Under the Austrian Presidency, the debate on key challenges facing the European cultural, media and creative industries is one of our main priorities. In four sessions of the mentioned conference, experts and participants are looking for models how Europe's cultural, media and creative industries can best benefit from the digital transformation process of the economy. The topics range from the “level playing field” between European and non-European actors, the need for stronger cross-border cooperation and the most pressing technological challenges to the preserving of quality and diversity of journalistic content in the light of phenomena such as disinformation and hate…
EU MultiAnnual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027. Successor programme to the current Creative Europe. The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will attend the meeting.
The European Federation of Journalists and its Italian affiliate FNSI will join a group of international press freedom and freedom of expression organisations from October 15-17 on a mission to Malta. The group will support local civil society actions marking the one-year anniversary of the death of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, and conduct fact-finding into the case and broader press freedom issues in the country. The group has requested meetings with government officials, including Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, as well as a wide range of civil society stakeholders. The EFJ will be represented by Anna Del Freo (FNSI), member…
It will be one year on 16 October since the murder of the Maltese investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia. Yet, justice has not been brought for her murder. To honour Daphne and to remind the responsible authorities their duty to bring justice for her, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will organise a silent vigil at 12am noon, on 16th October 2018, at the Residence Palace. (See detailed address below) The EFJ would like to invite you to this event and share our solidarity with the Daphne’s family. Please bring along a candle for the vigil.
Speakers: Nicola Countouris, University College London and Valerio de Stefano, Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven Comments: Dearbhal Murphy, Deputy General Secretary of the International Federation of Actors on behalf of the EAEA (European Arts and Entertainment Alliance) and Ignacio Doreste, ETUC Advisor Moderator: Kate Holman, ETUC editor (tbc) Briefing: This lunch event will present the results of the project “New Trade Union Strategies for New Forms of Employment” of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which is aimed at reinforcing the ability of the ETUC and its member organisations to organise, defend and protect atypical workers.
UNESCO’s Side Event at the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (2018) “To measure UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators and advance privacy and data protection at a country level” The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will attend the meeting. Date & time: Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 16:10 – 17:30
