Euromed and the Media is an initiative financed under the Regional Information and Communication Programme that extends the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership dialogues to include the media. In a consultative process between the European Commission and the region’s media, joint efforts are made at resolving media and information related problems.

Through a series of regional, national and thematic meetings proposals/recommendations are sought in areas relating to:

 

• Information and Communication
• Training
• Networking
• Freedom of the Press / Independent Media
• Safety and Security of Journalists
• Xenophobia and Racist media
• Gender Equality
• Reporting Terrorism

 

Over 500 media practitioners from all 39 countries of the Partnership have participated in a series of conferences, seminars and workshops over the past three years. Almost 75 recommendations covering the above sectors have been proposed. A Task Force has been created to assist and advise the Commission on these proposals and on other media-related matters. 

 

See also:

Speech by Benita Ferrero-Waldner Euromed and the Media 28/11/05