Statement on Freedom of expression and information in times of crisis by the Council of Europe’s Committee of experts on media environment and reform (MSI-REF)
Guidance Note on the Prioritisation of Public Interest Content Online adopted by the Steering Committee for Media and Information Society (CDMSI) at its 20th plenary meeting, 1-3 December 2021
On 31 March - 1 April, the Committee of Experts on Media Environment and Reform (MSI-REF) held its third meeting via videoconference.
The experts and participants held a thorough discussion of the three texts the Committee had been tasked to prepare:
- a Draft recommendation by the Committee of Ministers to member States on principles for media and communication governance
- a Draft recommendation by the Committee of Ministers to member States on electoral communication and media coverage of election campaigns
- a Draft guidance note the prioritisation of public interest content online
The revised drafts prepared by the rapporteurs in collaboration with the Secretariat deal, each within its own field, with the challenges of modernising media and communication governance and making it fit for the multimedia environment encompassing many levels and bodies of governance.
Following the meeting, the draft texts will be published at the MSI-REF website where they can be consulted by interested parties.
The public consultation on the draft text of the Committee of Ministers recommendation on principles for media and communication governance was open from 8 July to 10 August 2021.
Contributions to the consultation process can be sent here until 10 August 2021.
