FIP IFJ JF INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS XXV Congress May 25th- 30th 2004 JOURNALISM ON THE MOVE Athens BUILDING SOLIDARITY TO MEET GLOBAL CHALLENGES REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY Z 7736 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION luction 1. Meetings 2. Membership 3. Applications for Membership 4. Publications and Information 5. Finance 6. International Press Cards 7. Secretariat 8. Regional Activities 9. Human Rights and Safety Programme 10.Safety Fund 11. IFJ MIssions 12. International Relations 13. Expert Groups and Working Parties 14. Globalisation APPENDICES 1. Attendance at Executive Committee 2. IFJ Membership 2001-2003 3. IFJ Decisions on Membership 2001-2004 4. Rabat Declaration- Building Confidence in Solidarity 5. Regional Working Party 6. Seoul Action Plan for Equality- Mainstreaming Equality in Journalism 7. Membership of IFJ Working Groups 2. REPORT OF IFJ PROJECTS DIVISION Friedrich * Ebert Bonn Bibliothek Stiftung 1 23456 5 * 7 8 11 13 14 15 17 223 19 Activities 2001-2004 2004-2007: A Fresh Approach 3. REGIONAL REPORTS Asia- Pacific 25 European Federation of Journalists 26 Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union 29 Middle East and North Africa Latin America Sub- Saharan Africa 4. WORKING PROGRAMME Authors' Rights Expert Group Labour Rights Expert Group Public Service Broadcasting Gender Council 31 222333 30 35 36 37 38 Freelance Expert Group 40 Human Rights and Safety 41 IFJ Brussels Journalists' Help Centre 42 IFJ Prizes 42 5. ACTION BY IFJ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS Action on Motions Adopted by Seoul Conference Action on Motions Remitted to Executive Committee by Congress 44 49 Z 7736 3 BECIOM 500+- THIS VBbEMDICE? COU NE г 1120 nod 1 Introduction Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 1 MEETINGS Executive Committee Brussels 2001 report( Appendix Three). Two appeals have been registered: from the CIOJ in the UK, appealing against the rejection of their application for membership, and from the Association of Tunisian Journalists, appealing against a proposal to expel them. These will be put before Congress for decision. Seoul Stockholm June 15 October 20-21 2001 Washington June 8-9 2002 November 16-17 2002 Brussels June 7-8 2003 New Delhi November 29-30 2003 4 Berlin March 6-8 2004 Athens May 25 2004 Administrative Committee Stockholm October 20 2001 Brussels March 9 2002 Washington June 7 2002 Brussels November 15 2002 Rabat April 11 2003 Brussels June 7 2003 New Delhi Berlin November 29 March 6 2003 2004 Executive Committee Attendance: See Appendix One. 2 MEMBERSHIP The membership figures reported by member unions for 2002 and 2003 are in the list attached to this report( Appendix Two). The figures below show the changes over the Congress period with a 1990 reference for comparison." Unions 1990 2001 67 2002 2003 138 143 152 Countries 53 98 103 106 Members 151,176 368,255 382,006 Change +14 +8 410,247+41,992 ado Decisions of the Executive Committee concerning membership are set out in the list attached to this report( Appendix Three). Two appeals have been registered: from the CIOJ in the UK, appealing against the rejection of their application for membership, and the Association of Tunisian Journalists, appealing against a proposal to expel them. These will be put before Congress for decision. 3 APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP Decisions of the Executive Committee concerning membership are set out in the list attached to this PUBLICATIONS AND Jajalien INFORMATION The IFJ relies heavily on web- based materials for information activities and these have been further developed. In addition there is a range of regional newsletters- Euronews, En Linea Directa for Latin America and a regular bulletin from the Asia- Pacific office. A number of Special Reports and other publications have been published during the Congress period. These include: Journalists and Mediaworkers Killed, Annual Reports 2001,2002 2003 ➤ Journalism in the Danger Zone, Palestine, 2001 > Child Rights in The Media Handbook, 2001 > Missing Link in Venezuela's Political Crisis, 2002 > Danger and Deadlines: Journalists Rights in Palestine, 2002 ➤ Journalism and the War on Terrorism( Two Editions), 2002 > Working Conditions of Journalist in European Newspapers Survey, 2002( EFJ) ➤ Eastern Empires: Foreign Ownership in East European Media, 2003( EFJ) Freelance Journalists in Europe, Survey Report, 2003( EFJ) > Live News, A Survival Guide for Journalists, 2003 > Justice Denied on the Road to Baghdad, 2003 > Unity for Justice: Journalists' Crisis in Ukraine, 2003 > Crisis In Italian Media, 2004( EFJ) > Building Solidarity: Challenges Facing Iraqi Journalists, 2004 > Protecting Our Sources of Information, 2004( EFJ) The IFJ has issued close to 600 press releases, protests and public statements in the Congress period covering a range of issues related to journalists' 1. These are membership figures declared to the IFJ for the purpose of payment of fees. A membership count on the basis of union records shows that more than 500,000 journalists are covered by IFJ unions. $ 1 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 2 rights, industrial actions and press freedom matters. The full details of these statements are on the IFJ web- site: www.ifj.org and the Congress web- site www.ifjcongress.org. At the same time, the secretariat tries to give emphasis to industrial and trade union issues and we hope member unions recognise the potential value of international support through the IFJ network. The IFJ web site, which was first set up in 1996, has been revamped. It has become a much- visited site for news and information regarding the IFJ's activities, expanding the IFJ's range of contacts. An internal members' only section has been created to improve the flow of information to member unions. The work of the IFJ was recognised by two prestigious awards received in 2003 and 2004. The first was from the International Committee of the Red Cross in October 2003 for the defence of journalists' rights and press freedom over the past ten years in the Balkan region and the second, in February 2004, from the City of Siena, in Italy, for the IFJ's contribution to the defence of press freedom and particularly its campaigning for journalists' rights in the Middle East and Iraq. 5 FINANCE The Executive Committee put into effect the decisions of the last congress concerning financial strategies. A full report of the IFJ's financial activities is available. The Honorary Treasurer Jim Boumelha has reported regularly to the Executive Committee on the progress of the IFJ finances. Changes have been made in the presentation of the finance reports during the congress period. The treasurer's report contains a summary of progress in the past three years as well as the detailed finance report for 2003. 6 INTERNATIONAL PRESS CARDS Between January 1 2001 and December 31 2003 the Federation issued 25,305 International Press Cards- a continuation of the improving trend in recent years. National unions wishing to incorporate the international card into their national document have further stimulated the increase in membership and wider recognition of the card. 7 SECRETARIAT The major change in the life of the secretariat during the congress period was the move in 2001 of the IFJ headquarters to the new International Press Centre, Residence Palace, in Brussels. This move, with an initial fixed- term contract for nine years, provides the IFJ with improved working conditions and access to well- equipped meeting rooms and a high- technology media environment. A number of changes in duties of members of the Secretariat have taken place. ➤ Director of Projects Bettina Peters left to join the European Journalism Centre in 2002. She was replaced as Projects Director by Oliver MoneyKyrle. ➤ Sarah de Jong is now working as Deputy Director of the International News Safety Institute. Robert Shaw replaced her as Information and Human Rights Officer in 2003. > Stefania Bork and Bertrand Ginet joined the IFJ Project Office in 2002. Stecy Yghemonos joined as a project assistant in 2003. Pamela Morinière took over as Authors' Rights Co- ordinator in 2002. > Gregorio Salazar replaced Katia Gil as Latin America Officer based in Caracas and the European Director, Renate Schroeder, works from IFJ headquarters. Jacqui Park and Emma Walters are working for us out of the Regional Project Office in Sydney, Yoshitane Okuda is responsible for the IFJ Tokyo Office, and Gabriel Baglo is the IFJ Africa officer working from the regional office in Senegal. > In 2001 the Executive Committee amended the employment conditions of the General Secretary Aidan White to provide for a three- year rolling contract renewable at the beginning of each new congress period. The total number of staff employed at the IFJ headquarters and in regional offices and on project activity on 1 January 2004 was 20. 8 REGIONAL ACTIVITIES During the Congress period the Executive Committee has further encouraged unions to organise on a regional basis. This will be the subject of further attention at Congress when regional meetings of IFJ unions will take place. Proposals are before the Congress to further strengthen regional work. In addition to the information in the report of the Project Division dealing with regional activities and our project programme, special mention should be made of five particular regional developments: 8.1 Europe The regional work in Europe has been further consolidated by the work of the EFJ, which in 2001 adjusted its rules to the time frame given by the IFJ General constitution. It now organises a General Meeting in the same year as the IFJ Congress to discuss statutory matters including finances, and every year an Annual Meeting to primarily discuss themes of actual concern. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 The accession of ten central and eastern European countries to the European Union and the impact on journalists' unions throughout Europe has been a major concern in this congress period. The EFJ centres its work around trade union issues and professional themes dealt with by the European Union and the Council of Europe. The work of the expert groups has provided practical guidance to the work of the Steering Committee and the EFJ secretariat and further assists IFJ work.( See expert group reports). One of the major challenges to the IFJ has been to provide services and solidarity for all unions in regions of Europe with a particularly hostile political and business environment. That is particularly needed in eastern and central Europe and the NewlyIndependent States, the countries of the former Soviet Union. The IFJ Media For Democracy model has been used to develop programmes and activities in Russia, the countries of Central Asia and Southeastern Europe, under the Royaumont process and, later the Stability Pact. The Russian Union of Journalists has played a crucial role in defending journalists' rights and has been a key partner during the Congress period. The Union has been particularly important in helping to develop wider solidarity with journalists in countries of the former Soviet Union. In the Ukraine, special focus has been given to the emergence of a new invigorated union movement and the follow- up of the case of the murdered journalist Gyorgy Gongadze. The Ukraine Union of Journalists has continued to support strongly our work in the region. A regional conference is planned for 2004 in Kiev. 8.2 Media For Democracy in Africa - The problems facing journalists and independent media in Africa have continued to be of particular concern to the IFJ. The Media for Democracy Programme which has been further developed for Europe and Latin America- was concluded in 2004. New programmes for the region are in preparation. The opening of the regional office in Dakar, Senegal, offers new opportunities for development of regional work in Africa, as has the creation of the Southern African Journalists' Association with regional project support in Johannesburg. The crisis of conflict in Africa has remained a major concern with problems in central Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivoire in the congress period. The IFJ has also been actively engaged in the defence of journalists' rights and press freedom in Zimbabwe where the regime of Robert Mugabe has in 2002 and 2003 strongly attacked independent journalism. 8.3 IFJ in the Middle East and North Africa The Executive Committee has given priority to practical programmes of co- operation with our colleagues in Palestine, Iraq, Algeria and throughout the Arab world. The Algeria Centre for Solidarity was transferred to the Algerian union as a functioning centre for training and development work in support of Algerian journalists. The Executive Committee has successfully developed more effective solidarity and contacts with other organisations in the Arab world.( See Relations with International Organisations, Federation of Arab Journalists.) 8.4 Latin America The Latin America office continues to provide support for a range of activities in the region and its future has been secured for the current years thanks to the support of FNSI in Italy. The Norwegian Journalists Union concluded its programme of solidarity with the office in 1998. The IFJ has been particularly concerned to strengthen the work of GALFIP, the regional group, and to initiate support actions for colleagues in Colombia. In 2003 a project to establish a solidarity centre in Bogota was established with the assistance of the Spanish affiliate FAPE. 8.5 Asia- Pacific In Asia, IFJ work has been strengthened by the consolidation of activities through the establishment of a regional office in co- operation with the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance in Sydney. Sub- regional offices have been established in Jakarta and Colombo. The Executive Committee has followed closely developments in Indonesia, where journalists have been among the tragic victims of the conflict in Aceh, and the Philippines, which has joined Colombia as one of the most dangerous places on earth for journalism. The office has also supported the extension of project activity into South Asia. A vibrant programme of activity and a growing subregional network has provided a strong base for IFJ development in the region. 9 HUMAN RIGHTS AND SAFETY PROGRAMME The question of journalists' safety and human rights in media has remained a primary concern for the IFJ during the Congress period with the most significant development being the creation of the International News Safety Institute, a global network of media employers and unions dedicated to improving the safety of journalists. The organisation was set up on the initiative of the IFJ and follows an original proposal first developed in 1998. The INSI will 3 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 4 carry out safety training work and provide practical support to journalists and media staff to reduce the risks they face at work. An extensive handbook on safety- LIVE NEWS: A Survival Guide for Journalists- was published by the IFJ during the Congress period. It has already been translated into numerous languages and has been widely acknowledged as a significant contribution to the cause of journalists' safety. The IFJ has continued to work closely with organisations involved in the defence of freedom of expression and opinion, including Amnesty International, Article 19, Index on Censorship, Reporters sans frontières, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and Human Rights Watch under the umbrella of the International Freedom of Expression exchange ( IFEX). 