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EVENS FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR EUROPEAN MEDIA LITERACY PROGRAMS

March 28, 2013 – 13:20 |

The Evens Foun­da­tion con­tin­u­ously aims to stim­u­late efforts to increase media lit­er­acy in Europe – mainly by rais­ing crit­i­cal aware­ness and by encour­ag­ing media cre­ativ­ity. Both of these con­tribute to the devel­op­ment of highly aware, active and respon­si­ble cit­i­zens. Subscribing …

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EVENS FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR EUROPEAN MEDIA LITERACY PROGRAMS">EVENS FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR EUROPEAN MEDIA LITERACY PROGRAMS

March 28, 2013 – 13:20 |

The Evens Foun­da­tion con­tin­u­ously aims to stim­u­late efforts to increase media lit­er­acy in Europe – mainly by rais­ing crit­i­cal aware­ness and by encour­ag­ing media cre­ativ­ity. Both of these con­tribute to the devel­op­ment of highly aware, active and respon­si­ble cit­i­zens. Subscribing …

Debate on media freedom and pluralism / movie screening “The new watchdogs”

March 19, 2013 – 11:18 |
Debate on media freedom and pluralism / movie screening “The new watchdogs”

IHECS, Regie5 and the transna­tional coali­tion for media plu­ral­ism is most pleased to invite you to the launch of the first cit­i­zens’ ini­tia­tive on media free­dom and plu­ral­ism in Europe.
The screen­ing of the film “The …

Laura Boldrini: from the Code of Conduct for Ethical Journalism to the Chamber of Deputies’ Presidency

March 18, 2013 – 08:00 |
Laura Boldrini: from the Code of Conduct for Ethical Journalism to the Chamber of Deputies’ Presidency

On the sec­ond day of the of the sev­en­teenth leg­is­la­ture, Laura Boldrini, jour­nal­ist and for­mer Spokes­woman for the United Nations High Com­mis­sion for Refugees, was elected as Pres­i­dent of the Cham­ber of Deputies, Italy’s Lower …

Fighting for our rights: against whom and with what allies?

March 14, 2013 – 13:53 |
Fighting for our rights: against whom and with what allies?

Hav­ing wit­nessed the major upris­ings in the past few years in the Arab world, one might think that such brave­ness in fight­ing for demo­c­ra­tic change would also be needed in Europe. Notably in the case of …

Conférence — L’Union européenne: du Prix Nobel aux doutes quant à l’avenir

March 13, 2013 – 12:44 |

Conférence-débat organ­isée le 5 mars 2013 à l’Hôtel de ville de Saint-Gilles.
La Com­mis­sion du Dia­logue sur l’Europe de Saint-Gilles a organ­isé un débat de deux heures autour de la thé­ma­tique du prix-Nobel décerné à UE le 12 …

Freedom of the press under unclear and unconventional rules?

March 4, 2013 – 14:18 | One Comment
Freedom of the press under unclear and unconventional rules?

Under a legit­i­mate demo­c­ra­tic rule, media is expected to pro­vide a plat­form for pub­lic debate, encour­ag­ing cit­i­zens to engage pub­licly and become more aware of the polit­i­cal land­scape on their national ter­ri­tory and beyond.
Nev­er­the­less, the effec­tive application …

EP Civil Liberties committee vote on a resolution draft on Media Freedom">EP Civil Liberties committee vote on a resolution draft on Media Freedom

February 20, 2013 – 11:49 |

On thurs­day 21 Feb­ru­ary, a draft res­o­lu­tion call­ing for the EU to mon­i­tor media free­dom and sup­port inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ism will be put to a vote in the civil lib­er­ties com­mit­tee.
Here are the draft report from MEP

A Memorandum for Citizenship Education

February 15, 2013 – 09:52 |

A coali­tion of more than 40 Span­ish and Euro­pean civil soci­ety organ­i­sa­tions signed a mem­o­ran­dum to the Coun­cil of Europe against Span­ish government’s project to remove cit­i­zen­ship edu­ca­tion from school. The ini­tia­tive was launched by CIVES

Isabelle Durant, Vice-présidente du Parlement européen, soutient l’Initiative citoyenne européenne pour le pluralisme des médias

February 8, 2013 – 14:15 |

Plusieurs députés européens ont exprimé leur sou­tien et signé l’Initiative citoyenne européenne pour le plu­ral­isme des médias. Au-delà des enjeux liés à l’aboutissement de l’initiative et à la pro­tec­tion de notre droit fon­da­men­tal à une …

Martin Schulz signs European Initiative for Media Pluralism

February 8, 2013 – 10:50 |

Mar­tin Schulz, Pres­i­dent of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment, has signed online on Feb­ru­ary 5th in Stras­bourg the Euro­pean Cit­i­zens’ Ini­tia­tive for Media Plu­ral­ism.
Remem­ber­ing the role of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment in demand­ing greater EU pro­tag­o­nism in pro­tect­ing media …

Launch of the first European Citizens’ Initiative on Media Pluralism

February 6, 2013 – 09:53 |

On Feb­ru­ary 7th, a pan-European coali­tion of cit­i­zens and nearly one hun­dred media groups, pro­fes­sional bod­ies, Inde­pen­dent Jour­nal­ists and Civil Soci­ety Organ­i­sa­tions from across the con­ti­nent will launch the online col­lec­tion of sig­na­tures for the first …

Rejoignez l’initiative européenne pour le pluralisme des médias

October 16, 2012 – 09:46 |

La sit­u­a­tion de la lib­erté et du plu­ral­isme des médias dans l’Union européenne ne cesse de se dégrader. Cer­tains pays, notam­ment la Hon­grie, souf­frent d’interférences sig­ni­fica­tives du pou­voir poli­tique, visant à con­trôler et à diriger …