Agenda

17 September

09:30 Opening of the meeting

  • Jan KLEIJSSEN, Director of Standard-setting, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe
  • Tim SUTER, Managing Director, Perspective Associates Limited, United Kingdom, Chairperson of the meeting

10:00 Governance in the public services domain

  • Good Governance Standard for Public Services: conclusions of the Independent Commission on Good Governance in Public Services
  • Presentation by Ewan KING, Director of Research, Office for Public Management, United Kingdom

10:15 General discussion:

  • § Specificity of public services in the media sector: Common/distinctive features between public services delivered by the media and other public services

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Public service media today: ensuring governance models are appropriate to the new technological and social environment

  • Presentation by Christian S. NISSEN, independent advisor on media and management, Denmark

11:45 Panel discussion 1:

  • § What exactly is understood by governance in PSM sector?
  • § What are the common features/problems among today’s governance models?
  • § Is it necessary to modify traditional governance models to help PSM face today’s challenges?
  • § If yes: What exactly would it be necessary to modify and for what purpose?
    • What would be the best strategy/method for developing present day’s models?
  • § Examples for possible inspiration in other public/private services

Moderator:

  • Christian NISSEN, independent advisor on media and management, Denmark

Panellists:

  • Jo BARDOEL, Amsterdam School of Communications Research
  • Andra LEURDIJK, TNO Information and Communication Technology, the Netherlands; former secretary of assessment commission for the Dutch PSM and the Dutch World Service
  • Pascal ALBRECHTSKIRCHINGER, ZDF, European Affairs Office
  • Louis HEINSMAN, International Relations, NPO, the Netherlands

13:00 Lunch

14:30 Public service media today: ensuring governance models are appropriate to the new technological and social environment

(Continuation of the discussion)

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Public service media governance and the public

Panel discussion 2:

  • § Public participation in the conception/provision of contents and formats
    • (interactive services/programmes, user generated content, etc.) – “indirect” participation
  • § Public participation - direct or otherwise - in decision-making (supervisory boards, consultative programming structures, other forms of co-regulation)
  • § Examples for possible inspiration in other public/private services

Moderator:

  • Bissera ZANKOVA, State Agency on Information Technologies and Communications, Bulgaria

Panellists:

  • Márk LENGYEL, Managing Director, Kormendy-Ekes & Lengyel Consulting, Hungary
  • Vera BEUTLER, Federal Office for Communications (OFCOM), Switzerland
  • Nuno CONDE, State Department for Media Policy, Portugal
  • Lizzie JACKSON, Faculty of Communications Media, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, United Kingdom

18:00 Close of the first day

18 September

9:30 Public service media governance and management methods

Panel discussion 3:

  • § Financial management
  • § Staff management
  • § Examples for possible inspiration in other public/private services

Moderator:

  • Tim SUTER, Managing Director, Perspective Associates Limited, United Kingdom

Panellists:

  • Ewan KING, Director of Research, Office for Public Management, United Kingdom
  • Giuseppe de MARTINO, Legal Director, DailyMotion.com
  • Olaf STEENFADT, digital media consultant, MTV, Hungary

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Public service media governance and other important factors

General discussion:

  • § Financial models
  • § Legal framework
  • § Technological developments 
  • § Examples for possible inspiration in other public/private services

13:00 Lunch

14:30 Examination of terms of reference of the future Group on PSM Governance (MC-S-PG) and suggestions for orientation of its work

General discussion:

  • § Examination of the different elements of the ToR of the future MC-S-PG Group
  • § Possible working methods to deal with the subjects
  • § Possible concrete results to be achieved
  • § Possible involvement of the participants in future MC-S-PG work

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Conclusions

  • § General discussion – tour de table
  • § Summary of findings by Bissera ZANKOVA, State Agency on Information Technologies and Communications, Bulgaria
  • § Conclusions by Tim SUTER, Managing Director, Perspective Associates Limited, United Kingdom, Chairperson of the meeting

18:00 Close of the meeting