EFJ ANNUAL MEETING 2008

Journalism at the Crossroads: Facing up to Media Decline

 

Berlin, 13-15 June 2008

 

Draft Agenda

 

 

Friday, 13 June 

 

14.00 Registration

 

14.30 Start of the Meeting

Welcome and Introduction:

Arne König, Chair, European Federation of Journalists
Malte Hinz,  President, dju in ver.di

 

15.00 Panel: Outsourcing and Temporary Work in Europe

                 Hubert Engeroff, General Secretary, DJV, Germany

                 Seamus Dooley, General Secretary, NUJ, Ireland

 

Moderator: Aidan White, EFJ General Secretary

 

16.30 Coffee Break

 

17.00 Key-Note Speech: The Future in journalism

                 Vidal Beneyto, Le Monde Diplomatique

                

 

Moderator: Nina Törnhudd, EFJ Steering Committee

 

18.30 Reception



Saturday, 14 June, 2008 

 

9.30 Start of EFJ Annual Meeting

 

1.          Adoption of working rules

 

2.          Election of Presidium

 

3.          Approval of Agenda

 

4.          Voting Rights and Decision of Membership

           Election of Tellers

 

5.          Extraordinary General Meeting

(a)             Motions on Rules of the EFJ

 

     (back to Annual Meeting)

 

6.          Minutes of the GM, Zagreb, 2007

 

13.00-14.30 Lunch

 

7.          Reports

           a) Steering Committee Report

           b) Expert Group Reports

           Labour Rights Expert Group (LAREG)

           Authors’ Rights expert Group (AREG)

           Freelance Expert Group (FREG)

           Broadcasting Expert Group (BREG)

          

8. Financial Report

           a) Honorary Treasurer Report 2008

           b) EFJ/IFJ Accounts

           c) Finance Commission Report

          

Sunday 25 March

 

9.30 Start of the Meeting

 

9. Presentation of “A Diversity Toolkit” (EBU+European Union Agency for Fundamental rights)

11. Motions

 

11.30 Coffee Break

 

Continuation of Motion

 

12. Other

      

14.30 Lunch

 

End of Annual Meeting