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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.

ETUFs meeting

ETF Rue du Marché aux Herbes 105, Boîte 11, Brussels, Belgium

The EFJ GS will attend the meeting of the European Trade Union Federations.

Dublin Journalism Summer School

Dublin Dublin, Ireland

The European Union delegation in Moscow has a programme to promote stronger cultural ties between Russia and the European Union. As part of that programme they have agreed to support a journalism programme that brings together young Russian journalists with other journalists from different parts of Europe in a series of activities and events. The Dublin Summer school programme falls under this programme as an initiative to provide Russian and EU journalists with an opportunity to network, to learn and to practice their journalism on key issues pertinent to the EU. The objectives of the course are: To build strong…

Hearing in the European Parliament on Media Pluralism and freedom in the EU

European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in the European Parliament will hold a public hearing on "Media pluralism and freedom in the EU". The hearing will take place on Tuesday, 11 July 2017 from 9.00 - 11.00  in the European Parliament in Brussels, Room József Antall (4Q1). Renate Schroeder, EFJ Director, is invited as a speaker to give a short presentation and to participate in the debate with the Members.

Cumhuriyet trial

Istanbul Istanbul

The trial of 17 journalists from daily newspaper Cumhuriyet will begin on 24 July 2017 and is expected to run until 28 July, in Istanbul.

EFJ-ETUI workshop: Editorial Independence in the newsroom, 29 & 30 August 2017

Chant D'oseau Avenue des Franciscains 3A,, Brussels, Belgium

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) together with the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) will organise a two-day workshop on ''Editorial independence in the newsroom'' in Brussels. The workshop aims - to exchange of best practices on the functioning of editorial board to ensure editorial independence; - to explore  other  self-regulatory mechanism in place to ensure editorial independence such as code of ethics, editorial policy, collective bargaining tools; - to demonstrate the capacity of individual journalists as well as trade union representatives for journalists to advocate for editorial independence. - to develop a plan of action to be implemented at…

Roundtable on Media Freedom with OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Residence Palace 155 rue de la Loi, Brussels, Belgium

The EFJ invited the recently appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir to meet in Brussels the most important civil society partners and professional organisations. We will discuss how we can best work together on tackling the biggest problems for freedom of expression and freedom of the media in the OSCE region (including the growing problem of anti-terrorism legislation and other developments and initiatives impacting negatively on media freedom). 9.30 – 10.00 OPENING SESSION - Welcoming remarks - Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media - Ricardo Gutiérrez, General Secretary, European Federation of Journalists 10.00 – 11.00…