On 23 April the Commission introduced its directive proposal on whistleblower protection.Our platform, WhistleblowerProtection.EU, was launched on 17 October 2016 and we have been working hard to persuade the Commission to bring forward a directive proposal. We are trade unions and NGOs, united in the cause to make the EU a safer place for whistleblowers. We have worked together with forces in the Parliament, making the case for an EU-wide whistleblower protection. The EFJ will participate in a meeting with the whistleblower protection platform to further discuss the EC draft directive and plan lobbying actions.
Meeting MEP Curzio Maltese (GUE) about the whistleblower directive.
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The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will attend Usigrai (FNSI) Congress.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has invited its affiliate, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) to Brussels to hold meetings with senior EU and Parliamentary officials. The mission will end with a public discussion with journalists and media workers on the state of media and journalists rights in Belarus to be held on Tuesday 19 June, at 18:00 to 19:00, at the Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels. Speakers include: Andrei Bastunets, Lawyer and Chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Zhanna Litvina, Board member and Former Chairwoman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Volha Baranouskaya, BAJ Council Member, Hrodna…
Second Meeting of the Multistakeholder forum on Disinformation 20th May: 9:00 – 17:30, Robert Schuman Room, Berlaymont Building The EFJ will be represented by Renate Schroeder, EFJ Director.
The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will attend next meeting of the CDMSI (the EFJ is an observer member of the CDMSI). The CDMSI will consider the Draft Strategy for the Implementation of the CM Recommendation on protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors, prepared by the secretariat. Discuss and approve it. Consider and comment on the Draft Implementation Guide to Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)4, prepared by the Secretariat Valuable practices in the area of safety of journalists will be presented, including: the Action plan on Defending Free Speech, by the CDMSI representative of Sweden, and the Audit of Freedom…