UNESCO-COPEAM partnership: donation of radio equipment to RTSH/Albania to foster media in disaster preparedness and response
In the face of increasing extreme weather events and environmental degradation, the role of broadcast media in disaster preparedness and response is more crucial than ever, as they can effectively deliver early warnings, educate the public on environmental issues and disaster risks, and ensure that appropriate information circulates during emergencies.
UNESCO, as part of its global action for “Media in crisis preparedness and response”, has established a partnership with COPEAM aimed at strengthening the broadcasting capacity and modernize the infrastructure of eligible media outlets from its Mediterranean network.
In this framework, the Albanian public…
A PREMIERE VUE PRIZE 2024: The winners
The two international juries (experts and young people) of the third edition of “A première vue” Prize have chosen this year’s winning short films:
TV5MONDE Grand Prix: Ex-æquo
— Generous Bodies by Achref Toumi — ESAC Tunisia
— Happy Hours by Yara Gebara — ALBA Lebanon
Rai Cinema Award:
The Run by Andrea ABDEL NOUR — ALBA Lebanon
Youth Award FID/Mucem:
Panic at the wedding by Haythem Ben Hmida — ESAC Tunisia
Jury’s Special Mention:
Inouï by Labib Benslama — LabDZ Algeria
See the winners of the 2024 edition: https://bit.ly/APV24_Palmares
The awarding ceremony…
PRIX ITALIA – IFAD – COPEAM Special Prize 2024
For the third year running, we are glad to confirm the agreement between Prix Italia, IFAD and COPEAM by which a Special Prize will be awarded to the best Radio, TV or multimedia programme in competition, able to narrate the impact of technological innovation on improving the quality of our lives, transforming current food systems and favouring inclusive and sustainable economic growth for a food-secure future.
Wars, climate change and poverty afflict agricultural communities in many countries on a daily basis. New techs can help rural communities for a more sustainable, resilient, equitable and…
COPEAM at the 75th edition of Prix Italia
Bari, 2-6 October 2023
Over 250 programmes in competition with an extraordinary participation of more than 80 broadcasters from all continents responding to the call for entries for the Radio & Podcast, TV and Digital sections.
The 75th Prix Italia Festival, held in Bari from 2 to 6 October with the title “Engage Me”, has offered again this year a unique panorama of quality productions, as well as the trends and innovations of broadcasters from all over the world.
In this framework, COPEAM Secretary General Claudio Cappon took part in a panel focused…
Rai Cinema – COPEAM collaboration confimed for 2024
The collaboration between Rai Cinema and COPEAM has been renewed for 2024. The partnership is aimed to support “A Première Vue” Prize, by awarding a “Rai Cinema special prize” to one of the short films in competition (through the purchase of the rights and the publication of the winning short film on Rai Cinema’s online channel) and to promote actions in favour of the young talents of the Mediterranean cinema.
A première vue 2023 Awards Ceremony
July 5, 2023
À PREMIÈRE VUE 2023 awards ceremony took place on July 5 as part of the 34th edition of FIDMarseille, a festival that supports the first films and accompanies students’ films and visual art.
Hosted in the auditorium of the Mucem – Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, the awards ceremony for the three winners was followed by the screening of a selection of short films in the presence of a large audience.
This 2nd edition of the prize was made possible thanks to the commitment of the partners TV5MONDE, Rai Cinema,…
2023 UNESCO World Radio Day: Radio and Peace
On the occasion of the World Radio Day 2023, as a member of the Organizing Committee set up by UNESCO, COPEAM renewed its involvement in promoting the event among its members, in particular by the co-production of special programs for the weekly radio magazines Kantara and Mediterradio.
This edition – devoted to the theme “Radio and Peace” – was also an opportunity to record a new issue of Mezzé, the online meeting with the Mediterranean press, and to underline the natural ability of radio to promote dialogue between peoples. Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication…
Audiovisual cooperation with the regional broadcasting Unions
Tunis, 12 January 2023
The traditional ASBU-EBU-COPEAM trilateral meeting has been gradually expanding in the recent years, to the point of becoming, in 2023, a real summit of the major media Unions and Associations of the world.
In fact, last January in Tunis, in the framework of the 42nd General Assembly of ASBU-Arab States Broadcasting Union, four additional Organizations – ABU, AIBD, AUB and OSBO – joined the Arab, European and Euro-Mediterranean networks to discuss around audiovisual cooperation on a large scale.
The meeting thus offered to the participants the opportunity to broaden their…
COPEAM & TAL: the Mediterranean encounters Latin America
Since September 2019, when the partnership agreement between COPEAM and TAL – the Union of public and cultural channels of Latin America – was signed, mutual involvement initiatives between the two networks have not stopped multiplying. Participations in TV co-productions, in communication campaigns and in the respective events have become regular appointments in the last three years.
Among them, the TAL Awards, celebrating this year their 10th edition, and to which COPEAM has been taking part, for two years now, as a Jury member. A new and exciting experience to bring two distant…
