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Download the full IFJ Report on Public Broadcasting in Serbia:
At the Crossroads :
Public Service Broadcasting on the Edge in Serbia
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On May 12-14 May 2003, an IFJ delegation met with main actors of the restructuring of Serbian Public Broadcaster RTS. On 27 June 2003, the IFJ organised a Round-Table with local representatives, as well as regional and international experts.
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Programme of the Round-Table :
"Public Broadcasting on the Edge in Serbia"
Belgrade, 27 June 2003
Organised with support from the Council of Europe and
the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights
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09.30 Opening session :
Ms Tamara Lukšic Orlandic, Deputy Minister for Culture and Media
SESSION 1 : The transformation of RTS into a public service broadcasting institution
Chair : Mr Boris Bergant, Deputy Director General, RTV-Slovenia
09.45 The legal framework
Mr Rade VELJANOVSKI, RTS Radio Belgrade Deputy General Manager,
Chairman of the Working Group for the drafting of the media laws
Independance and functions of the Broadcasting Council
Ramon PRIETO-SUAREZ, Council of Europe
The role of the General Manager – Financial Situation of RTS
Mr Aleksandar CRKVENJAKOV, General Manager of RTS
10.15 Panel discussion
11.00 Coffee break
SESSION 2 :The restructuring process at RTS
Chair : Ramon PRIETO-SUAREZ, Administrator Media Division, Council of Europe
Public broadcasting on the Edge, Mission report by IFJ on RTS
Marc GRUBER, Katja KUSEC, IFJ Public Broadcasting Committee
The achievements of the OSCE
Mr Giovanni PORTA, OSCE Mission in Serbia and Montenegro
12.15 Panel discussion
13.00 Lunch
SESSION 3 : The professional future of RTS
Chair: Andrzej KRAJEWSKI, Media Freedom Observatory (Poland) & IFJ Public Broadcasting Committee
14.15 Raising and maintaining ethical standards in the public broadcasting organisation:
Codes of conduct
Mr Dragan JANIC, Representative of NUNS, BETA Agency
Editorial and managerial aspects : the experience of RTV Slovenia
Mr Boris BERGANT, Vice-President EBU, Deputy DG of RTV Slovenia
15.00 Panel discussion
15.45 Coffee break
16.00 Union cooperation on redundancies, lustration and collective negotiations
16.45 Concluding remarks :
Launching the Serbian public broadcasting institution publicity campaign
Mr Neboijsa SPAIC, Editor, Radio 202
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