLAYING WITH US
Partners and supporters :
• Bill Orme, GFMD
• Article 19
• GIZ, Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum,
Deutsche Welle Akademie, OSF, Free Press
Unlimited, BBCMedia Action, International Media
Support, UNESCO
LEARN MORE,
SPREAD THE WORD
Learn more: http://gfmd.info/index.php/post2015
Twitter: @mediagfmd #mediadev #post2015 #SDGs
Contact us:
Caroline Giraud Author & GFMD Programmes and Policy
Manager [email protected]
Bill Orme GFMD Representative to the UN
[email protected]
Ayman Mhanna, GFMD Executive Director
[email protected]