The OSCE Mission to Moldova led a conference on the re-organization of Teleradio-Moldova. It served as a forum for debates on Teleradio-Moldova’s reform, aiming to help it become a modern, pluralistic, professional and independent public service broadcaster. The event brought together representatives from the Moldovan Parliament, the Government, relevant state institutions, the regional public broadcaster Teleradio-Gagauzia, civil society, the donor community and international media experts. Chisinau, 23 September 2011.
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L-r: Principal Adviser to the OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media Roland Bless, Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Jan Plešinger, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat, President of Teleradio-Moldova Constantin Marin and UNDP Moldova Resident Representative Kaarina Immonen welcome participants to the high-level conference "Rethink Teleradio-Moldova" on the reform of the public broadcaster, Chişinău, 23 September 2011. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat (c) opens the conference on Teleradio-Moldova reform, the first of its kind, noting that it concerns all of Moldovan society. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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President of Teleradio-Moldova Constantin Marin presents three plans for restructuring the public broadcaster – slow, progressive and comprehensive – of which the comprehensive plan is the most advantageous from the point of view of the efficiency of investments. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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Chair of the Teleradio-Moldova Supervisory Board Eugeniu Rîbca (c) explains why the board, comprised of civil society members, has approved the comprehensive plan for reform. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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Director of TV Moldova 1 Angela Sîrbu speaks about internal solutions for reform. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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Vice-President of the European Broadcasting Union Claudio Cappon addresses Moldovan Finance Minister Veaceslav Negruţa during his keynote speech on the need for a strong and sustainable public service broadcaster. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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Ion Bunduchi, Executive Director of the Association of Electronic Press, a non-governmental organization which has been monitoring the performance of the public broadcaster for many years, presents the conclusions of the first two sessions. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for Culture, Science, Education, Youth, Sports and Media Chiril Lucinschi. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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German Ambassador to Moldova Berthold Johannes, one of numerous representatives of diplomatic missions attending the event. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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L-r: Strategic Management Consultant of the Deutsche Welle Academy Jochen Walter and Director of Radio Moldova Alexandru Dorogan in discussion during a break. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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OSCE expert and Chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Council Dainius Radzevičius (r), speaks about Lithuania’s experience of reorganizing their public broadcaster. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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The Head of the Project Management Division at the Deutsche Welle Academy Patrick Leusch, shares lessons learned from supporting the development of broadcasters across Europe. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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Principal Adviser to the OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media Roland Bless, reiterates that public service broadcasting is a crucial measure in promoting democracy. “We hope that Teleradio-Moldova will make full use of all available technologies to provide high quality programming to the widest audience possible; and we hope the Moldovan state will create the conditions to help make it happen.” (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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The event brought together officials from the Government and Parliament, development partners, non-governmental organizations, media and other local and international stakeholders. The conference concluded with drawing conclusions and recommendations for the further restructuring of Teleradio-Moldova, with a particular emphasis on the role of the state in the reform process. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)
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The management and supervisory board of the regional public broadcaster Teleradio-Gagauzia also participated in the conference in order to facilitate a transfer of Teleradio-Moldova’s experience and best practices to the Gagauzia regional public broadcaster. (OSCE/Igor Schimbător)