10 SAFETY FUND The IFJ Safety Fund provides an invaluable contribution to the IFJ's assistance programme and the Executive Committee has endorsed a fresh appeal for support with the objective of reaching a target of 1,000,000 Euros. The Fund continues to be an important source of assistance for journalists in need. The Treasurer Jim Boumelha carried out a survey of the Fund and during the Congress period an intern was employed for a period to prepare materials for the relaunch of the Fund, which will take place at Congress. A full report on the Safety Fund and the relaunch have been prepared. Details of the assistance provided as well as information on journalists killed during the Congress period are set out in the Safety Fund Report. 11 IFJ MISSIONS During the Congress period missions were carried out in: Algeria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kosovo, Kyrghystan, Kazahkstan, Macedonia, Nigeria, Palestine, Panama, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. 12 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 12.1 Federation of Arab Journalists In April 2003 representatives of the IFJ Executive Committee met with the senior representatives of the Federation of Arab Journalists in Rabat. A declaration was concluded( Appendix Four) and closer working relations have been established with a number of affiliates of the FAJ. This co- operation has been particularly important in developing solidarity programmes for colleagues in Iraq. 12.2 International Governmental Organisations UNESCO The IFJ continues to have a close working relationship with UNESCO, in particular with its Communications Division and the Press Freedom Unit. In 2002 the IFJ was granted Associate Relations status with UNESCO, the highest level of co- operation. The IFJ has continued to play a leading role in the organisation of UNESCO actions around World Press Freedom Day. In December 2003 the IFJ took part in a major UNESCO meeting at the World Summit on the Information Society. International Labour Organisation Co- operation with the ILO during the Congress period has been limited to a joint action on workers' rights in the Information Society at the World Summit on the Information Society( see below) and work on the production of a new international health and safety code. In 2004 a meeting of employers and unions on Information Society issues is planned in Geneva. The IFJ will be playing a role in the preparation of the meeting. United Nations The IFJ continues to follow the work of the UN Commission on Human Rights and has been involved in two other important initiatives with UN agencies: Global Compact: In 2002 the IFJ Executive Committee joined the Global Compact, launched by Secretary General Kofi Annan, which seeks to ensure that social and democratic values are an integral part of the process of globalisation. World Summit on the Information Society: In 2002 and 2003 the IFJ played a leading role in co- ordinating the intervention of global unions in the world summit, the first part of which was held in Geneva in December 2003. The IFJ took part in meetings organised by the World Electronic Media Forum, the ILO, and UNESCO and was on a panel with government representatives. In January 2004 the General Secretary met with UN General Secretary Kofi Annan and discussed issues related to safety and UN engagement in efforts to improve security of journalists. 12.3 International Trade Union Organisations ICFTU The General Secretary has represented the IFJ at international and regional meetings organised by the ICFTU. The IFJ continues to assist the ICFTU in the field of policy- making and activities and is a Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 member of ICFTU sub- committees covering human rights, Health and Safety, the Middle East, HIV- AIDS policy, Eastern and Central Europe, and Women's Rights. The IFJ has contributed regularly to the Global Unions web site established by the ICFTU. Global Union Federations The IFJ is one of the 10 global union federations ( GUF) representing workers in all sectors. The IFJ has attended six GUF meetings since 2001. During 2003 the IFJ co- ordinated the international trade union movement interventions at the World Summit on the Information Society. Globalisation of the world economy and new production processes have encouraged mergers between some of the industrial sectors. In media and communications, there are significant changes underway, and the IFJ has sought to strengthen its links with other groups of workers in the sector. Recent mergers have seen the number of global unions fall from 15 to 10. The current Chairman of the Global Unions groups is Philip Jennings, General Secretary of Union Network International. Union Network International( UNI) The IFJ works closely with UNI, which is providing a strong base for actions to engage in dialogue with major transnational corporations. The UNI emphasis on the communications sector and its declared commitment to organising workers in the information economy makes it an important partner for the IFJ in developing strategies to deal with globalisation. In December 2003, Philip Jennings, the General Secretary of UNI and the General Secretary of the IFJ jointly represented the workers' side in various interventions, at the World Summit on the Information Society. 12.4 International Media Organisations During the congress period the IFJ has made some progress in developing links with media employers' organisations, particularly in the field of journalists' safety. No effective social dialogue at international level has materialised, but at regional level progress has been made with a social dialogue agreement reached in the broadcasting sector in Europe. There has been limited co- operation with the World Association of Newspapers and its regional organisation, the European Newspaper Publishers Association. The problems of co- operation are a reflection of the profound differences that exist between the IFJ and publishers on such issues as social rights, professional independence, and media concentration and particularly copyright. The Executive Committee believes strongly, however, that globalisation in media and the development of international media policy requires that efforts should be made to create a climate for social dialogue at international level. The IFJ has maintained working relations with broadcasting employers in membership of the European Broadcasting Union which covers most of the major public service broadcast companies. Efforts to establish social dialogue at a European level have finally been successful after many years of effort. 13 EXPERT GROUPS AND WORKING PARTIES The Executive Committee has supported the establishment of specialist groups to carry out activities as and when they are needed. Groups have been set up, through the framework of the EFJ, which has coordinated this work, covering authors' rights, freelance issues, broadcasting and labour rights. Reports on the work of the expert groups are attached to this report. Regional Working Party In line with the decisions of the Seoul Congress a Regional Working Party was established upon nomination of colleagues by member unions to look at questions of regional work and whether amendments were required to the IFJ Constitution to facilitate regional participation in the life of the IFJ. The members of the working party were Anita Vahlberg ( Sweden), Elizabeth Costa( Brazil), Robert Norris( UK and Ireland), Herbert Lumansi( Uganda). The report of the working party was submitted to the Executive Committee and was adopted with the exception of Point Five. The report is attached( Appendix Five). The Executive Committee thanked the members for their work. Gender Council The IFJ Gender Council established after the Seoul Congress has been closely involved in the implementation of the Action Plan for equality adopted by the Congress.( See Appendix Six). The Executive Committee believes that the networks created by the Council provide a base for regional expansion of practical work on equality issues. A number of activities have taken place during the congress period and gender issues have been brought into the mainstream of work carried out by the secretariat. International Media Working Party Against Racism and Xenophobia( IMRAX) IMRAX has not been active during much of the Congress period. However, the development of the IFJ Tolerance Prize in the regions and renewed activities in Europe in 2004 suggest that the working 5 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 6 party should be reactivated. During the Congress period a Diversity on- line web- site established in the IMRAX process has continued to function and a report on media reporting of racism issues prepared for the European Commission monitoring unit has been submitted to IMRAX for further action and review. IFJ member unions in France, Finland, Great Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands as well as representatives of the European Commission, the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the European Broadcasting Union, the European Journalism Training Association and the International Association of Mass Communication Research have played a role in the Group's work. Broadcasting The conference in Tokyo on public broadcasting prior to the Seoul Congress provided the launch pad for the IFJ Campaign Public Broadcasting for All. A Committee on Public Broadcasting was established after the Seoul Congress. The Committee met once a year to exchange information and to review activities. The main outcome of the campaign has been the launching conferences for regional activities in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and North Africa. The IFJ issued several protests and public statements. Missions and targeted activities took place in the framework of the campaign, especially in Europe( Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Czech Republic and Hungary), but also in Asia( Korea, SriLanka) and in Africa( Morocco, South- Africa). IFJ members also conducted their own events and activities. A website has been set- up for the campaign: www.save-public-broadcasting.org Authors' Rights The authors' rights' campaign focused its work on European Union, and international( WIPO) lobbying, developing training materials for journalists- including the update of the authors' rights brochure-, launching solidarity actions in European countries, as well as developing cooperation with other creators. An authors' rights seminar was organised in Slovenia in 2003 in view of the European Union enlargement. A user friendly web site has been set up, which contains information on authors' rights legislation, sample contracts, collective agreements and court cases. It is accessible on www.authorsrights.org 14 GLOBALISATION After the resolutions adopted in Seoul and covering globalisation matters such as the development of the global media economy, workers rights, new media, and media concentration, the IFJ focused its activities on major international events such as the World Summit on Information Society, the Ministerial meeting of the WTO, the World Economic Forum and the World Social Forum. Policy papers have been produced for these events and there have also been interventions at the World Economic Forum( New York and Davos) and the World Social Forum( Porto Alegre and Mumbai). These texts are available on the congress web- site www.ifjcongress.org. These activities have been carried out in collaboration with the global unions movement. Two studies have been done on media ownership in Europe for a better action against media ownership deregulation. An IFJ Statement on Globalisation is presented to the Congress. Brussels, February 17th 2004 ги Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Appendix 1 Attendance at 2001 gide IFJ Executive Committee Meetings eqgA 2005 008 8 Title Name 02 200 Possible Actual President Senior Vice- President Gustl Glattfelder Chris Warren Vice- President Vice- President Advisers Osvaldo Urriolabeitia Linda Foley 6654 6966 * First Reserve adviser who replaced Kabral Blay- Amihere who stepped down from the EC in 2001. Jim Boumelha 6 M'Jahed Younouss 6 Farhana Ismail 6 665 Herbert Lumansi* 5 4 Sabina Inderjit 6 6 69 Hashuu Naranjargal 6 6 Yoshitane Okuda 6 5 71 Seh- Yong Lee 6 4006 72 Mario Guastoni 6 6 73 Juan- Antonio Prieto 6 5 Jamina Popovic 6 Soren Wormslev 6 76 Eva Stabell 6 Andrzej Krajewski 6 78 Olivo de León 6 Beth Costa Arnold Amber Reserve Advisers Khady Cisse Roberto Mejía Alarcón Adrian Rojas Jaen 66 210 8506 656656 3 1 0 0 Rogaciano Méndez G. 3 2 Jonathan Tasini 1 0 88 Shyam Khosla Andreas Kannaouros 1 1 20 Jean- Claude Wolff 92 No General Secretary Claire Miller Ruth Pollard Aidan White 2000 60 1 0 0 0 о 6 600 8 7 8 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS Appendix 2 IFJ Membership 2001-2003 A Policy Union Status Membership Membership Membership 2001 2002 2003 Albania- APJA assoc. 300 300 300 23 Albania- LAJ assoc. 822 822 822 Algeria full 531 531 531 4 Angola full 639 5 Argentina full 8,000 8,000 8,500 6 Armenia assoc. 750 750 7 Australia full 8,021 7,768 735 8,017 the 8 Azerbaidjan full 567 654 654 9 Austria( TUJ) full 3,674 2,902 2,968 10 Belarus assoc. of Journ. assoc. 700 820 870 11 Belgium 12 Benin full 3,000 3,000 3,000 full 80 80 80 13 Bosnia Herceg.- ACJ Mostar assoc. 158 158 153 14 Bosnia Assoc. Jour. Rep. Srpska full 370 370 375 15 Bosnia Indep. Un. Rep.Srpska 16 Botswana 17 Brasil assoc. 92 92 92 full 40 40 40 full 9,500 9,500 9,500 18 Bulgaria- Podkrepa 19 Bulgaria BJU full 220 220 833 full 3,000 3,000 1,800 20 Burkina Faso full 100 100 158 21 Cambodia A.CAP assoc. 30 50 22 Cambodia Ligue assoc. 1,000 1,000 45 23 Cameron full 150 150 24 Canada- FNC full 1,500 1,500 1,500 25 Canada- C.E.P.Ottawa full 3,500 3,500 3,000 26 TNG Canada/ CWA Ottawa full 2,390 2,401 2,602 27 Chile full 600 250 28 Colombia(*) assoc. 85 85 29 Costa Rica full 213 241 230 30 Croatia full 2,500 31 Cyprus full 404 2,500 404 2,700 A vis 410 32 Cyprus( Turkey Basin- Sen) full 93 33 Czech Republic full 3,715 3,378 3,284 34 Denmark full 8,276 8,283 8,475 35 Dominican Republic full 1,645 664 620 36 Estonia full 518 518 527 37 Ethiopia assoc. 82 82 82 38 Finland full 10,044 10,370 11,001 39 France- CFDT full 500 Grello 500 500 40 France- CGT full 735 750 790 41 France- FO full 290 290 290 42 France- SNJ full 1,750 2,000 2.000 43 Gambia full 156 156 168 44 Georgia Federation full 1,265 1,265 1,265 45 Georgia Ind.Assoc. assoc. 137 46 Germany- DJV full 37,417 137 39,368 137 40,615 47 Germany- VER.DI full 15,500 15,500 16,100 goo Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Union Status Membership 2001 2002 Membership Membership Membership 2003 48 Ghana full 800 800 800 49 Great Britain+ Ireland full 20,000 21,000 25,092 50 Greece- JUADN full 2,856 2,856 3,356 51 Greece- UPPJ full 445 445 445 52 Greece- PFJU full 346 346 271 53 Greece JUMTD 006.2 full 649 466 547 54 Haiti full 187 187 187 55 Honduras- Sitinpress 02.S full 100 100 100 56 Honduras- Asoc Prensa assoc. 200 200 200 57 Hong Kong full 580 580 389 58 Hungary- AHJ full 5,143 5,143 5,200 59 Hungary- HPU full 815 815 815 60 Hungary- CHJ assoc. 