European Federation of Journalists

Course ‘Bogus self-employed’

The education department of ETUI, in cooperation with CGT and CC.OO organise a course: “Bogus self-employed” to be held from 13- 15 November 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. This course aims to develop common trade union actions to protect bogus-self-employed workers. Marcelo Ortega, member of the Freelance Expert Group of the EFJ, will attend the course.

Meeting ETUC

Brussels Brussels, Belgium

Meeting about labour rights for freelancers and self-employed workers.

20th Brüsseler Mediengespräch

Avenue de Tervueren 60 Avenue de Tervueren 60, Brussels, Belgium

The new European Commission is subjected to a variety of challenges in the field of media policy. Strong impetus to strengthen the media is expected in the area of e-commerce as well as in the field of competition law. In all these areas different actors give voice to their individual expectations.  The 20th “Brüsseler Mediengespräch” provides an opportunity to meet not only representatives of the European Commission but also of European associations and international media companies. Against this backdrop, we invite you to address and discuss your own desires and ideas concerning the media-policy agenda for the upcoming legislative period.

DJV NRW Journalistentag

Dortmund , Germany

invited Renate Schroeder, EFJ     https://www.journalistentag.de/#speakers

Media freedom mission to Hungary

Budapest

A coalition of international press freedom and journalist organizations will carry out a press freedom mission to Hungary from 25 to 27 November. Confirmed participants: IPI, ECPMF, CPJ, Article 19, RSF, EFJ (Ricardo Gutiérrez).

Colloque : Les réseaux sociaux, une arme contre les femmes journalistes ?

Le 25/11 de 14h à 17h au Press Club Brussels Deux tiers des femmes journalistes sont harcelées selon un rapport de l’IMWF (International Women’s Media Foundation), repris par Reporters sans frontières et la Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ). Pour un quart d’entre elles, ce harcèlement a lieu sur les réseaux sociaux. Ces actes participent de la violence faite aux femmes et de la volonté de les réduire au silence. À l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour l’élimination des violences faites aux femmes, la RTBF souhaitent contribuer à la réflexion avec l’AJP, la FIJ et la FEJ. Nous vous invitons ce…

Advocacy mission to Austria

Vienna Vienna, Austria

EFJ-ECPMF-RSF-IPI advocacy mission to Austria. EFJ representative: Andrea Roth (BJV, DJV)

Conference “(Last) call for quality journalism”

Ljubljana , Slovenia

EFJ director Renate Schroeder will attend the conference “(Last) call for quality journalism” organised by the Council of Europe and the Slovenian Ministry of Culture.

Meeting of the CoE Paltform partners with new CoE Secretary General

Council of Europe Office in Paris 55 Avenue Kléber, Paris, France, Metropolitan

The EFJ GS will attend the meeting of the partner organisations of the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism. The partners will meet Marija Pejčinović Burić, new CoE Secretary General.

Protecting whistleblowers: an European challenge

Paris Paris, France

In France, the Defender of Rights, a constitutional independent agency, is responsible for guiding and protecting whistleblowers since the creation of a framework of protection by the Law of 9 December 2016 relating to transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernization of the economic life. Three years after the entry into force of this protection and two years before the deadline for the implementation of the European directive, the Defender of Rights will organise the European meeting Protecting Whistleblowers: An European Challenge. The encounter will offer an opportunity to engage dialogue among stakeholders and experts in order to foster…