---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [creative-radio] EU Parliament approves Report on Community Media From: "Salvatore Scifo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, September 26, 2008 07:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Apologies for cross-posting --- Dear All, Thursday 25th September 2008 the European Parliament. in plenary session in Brussels, approved the report 'Community Media in Europe' (A6-0263/2008), rapporteur the Austrian MEP Karin Resetarits (European Liberal Democrats (ALDE)), with 471 votes in favour to 42 against. The provisional edition of the adopted full text can be retrieved at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2008-0456+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN The attendance list of MEPs, and the detailed results of votes can be accessed at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/plenary/home.do?date=20080926&tab=LAST&language=EN# Pdf of the roll-call vote can be accessed directly at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+PV+20080925+RES-RCV+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN The motion for the report, as voted in the Committee on Culture and Education earlier this year, and including - the motion for a EU Parliament resolution - the explanatory statement - the result of the final vote in the Committee and the full text of the report itself, in word and pdf formats, available in all EU official languages, is still available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A6-2008-0263&language=EN&mode=XML The European Liberal Democrats group has also published a press release on its website at http://www.alde.eu/index.php?id=42&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=9805&cHash=255e55819f Full text attached below: The European Parliament supports Alternative and Community media which are vital for social integration 25/09/2008 The European Parliament , meeting in Brussels today for its plenary session adopted a report by Karin Resetarits (Die Liberalen, Austria) which calls on the European Union to encourage alternative media in Europe in order to promote pluralism and cultural diversity. Stemming from the old family of "free radio" and other pirate broadcasting, alternative media today is often a community media, addressing a certain category of the population for example the Muslim population, senior citizens or young people. They can be distinguished from commercial media by the fact that they are not profit-making but purely social, linked with their community by the service they provide. Mrs Resetarits would like to see this recognised by the European Commission and the Member States. "Alternative media does not result in isolating people, on the contrary they allow a community to integrate, informing them of their rights, especially in the area of education and access to public services but also promotes citizens to take part in active life and listens to their problems and concerns. This type of media is a community tool and serves as a cultural and social integration project", says Karin Resetarits. The support measures recommended by Mrs Resetarits are mostly of a technical nature, legal (attribution of frequencies) and financial (possible financing by the EU). "I hope that when the European Commission publishes in 2009 their Communication on the indicators of pluralism in the media, it will take into account our proposals on alternative and community media which obviously contributes and promotes pluralism", concluded Mrs Resetarits. For more information Corlett Neil - Tel: +32 2 284 20 77 Mob: +32 478 78 22 84 Laude Yannick - Tel: +32 2 284 31 69 Mob: +32 495 22 78 37 Category: Press Release, media policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full information on this and other recent community media reports, research and policy is available on the new version of the website www.communitymedia.eu Any comments and suggestions welcome! Best Wishes, Salvo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Salvatore Scifo Editor, communitymedia.eu communitymedia.eu connecting research>teaching>policy>practice on Community Media in Europe ------------------------------------ -- This e-mail service is edited, managed and moderated by George Lessard http://mediamentor.ca Make a donation via PayPal: http://members.tripod.com/media002/make-a-donation-via-paypal.html Creative-Radio is an independent forum for people active in or interested in the use of radio in development, in particular promoting public health, improved education, protection of the environment, improved livelihoods, good governance and conflict mitigation. Since it started in 1996, Creative-Radio has been in the forefront of radios resurgence as a tool for social change and peace-building, and it helps promote best practice in these areas. 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