600 600 600 61 Iceland full 354 354 354 62 India- IJU full 2,000 13,052 15,125 63 India NUJ full 7,500 7,500 7,500 64 India AINEF full 2,500 2,300 1,800 65 Indonesia assoc. 727 727 727 66 Iran 67 Iraq( Kurdistan) 68 Israel 69 Italy 70 Ivory Coast 71 Japan JCMMWU Nipporo 72 Japan Mimpororen - 73 Japan- Shimbun Roren assoc. 1,700 1,500 1,820 assoc. 992 full 1,690 1,690 1,690 full 8,670 8,710 8,710 assoc. 300 300 300 full 4,400 4,400 4,400 full ata 1,000 1,000 1,000 full 3,000 3,000 3,000 74 Kenya full 350 350 350 75 Korea full 2,500 2,020 2,020 76 Kyrghyz- PAJ assoc. 160 170 170 77 Latvia assoc. 523 523 523 78 Liberia Press Union assoc. 300 300 300 79 Lithuania Journ. Union full 850 850 810 80 Luxembourg full 147 162 165 81 Macedonia assoc. 2,000 600 600 82 Madagascar- ALJM assoc. 40 40 40 83 Malaysia full 1,200 1,200 1,200 84 Mali assoc. 150 150 150 85 Mauritius assoc. 33 33 31 86 Mexique( SNRP) full 240 240 240 87 Mongolia full 300 300 300 88 Morocco full 603 603 603 89 Nepal NUJ assoc. 300 300 90 Nepal PU full 1,400 1,355 91 Nepal FNJ full 350 92 Netherlands full 8,010 7.800 7800 93 New Zealand full 820 780 TIA 780 94 Niger-Niamey full 272 272 HOM 260 95 Nicaragua full 84 90 mehow 90 96 Nigeria full 15,000 15,000 15,000 97 Norway full 7,800 7,928 7,928 98 Pakistan PFUJ full 5,000 99 Palestine- AJA full 500 500 500 IATOT 9 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS Union 100 Panama Status Membership Membership Membership 2001 2002 2003 full 126 723 723 101 Paraguay full 400 400 400 102 Peru full 655 655 655 та 103 Philippines NUJP assoc. 1,500 104 Poland- SDP full 2,300 2,300 2,300 105 Poland- SDRP full 4,446 3,932 3,932 106 Portugal full 2,250 2,250 2,250 107 Romania full 1,012 1.012 377 108 Russia full 56,000 56,500 56,770 109 San Salvador SPSS full 120 120 137 Ва 110 Senegal full 500 459 450 111 Sierra Leone- SLAJ assoc. 250 250 250 112 Sierra Leone- AIJ assoc. 60 60 60 113 Slovakia full 2,028 1,932 1,933 114 Slovenia full 1,197 1,197 1,255 115 South Africa- SAUJ full 608 641 641 116 South Africa- MWASA full 500 500 500 28 117 Spain FAPE - full 5,073 5,073 5,073 118 Spain FC full 100 195 400 - 119 Spain ELA/ IGEKO full 195 200 195 120 Sri Lanka- FMETU full 400 400 400 121 Sri Lanka- SLWJA full 1,250 122 Sweden full 15,433 15,900 15,096 123 Switzerland- FSJ full 5,169 5,045 5,045 124 Switzerland- CoMedia full 1.486 1.645 1753 125 Switzerland- Medienschaft full 3,509 126 Taiwan assoc, full 280 280 280 127 Tanzania Union of J. full 500 500 3,000 128 Thailand assoc. 1,000 1,000 1,000 129 Togo assoc. 61 61 61 81 130 Tunisia full 400 600 600 131 Turkey CGD/ PJA assoc. 457 457 457 08 132 Turkey TGS full 400 400 400 18 133 Uganda full 393 393 $ 395 134 Ukraine assoc. 6,000 6,000 7,000 135 Uruguay APU full 410 410 360 136 U.S.A TNG- CWA full 10,800 10,800 10,800 137 U.S.A.- WGAE full 1,000 1,000 1,000 28 138 U.S.A. NWU full 300 300 300 139 U.S.A. AFTRA 140 Venezuela 141 Yemen 142 Kosova( Yugoslavia) full 2,937 full 650 650 700 full 800 assoc. 220 220 220 143 Yugoslavia- IJAS( Serbia) full 1,200 1,200 1,977 144 Yugoslavia- AITUJ Beograd full 800 800 661 145 Yugoslavia- Montenegro IAPJM assoc. 95 95 95 146 Yugoslavia- Montenegro ITUJM full 90 90 129 147 Zambia full 600 600 600 148 Zimbabwe full 300 300 300 TOTAL 368,255 382,006 410,162 Colombia Re- admission Fee 2003 assoc. 85 TOTAL 410,247 10 duode Appendix 3 due admom is benimb IFJ Decisions on Membership 2001-2004 Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 levo A Stockholm, 20-21 Oct 2001 Nepal: NUJ Admitted as Associate member. Pakistan: NUJ The union was virtually unknown. Decision postponed. Cambodia: Association for the Protection of Journalists Admitted as Associate member. Sri Lanka: Union of Journalists Decision postponed. On the basis of a report from the Asia- Pacific office, a decision might harm the unity between unions. Washington, June 8-9, 2002 Philippines: National Union of Journalists Admitted as Associate member. Bangladesh: Journalists' Rights Forum Decision postponed. As a first step they will be invited to participate in a regional meeting in Kathmandu. East Timor: Timor Lorosa'e Journalists' Association Decision postponed. It is proposed requesting a report from the Portuguese Union of Journalists following their work in East Timor and reports from all interested affiliates, to reconsider at the next meeting. Sri Lanka: Working Journalists Association and Union of Journalists No decision taken. Rwanda: Union of Employees in Education, Journalist Heart, Libraries( Senjousmel) Deferred decision for further regional investigation. Cameroon: National Trade Union of Cameroon Journalists Admitted as Full member. Yugoslavia: Journalists' Association of Serbia Deferred decision. UK and Ireland: Institute of Journalists( CIOJ) Appeal noted and remitted to Congress. Appeal to be considered by Congress in Athens. Austria: Print and Paper Union, Journalists Section Further investigation needed. Slovakia: Slovakian Association of Journalists No action taken. Greece: Periodical and Electronic Press Union ( PEPU) ( Former Union of Periodical Press Journalists) The name change was noted. Mongolia: Confederation of Mongolian Journalists ( Former Mongolian Free Democratic Journalists' Association) The name change was noted. Pakistan: National Union of Journalists Application rejected. Chile: Fenatramco Re- admitted as Full member. Brussels, Nov 16-17, 2002 Iraq: Kurdistan Journalists' Association Decision postponed. It is agreed to instruct the General Secretary to meet with union representatives to discuss co- operation in support of journalists' rights and press freedom but not to admit them at this stage. Bangladesh: Journalists' Rights Forum( BJRF) Decision postponed. East Timor: Timor Lorosa'e Journalists' Association Further investigation needed. A mission is to go to the region in December and it is agreed to invite the Portuguese union to join the delegation and to postpone the decision accordingly. Sri Lanka: Union of Journalists Decision postponed. Regional Officer Jacqui Park is asked to report back after a visit to Sri Lanka. Nepal: Federation of Nepalese Journalists( FNJ) Admitted as Full member. Pakistan: Federal Union of Journalists Admitted as Full member. Cameroon Employed Journalists TU Application rejected. Angola: Sindicato Dos Jornalistas Angolanos( SJA) Re- admitted as Full member pending re- entry payment. Rwanda: Trade Union of Employees in Education, Journalist Heart, Libraries( Senjousmel) Application rejected. Yugoslavia: Journalists' Association of Serbia Decision postponed. 11 12 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS Austria: Print and Paper Union, Journalists Section Decision postponed. Union asked to complete IFJ application form with revised figures and new status. Slovakia: Slovak Association of Journalists Decision postponed. Djibouti: Association of Journalists of Djibouti Decision postponed. Further information needed. Israel: Association of Israel Journalists, Haifa and the North Decision postponed. UK: Institute of Journalists( CIOJ) Continues to protest against rejection of their application. It is proposed to prepare procedures for an appeal. Brussels, June 7-8, 2003 USA: AFTRA Admitted as Full member. Iraq: Kurdistan Journalists' Association Admitted as Associate member. Slovakia: Slovak Association of Journalists Application rejected. East Timor: Timor Lorosa'e Journalists' Association Decision postponed pending organisation of meeting and mission in region. Niger: Journalists' Association of Niger Application rejected. Switzerland: Syndicat suisse de Mass Media( SSN) Admitted as Full member. UK: Institute of Journalists( CiOJ) It is agreed to prepare a report to Congress and to hold an appeal under the IFJ constitution giving the CIOJ the opportunity to put its case before the IFJ membership. Colombia: Círculo de Reporteros Graficos Re- admitted as Associate member after the payment of their fees due. Cyprus: Union of Press Workers( Basin- Sin) Admitted as Full member. Serbia: Association of Journalists of Serbia Application deferred until the next meeting. Yemen: Yemeni Journalists Syndicate Admitted as Full member. Pakistan: National Union of Journalists Decision postponed. A New- Delhi, November 29-30, 2003 Botswana: Botswana Journalists' Association Considered as effectively defunct- Expulsion decision by Congress is recommended. Kosova: Kosova Association of Journalists Considered as effectively defunc.t. Expulsion decision by Congress is recommended. Jordan: Jordan Press Association Admitted as Full member subject to assurance about the role of management and owners. Pakistan: National Union of Journalists( Follow- up) Application rejected. East Timor: Timor Lorosa'e Journalists' Association ( Follow- up) Decision postponed due to a lack of information. Kosova: Association of Professional Journalists Admitted as Associate member. Serbia: Association of Journalists of Serbia ( Follow- up) Admitted as Full member.orbloo18 Austria: Arts, Media, Sports and Media Freelancer Admitted as Full member. UK: Institute of Journalists( CiOJ) Utebing ( Follow- up) Further correspondence, but no action. Malta: Malta Press Club( TMPC) Admitted as Associate member. Bahrain: Bahrain Journalists Association Admitted as Full member. Albania: North Union of Journalists( UGV) Decision postponed. Greece: Union of Journalists from Provincial Press Application rejected. Berlin, March 6-7, 2004 Expulsion is proposed in regard to: belgard Tunisia( Association des journalistes tunisiens) Notice of appeal has been received. Botswana( Botswana Journalists Association) Kosova( Alliance of Kosova Journalists) Somalia: Somali Journalists Network( Sojon) Admitted as Associate member. Iran: Association of Iranian Journalists Up- graded to Full membership. Romania: Union of Professional Journalists Decision postponed to seek opinion of current Romanian member. Greece: Association of Independent Journalists for Greece, EU and Developing countries Application rejected. Albania: North Union of Journalists No further action. Austria: Arts, Media, Sports and Media Freelancers Current member questioned readmission of this group. Both are affiliated to the Austrian Confederation of Trade Unions. The EC noted the complaint and invited both unions to reach a consensus on the best mechanism for representation of journalists in Austria. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Appendix 4 Rabat Declaration Building Confidence in Solidarity International Federation of Journalists Federation of Arab Journalists The leaders of the International Federation of Journalists and the Federation of Arab Journalists meeting together in Rabat, Morocco, on April 12th 2003, ➤ insisting that all journalists must be able to work in safe and secure conditions, > demanding that all governments must remove obstacles to press freedom and the exercise of free journalism, and ➤ believing that journalists around the world must work together to build global solidarity around principles of pluralism and democracy, bezi declare 1. their total condemnation of all forms of interference in the work of journalists and particularly the killing and brutal intimidation of journalists during the current war on Iraq and 2. their intention to work together for an independent international inquiry into the deaths of journalists and all incidents of intimidation, detention and harassment affecting media staff during the Iraq conflict. Furthermore, the IFJ and FAJ, ➤ noting the need for a wider and deeper dialogue among journalists about press freedom and the defence of professionalism, particularly in a time of tension, > believing that the restructuring of media in Iraq must reflect the highest standards of pluralism, press freedom and editorial independence convinced that journalists' social and professional rights are best protected through the creation of strong, independent and inclusive associations and unions of journalists agree to work together for the following objectives, 1. to ensure the voice of press freedom within the Arab world is heard in international discussions on strategies for restructuring of media in Iraq, 2. to assist Iraqi journalists launch a new, unified and vigorous organisation committed to defence of social and professional rights for all Iraqi journalists, 3. to defend the rights of all media staff in the Middle East and particularly Palestinian journalists. 4. to support the International News Safety Institute, ensuring that all Arab journalists and media staff have access to the training, assistance and benefits of the global campaign for news safety, 5. to organise professional training programmes for journalists and actions to strengthen respect for ethical and professional values, 6. to establish a common platform of demands that reflects the priorities for journalists at world and regional level in the formulation of global trade policy and at the World Summit on the Information Society, and 7. to support the creation of journalists' trades unions and independent organisations of journalists to fight for better working conditions in journalism. The IFJ and FAJ agree to establish a joint commission to oversee co- operation between the two organisations and to implement the following immediate plan of action: > a study of the conditions of journalists in Iraq, > the organisation of a joint workshop on freedom of the press to be convened by the FAJ in Cairo during 2003, the formulation of a joint programme on training on professional and labour relations issues, ➤ support for the International News Safety Institute including participation of a FAJ representative on the board, ➤ arrangements for participation, on a mutual basis, in meetings of both organisations, ➤ the establishment of a direct and continuing line of communication between the headquarters of both organisations to assist future collaboration. In pursuit of these objectives the IFJ, recognising the FAJ as the representative regional group of Arab journalists, welcomes the participation of FAJ members in the work of the IFJ. Finally, the IFJ and FAJ congratulate the National Press Union of Morocco, a leading member of both organisations, for hosting this historical initiative and creating the opportunity for dialogue, which gives important and timely impetus to the cause of unity, solidarity and professionalism in journalism worldwide. 13 14 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS Appendix 5 Report of Regional Working Party d Brussels, November 15th 2002 Participants: Anita Vahlberg, Elizabeth Costa, Bob Norris, Herbert Lumansinis 1. The existence of regional organisations is recognised in Section II clause 2a of the Constitution, which commits the IFJ to promote continental and regional groups and in section VII, clause 21, otwhich recognises the ability of regional organisations to submit proposals to Congress. 2. However, the state of organisations in different regions of the world differs widely. 3. The objective should be encourage regional voices to be heard without being to the detriment of any affiliate. 4. Individual affiliates should be encouraged to organise the most democratic and effective tot method of consulting each other, acceptable both to them and the Executive Committee. These consultations should try to formulate regional policies and views to put to Congress. 