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’ contribution to the communication and information processes.
Concerning the contribution of COPEAM to this current debate, particularly after the events of the Arab revolutions and the ongoing social movements, he stressed out that the association will carry on its action of networking and of concrete cooperation, with the belief that only the exchange of approaches and of working methods among professionals of the two sides, along with the open-mindedness towards the other, will allow a deep change, desired and responding to the needs of our societies.
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