05. 06. 2016

PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE WHITE BOOK ON COMPETITION-BASED CO-FINANCING OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

The Roundtable of Coalition of journalists and media associations (UNS, NUNS, NDNV, Local Press and ANEM), entitled "Competition-based co-financing of public interest in the field of public information - where we came from and where are we going?", was held on June 2, 2016, in Novi Sad.

At the event "The White Book", concerning the above mentioned process, was presented. The Book is prepared by NDNV based on the results of monitoring of the project-based co-financing of the media, conducted by the Coalition in the period from 1 April 2015 to 1 April 2016. The Book contains collected data on conducted competitions, the qualitative and quantitative analysis of these data, the main findings, conclusions on what are the biggest problems and shortcomings of the process of co-financing of the projects of public interest in the area of public information, both in legislation and practice, and recommendations for problem solving and improvement of this process. The Book was presented by its authors and representatives of Coalition.

The event gathered representatives of the media, journalists and media associations, civil society, national councils, authorities and the diplomatic and donor community.

"The White Book" is published within the project "To be or not to be for media reform in Serbia - monitoring of the project-based co-financing of the media", which was supported by the British and Australian embassies in Belgrade.

Please see the report on this event here.

Invitation to the event