Programatic Areas

The backdrop for the construction of knowledge and transformational advocacy in the communications and journalism fields, from a rights, democracy, and sustainable development based perspective, is founded on strengthening a number of the media’s key roles in democratic regimes:

• To offer reliable information in context so as to enable citizens to participate actively in political life, by monitoring and pressing for the fulfillment of their rights.
• To adopt a pluralistic approach to agenda-setting, contributing to ensure critical issues for human development enter the public discussion, through positioning (and legitimation) of a larger number of stakeholders.
• To exercise accountability in relation to the State and public policies, with a view to collaborating toward ensuring government leaders (as well as the private sector and civil society) are more accountable for the formulation, execution, and evaluation of their initiatives and programs.

These elements serve as the foundation of ANDI’sactivities and are organized around three fields of action:

Children and Youth

All persons have the right to live their childhood and adolescent years in healthy family, social, and natural settings that recognize human diversity and continuously facilitate physical, intellectual, and spiritual development.

In the context of the multiplicity of content produced or distributed through the media (journalism, advertising, entertainment...), ANDI strives to contribute to ensuring that actors in the communications field recognize and are able to respond in a responsible manner to the privileged position they occupy as guardians of the best interests of children and adolescents, as provided for in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). The treaty defines these segments as society’s most vulnerable and, as such, warranting of full protection and special attention.

In the specific case of the news media, ANDI believes focus on the lives of children and youth adds substantial quality and depth to investigative reporting by offering those directly responsible for formulating the news direct and consciousness-raising insight into the root of contemporary challenges. As the most vulnerable segments, children and adolescents are the first-line victims of all forms of disruption – family, social, or climate. 

Inclusion and Sustainability

The sustainability of human life is not possible in the absence of a harmonious relationship between people and the environment – or of a total correspondence between democracy and the promotion of creative dialogue and unrestricted inclusion.

We know that journalism and the media in general – due to their enormous influence in setting the public agenda, delivering information in context, and overseeing public interest institutions – play a decisive role in the debate on the kind of development we want and the best policies for achieving that end.

In engaging directly in the urgent issues and challenges facing our societies (environment, corporate social responsibility, gender and ethnic questions, to cite but just a few), ANDI seeks to contribute toward an inclusive and sustainable development process – through the application of social tools and technologies in the communications field.

Communication Policies

The construction of a diverse and pluralistic media environment is critical to secure the vitality of democracy, economic growth, full citizen inclusion, and sustainable development.

What is at stake is the fundament right of access to information and the freedom to produce and disseminate knowledge. A democratic media system, moreover, has a significant impact in promoting quality journalism, socially responsible advertising, and constructive entertainment.

ANDI is dedicated to producing knowledge and advocating for enhanced regulatory frameworks for the communications sector. Similarly, ANDI considers the existence of a culture of self-regulation and corporate social responsibility, as well as mechanisms for the democratic regulation of infrastructure and content – which can only be effective with the active participation of the full range of civil society stakeholders –, to be equally critical.