| Title: |
1st meeting of the Group of Specialists on public service broadcasting in Information Society (MM-S-PSB) |
| Description: |
Under construction |
| Status: |
Completed |
| Date: |
02/05/2005 - 03/05/2005
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| Countries: |
All Council of Europe member states
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| Contributors: |
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| Programme: |
CoE Programmes (PoA and VC)
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| Working Method: |
Organisation of meetings - Steering Committees / Supervisory Bodies |
| Location: |
Strasbourg, Council of Europe |
| CoE Contact: |
CIBOTARU, Eugen
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| Partners: |
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| Web Pages: |
1 http://www.coe.int/media |
| Last Modified: |
01/07/2005 |
Activity Synopsis |
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| Objective(s): |
Election of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson for 2005
Examination of the terms of reference of the MM-S-PSB
Definition of orientations for the work of the MM-S-PSB
Examination of a preliminary draft study by a consultant of the Council of Europe on how the public service remit should be developed and adapted to suit the Information Society; exchange of views with the consultant |
| Output/Results: |
In the course of the meeting, the MM S PSB:
- elected Mr Thibault MULATIN (Belgium) Chair of the Group for 2005;
- considered the MM-S-PSB’s terms of reference and discussed possible future lines of action for the Group, as well as its working methods and tools;
- held an exchange of views with Mr Christian Nissen, the consultant commissioned to conduct a study on how the public service remit should be developed and adapted to the needs of the Information Society, so that he could present the interim version of his work and obtain any guidance from the Group with a view to its completion by the end of the year;
- discussed a draft workplan for 2005 prepared by the Secretariat.
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| Conclusions/Follow Up: |
The MM-S-PSB approved a work plan for 2005 prepared by the Secretariat. The Group agreed inter alia:
- to hold a hearing at its next meeting with representatives of public service broadcasting organisations and experts in the field of the use of new interactive technologies concerning the organisations’ strategies in the Information Society for promoting wider democratic participation by individuals;
- to discuss at its next meeting, on the basis of replies to the questionnaire on implementation of Committee of Ministers Recommendation No R (96) 10, the current situation regarding the guarantee of the independence of public service broadcasting organisations in the member states.
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| Participants: |
Experts from the member states, non-member states and INGOs |
| Consultants/Experts: |
Mr Christian Nisen (Denmark) |
| CoE Secretariat: |
Mr Jan MALINOWSKI, Head of Media Division, Directorate General of Human Rights
Mr Eugen CIBOTARU, Administrator, Media Division, Directorate General of Human Rights
Mrs Lindsay YOUNGS, Principal Administrative Assistant, Media Division, Directorate General of Human Rights |
| Total No. Participants: |
30 |
| Last Modified: |
09/01/2006 |
