Programme
European Forum Cyprus
ΕΥΡΩΠΑIΚΟ ΦΟΡΟΥΜ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ AVRUPA KIBRIS FORUMU
Media and democratic society – trends and challenges in Europe and Cyprus
3rd Seminar of the third Year of the European Forum Cyprus
Co-funded by the European Commission
Nicosia, 21 – 22 March 2011
Venue:
Château Status
Address: 21 Markou Drakou Street, 1102 Nicosia
P.O.Box 21813, 1513 Nicosia
Tel.: 00357 22 77 771167
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Arrival of the experts
Transfer from airport to the hotel
Monday, 21 March 2011
12:00 Lunch for experts and Secretariat members
14:15 Opening of the meeting
Chairperson: Mrs Anna CAPELLO, Head of Division of Co-operation Programmes, Directorate of Political Advice and Co-operation, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Welcome addresses by:
· Mr Aristophanes GEORGIOU, Head of the Delegation of Cyprus to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Nicosia
· Mr Mehmet ÇAĞLAR, Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Community to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Nicosia
· Mrs Anna CAPELLO, Head of Division of Co-operation Programmes, Directorate of Political Advice and Co-operation, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
· Mr Ismo ULVILA, Head of Section, Task Force Turkish Cypriot Community, DG Enlargement, the European Commission Project Support Office, Nicosia
14:45 Television in Europe: Diversity and Pluralism
Introduction by the moderator: Mrs Anna CAPELLO, Head of Co-operation Division, Directorate of Political Advice and Co-operation, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Speaker:
Ms Deirdre KEVIN, MAVISE Analyst, European Audiovisual Observatory, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Discussion
16:15 Coffee Break
16:30 New media in Europe – the emergence of the “citizen journalist”?
Introduction by the moderator: Mr Ismo ULVILA, Head of Section, Task Force Turkish Cypriot Community, DG Enlargement, the European Commission Project Support Office, Nicosia
Speaker:
Mr Laurent ROUY, Journalist, Trans Euro Media, Belgrade
Discussion
18:45 Dinner for experts and participants (Venue: Chateau Status)
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
09:00 Workshops (Animators: Mr Laurent ROUY (Trans Euro Media, Belgrade), Mr Georgios TERZIS, (Free University of Brussels)
11:15 Coffee Break
11:30 The independence of journalists in Europe – standards and reality
Introduction by the moderator: Mr Aristophanes GEORGIOU, Head of the Delegation of Cyprus to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Nicosia
Speaker
Mr Anthony MILLS, Press and Communications Manager, International Press Institute (IPI), Vienna
Discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:15 The media landscape in Cyprus – an overview
Speaker:
Mr Michael SIMOPOULOS, Project Coordinator - Collaborative Media Initiative, Cyprus Community Media Centre, Nicosia
Ms Beran DJEMAL, Outreach Officer for the Turkish Cypriot Community, Cyprus Community Media Centre, Nicosia
Discussion
15:30 Coffee Break
15:45 Panel discussion: Media in Cyprus: One island – forever divided?
Ms Anil IĹžIK, Journalist, Nicosia
Ms Zoe TELEGRAPHOU, Journalist at Radio Astra, Nicosia
Discussion
17:00 Coffee Break
17:15 Presentation of results of workshops
Discussion
19:00 Dinner
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Departure of experts
Experts
Deidre KEVIN
has worked for the European Audiovisual Observatory as an Analyst since July 2008 and is responsible for MAVISE - database of television companies and channels in the European Union edited by the European Audiovisual Observatory for the Communication Directorate General of the European Commission. She has a BA in Communication Studies from Dublin City University and a Masters in European Economic and Public Affairs from University College Dublin. She previously worked at the Stirling Media Research Institute in Scotland, the European Institute for the Media in Duesseldorf, Germany, and for several years as a free-lance media research consultant. She has carried out research on media markets, media law and policy, and the European public sphere for the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities, the European Cultural Foundation, and various national broadcasting regulatory authorities.
Anthony MILLS, Press and Communications Manager, International Press Institute (IPI), Vienna
Laurent ROUY
French, 38, is a journalist and a media expert, working in Belgrade, Serbia, for French televisions and French speaking radios, as a local correspondent. He is also cooperating with the Council of Europe, as a media expert, in Serbia, Moldova and Ukraine. A journalist since 1996, he worked first in France and moved to South East Europe in 2002. He has an experience of working with print press, local and national, Radios, TVs, and online media, including in managing positions. Since 2009, with the consultant cabinet Trans Euro Media, he s been engaged in various media monitoring and media reform programmes, together with the Council of Europe.
Georgios TERZIS
is Associate Professor at Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and Senior Associate Member at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK. He is the founding Chair of the Journalism Studies Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association. His research focuses on European media governance, journalism education in Europe and the development of Pan-European media.
Cypriot experts
Anil IĹžIK, Journalist, Nicosia
Work experience:
- The Secretariat of Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU, Nicosia
Unit of Communication and Information
External Consultant (November-mid February 2011).
Conducting interviews, following news, translating press releases from English into Turkish.
-Cyprus News Agency, Nicosia
Journalist (part-time), (December 2004 - 2009)
Translating news from English into Turkish and English into Turkish, writing articles both in Turkish and English, following news, translating news from different news sources.
-KIBRIS Media Association, Nicosia
KIBRIS newspaper
Correspondent (November 2002 - 2009)
Reporting news, conducting research, writing articles, translating and editing news from other sources such as Reuters and Anatolian Agencies.
Beran DJEMAL
is the Outreach Officer for the Turkish Cypriot community at the Cyprus Community Media Centre. She holds an MA in Political Science from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and a BA in International Conflict and Cooperation from Stirling University, Scotland. She has been active in civil society for many years, most recently with The Management Centre of the Mediterranean, working in fields such as peacebuilding, human rights, and inter-cultural learning. Beran has previously worked as a journalist at Avrupa/Afrika and Cyprus Today newspapers, and has collaborated on a freelance basis with ARD TV (Germany), as well as Le Figaro and Le Monde (France). She also has experience in video production with Crew House (Cyprus), and was a contributor to filmmaker Vasia Markides’ `Hidden in the Sand`.
Michalis SIMOPOULOS
is Project Coordinator of the Collaborative Media Initiative at the Cyprus Community Media Centre, a project which aims to facilitate an improvement in relationships through dialogue, and increase opportunities for the media in the two communities to collaborate. He holds a BA in History and Politics from the University of Nottingham, and an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics. He previously held the position of Press Officer at the Cyprus High Commission in London, and has also worked in research on public policy and overseas development aid with INDEX Research and Dialogue (Cyprus), and transitional justice and reconciliation at International Conflict Research (Northern Ireland).
Zoe TELEGRAPHOU, Journalist at Radio Astra, Nicosia
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