5. The Executive Committee should make funds available to facilitate such deliberations. There is a moral responsibility on fortunate affiliates to assist the less fortunate. 6. No revision of the Constitution is necessary at present. 7. All affiliates should have the right to send representatives to Executive Committee meetings at their own expense as observers only, subject to exclusion only at such times as the Executive Committee decides. 8. Regional organisations should not have the right to directly elect regional representatives to the Executive Committee, but the Executive Committee should have the right to invite regional groups to Executive Committee meetings at the IFJ's expense to observe and speak. 9. The existing IFJ constitution permits regional groups to work in the way desired by the ANP in its proposals without the need to alter the constitution. 10. The right of regional groups formally recognised by the Executive Committee to submit motions to Congress is established in the Constitution. 11. There is no need to establish the right to send regional representatives to Congress, as they are already present through the national delegations. Regional groups can organise, in co- operation with national affiliates, the presentation of motions submitted to Congress on behalf of the regional body or any other interventions on their behalf. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Appendix 6 Seoul Action Plan for Equality Mainstreaming Equality in Journalism The 24th Congress of the IFJ, Seoul June 2001 The 24th Congress of the IFJ, meeting in Seoul from June 11-15th, 2001 Commends the work of the Women's Working Party; > Instructs the Executive Committee to expand the bactivities of the working party( now called Gender Council), particularly through the regional structures of the IFJ and within its project programme. ➤ Adopts the following Plan of Action: Plan of Action 1 Women in Journalism Action: The Gender Council must prepare an overview of best practice examples used by unions to increase the number of women in decision- making positions in media. Such a survey should focus on best practice examples on equality provisions achieved in collective bargaining. This should include best practice in collective agreements on: parental leave, social protection, > working time, > models for reconciling work and family responsibilities; > promotion, > Access to training. The IFJ should support implementation of best practice examples through trade union training and other seminars. National unions should ensure that the best practice examples are being made into demands in their own national collective bargaining and report to the IFJ about implementation of the best practice examples. The Gender Council should. develop a code of conduct for women media managers. unions 2 Women in the Union There is no overall agreement among whether special structures for women, allocation of seats or quota systems are the way to improve representation and participation of women in the union. Action The Gender Council should prepare a review of women's committees and systems setting targets for female representation explaining if and how these structures have contributed to improving participation of women in the union. National unions should use the survey to create women's committees and systems setting targets for female representation and report to the IFJ on the creation of these structures. The IFJ should sensitise women to take up leadership positions through special training programmes and activities. Congress determines that the IFJ Executive Committee should prepare an Annual Plan directed to women journalists to promote principles and values of trades unionism. 3 Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value: An Issue for the Union and the IFJ Action The Gender Council should initiate a campaign on equal pay. The campaign should be organised at regional and national level and should focus on achieving equal pay for women in practice. The IFJ should prepare a best practice survey on equal pay and circulate the information to member unions for action at national level. Each region should nominate a campaign co- ordinator. > Asia- Pacific: IFJ Project Office > North America: TNG- CWA ➤ Latin America: IFJ Regional Office > Africa: WAJA, EAJA, SAJA > Europe: EFJ The IFJ should co- ordinate the campaign with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( representing the trade union centres). Campaign targets should include regular salary reviews with employers; consultation rights for unions on payment grades and promoting best practice in collective agreements. The campaign should be supported by practical seminars and meetings. a 15 16 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS The IFJ should assist unions to develop national strategies and campaigns that are tailored to the specific needs in the country. The campaign should aim to achieve implementation in practice of all key ILO conventions safeguarding women's rights. 4. Portrayal of Women in the Media Action The Gender Council should co- operate with other groups working on portrayal of women in the media. An IFJ initiative will focus on collecting unions' experience with reporting guidelines and promoting the use of such guidelines in journalism training. The IFJ should prepare materials to assist unions to address the issue of portrayal in pursuit of fair and balanced reporting. 5. IFJ Women Network An e- mail network of IFJ women exists but it must be expanded and it should be co- ordinated at regional level by the IFJ offices and regional federations. Action The e- mail network should form the basis for the Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value Campaign. Each region should nominate a co- ordinator of the e- mail network. The Gender Council should be responsible for overall co- ordination of the e- mail network. The IFJ secretariat and regional offices should ensure that all information concerning IFJ events, activities and actions are circulated on the women network to ensure full participation of women. 6. Women in the IFJ Action Congress calls on the IFJ unions to nominate female delegates for positions in the IFJ Executive Committee. Congress instructs the new Executive Committee to develop a strategy in co- operation with the Gender Council to ensure that women's issues will form an integral part in all IFJ activity. Equality must be included in all issues debated by Congress. 7. Access to Training The IFJ Women Working Party should develop strategies for unions to improve access to training for women journalists. This should include access to initial journalism training, access to further training and access to specialised training. The IFJ should form alliances with universities, schools of journalism, training centres etc. to reach out to young women. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Appendix 7 Membership of IFJ Working Groups The work of the IFJ and its regional groups, particularly the European Federation of Journalists, depends very much on the participation of colleagues supported by national unions. The work carried out over the congress period owes much to the commitment and dedication of these individuals who have supplemented the work of the secretariat. These are the colleagues who have served on these groups during the congress period: EFJ Authors' Rights Expert Group ( AREG) Anne Louise Schelin ( Chair) Ronan Brady Olivier Da Lage Antonis Davanellos Athena Moss Sypsa Albrecht Haller Mike Holderness Wolfgang Mayer Benno Pöppelmann Dr Serra Pereira/ Anabella Fino Alexander Sami Antonio Velluto Olle Wilöf Dansk Journalistforbund, Denmark NUJ, Great Britain and Ireland Syndicat National des Journalistes, France Panhellenic Federation of Journalists Unions Panhellenic Federation of Journalists Unions Druck, Journalismus, Papier, Austria NUJ, Great Britain and Ireland Ver.di Deutsche Journalisten Union, Deutscher Journalisten Verband Sindicato dos Jornalistas, Portugal Fédération Suisse des Journalistes Federazione Nazionale della Stampa Italiana Swedish Union of Journalists EFJ Freelance Expert Group Michael Hirschler ( Co- Chair) Arne König ( Co- Chair) Nelly Katsama Gunter Haake Ana Nunes Pedro Martine Rossard Doris Stoisser John Toner Daniel Waser Deutscher Journalisten Verband Swedish Union of Journalists Panhellenic Federation of Journalists Unions ver.di, Germany Sindicato dos Jornalistas, Portugal Syndicat national des journalistes( SNJ) DJUP Sektion Journalisten NUJ, Great Britain and Ireland Impressum, Switzerland EFJ Labour Rights Expert Group Eila Hyppönen ( co- chair) Michael Klehm ( co- chair) Tassos Anastasiadis Lazaros Belitsits Jeremy Dear Anabela Fino/ Maria José Garrido Trond Idaas Jeanne Prodolliet Franco Siddi Martine Simonis Matthias von Fintel Finnish Union of Journalists Deutscher JournalistenVerband Panhellenic Federation of Journalists Unions Journalists' Union Athens Daily Newspapers NUJ, Great Britain and Ireland Sindicato dos Jornalistas, Portugal Norsk Journalistlag Impressum, Switzerland Federazione Nazionale della Stampa Italiana Belgian Union of Journalists ( AGJPB/ AVBB) ver.di, Germany EFJ Steering Committee Gustl Glattfelder ( Chair) Björn Månsson ( Vice- Chair) Ann- Magrit Austena Androula Georgiadou Wolfgang Mayer ( Honorary Treasurer) Martins Morim Antonio Velluto Carmen Rivas Avilas Arne König Reserve: Mogens Blicher Bjerregard Deutscher Journalisten Verband Union of Journalists in Finland Norwegian Union of Journalists Union of Cyprus Journalists Ver.di, Germany Sindicato dos Jornalistas, Portugal Fed.erazione Nazionale della Stampa Agrupación Periodistas CCOO, Spain Swedish Union of Journalists Danish Union of Journalists 17 18 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS IFJ Public Broadcasting Committee Arnold Amber ( Co- Chair) John Barsby ( Co- chair) Mr. Basnayake Heinrich Bleicher- Nagelsmann Olivo de Leon John Fray alte Gustl Glattfelder Tuwani Gumani Timo- Erkki Heino Daniel Herz Vijay Kranti Andrzej Krajewski Katja Kusec Lise Lareau Seh- Yong Lee Roberto Natale Mitsuru Osamura Avelino Rodrigues Brigitte Stackl- Fuchs Anne Sseruwasgi M'Jahed Younouss Alexander Sami Canadian Media Guild NUJ, Great Britain and Ireland FMETU, Sri Lanka Ver.di, Germany SNTP, Dominican Republic NUJ, Great Britain and Ireland DJV, Germany MWASA, South Africa Union of Journalists in Finland FENAJ, Brazil NUJ, India SDP, Poland TUCJ, Croatia Canadian Media Guild MBC Labor Union, South Korea FNSI, Italy NIPPORO, Japan SJP, Portugal ÖJG, Austria SJF, Sweden SNPM, Morocco Impressum, Switzerland IFJ Gender Council Solveig Schmidt ( chair) Annegret Witt- Barthel Marina Cosi Ann Coltart/ Mindy Ran( job- share) Martine Simonis Carmen Rivas Maria Ángeles Samperio Athena Moss Sypsa Claire Miller Jeanne Prodolliet Beth Costa Younouss M'Jahed xibrisqqA Danish Union of Journalists Deutscher Journalisten Verband Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana NUJ, Great Britain and Ireland AGJPB, Belgium Agrupación Periodistas CCOO, Spain FAPE, Spain Panhellenic Federation of Journalists Unions MEEA, Australia Impressum, Switzerland Federaçao Nacional do Jornalistas, Brazil Syndicat National de la Presse Marocaine пов 2 Report of the IFJ Projects Division Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Overview The IFJ has seen a significant expansion in its activities, budgets, regions of work and number of staff involved in project implementation since the last Congress. In 2001 there were five full time and three part time staff directly involved in projects. Today, that number has increased to 13.5 with the expansion of regional offices. Brussels 2001 2004 3.5 5 This part of the report provides an overview of the activities of the projects division looking at the issues covered, the regional distribution of activity and the source of support. It provides a comparison with previous congress periods and looks ahead at activities secured for the forthcoming period. This overview is followed by a report on the strategic development of project work in the period 2004-2007. Africa ( Johannesburg and Dakar) 2 4 Latin America Venezuela and Colombia 0.5 1.5 Asia Pacific Australia, India, Indonesia 0.5 3 Total 6.5 13.5 While Brussels remains the centre of project fundraising and implementation, more responsibility for work has been taken over by regional offices with the establishment of a new Africa Regional Office and specific project offices in South Africa, Colombia, Indonesia and India. Since donors are increasingly located in their target countries and regions, and sources of funding are available there, the task of fundraising falls ever more on the shoulders of the regional offices and IFJ affiliates. The Africa Regional Office in Dakar, established in early 2002, has taken much responsibility for managing the MFD Africa programme and generating new work. This has been assisted by the creation of the Johannesburg based project office for the establishment of SAJA- the South African Journalists Association. The Latin American Regional Office continued with the PISA trade union programme and annual regional meetings. It also expanded its activities to organise the child rights reporting project and the tolerance prize. It has succeeded in doing this against a backdrop of national strikes and civil unrest. In Colombia a safety office was set up. The work of the Asia Pacific Regional Office has expanded dramatically with the implementation of the child rights workshops and co- ordination of the global tolerance prize. This extra capacity enables the office to generate further activities in the region. Brussels remains responsible for implementing work in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, North Africa and the Middle East and overseeing the work of the regional offices. Themes and Issues Table 1( See next page) shows the different themes and issues addressed by the projects division. The issues chosen address priorities adopted at Congress. They include: globalisation, trade union development, safety training, human rights and conflict reporting, child rights, gender equality, regional press houses, journalism prizes, good governance, media ethics, journalists' rights, and public broadcasting. 19 20 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS Table 1: Project Activities by Issue Globalisation Дэл ITU Development Journalists' Rights Safety 20 Human Rights Child Rights Gender equality Skills and Resources II Prizes Good Governance Ethics 0 0.5 1.5 2 Public Broadcasting in millions of euro Table 2: IFJ Project Themes 1998-01 and 2001-04 human rights isues quality and professional issues union issues 5 4.