Tue 31st January 2017, Dublin, Ireland, 10.00 -15.30 Ireland is falling far below European standards for press and media freedom. There is widespread concern at the implications for media diversity and plurality at the concentration of media ownership and a growing recognition that the ownership structure is a significant factor in undermining journalism and democracy. This conference explores the implications for the work of journalists and places a focus on the difficulties they face where access to the media is restricted by concentration of ownership. The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) invites international stakeholders, politicians, unionists, academics…
Hosted by MEP Jaromír Štětina (EPP, CZ) The Eastern Partnership media landscape and capacity of the EU Eastern neighbours to monitor and confront propaganda is the focus of this debate. The enduring monopolization of the media market by state or powerful elites has deprived the audiences in the EaP countries of an effective variety of sources of information. At the same time, the region is involved in the disinformation war in which the Eastern Partnership is presented as an anti-Russian project that leads to the loss of sovereignty of the partner countries. How to sustain independent media outlets confronting propaganda?…
MEP Anneliese Dodds (S&D, UK) MEP Tanja Fajon, (S&D, Slovenia); MEP Ulrike Lunacek (Greens, Austria) MEP Cristian Preda (EPP, Romania)
Invitation Conférence-débat Terrorisme, radicalisme, quels rôles pour les médias ? Jeudi 2 février 2017 à partir de 12.00 Press Club Brussels Europe Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Bruxelles Le terrorisme et le radicalisme sont deux des principales menaces qui pèsent sur nos sociétés. Ce sont des menaces complexes, à la fois internes et externes. Comment, avec quels mots, sont-elles abordées aujourd'hui par les principaux médias ? Ceux-ci constituent-ils des vecteurs d'exacerbation des tensions ou au contraire d'apaisement? Pourquoi n'ont-ils rien vu venir? Pourquoi si peu de diversité au sein des rédactions? Et, enfin, comment endiguer à présent les rumeurs et les…
The UNESCO will organise this event on the issue of media coverage of terrorism, and specifically how the media can avoid contributing to a climate of fear and social division – one of the major goals of terrorism. The purpose of the event will be to launch the UNESCO new publication entitled “Terrorism and the Media: And Handbook for Journalists”, written by Jean-Paul Marthoz. terrorism-event-2jan-flyer
Safety of Journalists: an imperative for free media Conference co-organised by Ukrainian MFA, OSCE, Council of Europe, UNESCO, Institute for Mass Information. The general secretary of the EFJ Ricardo Gutiérrez will attend the meeting. He will present the outcomes of the Council of Europe Platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists. Draft agenda: 09.00-09.30 Registration 09.30-10.15 Opening remarks (Moderator: Mariana Betsa) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Svyatoslav Tsegolko, Administration of the President of Ukraine Vaidotas Verba, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Mårten Ehnberg, Head of the…
The European Ideas Lab is about bringing change-makers together to understand the struggles we face, to share our thoughts - and to see how we can potentially help each other to make the changes we all want to see. The Greens/EFA group has invited organizations, movements and individuals dedicated to making changes in the fields of democracy, migration, urban issues, social justice, green economy and the environment. But the Greens/EFA group also want to look at the role of the media and what we can learn from new ideas of investigative an quality journalism and how we as politicians can…
Workshop on: Quality Journalism (This workshop is for journalists only!) Hosts: Rebecca Harms and Jan Phillip Albrecht How do we deal with social media becoming a more and more important source of information? In times "post -truth" is word of the year and many people think facts can be better replaced by emotions, how can you still ensure quality journalism? How is it possible to distinguish fake from real news? How has the role of media changed in the last years? What can be recipes to counter propaganda? What can be organisational concepts and what should the role of politics…
Meeting of the S&D Working Group on extremism, populism, nationalism and xenophobia with experts Draft Agenda 1. Outlook for the European radical right in 2017 and the Netherlands election preview Prof. Dr. Sarah L. de Lange, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam Confirmed 2. Breitbart News and its plans of conquering the continent in 2017: strategies for destabilising far-right media Gerald Hensel, social media strategist, Berlin Confirmed 3. European Media and the rise of Right Wing Populists: counter strategies and responses Ricardo Gutiérrez, EFJ 4. Combatting racism and xenophobia in the EP - New Rules of Procedure Elizabeth Drury,…
The ETUC event ‘Time for Our Recovery – Europe needs a pay rise’ will be the opportunity to launch the Europe-wide campaign for a pay rise for workers in Europe (the EFJ is partner of the campaign). The event starts on February 14 at 14:30 and finishes on February 15 at 13:00. The afternoon of the 14th will be a public event to which trade unionists, employers, high level representatives of national Governments and EU institutions will discuss and debate why Europe needs a pay rise and how a pay rise would be good for the economy and for social justice.…
BUILDING ON EXPERIENCES: A WIN-WIN APPROACH TO TRANSNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES Lead Applicant: European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Associated organisations: BusinessEurope, CEEP, BDA, DA, MEDEF, EFBWW, EFFAT, EFJ, EPSU, ETF, IndustriAll and UNI Europa.