Draft Annotated Agenda

Strasbourg, Agora room G04

11 May: 09:30 – 17:30
12 May: 09:30 – 17:30

As of 11 May 2017

1.Opening of the meeting

Mr Jan Kleijssen, Director, Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, will address the experts

2. Adoption of the agenda

CDMSI-BU(2017)OJ1Rev3

Draft agenda

For decision
Adopt the agenda in view of preparing the 12th meeting of the CDMSI (20-23 June 2017)

3. Standard setting

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

MSI-MED(2017)04

Report of the 3rd meeting of the MSI-MED (29-30/03/17)

MSI-MED(2016)09rev

Draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership

(revised version)
 

MSI-MED(2016)10rev

Draft feasibility study on the use of Internet in electoral campaigns (revised version)
 

MSI-MED(2016)11rev

Draft feasibility study on a standard-setting instrument on media coverage of elections with a specific focus on gender equality (revised version)
 

For discussion
Take note of information on the 3rd meeting of the MSI-MED
Discuss the draft recommendation in view of providing input and guidance for the on-going review by MSI-MED, in particular as regards the context of digitalisation of the media and standards and requirements of media ownership

Discuss the draft feasibility study on the use of Internet in electoral campaigns in view of providing input on national regulatory framework and practices and other qualitative elements of the study

Discuss the draft feasibility study on a standard-setting instrument on media coverage of elections with a specific focus on gender equality in view of providing input on national regulatory framework and practices and other qualitative elements of the study

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

MSI-NET(2017)04

Report of the 3rd meeting of the MSI-NET (27-28 March 2017)

MSI-NET(2016)05rev

Draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on Internet Intermediaries (revised version)

MSI-NET(2016)06rev

Draft study on the human rights dimensions of of automated data processing techniques (in particular algorithms) and possible regulatory implications (revised version) 

MSI-NET(2017)03

MSI-NET roadmap

For discussion
Take note of information on the 3rd meeting of the MSI-NET
 
Discuss the draft recommendation in view of providing input and guidance to the on-going review process. Agree on a revised version to be used as basis for the external consultations planned to take place over the summer (conventional and steering committees as well as multi-stakeholder engagement), possibly to be launched during EuroDIG

Discuss the draft study in view of providing input and guidance to the on-going review process carried out by the MSI-NET, in particular in terms of the scope and possible conclusions of the study  

Review the MSI-NET roadmap

4. Cooperation activities

MEDIA_COOP (2017)01

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 Conference “Promoting dialogue between the ECtHR and the media freedom community

Conference

Conference “Promoting dialogue between the ECtHR and the media freedom community (24 March 2017, Strasbourg)

For information
Take note of information provided by the secretariat

5.2 Initiatives in member states

5.3 Fear in journalism – new title: Journalists under Pressure – Unwarranted interference, fear and self-censorship in Europe

For discussion
Take note of the publication of the quantitative parts of the study. Discuss the presentation/dissemination activities and plans

Discuss the steps towards the preparation of the second stage (qualitative part)

5.4 Platform to promote protection of journalism and safety of journalists

Platform

Platform

For discussion
Take note of and discuss the current state of play of the Platform

5.5 Internet governance

Strategy
implementation table

Council of Europe Internet Governance Strategy 2016-2019. Implementation document (title)

For discussion
Discuss the progress of the implementation of the strategy,in particular the platform for cooperation with business

EuroDIG

IGF

European Dialogue on Internet Governance (6-7 June, Tallinn)
Internet Governance Forum (18-21-9 Dec 2017, Geneva)

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

Take note of the Council of Europe participation in the Russian IGF 2017

ICANN
DGI(2016)17

Report - Applications to ICANN for community-based new generic top level domains (gTLDs)

6. European Convention on Transfrontier Television

CDMSI(2017)004

Information note on the Revision of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television (ECTT)

CDMSI(2017)Misc1

Summary of answers received to a questionnaire on the revision of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television (ECTT)

For discussion
Discuss on the basis of answers to the questionnaire sent on 13/03/2017

7. Data protection

T-PD-BUR(2017)41RAP

Report of the 41st Bureau meeting of the T-PD (29-31/03/17)

T-PD-BUR(2017)1


Conference website

Guidelines on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data in a world of big data

Spring conference of data protection authorities 2017 (27-28 April, Limassol, Cyprus)

www.coe.int/dataprotection

ICANN58

For discussion
Take note of information provided by the secretariat on on-going work on data protection

Take note of last developments in respect of the modernisation of Convention 108

Take note of information provided by members and the secretariat on the Spring conference of data protection authorities 2017 (27-28 April, Limassol, Cyprus) and on the ICANN58 meeting (11-16 March 2017, Copenhagen), in particular Privacy and ICANN, and discuss

8. Work of other Council of Europe institutions and bodies

8.1 Secretary General’s initiatives

Link

4th Annual Report of the Secretary General on the State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2017

For information
Take note of information provided by the secretariat on the 4th Annual Report

8.2 Committee of Ministers

Conference link

Conference: Freedom of Expression Online: Evolving European jurisprudence and standard setting activities in the digital age (28 April 2017, Nicosia)

For discussion
Take note of information provided by members and the secretariat on the conference organised in the framework of the Cypriot chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