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 in millions of euro 276 21000 Table 3: Project budgets for last three congress periods 4 in millions of euro 3.5 3 2.5 2 E 1.5 1 0.5 0 1995-98 1998-01 2001-04 2001-04 1998-01 @ohlA 4% 4% Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Table 4: Donor Funding 2001-2004 5% 1% 16% Council of Europe European Union Friederich Ebert Stiftung Open Society Institute LO- TCO 70% Others Table 5: Project Budgets Distributed Regionally Latin America North Africa and the Middle East Africa South Asia and South East Asia Central Asia Europe 2001-04 1998-01 1995-98 0 0.5 1 1.5 budgets in millions of euro 2 Table 6: Secured Funding for 2004 and Beyond European Union East Europe& CIS 2004 2005-06 Africa North Africa& the Middle East Latin America Asia Pacific O $ 0.4 0.2 in millions of euro 1.2 1.4 1.6 21 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 22 Table 2 groups the activities under the three main headings of union work, quality journalism( professional independence), and human rights. The increase in project activity over the last two congress periods has focused mostly on union and professional issues with work on human rights remaining steady. There is an ongoing shift towards journalists' issues rather than general social issues. Table 3 shows a steady increase in budgets available for project activities in the IFJ, rising from 3 million Euro in 1995-98 and 3.8 million Euro in 1998- 2001 to 4.8 million Euro in 2001- 04. This represents an increase of 26% for the recent period and 60% over the 1995-1998 congress period. This has been largely due to the success the IFJ has had with winning contracts with the European Union. Donors and Sources of Funding Table 4 shows donor funding arrangements. IFJ projects are supported by five main donors: A ➤ European Union( Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights), > Swedish LO- TCO, ➤ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany, ➤ Open Society Institute, United States, and ➤ Council of Europe. Additional money has been received from UNESCO, International Media Support( Denmark) and the Dutch NGO CAF who have all contributed to the safety training workshops. UNICEF has also contributed to supporting child reporting workshops in Asia. These have been reported under' other donors'. The European Commission is the largest donor providing over 70% of project income. A recent round of applications that took place in 2002/03 for work in 2004 won four further EU projects in Indonesia, Former Yugoslavia and two in India. Over the years the FES and LO- TCO have been consistent supporters of IFJ trade union work and 2004 has seen an expansion of the budgets available. However, changes in Swedish development aid rules requiring national unions to contribute up to 20% of the project costs may jeopardize LO- TCO funding from 2005. It is still hoped that a solution can be found. The Open Society Institute is funded by George Soros. Originally established to promote democracies in the former communist world it is now expanding into Africa and Asia. It provided funds for IFJ Public Broadcasting campaigns in Central and Eastern Europe and in Asia. It also funded the establishment of a journalists' trade union in Kyrgystan helping to put social rights on the Central Asian agenda. Projects By Region Table 5 shows the regional distribution of project activities over the past nine years. Africa and Europe remain the continents where most activities have been organised. There has been a steady increase in Asia and a reduction in Latin America. The spread of activities changes significantly however in table 6, which shows the secured future funding for 2004 and beyond. There is a rise in funding for Asia reflecting three new activities: one for Indonesia, and two in India. Provisional confirmation of an Iraq project received just prior to printing also raises the resources for the Middle East. IFJ Projects 2004-2007 A Fresh Approach The XXV Congress of the IFJ comes at a critical moment for the development of our activities and regional networks. Project work has continued to expand during the Congress period and the IFJ has further consolidated its work in the regions. At the heart of our regional activities have been trade union development, human rights and safety and professional issues organised under the umbrella of the Media for Democracy programmes. MFD adopted a broad approach to media development and enhancement of the status, rights and skills of journalists. It was designed for the new democracies of the post cold- war period examining the journalists' role in society and the relationship with government. MFD activities in Africa, the Middle East and South- east Europe have included union building, legal assistance, ethics and self- regulation, support for press houses, training on children and human rights reporting, public broadcasting campaigns, gender equality, safety, and good governance. Recently the secretariat and the Executive Committee have been reviewing the project work. This review is necessary for two reasons. Firstly, in recent years many media support groups, training institutes and press freedom NGOs have emerged that can deliver professional training programmes covering many of the broader skills issues previously addressed in MFD. Secondly, journalists and their unions are facing a different world and new set of challenges from ten years ago. Today, journalists struggle to adapt and maintain standards in a world of global media multinationals, with aggressive commercial policies Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 and deteriorating respect for editorial standards. Journalists and their unions face low pay, a growing casualised work force, and basic union rights under constant attack. In poorer regions of the world corruption threatens to overwhelm the exercise of journalism. It is an age when media employers have all but forgotten the notion of mission in journalism, and the threat to independence and standards comes as much from journalists' relationships with their employer as it does from the relationship with the state. To survive in this climate journalists need, more than ever, strong, vigorous and representative unions. They are vital to protection of rights at work, to setting standards for media quality and to strengthening the process of media development. However, the IFJ needs to constantly convince, and convince again, media development donors that the social rights of journalists and strong independent unions, are as essential for the promotion of professional standards and editorial independence as media law reforms and skills training. As the General Secretary of the Trade Union of Croatian Journalists remarked' in Croatia, media have largely won their independence from the state, now journalists must win their independence from the media owners'. At the same time the safety of journalists has never been under greater threat. Investigative journalists run the risk of upsetting groups that maim and kill with impunity. Security forces, meanwhile, feel free to identify media, even on their own side, as hostile and, worse, as legitimate military targets. Killings of journalists and media staff are dismissed after cursory and secretive investigation as just more collateral damage. It is with this background in mind that the IFJ Executive Committee has identified the following key themes for our work. a) Safety and Protection of Journalists The creation of the International News Safety Institute, INSI, in 2003 is a significant step towards an industry- wide campaign to improve levels of health and safety in journalism, particularly in the regions. The development of regional IFJ/ INSI centres based on existing IFJ networks and the establishment of national programmes for safety training will make a major contribution to taking this work forward. b) Globalisation As motions to the Congress indicate, the issue of globalisation whether the impact of media concentration, the future of public broadcasting, or changes taking place in employment rights worldwide- remains a key challenge for journalists' unions. The need for transnational media union cooperation to confront these issues is paramount and the regional networks have a crucial role to play, although the nature of the globalisation challenge in different regions requires careful consideration of the appropriate strategies and priorities to be adopted in our activities. c) Union Building Activities in support of trade union rights, including collective bargaining, freedom of association and support for unified national union structures are an urgent priority. At the same time, questions of professional rights including editorial independence, protection of sources and improvement of quality of journalism, quality issues related to human rights reporting, and tolerance are central to strategies for building credible journalists' unions. d) Relations with Governments ( national and regional) In all areas of IFJ work, journalists' unions continue to press for legal conditions that support independent journalism and consolidate demands for quality media. Activities in support of freedom of information laws, protection of sources, independent status of journalists and voluntary regulation of media content are vital to obtain recognition of fundamental professional and labour rights at governmental level. The IFJ will ensure that in all of its activities gender equality and other key elements of IFJ policy will be placed at the heart of thematic activity programmes. The themes set out here have been identified by the Executive Committee as the basis of IFJ project planning in the coming period. The detail of projects, including the priorities to follow, must be defined at national and regional level through liaison with IFJ unions. The over- riding aim is to promote actions that will strengthen union capacity at national level, where many organisations are in retreat and some are hardly viable. Strengthening regional and subregional offices so that they can provide more effective support for national groups will be crucial. As part of this process, the Executive Committee is recommending to Congress a proposal to launch a global survey on the professional and social status of journalists. This survey will identify in clear and practical terms the projects and programmes required to strengthen organisations of journalists in the coming period. Conditions are good for the preparation of projects that will support regional networks to support trade union development. The IFJ will continue to seek financial support for 23 24 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS its trade union and professional development work, but only on conditions that recognise the industrial, professional and political independence of the Federation. Funding should be sought with three objectives: a) To develop projects and activities in line with the programme themes above; b) To strengthen regional offices; c) To maintain a core co- ordination capacity with the secretariat. The Executive Committee has already identified a number of possible areas for new co- operation at national and international level. In addition, regional offices have a key role to play in identifying and securing regional sources of funding. The IFJ contribution from central funds into this process remains a key component of strategies for strengthening regional organisations of journalists. This will continue in the coming years as further evidence of the IFJ's commitment to building professional and trade union solidarity based upon democracy, equality and regional support for national unions. 3 Regional Reports Asia- Pacific Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 1 The major focus of IFJ Asia work 2001-2004 has been trade union development. The office has conducted trade union development programs throughout the region including in East Timor, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Trade union organising handbooks have been produced in Bahasa and Sinhala. In addition, representatives from each affiliate in the region have been involved in our trade union leadership development program. Emma Walters was appointed as Project Co- ordinator for Asia based in Sydney in May 2002 to work alongside the Director of the Asia office, Jacqueline Park. In early 2004, Lara Hook joined the Asia office when Jacqueline Park took maternity leave. Four project- specific staff in the Asia region have been appointed: Sunanda Deshapriya in Sri Lanka( child rights project); Cheang Sokha in Cambodia( child rights project); Laxmi Murthy in India( tolerance project); and Akuat Supriyanto in Indonesia( tolerance project). Further staff will be appointed with new Sri Lanka and Indonesia projects. The trade union development focus of work has been used to build on other issues including: ➤ Safety training( in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Nepal); > Child rights( Thailand, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka and Laos); ➤ Public service broadcasting( representatives from Asia met in Colombo in late 2003); ➤ Gender equity( regional meeting in Malaysia, plus seminar in Sri Lanka); > Corruption; ➤ Tolerance in media( through the IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize); Media and conflict( South Asia regional meeting in Nepal in late 2002); > Press freedom through missions and protests. This part of the report provides a more detailed look at regional activities in the Asia- Pacific, Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, The Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, and Sub- Saharan Africa. Programme of Activities Missions have been conducted to: ➤ Cambodia, May 2001; > New Zealand, 2001 and 2003; ➤ Sri Lanka, April 2002; ➤ India, April 2002; > Afghanistan, December 2002 and April 2003; Bangladesh, December 2003; ➤ Indonesia, January 2004. Over the congress period there have been more than 70 activities( covering almost all countries in which the IFJ has affiliates in Asia) involving over 1,500 participants, and 143 protests. Trade union development has been the cornerstone of IFJ activity in Asia, responding to the major call of affiliates in the region. This has been largely funded by two ongoing LOTCO projects- an Asiawide leadership development program and an Indonesia specific program. This project funded the Asia- wide regional leadership meeting of affiliates in Kuala Lumpur in July 2002, the largest meeting of Asia IFJ affiliates since the Seoul Congress. The leadership meeting coincided with a regional gender equity seminar, the largest IFJ gender meeting in Asia to date. The trade union development work has seen numerous seminars with affiliates in the region over the period, with a particular emphasis on training union activists to continue in- country training to develop affiliates capacity to deliver trade union training. 