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Monday, May 3

Conference Hall Domenii

Residence Domenii Plaza Hotel (33 Alexandru Constantinescu Str.)

10.30– 11.00Registration of the participants

Welcome coffee

11.00 – 11.15Opening Remarks:

Matthias Barner,Director Media Program South East Europe, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Ioana Avădani,Executive director, Center for Independent Journalism

George Ene, The Romanian Press Club

Mircea Toma,President, ActiveWatch – Media Monitoring Agency

11.15 – 12.30Press Conference:

Launching of FreeEx Report

Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Press and Access to Information in Romania

Presentation: Liana Ganea, ActiveWatch – Media Monitoring Agency

Launching of The Report on the public money advertising

Presentation: Ioana Avădani, Executive director, Center for Independent Journalism

Launching of the Report on Perceptions and Projections on the Development of the Online Media in Romania

Presentation: George Ene, The Romanian Press Club and Ştefan Voinea, APEL (Association of the Local Editors and Publishers)

Debate

12.30 – 13.30Lunch

13.30 – 15.00“State Affairs”: are there state institutions or mechanisms affecting negatively the press freedom and the journalists’ work?

Presentation: Ioana Avădani, Executive director, Center for Independent Journalism

Debate

Moderator: Daniel Tomozei, Association of the Journalists from Sibiu

15.00 – 15.30Coffee break

15.30 – 17.00“The Enemy Within”: are there institutions or mechanisms within the media sector that affect negatively the press freedom and the professionalism of journalists?

Presentation: Liana Ganea, ActiveWatch – Media Monitoring Agency Debate

Moderator: Cezar Ion, Association of the Romanian Journalists tbc

Tuesday, May 4

Center for Independent Journalism (32, Bvd. Regina Elisabeta)

10.00 – 11.30Self-regulation mechanisms: where are we, what else should be done?

Presentation: Ciprian Stoianovici, Association of the Romanian Journalists tbc

Moderator: Mircea Toma, ActiveWatch – Media Monitoring Agency

11.30 – 12.00Coffee break

12.00 – 13.30COM action plan for the next 6 months

Moderator: Karacsonyi Zsigmond, Union of Hungarian Journalists In Romania