On 14-15 February 2017 the Council of Europe in Cooperation with the Adjara TV Public Service Broadcaster is organising two day training for Top Management of Adjara PSB about the Role and Function of the Regional PSB.

During the training the representatives of the regional public service broadcaster will be able to increase their knowledge and professional skills while getting familiar with the CoE and European standards concerning the concept and content obligation of the public service broadcaster, importance of investigative journalism for public service Broadcaster as well professional standards and challenges while conducting Journalistic investigation. In addition, the participants will discuss the importance of the accountability of public broadcasters and mechanisms for increasing the organisations financial efficiency.

The event is organised within the framework of the joint CoE/EU Program “EU/CoE Joint Project Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media”. The project was launched in January 2015 and aims to improve freedom, independence, pluralism and diversity of media, to review media legislation and regulation to bring these in line with European standards, including ethical standards for media professionalism as well as to support the implementation of legal frameworks, including remedial actions and to promote the safety of journalists.