MEDIADEM is a European research project on media policy-making processes in EU member states and candidate countries. Its purpose is to identify which policy processes, tools and instruments can best support the development of free and independent media. It is funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme and it is coordinated by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy. The project started on April 1st, 2010 and will last for three years.

The University of Jyväskylä, Department of Communication, in co-operation with the Union of Journalists in Finland and the Federation of the Finnish Media Industry are organising a seminar on ‘Journalists’ professional autonomy and journalism ethics’. More »

The Croatian MEDIADEM team organised a thematic discussion group on ‘Media policy: suggestions and recommendiations for the development of free and independent media in Croatia’, which took place on April 18, 2012 in Zagreb. The discussion group gathered actors involved in the formulation and implementation of media policy in Croatia, journalists, members of civil society associations and researchers. More »

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) organised a seminar on the media in Greece. The seminar took place on 6 April 2012 at the premises of ELIAMEP in Athens and was attended by academics, media policy experts and journalists. More »

Members of the Belgian and German MEDIADEM teams took part in the ‘Teaching the teachers’ seminar for journalism professors and bloggers, which took place on March 16-18, 2012 in Yerevan, Armenia. This 3-day training session was organised by the Council of Europe and the Armenian Online Media and Journalists Association in the framework of the joint CoE-EU programme ‘Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media in the South Caucasus and Moldova’. More »

The case study report ‘Does media policy promote media freedom and independence? The case of Slovakia’ is now available in Slovakian. View the report here.