The Consortium for the Realization of the EU Financed Project -
The Press Council in BiH, the Association BH Journalists, the Foundation Media Center Sarajevo and JaBiHEU
is organizing the conference
“Media and the Public Image”
Presenting the Project
“Integration of European Freedom of Expression Standards and Reduction of Media Pressure in BiH, through Transparency of Media Ownership and Transparent Financing of Media from Public Budgets”
November 18th 2016, Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, at 11 AM, Sarajevo
The Conference will be opened by Mr. Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Chief of the European Union Delegation and the EU’s Special Representative in BiH; Mr. Ismir Jusko, Minister of Traffic and Communication in the Council of Ministers of BiH and Mr. Marko Divkovic, Chair of the Association BH Journalists
The Consortium for the realization of the project “Media and the Public Image”, the Press Council in BiH, the Association BH Journalists, the Foundation Media Center Sarajevo and JaBiHEU, is organizing the conference where the project “Integration of European Freedom of Expression Standards and Reduction of Media Pressure in BiH, through Transparency of Media Ownership and Transparent Financing of Media from Public Budgets” will be presented. The objective of the project is to establish transparency of media ownership, media financing and advertising in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Conference will take place in the BiH Parliamentary in Sarajevo.
The focus of the project is the preparation of the legal framework for the regulation and transparency of media ownership, which is of particular importance for the freedom of expression, protection of journalists and avoidance of pressure against media and journalists. The foundation of the project lies in the EU standards on transparency of media ownership and media pluralism, protection of the value of the journalism profession and its image in the public.
The Conference will be opened by Mr. Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Chief of the European Union Delegation and the EU’s Special Representative in BiH; Mr. Ismir Jusko, Minister of Traffic and Communication in the Council of Ministers of BiH and Mr. Marko Divkovic, Chair of the Association BH Journalists. The project will be presented by Ms. Borka Rudic, Secretary General of the Association BH Journalists, while the moderator of the conference will be Mr. Boro Kontic, Director of the Media Center Sarajevo.
The project “Media and the Public Image” will be realized during the next three years with financial support of the European Union, and it will be implemented by the Consortium made up of the Press Council in BiH, the Association BH Journalists, the Foundation Media Center Sarajevo and JaBiHEU.
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