EESC Conference. The EFJ GS is invited to speak about the current state of play and lessons learned from the May 2019 elections (panel 1).
In the context of the opinion on "The effects of campaigns on participation in political decision-making", requested by the Croatian Presidency, a public hearing will be held in the morning of Wednesday 5 February, at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). In view of the recent European elections and campaigns aimed at informing European citizens conducted by the institutions of the European Union and the Member States, the exploratory opinion will look at the potential effects of both these and the disinformation campaigns on citizens' awareness about the EU and the relevant political issues. The aim of the hearing…
Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency invited the EFJ to a meeting, in order to discuss journalism issues.
The EFJ President and staff will meet EU Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova, toi discuss journalists' safety, media pluralism, dinsinformation and media freedom (including ECPMF).
Organised by the International Federation of Actors (FIA). More information to be announced.
PDLI-FeSP conference. The EFJ GS is invited to speak about media freedom in Europe.
Meeting with Paolo Celot, Founder and Secretary General of EAVI – Media Literacy for Citizenship
The fifth edition of the Food Journalism Festival will be held in Turin on 20, 21, 22 February 2020. The EFJ GS will participate to a round table discussion about journalists' rights, in the afternoon of Friday 21 February.
VUB and the University of Sussex are co-organizing an expert workshop on online disinformation and electoral regulation on Wednesday 26 February at the Institute for European Studies (Rome Conference Room). It will be an off-the-record working group, with a draft report of recommendations for combatting disinformation distributed in advance to participants for comment and critique (based on comparative evidence gathering across Europe, the Americas and the Commonwealth). The VUB joint research into options for better regulation of disinformation has just been published in the Computer Law & Security Review, based on both a report for the European Parliament and a…