Serbia and Kosovo media executives come together for first time in a decade
(Lubomir Kotek/OSCE)The OSCE Mission in Kosovo frequently hosts journalist training programmes. Here, the OSCE works with young Roma radio journalists. (Lubomir Kotek/OSCE) Photo details
PRISTINA, 6 May 2003 - Leading editors-in-chief and media executives from Serbia and Kosovo will be gathering in Ohrid, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), from 7 to 9 May.
The conference, organized and financed by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) and financially supported by the Austrian Foreign Ministry, is the first of its kind in over ten years. It aims at fostering regional co-operation between media and is part of the South East Europe Dialogue Meetings, organized by SEEMO.
"Such regional co-operation efforts are contributing to common understanding over the way ahead in establishing cross-boundary networks for programme exchanges and increase professional co-operation and mutual understanding," said Angela Tenbruck, Regional Media Co-operation Team Leader of the OSCE Mission's Democratization Department.
Participants will discuss a number of common topics of interest including the freedom of speech, editorial independence, the status of media - print, electronic and news agencies - in Serbia and Kosovo and issues of media development.
Prominent international guests are expected to attend, including representatives of the OSCE's Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Mission in Kosovo, the Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Austrian Foreign Ministry, the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, Albanian Media Institute, the news agency Makfax, Slovenian Radio Television, International Press Institute (IPI), SEEMO, and representatives from different diplomatic missions.
The Vienna-based SEEMO, a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe, is an affiliate of the IPI.
As part of its mandate the OSCE has organized and supported a number of visits, meetings and conferences for media professionals from Kosovo, Serbia and the region, as a way to enhance mutual understanding of different communities and to serve as a way for future regional integration.
The conference, organized and financed by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) and financially supported by the Austrian Foreign Ministry, is the first of its kind in over ten years. It aims at fostering regional co-operation between media and is part of the South East Europe Dialogue Meetings, organized by SEEMO.
"Such regional co-operation efforts are contributing to common understanding over the way ahead in establishing cross-boundary networks for programme exchanges and increase professional co-operation and mutual understanding," said Angela Tenbruck, Regional Media Co-operation Team Leader of the OSCE Mission's Democratization Department.
Participants will discuss a number of common topics of interest including the freedom of speech, editorial independence, the status of media - print, electronic and news agencies - in Serbia and Kosovo and issues of media development.
Prominent international guests are expected to attend, including representatives of the OSCE's Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Mission in Kosovo, the Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Austrian Foreign Ministry, the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, Albanian Media Institute, the news agency Makfax, Slovenian Radio Television, International Press Institute (IPI), SEEMO, and representatives from different diplomatic missions.
The Vienna-based SEEMO, a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe, is an affiliate of the IPI.
As part of its mandate the OSCE has organized and supported a number of visits, meetings and conferences for media professionals from Kosovo, Serbia and the region, as a way to enhance mutual understanding of different communities and to serve as a way for future regional integration.