25 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 26 The development of training modules has been a valuable output of this activity. IFJ Asia has developed a series of trade union development training modules( some of which have been translated into local languages Bahasa, Nepali and Sinhala), a twoday gender equity module, a four- day train the trainer module, and a one- day child rights training module translated into Sinhala, Tamil, Lao and Khmer. Child rights and the media has also been a particular focus of IFJ Asia. Through the project funded by the European Commission, IFJ Asia has done extensive work in the region including conducting research in target countries, an Asia- wide regional meeting on the issue in Bangkok, and in- country workshops in India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Laos. IFJ Asia has secured additional funding from UNICEF. A handbook was developed on the issue and translated into Khmer, Sinhala and Tamil. Securing external funding has become a central focus of the office. The office has successfully secured support from the United States Institute of Peace( USIP) and has written successful funding applications for the European Commission( including a major project in Indonesia), the OSI, UNICEF, the LOTCO and the FES. We have also submitted funding applications to USAID, the Ford Foundation and Norad in Norway. IFJ Asia has also been successfully managing the EC- funded Tolerance Prize program globally since 2002, which has allowed for the expansion of the IFJ Asia office and activities as well as employment of staff in Indonesia, India and lately, Sri Lanka. The IFJ Asia office organised a conference to launch the IFJ's Public Broadcasting for All campaign in Asia in December 2003 in Colombo, Sri Lanka with 13 countries represented from the Asia- Pacific region. The conference called on affiliates in Asia to develop action plans to promote public service broadcasting and values. In late 2002, the IFJ Asia office introduced two new communication initiatives. The office launched a regional website, which has issue specific and country specific information. It has also launched a monthly electronic bulletin detailing the activities of the office. Both initiatives have been well received by affiliates. Press freedom, journalists safety and conflict reporting has increasingly been a priority for IFJ Asia throughout the last three years, with the office producing more protests and media releases on the issue than ever before. Asia has some of the most dangerous regions for journalists, particularly in the Philippines, Indonesia and South Asia where there is regional solidarity around this issue. In 2003, the office and its affiliates produced the first press freedom report for South Asia and in 2004 will launch a comprehensive program for journalists reporting on conflict in Sri Lanka. Themes, needs and priorities Trade union development will continue to be a major focus of IFJ Asia in 2004 and beyond, primarily through the LOTCO program. Conflict reporting will be a central focus in 2004, with a newly- funded project on the issue in Sri Lanka and an application pending on reporting religious conflict between and within Pakistan and India. Public broadcasting will also be a priority and the office will work with affiliates using the resources developed on child rights. and media to seek external funding to continue this important work. Finally, IFJ Asia will continue to source new funding streams through the next three years. A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org.b European Federation of Journalists The following outline reflects the activities of the EFJ Steering Committee, the expert groups and the EFJ secretariat. The EFJ secretariat is supported by Renate Schroeder, European Director; Marc Gruber, Broadcasting and Globalisation Officer and Bernard Vanmuysewinkel, Administrative Officer; and the General Secretary, Aidan White. It is based at the IFJ Headquarters in Brussels. During the congress period, the main areas of activities have concerned increasing media concentration, especially in Central and Eastern Europe; transnational trade union co- operation; the establishment of European Works Councils in transnational media companies; solidarity actions in support of unions' bargaining power; the campaign for better social protection schemes for freelances; the strengthening and promotion of journalists' authors' rights, access to information, protection of sources and issues relating to media freedom and professional ethical questions of journalists. The EFJ has concentrated on trade union issues and relations with institutions of the European Union. Since the move of the IFJ to the International Press Centre of the Residence Palace, close to the buildings of the EU Commission, Council and European Parliament the EFJ has improved its networking capacity within the European institutions. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Meetings European Meetings in the Congress period Date Place Number of Number of participants Women 2001 General meeting 4-5/ 5 St Vincent( 1) 52 19 2002 Globalisation seminar 3-5/ 5 Brussels Enlargement seminar 14/6 Brussels Annual meeting 15/6 Brussels 4160 2220 12 2003 Authors Rights Seminar 21-22/ 11 Ljubljana( Slo) 49 26 Freelance Seminar 12-13/ 9 Brussels 54 23 br Enlargement Seminar 9/10/04 21 9 European Conference 10/10 Brussels 64 28 on PSB Protection of Sources Seminar 23/5 Prague 15 15 8 Annual Meeting 24-25/ 5 Prague 77 24 24 Relations with media employers, although increasingly hostile on social issues, have improved on professional issues such as defamation laws, protection of sources and market abuse( which includes guidelines for financial journalists). The work of the EFJ chair, Gustl Glattfelder, in the Council of Europe has improved cooperation with other media groups, especially the European Broadcasting Union and the European Newspaper Publishers' Association. The EFJ has carried out seminars and major surveys, all of them supported by the European Commission( see below). There have also been a number of missions and reports on the media situaotion in Europe. Mission to Italy Following a call from the Annual Meeting in 2003 a mission to Italy to examine the media crisis and the controversial role of the Prime Minister who owns a major slice of private media and is able to exert undue influence over the country's public service broadcaster, took place from November 6-8 in Rome. The report Crisis in Italian Media: How Poor Politics and flawed Legislation Put Journalism Under Pressure analysed the situation including a new draft media law( Gasparri law) and concluded with a set of recommendations covering both Italy and Europe. The report was distributed widely among member unions, European institutions and the Italian political and civil society. It is available at: http://www.ifjeurope.org/pdfs/Italy%20Mission%20Final.pdf Media Concentration Survey The EFJ published a survey of who owns what in Europe European Media Ownership: Threats on the Landscape in September 2002. The survey, which has been translated into French and is also available on the IFJ/ EFJ website has been circulated widely within the European institutions including the Council of Europe. A seminar on Globalisation and the Media: The European Agenda was organised in Brussels in May 2002 and helped the EFJ to define a programme of co- operation between journalists' and media workers' unions representing the workforce in multimedia companies. See http://www.ifj.org/publications/download/mediaownership/index.html The EFJ drafted an additional survey on European and American media ownership in Central and Eastern Europe. This survey, Eastern Empires: Foreign Ownership in Central and Eastern European Media: Ownership, Policy Issues and Strategies, the first of its kind, received even more press coverage and interest among media actors, since it dramatically revealed the extent of foreign ownership in the major acceding countries( especially in Poland and Hungary). This is available at: http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=1690&Language=EN The EFJ also co- operated in The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional Journalism a report of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. 27 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 28 Relations with European Parliament The EFJ participated in at least four seminars organised by committees of the European Parliament dealing with the issue of media concentration. It lobbied Members of the European Parliament regarding freelance issues and issues relating to press freedom, access to information and authors' rights. Media Policy The EFJ policy paper Legislating for a democratic media in Europe, which dates back to the early 1990s, has been revised, and is available on the IFJ/ IEFJ website at. http://www.ifj.org/regions/europe/efj/en/democratic.html Enlargement and Journalists' Rights In view of the accession of ten central and eastern European countries including, the EFJ organised three major seminars on the issue of social and media legislation of the EU covering union rights and EU authors' rights legislation, trade union development and the status of journalists including questions of access to the profession, training and further training and self- regulation are major issues to be tackled. Protection of Sources The EFJ in co- operation with the Project Division published a handbook on Protecting our sources of information. Why journalists need to resist legal attacks. The handbook follows a seminar organised by the EFJ in Prague in May 2003 under the title Protection of Sources under Fire. The seminar was a response to increasing attempts throughout Europe to undermine the principle of confidentiality of sources. The protection of sources campaign is part of the IFJ quality campaign. Collective Agreements: Regarding social and trade union issues, the EFJ in co- operation with its Labour Rights Expert Group published in May 2002 a European Best Practice Survey: Working Conditions of Journalists in the Newspaper Sector. Issues such as working time, holiday, strike, social insurance, training and further training and editorial statutes are covered( see report on labour rights). The Labour Rights Expert Group aims to get regular updates. The survey can be downloaded at the IFJ/ EFJ internal website( see report on labour rights). Expert groups: The EFJ has continued to support the work of expert groups covering labour rights, freelances, broadcasting and authors' rights. This work has been at the core of EFJ work and has been greatly supported by EFJ member unions. The benefits of this work are also very much felt by the wider IFJ membership because these issues have a global as well as regional dimension.( See reports of labour rights, freelance, authors' rights and broadcasting groups). Social Dialogue: In the audiovisual sector, employers' organisations including the European Broadcasting Union( EBU), the Commercial Television Association( ACT), Independent Producers' Association agreed with the unions representing the Audiovisual sector, UNI- MEI, EFJ and the International Actors' Federation to officially start social dialogue at European level. The workers' side agreed to propose to discuss health and safety, equal opportunities and training. The first meeting is to take place in spring of 2004. Solidarity Actions The EFJ has supported journalists and media workers on strike in Portugal, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, France, Spain and the UK. A special EFJ demonstration with British and Belgian colleagues in support of their German colleagues took place in front of the office of the European Newspaper Publishers' Association in Brussels in January 2004. The hostile climate for industrial relations in recent times means that unions are increasingly driven to industrial actions to defend their rights. This is likely to increase in the coming Congress period. Priorities for coming years The defence of core labour rights including the right to negotiate national collective agreements, and trade union building in Central and Eastern Europe will be crucial in the coming years. The EFJ is looking to encourage consultation structures at transnational level and will continue to fight for social protection schemes for freelances, authors' rights, and for quality in media, a campaign jointly undertaken with the IFJ, covering editorial statutes, codes of conducts and the need for better training structures The EFJ intends to organise a gender seminar and to succeed in better mainstreaming gender issues in its work. A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Activities have been heavily focused on South Eastern Europe, former Yugoslavia and the neighbouring Balkan countries and have been co- ordinated by the Director of the IFJ Project Division Oliver Money- Kyrle. Smaller activities have taken place in other Central and Eastern European countries with a more recent focus on the Ukraine and the Southern Caucasus. In Kyrgystan a pilot project established the first independent journalists union in Central Asia and significantly raised the IFJ's profile in the region. An important development was the publication of the Live News safety handbook, which has been translated into seven languages. All activities have been overseen from Brussels and closely co- ordinated with the EFJ. In 2001, journalists were still struggling with reporting conflicts, ethnic divisions and political extremism. Macedonia in 2001 will hopefully prove to have been the last site of the cycle of violence. While the consequences of these problems remain, concerns of journalists are rapidly being replaced by the effort to maintain standards and conditions in increasingly commercial markets dominated by foreign publishing houses. In the face of these problems a three- year Media For Democracy in South East Europe project was established which focused on union building, legal assistance, transformation and defence of public broadcasters, self- regulatory systems, human rights and conflict reporting and safety. It was supported by the European Commission with donations from the Swedish LO- TCO, the Council of Europe and the Open Society Institute. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Three workshops on ethics and professional standards from October 2001 to July 2002, a union seminar in March 2003 and a human rights reporting workshop in July 2003. Kosovo Three IFJ missions in November 2001, May 2002 and September 2003. The IFJ worked with Kosovo journalists and launched an Albanian version of Live News. Montenegro Four missions in July 2001, February and July 2002 and January 2004. The Independent Trade Union of Journalists organised workshops on the status of journalists, collective bargaining, public broadcasting and freelances. Romania Three missions in March 2002, and March and September 2003. The Romanian Journalists Society ran a successful recruitment programme including launching the Romanian version of Live News. Serbia Six IFJ missions in Sept/ Oct 2001, Feb and May 2002, May and June 2003. Work focused on trade union co- operation, foreign investments and public broadcasting with a national meeting on the crisis in the Serbian Broadcasting Institute.( Over 50 participants, 20 women). A safety- training workshop in Sept 2003 launched the Serbian version of Live News. Slovenia One safety mission on the failed police investigation into the attack on journalist Miro Petek April 2002 and a workshop on freelance journalism, October 2002. Highlights of the programme included: Bosnia Herzegovina One mission in November 2001 and three union workshops in April/ May 2003, organized with BiH unions and the Croatian Union of Journalists. Croatia The Trade Union of Croatian Journalists, one of the strongest unions in the region, hosted a regional meeting in Croatia in October 2002 on the role of unions in defending journalists' rights.( 62 participants, including 24 women). Albania One Human Rights reporting workshop, May 2003. Bulgaria Five missions in September and October 2001, March and July 2002 and January 2004. The missions supported work of the two Bulgarian journalists unions on ethics councils, public broadcasting and collective bargaining with foreign owners. Czech Republic One mission on ethics and self- regulation, October 2001, and a regional seminar on Protection of Sources, May 2003.( 75 participants, 29 women). 29 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 30 Belarus One seminar on journalists' rights, October 2002.