EBU PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMMEARCHIVING

8 OCTOBER 2015, VIENNA

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• EBU Partnership Programme

Established in 2009 (as the “Special Assistance Project”) “to provide extra support for Members with exceptional financial, strategic, technical, political or other difficulties, and to underline the Union principle of solidarity”

• Co-operation with other partners

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MOU WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION

Signature in Brussels on 24 July 2012 of a

“Memorandum of Understanding on a

Partnership between the EU and the EBU

on enabling the democratic role of public

service media in countries covered by the

EU enlargement policy “

The EU has contributed €500,000 towards

co-funding EBU activities to reinforce EBU

Members in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina,

Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia,

Montenegro and Serbia.

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MAIN OBJECTIVE AND EXPECTED RESULTS- Main objective is - development of independent and sustainable

public service media serving a democratic society

- Results from implementation of the project are reflected in the EU progress reports on the respective countries

- The Partnership Programme team is providing input for the progress reports

- European Parliament will be familiarized with the project

- Positive results could serve as a model for support of other PSM

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ACTIVITIES ON ARCHIVING

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ACTIVITIES ON ARCHIVING I

- Co-operation with PSM and INA

- Archives appraisal reports – RTK, RTCG

- Assessment visit – RTS

- Recommendations

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ACTIVITIES ON ARCHIVING II

- Regional meeting in Zagreb

- Creation of operational team

composed of members from

RTS and HRT

- Development of a

questionnaire

- Support for participation

in archiving events

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ACTIVITIES ON ARCHIVING III

Survey

initiated by

operational team

and conducted

by HRT

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REGIONAL MEETING IN BELGRADE 2015

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MEETING IN BELGRADE 2015

- Presentation of the survey

- Presentation of best practices

- Brainstorming on follow up

- South Caucasus countries show great interest in exchange of experience and best practices, since they face similar challenges

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EPP ACTIVITIES ON ARCHIVING IN OTHER COUNTRIES

- Visit of MKRTV experts

to TRT in Ankara

- Mentoring scholarship

in Georgia

- Members exchange

- Attendance

scholarships

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PLANNED ACTIVITIES

- Further advice and consultancy

- Synthesis of the answers to the questionnaire ?

- Development of project proposals

- Development of requests for support

- Identification of potentional donors

- Bilateral meetings and communications with potential donors

- Organization of regional meetings

- Scholarships and support for participation in archiving events

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WAY AHEAD

- EBU cross-departmental

cooperation

- Cooperation with other

international organizations

EU, UNESCO, INA, FIAT/IFTA

- Negotiations with CoE and EC

for continuation of the project for support of PSM in the EU enlargement countries beyond 2015

- Negotiations with EC for support of PSM in the EU neighbourhood

countries

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We look forward to working with you!

Thank you for listening.

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