- The five-year priority areas of Freedom Forum are as follows
- Protection and promotion of freedom of press and of expression
- Promotion and development of professional journalism
- Defending journalists, Right to Information activists and freedom of expression practitioners
- Policy and legal study, research and advocacy for evidence-based media reforms
- Promotion, protection and practice of the right to information
- Proactive civic watchdog for the promotion of good governance
- Study, research, practice and evidence-based advocacy of Open Data
- Research/study, promotion and evidence-based advocacy of Open Budget
- Research/study and advocacy in the area Internet freedom
- Policy study and advocacy in various sectors of Public Financial Management
- Research/study and advocacy to advance social accountability and responsibility
- Promotion of human rights and democratic norms and values
- Research/study, civic monitoring, oversight and education and advocacy for the guarantee of free and fair elections
- Promotion of the use of media, Right to Information, Open Data and Public Financial Management (PFM) tools to support the movement and campaign for social justice and development of disadvantaged people
- Research and advocacy for the establishment and advancement of Public Service Broadcasting
- Research and advocacy in the area of parliamentary transparency and political accountability
- Contribution to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through exchange of ideas, experience and learning at national and international level being focused on attaining the targets of Goal 16
- Affiliation and participation in regional and global networks related to transparency, right to information, freedom of expression, free and professional press, civic engagement and Open Government Partnership
- Freedom Forum will adopt following strategic approaches in the areas of above mentioned strategic priorities
- Knowledge construction (research and study), management and dissemination
- Training and mentoring
- Policy Advocacy, lobby and campaign
- Collaboration with CSO/government/academic institutions/media and international organizations and networks
- Media mobilization
- Institutional capacity development and transfer
- Dialogue and facilitation
- Networking at local, national and international level
- Sustainability
- Freedom Forum will raise and mobilize fund and supports from national and international donors and development partners by formulating programmes and projects in consistent with the priority areas and strategic approaches
- Freedom Forum will not receive any government aid and subsidy for institutional management and operation apart from the operation of collaborative project in the strategic priority areas
- Freedom Forum will remain fully committed to the values of institutional governance, transparency and civic freedom1 and adopt them in practice accordingly within the organization
- Freedom Forum will adopt into practice the values and principles of gender equity and anti-discrimination
- Freedom Forum’s mission is to sustain its interventions as an academic and knowledge centre
