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Promoting Media Freedom and Pluralism in the Republic of Moldova

Project Description
The Joint European Union and Council of Europe Project “Promoting Media Freedom and Pluralism in the Republic of Moldova ” is aimed to strengthen or establish legal and institutional guarantees for a pluralistic media landscape in the Republic of Moldova.
Specific Objective
- Drafting amendments to existing media related legislation in line with European standards.
- Putting into practice the regulatory framework.
- Ensuring the functioning of public service broadcaster’s supervisory bodies of national public service broadcast and regional broadcast.
- Improving the editorial policies and the existing TV and radio programs of the public broadcasters, in particular those on European Union policies.
- Setting up and ensuring the functioning of the Training Centre at Teleradio-Moldova (TRM) which will offer professional media training workshops for TRM’s employees.
Expected Results
- The first ever working group mandated to align the Moldovan media legislation with European standards and for providing expert assistance in drafting the new Audiovisual Code and the first ever Media Development Strategy. (The Audiovisual Code was adopted by the Moldovan Parliament)
- A training centre at the public-service broadcaster Teleradio-Moldova which will provide crucial support in setting up the documentary films department Telefilm-Chisinau as a centre of journalistic excellence aimed at enhancing the quality of Teleradio-Moldova video productions and ensuring content diversification.
- In Gagauzia, to be provided support to the regional public broadcaster in setting up the Multimedia unit and in drafting the company’s development strategy for the next five years.

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PROJECT DETAILS
Moldova
Priority Area:
Partnership that empowers
Subsector:
Communication & support to media
Topic:
Media, Media, Communication
Project Status:
Completed
Start Date:
17.12.2016
End Date:
28.02.2019
EU Project Number:
367-559