A race against time 9:00 – 9:10 Opening Julia Reda MEP, Greens/EFA Group 9:10 – 9:30 Keynote speech The Whistleblower Protection Directive: A clear example of the Added Value of the EU Vĕra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality (tbc) 9:30 – 10:00 Presentation of the European Parliament’s Position Virginie Rozière MEP, S&D Group Pascal Durand MEP, Greens/EFA Group Questions & Answers 10:00 – 10:30 State of Play in the Council of the EU Romanian Presidency – Ambassador Odobescu (tbc) Questions & Answers 10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break 11:00 – 12:15 Romania’s key role in securing EU whistleblower protection Moderator: Benedek Jávor, MEP, Greens/EFA…
An evening of debate and celebration What are the challenges of reporting on religion in the current media landscape? How can journalists balance freedom of expression with media ethics in the context of rising extremism and political polarisation around the world? Our expert panellists will debate these questions, followed by responses from representatives of the European Commission and US State Department and a Q&A session with the audience. Moderator: Jean-Paul Marthoz: Author of ‘Terrorism and the Media: A Handbook for Journalists’ and ‘Couvrir les migrations.’ Former European Press Director of Human Rights Watch and EU Correspondent of the Committee to Protect…
The Legal Expert Group meeting, in the framework of the Atypical Workers project
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Healthy democracies need a healthy media sector. Yet, faced with multiple attacks and challenges, notably technological and financial, the sector needs a coordinated response. Is the EU pulling its full weight, beyond countering disinformation? Can the existing instruments help? How to anchor this as a priority for the next legislature and Commission?
Open interview between Evgeny Gontmakher, Deputy Director of Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the European Dialogue Expert Group, and Ricardo Gutiérrez, General Secretary of the European Federation of Journalists. This is the fifth talk in a series of open interviews under "From the European Point of View" project, which is organised by the European Dialogue Expert Group with support from Konrad Adenauer Foundation Russia.
Audiovisual Sector Social Dialogue Committee Draft Agenda for the Working Group meeting Friday 1st March 2019 09.30 to 17.30 Draft Agenda 11.00 1. Opening of the meeting - Approval of the draft agenda and of the minutes of the plenary meeting of 14th December 2018. 2. EC Social and Employment Policy – update - Update on European Pillar of Social Rights, by Isabelle Laurent, Policy Officer, unit EMPL.A.2 – Social Dialogue, European Commission. - Information Point on the EC proposal for Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (revised Written Statement Directive (COM(2017) 797)),…
https://dju.verdi.de/journalistentag/anmeldung EFJ Director Renate Schroeder will participate in the journalists' day focusing on education of future journalists.
The EFJ will be represented by its president Mogens Blicher Bjerregård.
Rebecca Harms MEP and the International Press Institute (IPI) are pleased to invite you to an expert roundtable on “Turkey: The Myth of Domestic Legal Remedy for Journalists”.
The EFJ is not the organiser. More information on the ECPMF website: https://www.ecpmf.eu/events/uncovered
The ETUC & ETUI are holding a training meeting for the editors/journalists of ETUC affiliates’ newspapers/ magazines/ newsletters/ journals on Jan 31-Feb 1 in Paris. The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will join the discussion on the EP elections, on 31 January, 13:30.