MEDIADEM Countries

Public bodies

Belgium:
Department of the Government of the Flemish Community dealing with media policy (NL)
Department of the Government of the French Community dealing with media policy (FR)
Department of the Government of the German-speaking Community dealing with media policy (DE, FR, NL, EN)
Bulgaria:
State Agency for Information Technologies and Communication (BG, EN)
Croatia:
Ministry of Culture (HR, EN)
Denmark:
Prime Minister’s office responsible for the press (DA, EN)
Ministry of Culture (DA, EN)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (DA, EN)
Estonia:
Ministry of Culture (EST, RUS, EN)
Finland:
Ministry of Transport and Communications (FI, SV, EN)
Germany:
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (DE, FR, EN)
Greece:
Secretariat General of Information & Secretariat General of Communication (GR, EN)
Ministry of Interior, Decentralization and E-Governance (GR, EN)
Ministry of Culture (GR, EN)
Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (GR, EN)
Italy:
Ministry for Economic Development- Department of Communication (IT, EN)
Romania:
Ministry of Communications and Information Society (RO, EN)
Slovakia:
Ministry of Culture (SK, EN)
Spain:
Secretariat of State for Communications – Ministry of the Presidency (ES, CA, GL, EUS, EN)
Turkey:
Radio and Television Supreme Council (TUR, EN)
Office of the Prime Minister – Directorate General of Press and Information (TUR, EN)
UK:
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (EN)
Department for Business Innovation & Skills (EN)

Regulatory authorities and self/co-regulatory bodies

Belgium:
Regulatory Authority for the Media in the Flemish Community (NL)
Audiovisual Council of the French Community (FR)
Regulator for the Media in the German-speaking Community (DE)
Independent organization for self-regulation of the French- and German-language media (DE, NL, FR, EN)
Bulgaria:
Council for Broadcasting (BG)
Council for Electronic Media (BG)
Communications Regulation Commission (BG, EN)
Croatia:
Agency for Electronic Media (HR)
Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HR, EN)
Denmark:
Press Council (DA)
Estonia:
Public Broadcasting, ERR (EST, RUS, EN)
Public Broadcasting Council (EST, EN)
The Estonian Press Council (EST, EN)
Finland:
Communications Regulatory Authority (FI, SV, EN)
Council for Mass Media (FI, SV, EN)
Council of Ethics in Advertising (FI, SV, EN)
Germany:
Broadcasting Council of the WDR (an example of public service-self regulatory body) (DE)
For a list of Land authorities click here (DE)
Commission for the Evaluation of Media Concentration (DE)
Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (DE, EN)
Federal Association of State Media Authorities (DE, EN)
Greece:
National Council for Radio and Television (GR, EN)
Hellenic Competition Commission (GR, EN)
Hellenic Data Protection Authority (GR, EN)
Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (GR, EN)
Italy:
Communications Authority (IT)
Competition Authority (IT)
Romania:
National Audiovisual Council (RO, EN)
Competition Council (RO, EN)
Slovakia:
Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission (SK, EN)
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SK, EN)
The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (SK, EN)
Slovak Press Council (SK)
Spain:
Catalan Audiovisual Council (ES, CA, EN)
Audiovisual Council of Andalusia (ES)
Audiovisual Council of Navarra (ES)
Telecommunications Market Commission (ES, CA, GL, EUS, EN)
Turkey:
Turkish Press Council (TUR, EN)
Radio and Television Supreme Council (TUR, EN)
Telecommunications Authority (TUR, EN)
UK:
OFCOM (EN)
Competition Commission (EN)
Press Complaints Commission (EN)

Media associations

Belgium:
French and Flemish speaking professional association for journalists (FR, NL)
THE PPRESS (FR, NL)
Organisation defending the interests of the Flemish newspaper publishers (NL)
Organisation defending the interests of the publishers of newspapers in French (FR)
Bulgaria:
Association of Bulgarian Broadcasters (BG)
Croatia:
Croatian Journalists’ Association (HR)
Croatian Radio and Newspaper Association (HR)
Denmark:
Danish Daily Newspaper Society (DA, EN)
Danish Media Forum (DA, EN)
Danish Media Employers (DA)
Estonia:
Estonian Newspaper Association (EST, EN)
Estonian Journalists’ Union (EST)
Finland:
The Federation of the Finnish Media Industry (FI, SV, EN)
Union of Journalists (FI, SV,EN)
The Finnish Newspapers Association (FI, SV,EN)
Germany:
Association of Private Broadcasting and Telemedia (DE)
German Journalists Association (DE)
Greece:
Pan-Hellenic Federation of Journalists Union (GR)
The Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (GR)
The Journalists’ Union of the Periodic & Electronic Press (GR)
Italy:
Italian Association for Radio, TV, Digital TV, Internet Enterprises and Publishers Agencies (IT)
Radio and TV Federation (IT)
Romania:
Romanian Press Club (RO)
Romanian Circulation Audit Bureau (RO)
Slovakia:
Slovak Syndicate of Journalists (SK, EN)
Slovak Circulation Audit Bureau (SK, EN)
Spain:
Federation of Press Associations (ES)
Association of Journalists of Catalonia (CA)
Association of Spanish Newspaper Publishers (ES)
Turkey:
Turkish Professional Union of Radio and Television Broadcasters (TUR)
Turkish Press Union (TUR)
Union of Turkish Journalists (TUR)
UK:
National Union of Journalists (EN)
UK Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (EN)

Media research institutes and civil society organisations

Croatia:
Institute for New Media and E-democracy (HR)
Centre for Media and Communication Research (HR, EN)
Denmark:
Danish School of Media and Journalism (DA, EN)
Media Watch Online (DA)
Journalism and Social Change, Roskilde University, Institute for Communication (DA, EN)
InDiMedia; Centre for Interactive Digital Media, Aalborg University (DA)
Estonia:
Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Tartu (EST, EN)
Finland:
Network for the Study of the Public Sphere (FI, SV, EN)
Institute of International Economic Law, associated with the Faculty of Law of the University of Helsinki (FI, SV, EN)
Journalism Research and Development Centre, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere (FI, EN)
Electronic Frontier (FI)
Sananvapauden Puolesta ry (FI)
Germany:
Institute for Media and Communications Policy (DE, EN)
Mainzer Medienistitut e.V. (DE)
Netzwerk recherche e.V. (DE)
NachDenkSeiten (DE)
German section of Reporters without Borders (DE)
Greece:
Hellenic Audiovisual Institute (GR,EN)
Department of Communication and Mass Media, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR, EN)
University Research Institute of Applied Communication, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR, EN)
Department of Communications, Media and Culture, Panteion University (GR, EN)
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR, EN)
Nordic countries:
Nordicom – Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (EN)
Romania:
Centre for Independent Journalism (RO)
Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism (RO, EN)
Spain:
Official Institute of Spanish Radio-Television (ES)
Spanish section of Reporters without Borders (ES)
Turkey:
Ankara University, Faculty of Communications, Culture and Communication (TUR)
Independent Communication Network (TUR, EN)
Joint Industry Committee on TV Measurement (TUR)
UK:
Voice of the Viewer and Listener (EN)
Internet Watch Foundation (EN)