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HesaMag #15 : Journalism, an increasingly precarious profession

Press Club Brussels Europe Rue Froissart, 95, Brussels, Belgium

https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2017/06/19/the-precarious-state-of-journalism/ https://europeanjournalists.org/fr/2017/06/08/journaliste-un-metier-en-voie-de-precarisation/ The European Federation of Journalists and the European Trade Union Institute invite you for the presentation of : HesaMag #15 : Journalism, an increasingly precarious profession HesaMag #15 : Journaliste, un métier en voie de précarisation Speakers include Renate Schroeder (EFJ), Director Antonis Repanas, ESIEMTH, journalist and author Florence Le Cam, ULB X, ETUC

Press Club Brussels Europe Rue Froissart, 95, Brussels, Belgium

The European Federation of Journalists and the European Trade Union Institute invite you for the presentation of : HesaMag #15 : Journalism, an increasingly precarious profession HesaMag #15 : Journaliste, un métier en voie de précarisation Speakers include Ricardo Gutierrez (EFJ), General Secretary (TBC) Antonis Repanas, ESIEMTH, journalist and author (TBC) X, ETUI (TBC) X, ETUC (TBC)

EU and its relations with Russia

Press Club Brussels Europe Rue Froissart, 95, Brussels, Belgium

EU Delegation to Russia will be bringing to Brussels a group of 15 Russian journalists for a seminar on the EU and its relations with Russia

New Business Models and Work Organisation in the EU Audiovisual and Live Performance sectors: The impact on Skills and the role of Social Dialogue

London London, United Kingdom

European workshop Thanks to the contributions of experts and to the testimonies of practitioners, the workshop will discuss some of the key transformations faced by our sectors today: digitisation, the need to experiment with new business models, the impact of those evolutions on work organisation and on individual careers. It will also collect best practices on support schemes and tools experimented across Europe to help sector professionals acquire the right set of skills to address those challenges. In addition to the wealth of expertise in the room, discussions will build up on the outcomes of a previous European project which…

Turkey’s struggle for freedom of the press and the role of the European Union

In the aftermath of the coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, the government declared a state of emergency and intensified its purge on the media. Almost one year later over 180 media outlets – including television and radio channels, newspapers, press agencies, publishing houses and websites – have been shut down and more than 150 journalists have been jailed. Several thousand media workers have lost their jobs and hundreds their press credentials. Though media freedom in Turkey has been steadily declining throughout the last decade, it deteriorated radically in the wake of the coup attempt. The printed press was…

Thessaloniki Seminar on Gender, Media and Human Rights

ESIEMTH Thessaloniki, Greece

The Thessaloniki Seminar on Gender, Media and Human Rights, 28-29 June 2017, is co-organised by Symbiosis- School of Political Studies and the Journalists’ Association of Macedonia and Thrace (ESIEMTh), an EFJ affiliate. The event is under the aegis of the Secretariat for Human Rights, MoJ and is supported by the Council of Europe, Division of Policy Planning. The Seminar aims at promoting dialogue on gender and democratic governance through the protection and promotion of human rights and the rule of law, including on migrant and refugee women. Gender Equality and Violence against Women has being recognized as priority areas for…

UNESCO Consultation

Geneva Geneva, Switzerland

Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Strengthening the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. The EFJ will be represented by its General Secretary Ricardo Gutiérrez. The multi-stakeholder consultation will bring together key stakeholders to take stock of developments in the area of safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, within the context of the first five years of implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. Member States, UN, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, media and professional associations and members of academia will gather to assess…

48h de la pige

Rennes , France

https://48h.pigiste.org/programme-fr/

OSCE Conference “Safety of Journalists – New Challenges and Responses”

Vilnius Vilnius, Lithuania

  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  “Safety of Journalists – New Challenges and Responses”  3 July 2017, Vilnius  Freedom of expression and independent journalism are the cornerstones of every democratic society. Yet, we are witnessing a different reality. Journalists and media experts continue to face physical and verbal attacks and intimidations as a direct result of their professional activities. The scale of violence against journalists is stunning – since 1992, more than a thousand journalists have been killed worldwide. In some countries, conditions for media professionals are in constant deterioration – oppressive political pressure, arbitrary arrests and prosecutions, disinformation wars, terrorism and defamation…

Steering Committee Meeting of the project “New trade union strategies for new forms of employment”

ETUC Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5., Brussels, Belgium

The second meeting of the Steering Committee of the project "New trade union strategies for new forms of employment" will take place on July 4th from 10:00 to 14:00 in the meeting room of the 6th floor of the ETUC (Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5. 1210 Brussels). The EFJ will be represented by its Project Officer Yuk Lan Wong.

ETUC joint project on TCAs

Fortezza Medicea Via S. Donato 14, Montepulciano, Italy

Trade union meeting on "Building on experiences: a win-win approach to transnational industrial relations in MNCs" (in preparation of the 1st steering committee of the joint project on TCAs). The event is composed of a study event on the 6th July in the afternoon and a public panel debate with the participation of Luca Visentini and Sharan Barrow on the 7thJuly in the morning.