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#ECPMF: first conference in Leipzig

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16 October 2015

On 8th and 9th October 2015 the first ECPMF conference was held in Leipzig, with the participation of journalists and media experts from twenty-three different countries. OBC took part to the event as one of the funding partners.

Go to the program of ECPMF conference

Press freedom in EU accession countries
Elmar Brok with Andris Kesteris during the panel on media freedom in the countries candidates or potential candidates to the EU 
OBC presenting its contribution to the ECPMF activities
Press freedom in EU accession countries
Whistleblowing
Amelie Bang with Flutura Kusari during the panel devoted to the protection of whistleblowers
OBC and Wikimedia Italia
During the plenary session of the conference, OBC introduced its ongoing cooperation with Wikimedia Italia
Reporting refugees
Jon Danzig, freelance journalist, with Balàsz Nagy Navarro, member of ECPMF board, discussing the risks and challenges deriving for journalists from the refugees' crisis
Esad Hecimovic
Journalist Esad Hećimović speaking about the strategies to fight back pressure against journalists: "Solidarity among journalists is the most powerful resource in our hands"
Whistleblowing
Flutura Kusari (ECPMF) with Dirk Voorhoof (Ghent University) during the panel devoted to the protection of whistleblowers
Laura Garavini
Italian MP Laura Garavini presenting the results of the Parliament’s Anti-Mafia Commission report about "Mafia, journalism and the media"
Reporting refugees
Balasz Nagy Navarro with Hans Ulrik Jorges discussing the implications of the ongoing refugees crisis on media and journalists
Press freedom in EU accession countries
The panel on press freddom in accession countries. From left to right: Naser Selmani, Ljiljana Smajlovic, Elmar Brok, Andris Kesteris
Galina Arapova
Galina Arapova (Mass Media Defence Center) intervening during the first plenary session of the ECPMF conference in Leipzig