The first Steering Committee meeting of the Action “Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media in Serbia (JUFREX2) has been successfully organized in Belgrade today.

The meeting brought together representatives of Judicial Academy, Ministry of Interior, Bar Association, Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media and Faculty of Political Sciences, Ministry of European Integration, Delegation of the European Union to Serbia and the Action team. Steering Committee outlined the key activities, timelines and intended results of the Action, implemented with aim to promote freedom of expression and freedom of the media in line with Council of Europe standards. Participants emphasized the importance of promotion of freedom of expression standards and measurement of the project impacts, especially in regard to the capacity development of beneficiary institutions.

This Action is part of the “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II”, a co-operation initiative co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe, which aims at assisting Beneficiaries in the Western Balkans region and Turkey to comply with the Council of Europe standards and European Union acquis in the framework of the enlargement process.