Strategic Plan 2022-2026

The WACC Strategic Plan 2022-2026 establishes a framework to advance communication rights, particularly for marginalized groups. It identifies five priority areas: digital communication rights, migrants and refugees, indigenous rights, climate change, and gender equality. The plan emphasizes 'effective access'—combining technology with literacy and language—to counter the influence of global corporations and authoritarian censorship. Organizationally, WACC aims to diversify its funding, enhance its presence in international forums like the United Nations, and strengthen its global network of faith-based and secular partners.

• WACC defines communication rights as essential for dignity and community, arguing that they allow individuals to engage in "transparent, informed and democratic debate" and provide access to knowledge necessary for "democracy, empowerment, responsible citizenship and mutual accountability."
• The organization distinguishes between basic internet access and "effective access", noting that the simple availability of technology is insufficient. Effective access requires a combination of media infrastructure, literacy, language, and education to allow communities to produce content and participate in governance.
• WACC identifies systemic barriers to digital rights, including the dominance of English and colonial languages, the lack of gender-oriented design, and the rise of "surveillance capitalism" where data is controlled by major media companies without public accountability.
• In the area of migration, WACC aims to counter xenophobia and misinformation by establishing networks of citizen journalists comprising both migrants and host communities to create "grassroots rights-based narratives around migration."
• For Indigenous peoples, WACC prioritizes the establishment of community radio stations, viewing them as essential for exercising broader human rights and guaranteeing "distinct political, economic, social and cultural development."
• Regarding climate change, WACC argues that communication rights are essential for vulnerable communities to "tell their own stories, organize for change, and advance their own solutions to the climate crisis," noting that scientific knowledge must be communicated in local languages by trusted sources.
• WACC manages the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), which it describes as the "largest and longest-running research and advocacy initiative on gender in the world’s news media," providing evidence to urge policy changes in media houses.

APA

World Association for Christian Communication (n.d.). Strategic Plan 2022-2026. https://waccglobal.org/about-us/our-organization/strategic-plan-2022-2026/

Chicago

World Association for Christian Communication. Strategic Plan 2022-2026. n.d. https://waccglobal.org/about-us/our-organization/strategic-plan-2022-2026/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldassociationforchristiancommunicationndstrategic, author = {{World Association for Christian Communication}}, title = {{Strategic Plan 2022-2026}}, institution = {World Association for Christian Communication}, url = {https://waccglobal.org/about-us/our-organization/strategic-plan-2022-2026/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }