Within EU funded project on “Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media’” the Council of Europe (CoE) in cooperation with the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) will organize a series of training for the members of the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) on CoE/ECHR standards concerning the regulations of “TV products having detrimental effect on children” and of “TV like services”.

During the trainings the CoE experts who are working at the European national communications commissions, respectively in Poland and Bosnia Herzegovina, will review the best European standards how to ensure the protection of the minors through legislation and self-regulatory mechanisms as well as specify the program labeling and age rating practices. The experience of setting up the media literacy networks and the role of the communications commission will be also actively discussed during the events. Finally, main challenges related to the regulations of video on demand and TV like services will be subject to the discussion notably reviewing the best ways how to find the right balance between striking interests in order to avoid any undue regulations of freedom of expression and to provide the proper protections of the rights of interested persons.

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.