| Title: |
Round table on the draft Law of Ukraine On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Ensuring Transparency of Ownership Relations With Regard to Mass Media |
| Description: |
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| Status: |
Completed |
| Date: |
26/03/2007
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| Countries: |
Ukraine
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| Contributors: |
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| Programme: |
Joint Programme EC/CoE
- Ukraine and South Caucasus States- Promoting the democratic process
Project:
4 - Ukraine
Specific Objective:
4.1 - The Ukrainian laws and regulations concerning media are prepared and adopted in line with Europea...
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| Working Method: |
Expert Meeting / Expertise |
| Location: |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
| CoE Contact: |
KLOPFER, Franziska
email
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| Partners: |
Information Office of the Council of Europe in Kyiv - CoE Information Office |
| Web Pages: |
1 http://www.coe.int/media |
| Last Modified: |
17/12/2007 |
Activity Synopsis |
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| Objective(s): |
The aim of the meeting was to discuss the analysis of the above-mentioned draft law with the drafters and other stakeholders in view of bringing the text in line with the relevant Council of Europe standards. |
| Output/Results: |
The participants agreed on several recommendations concerning the regulation of media concentration in Ukraine, in particular with regard to the registration procedure for printed mass media, criteria for and control of inadmissible concentration in the print media, requirements for companies applying for broadcasting licences and that amendments to the legislation of Ukraine in accordance with the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendation No. R (94) 13 on measures to promote media transparency. |
| Conclusions/Follow Up: |
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| Participants: |
Members of the National Commission for the Promotion of Freedom of Speech and Development of IT at the President of Ukraine, representatives from the media and civil society |
| Consultants/Experts: |
Dr. Sandra Baić-Hrvatin, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, former chairperson of the Slovene Broadcasting Council;
Mr Ad van Loon, Manager Legal & Regulatory Affairs at VECAI (the trade association of cable operators in the Netherlands); Adjunct Professor of Law
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| CoE Secretariat: |
Ms Izabella Chruslinska |
| Total No. Participants: |
30 |
| Last Modified: |
17/06/2008 |
