Right to Know Day, Brussels, 28th September 2017 Organising parties: ITCO intergroup, supported by Access Info Europe and AntiCor Belgium Mission and objectives: It is our mission to host an event in Brussels that brings together Freedom of Information (FOI) advocates from across Europe. The main objectives of this event will be: To celebrate Right To Know Day which is held on 28th September each year, by raising awareness about the right of access to information and sharing inspiring stories of FOI from around Europe To compare good and bad practices when it comes to Freedom of Information…
DRAFT AGENDA Tour de Table: Ongoing and planned digitalisation initiatives, projects on digitalisation, positions, meetings with relevant DGs or MEPs ETUC-ETUI events: Sharers & Workers, Foresight Seminar ETUC project Workers Participation a key to fair digitalisation Data protection, AI, algorithms New ETUC position on digitalization AOB
Threats to journalists and violations of media freedom in Europe are on the increase. They include the wholesale prosecution of journalists in Turkey, frequent attacks on media workers in Hungary, Poland and Ukraine, accreditations withdrawn at the G20 summit in Germany and daily harassment through verbal abuse and hate speech. ECPMF’s one-day conference “Defending journalists under threat” is looking at practical solutions to tackle the many threats journalists are facing today. Participants will discuss legal support to whistle-blowers and their journalistic contacts, safe houses away from home for media workers under threat and the political measures needed to change the current…
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe enjoy overlapping geographical remits: the 47 member States of the Council of Europe are also amongst the 57 participating States of the OSCE. Both organisations promote an understanding of internet freedom that is rooted in the international obligations and responsibilities of their respective participating and member States, particularly those drawn from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”), the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) and the OSCE commitments as well as other relevant standards. According to the standards of both organisations, states should…
IQ-Herbstforum - Mit Qualität gegen Lügen und Hass im Netz mit DJV und dju in ver.di Das neunte IQ-Herbstforum befasst sich am 16. Oktober beim Deutschlandradio in Berlin mit redaktionellen Strategien gegen Lügen und Hass im Netz. Propaganda, gezielte Falschmeldungen, persönliche Diskreditierungen und Hassbotschaften sind zwar nichts Neues. Schon immer versuchen ihre Urheber, die Medien für entsprechende Manipulationen zu instrumentalisieren. Heute machen es ihnen Digitalisierung und soziale Netzwerke leicht, Lügen und Hass an ein Millionenpublikum zu transportieren. Mit Folgen – für die gesellschaftliche Kommunikation, für das Vertrauen in demokratische Prozesse, für die Glaubwürdigkeit der Medien. Wie gelingt es professionellen Journalistinnen…
The next EU Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment will be held on 18 October 2017 from 14h00 to 17h00. Press Conference at 17h00. A preparatory meeting will be held in the ETUC premises from 10h45 to 12h45. Oliver Roethig (UNI-Europa) and Renate Schroeder (EFJ) will represent the ETUFs. Here are the proposed themes as agreed during the preparatory meeting: General theme: • Shaping Europe’s future: strengthening resilience and promoting economic and social progress for all 3 sub-themes for moderated discussion: • Subtheme 1: The involvement of social partners (in policies and reforms) at national level – progress made…
DIVERCITY: “Preventing and combating homo- and transphobia across Europe” The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will deliver a training on "Reporting LGBT" to local journalists in Sabadell (Spain). LGBT people in the EU experience discrimination, harassment and violence in different areas of life. Homo- and transphobia in smaller and medium-sized cities has particular dynamics, as the access to resources for LGBT people may be more problematic due to the dimension of local agencies, the associative structure and the LGBT community. The DIVERCITY project intends to make a diagnosis of homo- and transphobia in six medium-sized cities in Europe, to exchange best…
Eurocadres, the Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff, is organising an event on whistleblowing on 30 October during their 4th Congress. With the support of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the event will take place in Brussels, at the EESC premises in room VMA3. The overall Congress starts at 9.00, but on Monday afternoon, Eurocadres will host an event on whistleblower protection, followed by a Congress evening dinner event starting 19:00 at Grand Central. The panel discussion will focus on current progress in the EU call on whistleblower protection. Confirmed panellists are professor David Lewis from Middlesex…
The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will moderate the following panel: Engaging and providing for LGBT population: Policies and strategies outside the big city Analysing existing legislation, policies and practices on LGBTphobia Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University Is 'homonationalism' always already wrong? LGBT/Q strategies in Wroclaw Monika Baer, Wroclaw University The Catalan LGBT Network of Local Councils Míriam Ferràndiz, Ajuntament de Sabadell Agenda: divercityfinalconf_en_web
