Skopje, 5 September 2018 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and representatives of the Electronic Media Agency of the Republic of Croatia agreed in Skopje today on expanding their mutual cooperation and increasing their exchange of experiences in the area of media regulation.
The participants in the meeting discussed the organizational structure and competences of their respective Agencies, the legal provisions on granting/withdrawing licenses, the analyses concerning the media sphere, monitoring of the programme contents. etc. They also exchanged experiences regarding the procedures of establishing media ownership and illicit media concentration.
A special accent at the meeting was placed on the regulators’ engagement in the area of media literacy and their efforts to sensitize the media about their role in motivating and promoting gender equality through gender-based contents in their programmes.