On Sunday 29 January at 10:30 will take place at Castello Aragonese the press conference for the presentation of “ L’Approdo. Opera per l’Umanità Migrante”, the artistic work dedicated to the lost at sea during the migrations on 28 of March 1997.
COPEAM was invited by the Municipality of Reggio Emilia (Italy) – international relations and cooperation branch “Reggio nel Mondo” – to participate in the event “Brain runner. Internet, multimedia re-use and participative culture” organized from the 20th to the 28th April in Reggio Emilia. This event was focused on innovation and new cross-media languages in the education and information fields, in the organization of citizen services and in the territory governance. In this framework, COPEAM was asked to coordinate the two-day workshop “Mind the differences” (27-28 April), representing the final step of a project carried out…
The World Press Freedom Day 2012 was celebrated in Tunis, on the occasion of the annual Conference of UNESCO.
COPEAM was invited to this conference participating in the session devoted to the development of the public service broadcasting in transitional times.
The Secretary General Mr. Pier Luigi Malesani, highlighted the importance to establish sure and democratic rules for the governance of the public broadcasters and the transparency of the financing if they are privatized.
Moreover, he underlined the necessity to redefine the relationship between media and citizens, notably by widening citizens’…
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…
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…
(ANSAmed) – BEIRUT, May 17 – The development of Lebanon's participation in the activities of the Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators (COPEAM) was the object of a meeting in Beirut between the Secretary General of the Association, Pier Luigi Malesani, and the Information Minister, Walid Daouk.
"Lebanon is very important for us, especially considering the difficult period this country is facing" due to the crisis in Syria, Malesani told ANSA. He also visited the studios of the public television Télé Liban, the first television channel founded, in 1959, in the Middle East.
The unannounced shutting down of the public audiovisual group ERT by the Greek government is a dangerous precedent in the history of our modern democracies. With its extreme features, the Greek case reveals a growing trend to putting into question public broadcasters in many Euro-Mediterranean countries. Further to economic difficulties, the public service is more and more deemed as a simple budget line to be adjusted, regardless of its civic and democratic role.
Further to this situation, we, professionals of the audiovisual sector, solemnly protest against ERT shutting down and strongly reaffirm the necessity to defend…
La 1ère réunion du groupe d’experts en matière de télévision et de services audiovisuels à la demande s’est tenue à Tunis, les 23 -24 Septembre 2013. Les experts issus des réseaux des partenaires du programme ASBU, COPEAM et UER, ont adopté des conclusions favorables à la création d’un observatoire sud-méditerranéen de l’audiovisuel qui recueillerait et diffuserait des données sur la télévision et les services audiovisuels à la demande de la région. Link a conclusions FR Communiqué de presse Liens utiles Programme de l’atelier Les rapports sur Egypte, Liban et Maroc Euromed Audiovisuel III Observatoire européen…
On Friday 15 November, at Montecitorio Palace in Rome, the President of COPEAM, Mr Mathieu Gallet, will present the Association’s mission, objectives and flagship projects at a hearing before the Cultural Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean. The hearing will be opened by Ms Marina Sereni, Vice-President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Ms Emma Bonino, Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Claudio Cortese, Vice-Secretary General of the UfM, Mr André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation and Mr Khalid Chaouki, President of the Committee and the promoter of the hearing. Mr Gallet will…