On 24 May 2019 the EU/CoE Joint Programme JUFREX has joined the Horizontal Facility. The new Programme aims at promoting freedom of expression and freedom of the media in line with Council of Europe's standards and follows up on the results achieved in JUFREX in its three components:

• Support to Legal professionals
• Support to Media Regulatory Authorities
• Support to Media Actors

Seven actions are foreseen at regional and beneficiary level:

• Regional
• Albania
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kosovo*
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• Serbia

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.