The MSI-MED met for the 1st time on 22 and 23 March 2016 in Strasbourg and mapped out its work plan for the course of its mandate. According to its expected deliveries, it will work on a draft recommendation on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership and a feasibility study on a possible standard-setting instrument on gender equality in the context of media coverage of elections, on the one hand, and the use of the Internet in elections, on the other hand.
It also elected its chair (Ms Helena Mandić - Director of Broadcasting - Communications Regulatory Agency - Bosnia and Herzegovina) and its Vice-Chair (Mr Evangelos Valmas - Head of Department for Audiovisual Media and Archives - Secretariat General of Information and Communication - Greece).