UNESCO organizes South-East European meeting on media accountability in Istanbul
18-02-2010 (Istanbul)
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Professional journalistic standards and codes of ethics are the premise of good journalism. To address these important issues, UNESCO is organizing a regional South-East European meeting on media accountability from 22 to 23 February 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Journalists face specific challenges in their every day work, such as conflicts of interests, stereotypes and prejudices. Good journalism is strengthen through ethical and professional standards, codes of ethics, editorial guidelines and media accountability mechanisms, based on self-regulatory practices and operated by the media themselves. Press councils are one of the most common forms of self-regulation. In addition, many media organizations also have in-house ombudsmen, or readers’, listeners’ or viewers’ editors, whose role is to mediate in conflict situations.
The meeting in Istanbul, entitled Professional Standards and Self-Regulation in Media and State of Play of Media Policy in South-East Europe, is part of the 30-month project on media accountability, implemented by UNESCO and financed by the European Commission. The goal of this project is to encourage, assist and accelerate media reforms in the South-East European countries. It also aims to consolidate internationally recognized standards in the participating countries, and to bring about more media protection, professionalism, accountability and independence, through a self-regulation process initiated through strong local networks.
UNESCO has invited to the meeting in Istanbul over 50 participants from the project countries, as well as a large number of local Turkish media professionals to participate in the debate on media self-regulation.
The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss the results of the national roundtables on media accountability that took place in the project countries at the end of last year in cooperation with the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENMP). The countries included in the project are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Kosovo (according to the UNSCR 1244).
The meeting in Istanbul, entitled Professional Standards and Self-Regulation in Media and State of Play of Media Policy in South-East Europe, is part of the 30-month project on media accountability, implemented by UNESCO and financed by the European Commission. The goal of this project is to encourage, assist and accelerate media reforms in the South-East European countries. It also aims to consolidate internationally recognized standards in the participating countries, and to bring about more media protection, professionalism, accountability and independence, through a self-regulation process initiated through strong local networks.
UNESCO has invited to the meeting in Istanbul over 50 participants from the project countries, as well as a large number of local Turkish media professionals to participate in the debate on media self-regulation.
The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss the results of the national roundtables on media accountability that took place in the project countries at the end of last year in cooperation with the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENMP). The countries included in the project are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Kosovo (according to the UNSCR 1244).
Related themes/countries
· Turkey
· Professional Journalistic Standards and Code of Ethics
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