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South Asia

01 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2024
01 Apr 2024 - 30 Sept 2025

The CIJ collaborated with 3 partners in the South Asia region who were responsible for coordinating and delivering activities including training of participants during the Year 2 period of the project. They are the DataLEADS, Media Unlimited, and the Media Resources Development Initiative (MRDI – formerly Management and Resources Development Initiative).

During the next iteration of OCRI running till September 2025, the CIJ is collaborating with DataLEADS who will co-coordinate activities that includes the delivery of the new Climate Investigations Course (CIC) developed by the CIJ and tailored to the context of the region.

Watch this space as we make more announcements, follow us on X (twitter) or sign up to our newsletter to stay informed as the project develops.

For inquiries or opportunities, contact the Project Manager, Adeolu Adekola at adeolu@tcij.org.

Announcements

Published: 11 Apr 2025

Climate Investigations Training Scholarship for 18 Journalists

The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is delighted to announce the award of climate investigations training scholarships to 18 deserving journalists from 12 countries under its global Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI).
Published: 28 Mar 2025

Implementing OCRI 3 Years On: CIJ Commences Climate Investigations Course

The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) London has commenced its new Climate Investigations Course (CIC) launched in January 2025 after months of curriculum development and at the end of the third anniversary of the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) implementation.
Published: 09 Dec 2024

Breaking new ground: A 2024 OCRI review

What a year 2024 has been! It still feels like yesterday when we shared about the global difference our Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) made in 2023, and just like a flash, we are here again at the end of 2024.
Published: 05 Aug 2024

Call for Applications: Climate Investigations Course for South Asian Journalists

DataLEADS, in partnership with the CIJ, is accepting applications from South Asian journalists for a four-day intensive training workshop on the Climate Investigations Course (CIC), scheduled for November 2024 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Read more & apply here
Published: 01 Aug 2024

Catching up with OCRI at 2024 #CIJSummer

For the third year in a row, the CIJ's Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) featured prominently at the annual #CIJSummer Conference. Notwithstanding the UK general elections that was called in May, the conference was fully booked and a huge success welcoming 190 delegates and 42 speakers!
Published: 31 Jul 2024

Four organisations to deliver Climate Investigations Course (CIC)

With the third year of the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) in full swing, the CIJ is working with four partner organisations in Francophone Africa, South Asia, Anglophone Africa and Latin America to deliver it's new Climate Investigations Course (CIC) as part of activities for OCRI Year 3.
Published: 30 Jul 2024

#CIJSummer 2024 – OCRI Focus Day – Presentations

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Published: 30 Apr 2024

Climate Investigations Course to be delivered in four regions for OCRI Year Three

Following a successful pilot in Nepal and six regions covered in Year 1 and 2, the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) will in its next run cover four regions namely Latin America, Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, and South Asia till September 2025.
Published: 05 Apr 2024

What reporting climate change really means: Reflections from the Open Climate Reporting Initiative after two years, six regions and 53 countries

 From April 2022 after months of scoping and ground work, the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) of the Centre for Investigative Journalism, London (CIJ) took off with a pilot programme in Nepal.
Published: 19 Mar 2024

More than 60 supported stories published during OCRI Year Two

The second year of implementing the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) by the CIJ has seen the publication of more 60 supported stories across the 3 regions of Brazil and Lusophone Africa, South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Published: 18 Dec 2023

2023 OCRI Highlights: Facilitating Real World Actions!

2023 has been a rollercoaster year for the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) at the CIJ! We built on a successful Year One (April 2022 – March 2023) and moved into 3 new regions for Year Two that runs till March 2024.
Published: 04 Oct 2023

More Journalists Trained as OCRI Year Two Exceed Year One Numbers

We are now halfway into the second implementing year of OCRI which commenced April 2023 and we are glad that 327 beneficiaries have so far been trained directly across the 3 regions: Brazil & Lusophone Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Published: 03 Aug 2023

Training in 5 countries: Busy Summer for OCRI

OCRI partners across the 3 regions will have different forms of engagement in August as more journalists gain knowledge and skills to report climate change in their countries. First is the #PowerTracker module 2 by Oxpeckers that focuses on Storytelling with data for Mozambican journalists holding August 3 while following a successful call for applications, 20 selected Egyptian Journalists will participate in a 4-day workshop by ClimateInArabic from 17-20 August.
Published: 29 Jun 2023

Three more OCRI partners emerge for year two

The engagement of two more partners in the MENA region and one in South Asia wraps up the inception stage for the implementation of OCRI year 2. This brings the total number of partners in the three regions to ten.
Published: 08 Jun 2023

OCRI training across regions commence in June

Some partners will kick off training across the three OCRI Year 2 regions. The first training holds 15-16 June in Jordan by the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Published: 07 Jun 2023

Climate change training and mentoring for Journalists in Pakistan

Journalists in Pakistan will receive training and mentoring under the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) of the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) London following the partnership with Media Unlimited for the South Asia region.
Learn more and apply here
Published: 16 May 2023

Training-of-trainers application open for Indian Journalists as CIJ partner DataLEADS

DataLEADS invites applications for a climate reporting training bootcamp as part of activities planned under the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) for Indian Journalists. Successful applicants will be part of a 2-day training-of-trainers workshop holding in June which intends to improve knowledge of the importance of reporting on climate change and the effect that such reporting can have on addressing the urgent questions connected to climate change that have a substantial impact on policy making.
Apply
Published: 31 Mar 2023

OCRI Year two kicks off as impactful Year one ends

The last twelve months of implementing the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) of the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) has been an impactful one and has provided the springboard to achieve more as we go into working in three new regions of the world namely Brazil & Lusophone Africa, South Asia and the Middle East & North Africa (MENA).
Published: 16 Feb 2023

Adeolu Adekola speaks to BBC World Service on OCRI and Nigerian elections

CIJ OCRI Project Manager Adeolu Adekola took part in the BBC World Service Weekend programme on 5 February, discussing among other things the CIJ OCRI Programme and elections in Nigeria. You can hear the discussions below.

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