( 53 participants, 19 women). Ukraine Two missions in March and December 2003. The missions focused on the status of journalists, the union and the case of murdered journalist, Gyorgy Gongadze, outlined in the report Unity for Justice, the challenge of change for journalism in the Ukraine which provided the basis of a trade union project for 2004. Kazakhstan One regional meeting on union development and public broadcasting supported by the FES in February 2002.( Over 30 participants, 10 women). Kyrgystan Two missions in October 2002 and April 2003. The missions attended the launch of the first independent journalists union in the region and a regional meeting in the Fergana valley for journalist with journalists from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.( 20 participants, 3 women.M Tajikistan One seminar in May 2002 and a mission in September 2002 with the OSCE. Southern Caucasus One ten- day mission to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia to examine the status of journalism, the unions and ethical standards in April 2002. See the report Promoting independent and ethical Journalism in the Southern Caucasus. Future programme An EFJ report in March 2003 revealed the staggering dominance of foreign companies in Eastern Europe. Media houses have largely won their freedom and independence, now the journalists must win that freedom for themselves. A follow- up project on union recruitment, bargaining and campaigning in Former Yugoslavia will be launched in the Spring 2004. Further east, however, journalists in the Ukraine, Belarus and Russia are in retreat against increasingly authoritarian governments. Increased donor interest in Central Asia is welcome, but this remains an isolated region with media dominated by presidential cliques. Focus areas in future include the Ukraine, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia following the success of the Kyrgystan project. The IFJ must also restart activities in Russia. A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. The Middle East and North Africa noint The last three years have been an enriching and fruitful period for IFJ activities in the Middle East and North Africa. Along with the extensive programme Media for Democracy in the South Mediterranean, which comprises initiatives ranging from safety training seminars to gender campaigns and to trade union support, the IFJ has been particularly active in three other main areas: > Solidarity with Palestinian journalists, > Joint action with the Federation of Arab Journalists, ➤ Campaigning over Iraq and for the rights of Iraqi journalists'. 2001-2004 Activities The IFJ has carried out with the support of its affiliates in the region and other partners a considerable number of activities in the region, mainly within the Media for Democracy programme. These have been co- ordinated from the IFJ headquarters by Stefania Bork: 1 Missions There have been 18 project and solidarity missions, to Israel and Palestine; Lebanon; Algeria; Iran; Morocco; Egypt; Jordan; Tunisia; and Iraq. 2 Seminars Jerusalem Trade union development( with 30 participants, including 8 women). Algiers Gender issues,( with 35 participants, including 33 women) Rabat Trade union development,( with 19 participants, including 2 women) Casablanca Trade union development,( with 9 participants, including 1 woman) Cairo Press freedom and ethics,( with 60 participants, including 20 women) Rabat Public Service Broadcasting. 3 International round table: Solidarity with Algerian independent media, Held in Brussels,( with 40 participants, including 10 women). Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 4 Regional Public Service Broadcasting conference, Rabat,( with 140 participants, including 21 women). 5 Safety training Five seminars have been organised in Palestine and btwo in Iraq with more than 150 journalists trained of whom 30 are women 6 Reports There have been four reports produced on the region and more than 100 press statements and protest letters have been issued covering the area. 7 Gender Survey A special survey and report has been carried out on the rights of women journalists and gender issues in Algeria and Morocco. Regional Interventions The IFJ has participated in a number of conferences and roundtables organized in the region and elsewhere: 1 Beirut Professional ethics, media legislation and Freedom of Expression in Lebanon Institute for Professional Journalists( IPJ), IPI, UNESCO; 2 London Media for Democracy: Political and Legal Challenges in the Arab World, Arab Press Freedom Watch ( APFW); 3 Teheran International Forum of News Agencies: Coalition for Peace Islamic Republic News Agency( IRNA); 4 Amman Public Service Broadcasting and the Civil Society in the Arab Region, UNESCO; 5 Rabat Revitalising Media Freedom Advocacy in the Arab World Centre for Media Freedom, Middle East and North Africa In April 2003, the IFJ and the Arab Federation of Journalists met for the first time in Rabat, Morocco and issued the Rabat Declaration and reached agreement on a Plan of Action. ( See General Secretary's Report, Appendix 4). Priorities for Action 2004-2007 As the condition of journalists and media remains very difficult throughout the region, the IFJ and its affiliates will have to strengthen activities and support work. Activities and initiatives designed to obtain or protect acquired journalists' rights should focus on: > A continuous strengthening of media professionals' trade unions and associations through, among others, recruitment campaigns, bargaining capacity and organisation of members within the industrial sector; > Advocacy for the defence of press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists' human and professional rights and the freedom of association; > Gender issues within the profession; > Status and perspectives of Palestinian and Iraqi journalists; Journalists' safety; > Professional training; > Public Service Broadcasting legislation for the region. A detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. Latin America The Regional Office of the IFJ in Latin America has had its headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, for 15 years. It is managed by Regional Coordinator Gregorio Salazar with the help of executive assistant Liliam Duque and an accountant, Reyna Ramirez. The office has been supported by the IFJ with additional financial support of the National Federation of Italian Press( FNSI). The office is responsible for the financial and yment practical administration of the activities developed by the IFJ in Latin America and is particularly concerned with the implementation of ongoing projects, in line with the decisions of the IFJ Congress and Executive Committee and the decisions of the Latin- American group of the IFJ( GAL- FIP), which brings together all IFJ affiliates in the region. Programme of Activities The office has been involved in various projects designed for 16 trade unions and a sister organisation during the congress period. Since the Seoul Congress in June 2001, 21 workshops have been organized in the projects shown in the box at bottom of the next page. 31 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS In 2002 an IFJ mission to Venezuela was carried out by Aidan White, Oswaldo Urriolabeitia and Robert Collier. The mission produced an extensive report on the media crisis and the political confrontation with the government of Hugo Chavez in April of that year. During the congress period there have been meetings of the regional organisation GAL- FIP in Manaus ( 2002), Lima( 2003), and Rio de Janeiro( 2004). The LA Regional Office spends the bulk of its time on the organisation and execution of projects and the preparation of reports related to them, to the detriment, necessarily of other more' trade- union' actions, such as solidarity actions linked to serious labour problems or the violation of freedom of expression and other human rights. This has meant that the support directly provided by the Brussels headquarters in 2003 and 2004 has proved to be more efficient in the administration of these issues than having them dealt with at regional level. It is also important to point out that in the last four years, only two official IFJ missions were organized in the region: Colombia( 2000) and Venezuela ( 2002). However, on the other hand, it is necessary to mention that the General Secretary has been present at seven activities since the Recife Congress in 1998. Priorities for Future Action United trade union action of is necessary to give more power to the IFJ presence on the continent. The Regional Coordinator believes that one of the main challenges facing the IFJ is the fact that media owners, with enormous resources at their disposal, are able to organise their own events in the region. The IFJ should aim to organise an activity not worse in quality and quantity than the one organised by media owners, who disregard, and are in part to blame for the much of the professional, labour and socio- economic crisis that envelops most journalists in Latin America. The other essential priority is the launch of the regional web page, consistently updated with the help of the IFJ office in Brussels. With regards to projects, the Programme related to Advanced Trainings on trade- union issues( PISA) remains, after eight years, the most important working platform in the region. Since 2002, the Regional Office has reshaped it into a programme more oriented towards the reinforcement of union structures and the preparation of young leaders for the work of bargaining for collective agreements. The Regional Coordinator insists on the need to link the projects and activities planned by the participants in the workshops with the internal work developed in each one of their organisations. Trade unions must have a proactive view of their presence in the programme and ensure a follow- up. This programme is particularly useful in helping trade unions strengthen their structures and preparing them for action, and helping them to confront difficulties in an informed and professional manner. More detail about the activities in Latin America is available on the Congress web- site at www.ifjcongress.org. Latin America: Programme of Activities Year Project Donor How many Participation Participation Workshops by men by women 2001 PISA LOTCO 5 44 43 2002 PISA LOTCO 6 53 30 2002 CES FES 1 21 09 2003 PISA LOTCO 6 64 25 2003 C- WTO EU 2 25 25 2003 CES FES 1 46 12 2003 Tolerance Prize EU 2003 Natali Prize EU 549 50 37 47 20 32 PISA= Trade union Programme Related to Advanced Training. C- WTO- Child rights project with the World Tourism Organisation. CES = Trade union strategy meeting. This amounts to 21 activities attended by 551 participants, of whom 201( 36.4%) were women. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Sub- Saharan Africa IFJ activities in sub- Saharan Africa are managed by Project Officer Bertrand Ginet at the IFJ headquarters and three regional offices. The regional office in Africa opened in November 2001. The status of the office was reinforced early in 2003 with the appointment of Gabriel Baglo as a full- time Director. The office also employs Maïmouna Ndoye as Financial Assistant. The Eastern Africa project office, managed by the Project Coordinator Martin Ocholi in Nairobi, closed in April 2003 at the end of the Media for Democracy Programme. The project office for Southern Africa, based in Johannesburg currently employs a Coordinator, Tuwani Gumani, and an Administrative Assistant, Tshidi Ramokgopa. Regional Missions Since the last congress, the IFJ has conducted misbrsions to Guinea Bissau( July 2001), Capo Verde( July 2001), Togo( December 2001 and May 2003), Guinea Conakry( April 2002), Mauritania( July, 2002), Uganda( April 2002), Gambia( September 2002), Chad( May 03), Nigeria( May 2003), Mozambique( July 2003), Ivory Coast( October 2002 and August 2003), Liberia( December 2003), and Ethiopia( February 2004). These visits assessed journalists' working conditions and the needs of national unions and also addressed press freedom issues, particularly reinforcing media self- regulation. Specific missions to monitor and evaluate IFJ projects and activities were organised in Benin( June 2001 and April 2003), Mali( August 2001), Tanzania ( November 2001), Ghana( December 2001 and May 2003), Kenya( February, April 2002), Botswana( several trade union development missions in 2002 and 2003), Senegal( March and September 2002), Niger ( December 2004), South Africa( September 2001, May and July 2002, September 2003 and February 2004). The IFJ secretariat and the Africa Office participated directly in the following events organised with a number of international partners: Journalism schools curriculum development ( UNESCO, Cameroon, June 2001), > Broadcasting regulations( Community Media Network, Nairobi, October 2001), ➤ Public Broadcasters Workshop( with UNI- MEI, South Africa, February 2002), > International Colloquium on Media in Africa( with NEPAD, Gabon, May 2002), > Media Women Professionals, HIV/ AIDS( UNESCO, Kenya, March 2002), Principles of freedom of expression( Article 19, South Africa, May 2002), ➤ Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights( Senegal and South Africa 2003), ➤ ILO- ITC Training course on trade unionism( Italy, June 2003), > EU/ ACP Media and communication markets workshop( Capo Verde, July 2003), ➤ Partnership Initiative for Media and Conflicts ( IMS/ UNESCO Ghana, July 2003), ➤ AIF/ ECOWAS/ WAJA meeting on collective agreements ( October 2003). Other activities The development of regional capacity for projects has strengthened IFJ involvement in the region. The IFJ further encouraged unions to organise on a regional basis, notably in Southern Africa through the creation of the Southern Africa Journalists' Association in early 2002. This process progressively enhanced the exchanges between IFJ members in Africa and the secretariat. The IFJ organised more than 100 seminars and meetings of different scales and natures in Africa during the congress period, involving around 2,200 participants( including about 800 women). In addition, specific projects have been carried out to improve the gender balance at IFJ activities. The IFJ also produced around 50( mostly webbased) publications and reports focusing on Africa over the last congress period and around 140 protests related to Sub- Saharan countries( February 2004). Media for Democracy The Media for Democracy programmes( MFD) successfully raised awareness on journalists rights and their core contribution to the development of press freedom and public accountability. The IFJ programme further supported the development of press centres, which brought direct services to the unions including Internet access and training facilities. The programmes have also been successfully supporting the development of self- regulatory media observatories, organising the exchange and capitalisation of lessons learnt. Based on the pioneering structures initially supported by the programme, 12 similar organisations have appeared on the continent in the last congress period. The termination of the MFD programmes in 2004 paves the way for an in- depth evaluation process, which has emphasised the level of expectations raised by the projects in the various targeted countries. Some unions still come under strong pressure from their governments and the IFJ has been particularly concerned about the deterioration of the plight of