TC-INF

Thematic Co-ordinator on Information Policy

For discussion
Ambassador Christina Calugaru, Committee of Ministers Thematic Co-ordinator on Information Policy, wishes to have an exchange of views on her activities with the CDMSI at its 12th meeting. Prepare the discussions

8.3 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

PACE Rec 2085 (2016)

CDMSI(2016)002REV

CM/AS(2017)Rec2085-final

PACE Recommendation 2085 (2016) “Strengthening the protection and role of human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States”

CDMSI Comments on PACE Rec 2085 (2016)

Committee of Ministers’ reply

PACE Rec 2089 (2016)

CDMSI(2016)004

PACE Recommendation 2089 (2016) “Intellectual property rights in the digital era”

CDMSI Comments on PACE Rec 2089 (2016)

PACE Rec 2097 (2017)

CDMSI(2017)002Rev

CM/AS(2017)Rec2097-prov

PACE Recommendation 2097 (2017) – “Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe”

CDMSI comments on PACE Recommendation 2097 (2017)

Committee of Ministers’ reply

PACE Rec 2098 (2017)

CDMSI(2017)003

 

PACE Recommendation 2098 (2017) – “Ending cyberdiscrimination and online hate”

CDMSI comments on PACE Recommendation

 

For information
Take note of information by the secretariat on the state of play of CDMSI comments.

8.4 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Recommendation 398 (2017)

CDMSI(2017)007

Recommendation 398 (2017) – Open data for better public services

CDMSI comments on Recommendation 398 (2017)

For information

Take note of information by the secretariat on the state of play of CDMSI comments

8.5 Commissioner for Human Rights

CommDH(2017)3

Commissioner for Human Rights' Annual Activity Report for 2016.

For information         
Take note of the information on the publication of the Report

8.6 Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe

Link

Winter Session - Strasbourg, 23 - 27 January 2017 Conference of the INGO's

8.7 Committee of Experts on terrorism (CODEXTER)

CODEXTER TAA (2017) 1rev3

CDMSI(2017)008

Draft recommendation on” Terrorists Acting Alone”

Draft CDMSI comments on recommendation on” Terrorists Acting Alone”

For discussion
Take note of information by the secretariat on the state of play of CDMSI comments
Discuss

8.8 Steering Committee for Human Rights(CDDH)

CDDH-EXP(2017)02

Draft analysis of relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights regarding freedom of expression

For discussion
Take note of the work undertaken by the CDDH and discuss

8.9 Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF)

CAHENF-IT(2017)1REV1 ADD1

CDMSI(2017)009

Draft Recommendation on [Comprehensive] Guidelines to empower, protect and support children’s [safe access to their rights on the Internet] [rights in the digital environment]

Draft CDMSI comments on above draft recommendation

For information
Take note of CDMSI comments

8.10 Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP)

CDCPP-BU(2017)5

CDMSI(2017)006

Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the Challenges of Big Data for Culture, Literacy and Democracy

CDMSI Comments on Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the Challenges of Big Data for Culture, Literacy and Democracy

For information
Take note of CDMSI comments

8.11 European Committee on Legal co-operation (CDCJ)

CM/Rec(2017)2

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 the adoption of the recommendation

8.12 European Audio-visual Observatory

OEA

European Audio-visual Observatory web site and press releases

For information
Take note of the last works of the Observatory and of last developments

8.13 Participation of CDMSI members in meetings and events

Conference web site

Attendance report

Conference “Human Rights: a reality for all” 27-28 March 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus

Report by Elfa Ýr Gylfadóttir

For information
Take note of information by Elfa Ýr Gylfadóttir who represented the CDMSI

9. Other organisations

European Union

10. CDMSI work programme and working methods

Reflection on a future conference of ministers responsible for media and information society

Resolution CM/Res(2011)7

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

CDMSI(2016)Misc6

Discussion paper on a future conference of ministers responsible for media and information society, prepared by the Secretariat

For discussion
Discuss the content and hosting of a future conference of ministers responsible for media and information society

11. Draft agenda of the 12th CDMSI meeting (20-23 June 2016)

CDMSI(2017)OJ1Prov

Draft preliminary agenda of the 12th CDMSI meeting

For decision
Agree on the draft preliminary agenda

12. Any other item

Application

Application from IFEX for observer status to the CDMSI

For discussion
Discuss the application in view of invitating IFREX representatives to the CDMSI plenary meeting.


General reference documents

Terms of Reference

CDMSI terms of reference 2014-2015

Terms of Reference

CDMSI terms of reference 2016-2017

Terms of reference

MSI-MED terms of reference 2016-2017

Terms of reference

MSI-NET terms of reference 2016-2017

CM/Res(2011)24

Resolution CM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods

CDMSI(2017)001rev6

List and timetable of meetings relevant to the CDMSI in 2017 – up-date as of 23/03/2017

Political declaration and resolutions

Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and Information Society – Freedom of Expression and Democracy in the Digital Age – Opportunities, Rights, Responsibilities. Adopted Political Declaration and Resolutions

CM(2013)162

Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and Information Society (Belgrade, 7-8 November 2013) – Report of the Secretary General

CM Decisions

 

CDMSI-BU(2016)002

 

CDMSI(2016)015

Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and Information Society (Belgrade, 7-8 November 2013) – Decisions of the Committee of Ministers

Report of the 10th meeting of the CDMSI-Bureau (13-14 October 2016)

Report of the 11th meeting of the CDMSI (29 November- 2 December 2017)