The press conference devoted to the registration of the Public Joint-Stock Company “National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine” (PJSC NPBU) and further steps of the reform and development of the Ukrainian Public Broadcaster will take place on Tuesday 24 January 2016  at 14:00-15:30 in the Information Agency “Ukrinform” (8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskogo street Kyiv, second floor).

The press conference will be available online.

The press conference participants: the members of the Supervisory Board of the PJSC NPBU, representatives of the state authorities, who were responsible the creation of the legal entity of the Public Broadcasting, civil society organisations, representatives of the international community. The press conference is organised with the support of the Council of Europe Project “Strengthening freedom of media and establishing a Public broadcasting system in Ukraine”.* 

Speakers:

Viktoria Siumar, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on freedom of expression and information policy;

Yurii Stets, Minister of information policy of Ukraine;

Mårten Ehnberg, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine;

Oleg Nalyvaiko, Chair of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine;

Ganna Bychok, acting Chair of the Management Board of the PJSC NPBU;

Members of the Supervisory Board of the PJSC NPBU;

Natalia Stepanova, Head of internal audit department of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine

Igor Rozkladai, lead expert of the RPR-Media Group

*Council of Europe Project “Strengthening Freedom of the Media and Establishing a Public Broadcasting System in Ukraine” is aimed to enhance the role of media and the public broadcaster in particular as an instrument for consensus building in the Ukrainian society. The Project is implemented in the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017. In 2017 the Project is financed from the budget of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017.