1.Opening of the meeting by Jan Kleijssen, Director, Information Society and Action against Crime

2. Adoption of the agenda

CDMSI-BU(2016)OJ2rev2

Draft agenda

3. Standard setting

3.1 Committee of experts on Media Pluralism and Transparency of Media Ownership (MSI-MED)

MSI-MED(2016)13

Report of the 2nd meeting of the MSI-MED (27-28 September 2016)

For discussion

Take note of information on the 2^nd meeting of the MSI-MED. Discuss the draft deliverables

MSI-MED(2016)09

Draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership (First version prepared by Rapporteur)

MSI-MED(2016)10

Draft feasibility study on the use of Internet in elections

MSI-MED(2016)11

Draft feasibility study on a standard – setting instrument on media coverage of elections with a specific focus on gender equality

3.2 Committee of experts on Internet Intermediaries (MSI-NET)

MSI-NET (2016)09

Report of the 2nd meeting of the MSI-NET (29-30 September 2016)

For discussion
Take note of information on the 2nd meeting of the MSI-NET. Discuss the draft deliverables

MSI-NET (2016)05

Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Internet Intermediaries (First version prepared by Rapporteur)

MSI-NET (2016)06

Draft Report on the Human Rights Dimensions of Algorithms (First version prepared by Rapporteur)

4. Cooperation activities

MEDIA-COOP(2016)02

Accomplished and on-going projects in the field of media and freedom of expression

For information and discussion
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat and discuss

5. Implementation of Council of Europe adopted standards and best practices

5.1 Workshop: Freedom of expression – the role and powers of national human rights institutions – Strasbourg, 15 December 2016

CDMSI(2016)008

Concept paper

For discussion

Take note of information on the concept of the Workshop and its aims  

CDMSI(2016)009

Draft programme

5.2 Initiatives in member States

5.3 Defamation

Freedom of expression and defamation: A study of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

For information
Take note of the information provided by the Secretariat on the publication of the study and follow-up to be given to the update of the 2012 study on the situation of criminalisation of defamation

5.4 Fear in journalism

Draft study

Study “Journalists at Risk: part of the job?“

For discussion
Take note of information on the preliminary results of the Study (quantitative parts) and steps towards its finalisation

5.5 Internet governance

Council of Europe Internet Governance Strategy 2016-2019

For discussion
Discuss the progress of the implementation of the Strategy

EuroDIG

European Dialogue on Internet Governance (6-7 June, Talllin)

For information
Take note of information provided by members and the Secretariat on the 2017 edition of EuroDIG  and the 2016 meeting of the IGF and discuss

IGF

Internet Governance Forum (6-9 Dec 2016, Guadalajara, Mexico)

ICANN

The Future of Community top-level domains (TLDs) and ICANN: Opportunities and challenges for not-for-profit communities from a human rights perspective

For information
Take note of the written expert opinion under preparation by Council of Europe experts

5.6 Internet Freedom Conference

Programme

Conclusions

Conference on “Internet Freedom: a Constant Factor of Democratic Security”, Strasbourg, 9 September, 2016, co-organised with the Estonian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers and the German Chairmanship of the OSCE

For information and discussion
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat.
Discuss follow-up

5.7 Regional Conference with EBU in Prague on “Public Service Media and Democracy”

Programme

Council of Europe and European Broadcasting Union  International Conference on “Public Service Media and Democracy”, hosted by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague, 10-11 November 2016

For information

Take note of information provided by the Secretariat

6. CDMSI Workshop on “Journalism and media in the age of digital convergence”, 1 December 2016, during 11^th CDMSI plenary meeting

CDMSI(2016)010

Concept paper

For discussion
Prepare and discuss in view of holding a workshop on the topic

7. Data protection

CAHDATA(2016)RAPAbr

Abridged report of the CAHDATA (15-16 June 2016)

For discussion
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat

T-PD-BUR39(2016)OJ

Agenda of the 39^th Bureau meeting of the T-PD (5-7 October 2016)

T-PD(2016)RAP33Abr

Abridged report of the 33^rd Plenary meeting of the T-PD (29 June - 1 July 2016)

T-PD(2016)18rev

Opinion of the T-PD on the “Data protection implications of the processing of Passenger Name Records” – adopted on 15 September 2016

T-PD-BUR(2015)10Rev

Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of health data

T-PD-BUR(2015)12Rev3

Draft Guidelines on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data in a world of Big Data

8. Work of other Council of Europe institutions and bodies

8.1 Secretary General’s initiatives

3^rd Annual Report

3^rd Annual Report of the Secretary General on the State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2016

For information
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat on follow-up to the 3^rd Annual Report

Comparative Study

Blocking, filtering and removal of Internet content – guidelines on freedom of expression

8.2 Committee of Ministers

8.3 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

8.4 Commissioner for Human Rights

8.5 Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe

8.6 Committee of Experts on terrorism (CODEXTER)

8.7 European Audio-visual Observatory

8.8 European Committee on Legal co-operation (CDCJ)

Draft recommendation

Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the legal regulation of lobbying activities in the context of public decision-making

For information

Take note of information provided by the Secretariat on the state of play

CDMSI(2016)003Rev2

CDMSI comments

8.9 Participation of CDMSI members in meetings and events

Programme

Parliamentary Conference on “Media Freedom as a cornerstone for democratic elections”, Berlin, 4 July 2016

For information

Take note of information on CDMSI members’  participation in events and future events

“Culture 4D: Digitization, Data, Disruptions, Diversity", 3rd Council of Europe Platform Exchange on Culture and Digitisation. Tallinn, 29–30 September 2016

“1st Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference”, Paris 14-16 November

9. Other organisations

European Union

Priorities of the Slovak Presidency

The Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU: 1 July-31 December 2016

For information and discussion
Discuss on possible presentation of Slovak Presidency priorities and other developments of interest in the EU

10. CDMSI work programme and working methods

Reflection on a future ministerial conference

Resolution CM/Res(2011)7

Resolution CM/Res(2011)7 on Council of Europe conferences of specialised ministers

For discussion
Discuss the desirability of organising a conference of ministers responsible for media and information society

11. Draft agenda of the 11th CDMSI meeting (28 November – 2 December 2016)

CDMSI(2016)OJ2Prov

Draft preliminary agenda of the 11th CDMSI meeting

For decision
Agree on the draft preliminary agenda

12. Any other business

General reference documents

Recent meeting reports