MEDIA CIRCLE - Civil Response to Clientelism in Media

Projects

MEDIA CIRCLE - Civil Response to Clientelism in Media
Project Civil Response to Clientelism in Media – MEDIA CIRCLE
Location Role Donator/Financial sources Duration
Montenegro, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, FYR Macedonia, Bosnia i Herzegovina Partner European Commission / IPA CSF December 2013 - December 2017.
Project goals

Establishing independent sustainable multi-layered cross country mechanisms for active media policy monitoring, advocacy and emergency response in SE Europe; enhancing cross-sector cooperation between journalists, public institutions and NGOs.

The project is a transnational initiative implemented in Croatia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, FYR Macedonia and Montenegro. Cosortium MEDIA CIRCLE members are: Partnership for Social Development (Croatia), Expert Forum (Romania), Vesta (BiH), BH Journalists (BiH), Center for Media Activities (FYR Macedonia), YUCOM – Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (Serbia), Independent Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina (Serbia) and Public Policy Institute (Montenegro).

Starting from the issue of media clientelism and lack of independence in the Balkans and South-Eastern Europe, the partners aim to establish sustainable mechanisms for monitoring Media Clientelism and Politicisation Index that will enable cross country comparative and country specific reporting on the state of media clientelism and politicisation as well as to improve national and international policies related to Freedom of Media, Financing of Media, Suppression of Political Influence, enhanced Transparency and Accountability and protection of journalists from undue influence, pressure and violence.

Project Civil Response to Clientelism in Media – MEDIA CIRCLE
Location Role
Montenegro, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, FYR Macedonia, Bosnia i Herzegovina Partner
Donator/Financial sources Duration
European Commission / IPA CSF December 2013 - December 2017.
Project goals

Establishing independent sustainable multi-layered cross country mechanisms for active media policy monitoring, advocacy and emergency response in SE Europe; enhancing cross-sector cooperation between journalists, public institutions and NGOs.

The project is a transnational initiative implemented in Croatia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, FYR Macedonia and Montenegro. Cosortium MEDIA CIRCLE members are: Partnership for Social Development (Croatia), Expert Forum (Romania), Vesta (BiH), BH Journalists (BiH), Center for Media Activities (FYR Macedonia), YUCOM – Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (Serbia), Independent Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina (Serbia) and Public Policy Institute (Montenegro).

Starting from the issue of media clientelism and lack of independence in the Balkans and South-Eastern Europe, the partners aim to establish sustainable mechanisms for monitoring Media Clientelism and Politicisation Index that will enable cross country comparative and country specific reporting on the state of media clientelism and politicisation as well as to improve national and international policies related to Freedom of Media, Financing of Media, Suppression of Political Influence, enhanced Transparency and Accountability and protection of journalists from undue influence, pressure and violence.

Follow-up

Article "Montenegro: Media landscape still reflects deep political divisions that the struggle for national and territorial independence created" published on the website fairpres.eu find HERE.