The Council of Europe Project “Strengthening Freedom of the Media and Establishing a Public Broadcasting System in Ukraine” aimed to strengthen the legal and institutional guarantees for the effective exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information in Ukraine and to enhance the role of the media as an instrument for consensus building in the society.

The European Union and the Council of Europe programme Partnership for Good Governance (formerly known as PCF) under the Theme IV “Addressing Challenges of the Information Society” included in total eight projects in the fields of media (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and regional project), internet governance (Georgia, Republic of Moldova and regional project) and data protection (regional project).

Building upon the achievements of the project "Accompanying the transitional process towards democracy in Tunisia with the promotion of freedom of expression, independence of the media and public access to information" which ended in june 2016, the Council of Europe continued to put into place cooperation activities in order to help Tunisia in meeting the challenges related to the protection of freedom of expression, independence and plurality of the media in a context of transition. The project was funded by a financial contribution of Norway.

Building upon the achievements of the activities implemented in co-operation with Moroccan partners in 2014 and 2015, the Council of Europe, with financial aid from Norway, continued to support the promotion of freedom of expression and media independence and plurality in Morocco.

Since December 2014, the Council of Europe was running a project aimed at strengthening the legal and institutional framework for freedom of expression and freedom of the media in Tunisia. The project was financed by a voluntary contribution of Norway and run until June 2016.

From 2014 to 2015, the Council of Europe ran the co-operation project "Promoting freedom of expression and freedom of the media in Morocco” funded by a voluntary contribution from Liechtenstein.

Since January 2014, the Council of Europe is running a Joint Project with the European Union called “Strengthening Information Society in Ukraine” aimed at strengthening the legal and institutional framework for freedom of expression, freedom of the media, access to public information, protection of personal data and the Internet governance in Ukraine.

he Cooperation project "Promoting Professionalism and Tolerance in the Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina" funded by the voluntary contributions of Ireland and Norway has been successfully accomplished in December 2013.

In 2012 and 2013, the Council of Europe has taken the lead in establishing a constructive dialogue with the Hungarian authorities leading to the comprehensive expertise of the media laws by Council of Europe appointed experts, to the negotiation of the co-operation agreement and the organisation of co-operation activities under that agreement.

The overall objective of the Joint project between the European Union and the Council of Europe entitled "Promotion of European Standards in the Ukrainian Media Environment" (2008-2012) was to raise standards of journalism with a view to ensuring that the Ukrainian public is better informed about political and social processes in Ukraine. From September 2008 to December 2012, the project provided continuing support for enhancing the legislative framework for media and for promoting ethical standards among journalists.

In the framework of “Cooperation with Ukraine – Immediate measures package”, the Council of Europe monitored and provided feedback on the media coverage of the May 2014 presidential election campaign encompassing the state-funded broadcaster, 7 national, commercial and 46 regional TV channels, 6 national and 55 regional print newspapers, 4 radio stations, and 51 Internet sites.

Between September 2013 and August 2015, the Council of Europe implemented a project aimed at developing legal and institutional guarantees for freedom of expression, higher quality journalism, and a pluralistic media landscape in line with Council of Europe standards in South-East Europe.

Cooperation project “Integration of European standards in the Ukrainian Media Environment” funded by the voluntary contribution from Canada has been successfully accomplished in May 2015.