A representative of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the The Role of Media in Democratic Countries seminar in Tokyo, which was organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 12 to 29 November.

As part of the technical assistance of Japan, which is implemented in cooperation with the Japanese public service broadcaster (NHK), this year’s programme of exchange of knowledge between the Japanese media experts and representatives of institutions and media from Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, Mongolia, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Fiji, Grenada and Kosovo* was designed.

A representative of the REM Monitoring and Analysis Service attended the presentation of the Compendium on Promoting Journalistic Excellence in Zagreb. At the meeting, which took place on 27 and 28 November, at the invitation of the Agency for Electronic Media (AEM) from Croatia, the process of selection of papers, evaluation criteria and goals of the annual competition were presented, with professional exchange of views on current challenges facing contemporary journalism in the region. 

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), together with the representatives of Radio Television of Vojvodina, visited Ankara from 24 to 28 November, as part of a study visit to the Supreme Council for Radio and Television of the Republic of Turkey (RTÜK). The visit was organised on the basis of the Protocol on Cooperation and Expert Exchange Programme that REM has with RTÜK, aimed at strengthening institutional cooperation, exchanging experiences and improving regulatory practices in the field of media.

Today, in the premises of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, a meeting was held with representatives of the Embassy of France and the French regulator ARCOM. The guests were presented with the organisational structure and competences of REM, with special attention to the mechanisms of monitoring media content in regular conditions and during election processes, as well as to the specifics of the procedures that the regulator applies in order to safeguard pluralism and compliance of media service providers.

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media visited the Agency for Audiovisual Media Services (AMU) of Montenegro in Podgorica, and then they met with representatives of the Albanian Autoriteti i Mediave Audiovizive (AMA) in Tirana.