Civil Society Communication Platform for Belarus
Conference on Democratisation of the Mass Media in Belarus
Warsaw, 6-7 June 2008
Programme
Friday (06.06.08)
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Registration of participants |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Opening of the Conference by the Mr Jean-Marie HEYDT, Vice-President of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, Mr Andrew McINTOSH, Chair of the Sub-Committee on the Media, Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mrs Zhanna LITVINA, Chairperson of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Mr Zbigniew PISARSKI President of the Board of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. |
| 10.00 - 12.00 | Hearing on the situation of the media in Belarus Chair: Mr Andrew McINTOSH, Chairman of the Ad hoc Sub-Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Anrei BASTUNETS, Vice President of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Mrs Zhanna LITVINA, Chairperson of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Mr Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Member of the European Parliament Mr Andrei VARDAMATSKI, PhD, Professor, Head of Novak Sociological Laboratory Presentations of: - Directorate of Communication of the Council of Europe (Mrs Jelena DRCA) |
| 12.00 - 12:30 | Presentations of: -Documentary about Belarus (Jerzy LUBACH, Witold MICHALOWSKI) -Belsat TV (Aleksander DZIKAVICKI, information programme director) |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Press Conference Mr Jean-Marie HEYDT, Vice-President of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, Mr Andrew McINTOSH, Chair of the Sub-Committee on the Media, Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mrs Zhanna LITVINA, Chairperson of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Mr Zbigniew PISARSKI President of the Board of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. |
| 12.30 - 14.30 | Lunch (Restaurant) |
| Continuation of the Conference | |
| 14.30 - 16.30 | THEME 1: Broadcasting and international assistance to independent media coverage for Belarus Moderators: Mr Markku LAUKKANEN, member of the Ad Hoc Sub-Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Mrs Iwona SLEDZINSKA-KATARASINSKA, Deputy Chairman of the Polish Parliamentary Committee on Culture and Mass Media Presentations of the European Radio for Belarus (Mrs Maria SADOVSKAYA, project coordinator), Radio Racyja (Mr Jaroslay IVANIUK, programme director) Panelists: Mrs Agnieszka ROMASZEWSKA-GUZY, Belsat TV director Ambassador Piotr SWITALSKI, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe Mr Robert TYSZKIEWICZ, Polish Deputy Mr Maksim ZHBANKOU, journalist, culture and media expert Debate |
| 16.30 - 16.45 | Coffee break |
| 16.45 - 18.15 | THEME 2: Printed media in Belarus Moderators: Mr Andrej DYNKO, Editor-in-Chief of Nasha Niva newspaper Panelists: Mr Viachaslau HADASOUSKI, Editor-in-Chief of Belorusy i Rynok Mr Pawel KAZANECKI, Chair of the East European Democratic Centre Mr Oliver MONEY-KYRLE, Director, Projects Division, International Federation of Journalists Mr Iosif SIAREDZICH, Editor-in-Chief of Narodnaya Volia Debate |
Saturday (07.06.08)
| 9.00 - 10.30 | THEME 3: Internet legislation in Belarus Moderators: Mrs Maryna ZAHORSKAYA, Editor-in-Chief of Zautra.by web-site Presentation of the communication platform non-gov.org Panellists: Mr Andrei BASTUNETS, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Mr Pavel BYKOUSKI, journalist and media expert Mr Ales LIPAY, General Manager of BelaPAN Information Company Mr Aliaksandr SASNOU, PhD, Deputy Head Independent Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Studies Mr Aliaksandr STARYKEVICH, Editor-in-Chief of Salidarnasc Internet Project Debate |
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Coffee break |
| 10.45 - 12.15 | THEME 4: Role of civil society and human rights defenders of the media in Belarus Moderators: Mr Zbigniew PISARSKI, President of the Board of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation Panelists: Mr Ales BIALIATSKI, Chairperson of Viasna Human Rights Center Mr Marek BUCKO, Secretary of the Board of the Freedom and Democracy Foundation, former Polish diplomat in Minsk Mr Jan Andrzej DABROWSKI, Chairman of the College of Eastern Europe Mr Yury HUBAREVICH, Deputy Chairman of Za Svabodu Movement Mr Tomasz PISULA, Chairman of the Board of the Freedom and Democracy Foundation Debate |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | Coffee break |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Adoption of a Resolution on Media and Civil Society in Belarus. Mr Taras POLIJANEC (Conference of INGO of the Council of Europe) |
| 13.30 | End of the Conference |
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