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"More channels, less independence": all the 2008 Follow-up Reports
The full set of 'TV Across Europe Follow-up Reports 2008' is now available as a single PDF file. It includes both all the country reports and an international overview, which identifies and compares major trends in the breakneck pace of speed in television since 2005 and proposes recommendations for reform.

Dual launch of TV across Europe Follow-up Reports 2008 in Bratislava and Prague
In a dual presentation in two cities, EUMAP, the Media Program and national partners launched the reports on the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as complementary research, on 12 and 13 February.

Follow-up projects on Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma in full swing
Second follow-up project using the EUMAP monitoring reports initiated in both Serbia and Hungary. Info on six national follow-up projects in Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia is now online.

Case studies of Bulgarian schools presented at OSI-Sofia/Amalipe conference
At subsequent press conference, participants warn against major deficiencies in draft Public Education Act.

Rural schools in Bulgaria and the education reform: what happens to minority students?
Three case studies of village and small town schools, carried out in the context of the Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma project, outline the consequences of far-reaching policy changes.

Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma country reports and translations launched in Serbia and Macedonia
Launches in Skopje (September 2008) and Belgrade (October 2008): press releases, photos, TV coverage, Macedonia launch report.

New EUMAP Monitoring on Muslims in EU Cities; publication of background reports
EUMAP announces new monitoring project Muslims in EU Cities; "background reports" on Muslim communities in seven EU countries out now.

EUMAP Recommends: "Immigration, Faith and Cohesion"
A new Rowntree Foundation report examines community cohesion in three urban areas in England with large migrant and Muslim populations. Co-authored by Tufyal Choudhury, project manager of the EUMAP Muslims in EU Cities project.

EUMAP Recommends: "European Islam, Challenges for Society and Public Policy"
A new publication by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Contributors include Tufyal Choudhury, Samir Amghar, Valerie Amiraux and Olivier Roy, who are currently involved in the EUMAP monitoring on Muslims in EU Cities, as project manager, city reporter, or member of the Expert Advisory Board.

More on TV across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008

Media policy, Television across Europe: new monitoring reports, new website
EUMAP and the Network Media Program (NMP) of the Open Society Foundation present: mediapolicy.org. Go there to find the new Television across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008. The first reports covered Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania and are now available in country languages too. Subsequent reports covered Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Macedonia and Italy.

Montenegro - media back to political control?
OSI and OSF follow up on the monitoring reports on Television across Europe: Regulation, policy and independence with a new report on Montenegro. It offers an in-depth analysis and detailed recommendations, and was launched in Podgorica on 20 November 2008.

Report on TV in Macedonia launched in Skopje
Country report in the series Television across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008 highlights fierce criticism of lack of diversity and editorial independence in Macedonian audiovisual market.

Italy: the strange death of TV reform
Country report on Italy in the series Television across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008 launched at Eurovisioni 2008 festival and available in English and Italian.

Albanian broadcasting sector still in state of anarchy
Albania country report in the series Television across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008 now available in English and Albanian on mediapolicy.org.

Lithuania report launched: time to reform regulation
Lithuania report in the series TV across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008 is launched in Vilnius, at an event attended by representatives of the regulators, Parliament, Government, media, and universities.

Romania report launched: media moguls dominate sector in decline
OSI and the Romanian Center for Independent Journalism launch country report on Romania in the series Television across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008.

Poland report released: broadcasting at crucial point
Country report on Poland in the series TV across Europe: Follow-up Reports 2008 offers detailed analysis of the Polish electronic media, which have reached a crucial moment of their development.

More on Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma

Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma - Volume 2
EUMAP monitoring reports on Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovakia, plus international overview.

Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma: new translations
All eight country reports now available in translation; international overview report now translated in Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Romanian and Slovak.

Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma - Volume 1
New EUMAP monitoring reports on Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Serbia

Now available: Bulgarian, Hungarian and Romanian translations of country reports
Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma reports on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania now translated and presented at national launch events

Severe discrimination of Roma children in Slovakia – a call for action to the EU and the Slovak government
EUMAP releases Slovakia country report on Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma at joint press conference with Amnesty International

Recommended OSI Publication: Monitoring Education for Roma
A Statistical Baseline for Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe

EUMAP Recommends: "Experiences of the Roma Education Initiative"
The Education Support Program published a collection of documentation studies based on the work of the REI, a program that ran from 2002 to 2005. It presents the voices of Roma and non-Roma educators who implemented the projects, revealing their insights, struggles, lessons learned, and strategic successes.

EUMAP Recommends: ESP Web-based calculator for Roma education data
The OSI Education Support Program (ESP) produced a web-based calculator for data on the education of Roma. It is a technical tool to aid activists and researchers who are updating statistical information, making all the calculation procedures when they enter data.

More on Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

EUMAP reports on "Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities"
Country reports on Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom

EUMAP reports on "Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities": Summary reports

More on Television across Europe: Regulation, Policy and Independence

EUMAP contribution to the European Commission Consultation on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting
Based on the findings of the "Television across Europe" monitoring reports

Follow-up action on Television across Europe report in full swing
The OSI Network Media Programme (NMP) leads a followup project to the EUMAP/NMP monitoring, in which several national and transnational research activities are financed. Four of those are underway and will be completed in 2007.

European Commission paper on media pluralism in the EU quotes report "Television across Europe"
The EC presented a Working Paper on Media Pluralism in the EU on 16 January, exploring the effects of media concentration on pluralism and freedom of expression.

Launched: Coalition for Media Freedom and Integrity. Sign the Declaration On Media and Democracy in Europe!
A new European NGO coalition will strengthen the role of the media as a pillar of democracy in Europe.

Debate at the closing session at the Eurovisioni 2006 International Festival of Cinema and Television

EUMAP reports on "Television across Europe"
Reports on broadcasting regulation, policy and independence in twenty countries

"Television across Europe": Country launches, complete translations
Full translations of international overview and country reports of "Television across Europe", press releases

Russian translation of "Television across Europe"
The summary report of the 20-country monitoring study on TV regulation, policy and independence is now available in Russian

International Launch of the OSI Report "Television across Europe"
Brussels, Tuesday, 11 October 2005

Television in Poland: Exchange of views

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