Journalist associations from the Western Balkans have established the Safejournalists.net platform with the support of the European Commission, to jointly monitor media legislation and practice in their countries and to engage in improving the legal and institutional framework in which journalists and other media professionals operate. Every year, based on a carefully designed methodology, Safejournalists.net partners conduct advocacy research that provides journalist associations with reliable and relevant, fact-based data on the main problems and obstacles in the implementation of EU standards in the field of media and journalist freedom and safety in the Western Balkans. The results of this advocacy research inform partner research, providing new evidence and examples and strengthening their position in advocacy activities.