06. 04. 2015

COALITION: WE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMPETITIONS THAT ARE NOT IN LINE WITH THE LAW AND RULEBOOK

Belgrade, 9.4.2015 - The Coalition of Journalists' and Media Associations (UNS, NUNS, NDNV, ANEM and Local Press) will not nominate members to the panels for the assessment of projects related to the production of media content in municipalities and cities whose public calls are not in accordance with the Law on Public Information and Media and the Rulebook on Co-financing Projects to Realise Public Interest in the Public Information Sector.

The Coalition of Journalists' and Media Associations has been monitoring the issuing of public calls in all the municipalities and cities, and it has been informing them in the cases when a call is not in accordance with the Law and the Rulebook, along with providing guidance for correcting the call.

Notwithstanding the information provided by the Coalition pointing to irregularities in the calls for projects proposals issued by the municipalities Doljevac, Aleksandrovac, Bujanovac and Krupanj, these municipalities have not aligned their calls with the Law and the Rulebook.

The Coalition will not participate in procedures that are not in accordance with the regulation and will thus not nominate candidates for selection panels in the afore mentioned municipalities.  

After the monitoring of the implemented public calls, the Coalition of Journalists' and Media Associations will inform the Ministry of Culture and Information about all detected irregularities.

Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS)

Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS)

Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV)

Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM)

Business Association "Local Press"