On 29 February and 1 March 2016, the Council of Europe in partnership with the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics will hold the workshop for the Georgian journalists.

The workshop aims at providing the leading Georgian journalists with the CoE and ECHR standards and practices related to the professional standards and the liability of intermediaries as well as discussing the latest landmark decisions issued by the leading European self-regulatory bodies. During the two day workshop the presentations will held by the experts of the Council of Europe and the representatives of the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics and the local media industry.

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.