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ICF MISSION STATEMENT
The International Communications Forum (ICF), founded in 1991, recognizes that the media is one of the world’s most powerful forces for good or ill. The media does not just report and reflect society but often shapes its direction. The ICF aims to:
- strengthen public confidence in the media;
- promote the bonds of trust within democratic societies;
- inspire a commitment to service on the part of those who work in the media.
The ICF is committed to media ethics and the freedoms of expression and information. These need to be accompanied by a high sense of responsibility and respect for every audience. The ICF expects of media practitioners the same standards of integrity that they wish to see in all public servants. Through conferences and training programmes, ICF demonstrates its ethos on the basis of people-to-people and conscience-to-conscience dialogue.
OTHER NEWS
Bill Porter, Founder of the International Communications Forum, has died
We are sad to announce that ICF Founder Bill Porter died on 1 April.
The William and Sonja Porter Memorial Fund
We have launched a Memorial Fund honouring Bill and his wife Sonja. The primary objective of the fund will be to strengthen the on-going work of the ICF. The fund will also help support a number of specific initiatives, including these:


