CDSU (Capacity Development Support Unit) – EUROMED AUDIOVISUAL III


ASBU hosted in Tunis, on 4th April, the preparatory meeting to the Group of experts’ forum concerning the data collection project in the countries members of Euromed Audiovisual III, scheduled on June 2013.

In the same framework, the Euromed Audiovisual III programme of the EU, in collaboration with the European Audiovisual Observatory, has just published a report on the film and audiovisual sector in Morocco [only available in French]. This report follows an earlier report on Egypt [only available in French] published in 2012 and is the second of a series of monographs on the 9…

COPEAM for…”Women Make the News 2013″ UNESCO Campaign


On the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March, UNESCO join forces with international and regional partners to launch the annual Women Make the News (WMN) initiative under the theme, “Towards a Global Alliance on Media and Gender”. Please click on this link to learn more about how you can participate, www.unesco.org/webworld/en/wmn2012. Launched annually on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (8 March), Women Make the News is a global initiative aimed at fixing global attention on an issue relating to gender equality in and through the media, driving debate and encouraging action-oriented solutions until global objectives…

COPEAM at the Euro-Med Media meeting “Media facing tensions and transitions in the Mediterranean”


In preparation of the Mediterranean Forum, taking place in Marseille from 4 to 7 April 2013, the Anna Lindh Foundation organised a meeting in Barcelona (Spain) on the 1st and 2nd March. More than 70 journalists, professionals and civil society representatives gathered in the setting of the Palau de Pedralbes to discuss issues concerning the changes in the media sector.

The goal of the event was to elaborate new and innovative strategies and practices, to guarantee press freedom and the role of journalists in reporting the ongoing events, notably the consequences of the Arab Spring in…

The Week of the Mediterranean – 3rd edition


Evaluation of the week of the Mediterranean

The 3rd edition of the Week of the Mediterranean, organised by COPEAM, took place during last March. This media event having an international dimension gave our members the opportunity to put on air a common programming week devoted to  Mediterranean-oriented programmes.
More than 190 programmes (112 on TV and 84 via radio) – identified by the logo and the jingle of…

ASBU-COPEAM-EBU TRIPARTITE MEETING 2012


In the occasion of the 32nd General Assembly of ASBU, held in Cairo from 11 to 13 December 2012, the tripartite meeting ASBU-COPEAM-EBU took place, as usual.
COPEAM delegation was composed of Secretary General, Pier Luigi Malesani, Deputy Secretary General, Nicola Caligiore, and the Coordinator Paola Parri.

A rich agenda was discussed, including next training actions such as COPEAM forum on pedagogical engineering to be organized in Ankara, thanks to the TRT, in February 2013, and to which both ASBU and EBU have been invited; the ongoing TV co-productions jointly carried out by ASBU and…

The winners of of the Anna lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award 2012


Berlin 18 October 2012

COPEAM, as media partner of the Mediterranean Journalist Award and member of the international Jury, took part in the selection of the winning works of the 2012 edition.
The winners, announced by the Jury chaired by Edgar Morin, on 18th October in Berlin, are:

Press Category
– Mona Abouissa from Egypt for ''Les Choristes d'Allah'' in Le Monde Diplomatique.
A Special Mention was attributed for Witold Szablowski from Poland for ''Let Us In, You Bastards!'' in Gazeta Wyborcza.

New Media

COPEAM at…Prix Italia 2012


The audiovisual cooperation to succeed the Mediterranean challenges

“The audiovisual cooperation to succeed the Mediterranean challenges”: this is the message launched in Turin by COPEAM, during the 64th edition of Prix Italia, radio-television competition organized annually by Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana.

Actually, media are gaining a more and more important role, becoming determining actors in the main challenges that the Mediterranean has to face, such as the dialectic between modernity and tradition, the role of women, the problems and the future of young people, the environmental priorities, the religious presence and the interreligious dialogue.

COPEAM at…FIDMarseille


In the framework of the 23rd International Film Festival of Marseille – FIDMarseille – COPEAM was invited to participate in the FIDLab – a professional platform for co-production support – as well as in the Festmed round table, one of the events of the festival Mediterranean Meetings. The FIDLab was the occasion to present TERRAMED Plus, Joussour and Inter-Rives during an international panel devoted to funding opportunities and coproduction platforms. Moreover, COPEAM took part in individual pitching sessions devoted to some Euro-Mediterranean film projects in order to figure out possible ways of promotion and support to…

Call for entries PLURAL+ 2012: deadline July 1st


PLURAL+ 2012

Following the success of the last editions, COPEAM supports the 2012 PLURAL+ Video Festival, organised by UNAOC and IOM in cooperation with a wide number of international partners.

THE COMPETITION
By July 1st 2012, young people aged between 9 and 25 are invited to submit short videos expressing their experiences and thoughts on migration, diversity, social inclusion, identity, as well as highlighting realities and ideas for peaceful relations between cultures and religions.

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
A prestigious international jury will award winners for each of the three…