The Updated Draft “Roadmap” for the Development of the Media in the Republic of Moldova Published

The draft “Roadmap” for the media development, updated based on the proposals of the participants in the second edition of the Media Forum in Moldova held on 2^nd-3^rd of December 2016 in Chisinau, was published on the Forum’s website http://mediaforum.md/event.
 
The “Roadmap” for the media development in the Republic of Moldova was drafted at the first edition of the Media Forum held on 27^th-28^th of October 2015. The document formulates the main constraints impeding the development of the media outlets and includes an action plan for the elimination/diminution of these constraints and for setting the required conditions for the sustainable development, for the establishment and strengthening of a climate of fair competition and editorial independence of the mass-media institutions in our country.
 
The participants in the second edition of the Media Forum (2^nd – 3^rd of December 2016) decided to update and supplement the “Roadmap” and an initiative group, consisting of representatives of the organisers and of the facilitators of the thematic workshops held within the Media Forum 2016, adapted the document to the current situation, taking into account the relevant proposals of the participants in the Forum.
Journalists, managers and other staff of the media outlets can submit, until the 5^th of January 2017, proposals for the improvement of the draft that will be analysed by the initiative group.

The full version of the “Roadmap” for the media development in the Republic of Moldova will be submitted to the national authorities, to embassies and representations of foreign states, to international organisations that monitor the democratic developments in Moldova.

The updated draft of the “Roadmap” for the media development in Moldova can be accessed on the website: www.mediaforum.md/event, under the column “Documents”. The proposals may be submitted by e-mail: secretariat@consiliuldepresa.md

The Media Forum in the Republic of Moldova is organized by the Press Council, in partnership with the Association of Independent Press (API), the Independent Journalism Centre (IJC) and the Electronic Press Association (APEL).

The works of the Media Forum 2016 were funded by the Media Programme of Soros-Moldova Foundation, the Council of Europe’s Programme "Promoting the professional and accountable journalism by supporting the regional network of self-regulation structures”, the U.S. Embassy to Moldova and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
For more information: tel.: (022) 210602

(Contact person - Diana Lungu, communication coordinator)
www.mediaforum.md