journalists in specific countries. Others have played important roles in calling for the reforms of restrictive laws or to reduce the penalties 33 34 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS associated with laws. The lack of skills and resources nevertheless remains a major impediment to their ability to conduct effective advocacy. The effects of the globalisation process on a local and regional scale emphasises the need for core work to monitor change and provide relevant project responses. The IFJ Africa regional office and the local coordinators have limited capacity to follow up on those expectations. The IFJ Executive Committee has thus given priority to core capacity building for national trade unions and for the regional associations, in order to develop suitable structures able to address the impact of globalisation, to follow- up on the implementation of common objectives and standards and to support the development of sustainable and independent national organisations of journalists. Specific programmes have been developed to enhance management of information and report on the status of journalists in Africa. Future Activities Certain issues have been brought into the mainstream of IFJ work, such as gender and equality, diversity and tolerance. Safety issues and the protection of journalists have also benefited from a specific attention, which has been translated into project work and proposals. Another matter relates to the scourge of HIV/ AIDS and although the Secretariat has been supportive of specific national projects, the IFJ still needs to develop a strategy to enhance the coordination of national initiatives. The IFJ capacity to attract donors' interests on those issues and the dire need for trade union development represents the key challenge for further project work. The secretariat has initiated a regional action plan for Africa detailing each of those priorities, with a particular focus on: Safety and protection of journalists > Trade union development and core capacity building > Globalisation issues and relations with the government( to establish a political, legal and social framework that is conducive for media work and workers) This strategy will reinforce professional independence at national level in order to strengthen viable and sustainable national structures and to look towards developing regional and international cooperation. More detail about all of these activities is available on the Congress web- site at www.ifjcongress.org. 4 IFJ Working Programme Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Authors' Rights Expert Group The authors' rights work is coordinated by Pamela Morinière in close cooperation with the European Federation of Journalists' Authors' Rights Expert Group( AREG). The AREG is chaired by Anne Louise Schelin from Denmark and is composed of 13 members. The Authors' Rights Expert Group( AREG) has supported EFJ member unions in the implementation process of the European Union Copyright Directive by producing a paper drawing member union's attention to the most important points. AREG was concerned by the general attitude of publishers b/ employers, who used the implementation process of the directive to lobby national governments to introduce the work for hire doctrine. Letters of support were sent to national governments of Belgium, France and Portugal. ( See www.authorsrights.org for the guideline paper and letters of support) The EFJ supported the German unions' call on photographers to boycott Peter Gabriel's tour around Europe due to the unfair contracts' conditions, which photographers had to sign in order to cover the tour. AREG sent letter of supports to Nordic governments( Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden) to protest against publishers' lobbying to introduce the work for hire system in these countries. AREG has followed closely European Union's initiatives and positions related to moral rights, contract law in relation to authors' rights, competition law and the impact on freelances right of bargaining, collective rights management, enforcement of intellectual property rights and its consequences on the protection of journalists' sources, and the law applicable to non contractual obligations( which includes authors' rights infringements). A number of AREG members visited Professor Bernt Hugenholz in April 2001 as he had been comThe IFJ Working Programme covers the work of the Authors' Rights Expert Group, the Labour Rights Expert Group, The Public Broadcasting for All Campaign, the Gender Council, the Freelance Expert Group, and work on Human Rights and Safety. It includes the work of the IFJ Brussels Journalists Help Centre and information about IFJ Journalism Prizes. missioned by the EU Commission to do a study on the conditions applicable to contracts relating to intellectual property in the EU. The consultation influenced the preparation of the paper later presented to World Intellectual Property Organisation ( WIPO) on EFJ/ IFJ demands for global harmonization of authors' rights. In May 2002 AREG attended a conference at the Centre For Intellectual Property rights at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Brussels, which discussed global harmonisation of authors' rights. Present were top officials from WIPO, WTO, governments, universities and international organizations representing authors, performers, publishers and the communication industry. AREG actively participated in the EU conference on" European copyright revisited" in Santiago de Compostella, in July 2002. AREG raised concerns on the need to improve authors' rights contract law, the importance of collective management of rights and the need to clarify which law should be applicable in case of authors' rights infringements, at a EU level. A written intervention was distributed at the conference. A visit was organised to the WIPO headquarters in May 2003 to raise journalists' profile at international level. AREG monitored and regularly attended WIPO meetings relating to the protection of broadcasters and audiovisual performers. A paper presenting the EFF/ IFJ views was presented at the meeting. Actions to promote authors' rights were undertak35 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 2836 en in the course of the preparatory process and during the World Summit on the Information Society ( WSIS). The IFJ position papers reflected the need to protect journalists' authors' rights and grant them an equitable remuneration( See globalisation report). AREG has attended and participated in the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations( IFRRO) meetings to defend journalists' interests in the reprography sector and promote collective rights management. AREG has produced guidelines for training courses on negotiating individual and collective agreements on authors' rights and has prepared a number of argument cards on the importance of the right of free bargaining concerning authors' rights, etc. On the basis of these and documents from the Authors' Rights for All Summit in 2000 a new pamphlet on authors' rights' and journalists is under way. AREG also updated the authors' rights handbook, to be published in a printed version and available at www.authorsrights.org, the new authors' rights web site, which is more user- friendly and contains information on legislation, case laws, collective agreements and sample contracts. A seminar organised in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in November 2003 informed journalists from enlargement countries on authors rights' protection in the EU. The seminar, which brought together 49 participants, including 26 women, highlighted the contrast between good authors' rights legislation and poor bargaining powers for journalists in practice. AREG has sought to strengthen relations with other creators( musicians, writers, actors, performers, screenwriters, etc.) through the Creators' Forum. The Forum organised a conference in February 2004 to promote the role of creators in EU cultural policy. An open letter on this issue, signed by leading creators, is being submitted to EU institutions. AREG has developed an online forum to facilitate this cooperation.( See web- site for AREG speech at this event and details of Creators' Forum.) AREG will increase assistance to national unions in the face of industry demands for statutory transfer of authors' rights along the lines of the work for hire doctrine. AREG will closely monitor attempts at the EU or international level to adopt elements from the Anglo- American copyright system in new directives or treaties and will continue to raise journalists' awareness on authors' rights protection via the website, the production of materials, and the organisation of seminars. In particular, AREG will continue its efforts through IFRRO to spread collective management to the electronic environment and will pay special attention to cases of cross- border activities involving authors' rights that can be used as examples illustrating the fact that the country of origin principle leads to an uneven playing ground in the market. A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. Labour Rights Expert Group The activities regarding labour rights in Europe were primarily dealt with by the EFJ Labour Rights Expert Group( LAREG), which was formed by the merger of the Collective Bargaining Expert Group and the European Works Council Expert Group. Member unions delegated experts from nine countries of which seven were active members throughout the congress period. Solidarity actions have become more pronounced in the congress period due to the deterioration of editorial working and the worsening climate of industrial relations, even in many Western European countries. One example was the problems that have arisen with respect to the free newspaper Metro and the poor working conditions of journalists working for the company in the Netherlands and in Switzerland. In the congress period six meetings were organised in Brussels. The European Director Renate Schroeder serviced the group and provided regular up- dates specifically on European social legislation. Major themes of the LAREG work have been: To promote a solidarity network; > To assist in creating a databank on collective agreements; and > To cover the question of enlargement, works councils and existing employers structures in the media. Collective Agreements The EFJ in close co- operation with the Labour Rights Expert Group and in particular the co- chair Michael Klehm, DJV produced the European Best Practice Survey: Working Conditions of Journalists in the Newspaper Sector in May 2002. The survey is available in English, French, German and Slovenian and will be regularly up- dated. Themes covered are working time, holiday, equality, strike, rights of journalists in the case of sale or other changes in the publishing house; social insurance for journalists; arrangements concerning YAM FAME Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 duties in crisis regions; training and further training; pension schemes; access to the profession and initial training; editorial statutes and termination of employment. The survey follows another survey on Working Time in Journalism( Newspaper Sector, 2001). Both surveys can be downloaded from the IFJ/ EFJ member section http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Issue=logon. to organise a series of meeting in central and eastern European capitals. See also Website: http: //www.ifjeurope.org/default.asp?Issue=EFJlabour&Language=EN A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. Globalisation The LAREG assisted in the organisation of a seminar on Globalisation and Media: The European Agenda. The meeting focused on globalisation, media concentration and European instruments to be used by unions, such as European Works Councils, EU social regulations and OECD guidelines for multinational companies. European Works Councils The Labour Rights Expert Group monitored and supported the excellent work of the Norwegian Union of Journalists regarding the extension of the European Works Council of the Norwegian media company Orkla to Polish employees. IFJ Executive Committee member Andrzej Krajewski assisted in this work. The EFJ participated in two EWC Orkla meetings in October 2002 and September 2003. EFJ and LAREG participated in the ver.di seminar on German media companies in Central and Eastern Europe, which adopted a strategy on transnational co- operation. The LAREG endorsed the report by its member Trond Idas from Norway on Establishing EWCs in Orkla and Schibstedt: Organisation building in Poland and Estonia. The LAREG assisted the EFJ and the German unions in organising a seminar to launch European Works Council at the German newspaper publisher Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung( WAZ) to take place in Budapest on June 18-19. The EFJ and LAREG lobbied the European institutions in co- operation with the ETUC on a revision of the European Works Council Directive. Future activities The LAREG will continue to concentrate on the building up of EWCs, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, which takes a lot of resources, and the updating of information regarding collective agreements. Whenever needed, it will support the EFJ in lobbying the European institutions on social issues. LAREG will assist in the organisation of a seminar on information and consultation rights in Central and Eastern Europe with the support of the European Commission. In order to better consult with members from the new member states and support trade union development activities it proposes Public Service Broadcasting The Public Broadcasting for All Campaign set up by the Congress in Seoul has been overseen by a Committee of 20 members, mostly from Europe, which met twice, in January 2002 and June 2003. The campaign coordinator is Marc Gruber at the IFJ Secretariat and activities have formed part of the IFJ regional activity programme. Most work has been carried out using web- based communications, particularly by e- mail or using the campaign website www.save- public- broadcasting.org. Campaign in Central and Eastern Europe The campaign was launched at a conference from 1517 February 2002, in Budapest( with 75 participants, including 20 Women). The participants, from 15 countries, endorsed a programme of national action plans for: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Romania. The conference also defined a common strategy for journalists' organisations and civil society focused on three key issues- editorial independence, funding arrangements, and internal democracy. Two missions were to Bulgaria and Czecho Republic/ Hungary in the framework of the campaign in Central Europe. Other events included attendance in Sofia at a public hearing of the Media Observatory( 7 March 2002); a conference on the draft law on broadcasting in Montenegro( 11 July 2002); and a round- table on transition of RadioTelevision in Serbia( 27 June 2003). The IFJ campaign has issued public statements in support of national actions in Montenegro, in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Slovenia and Poland and has protested over threats to public broadcasting in France, the UK, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Campaign in Asia A campaign launch conference was held from 1-3 December 2003, in Colombo( with 33 participants, including 6 women). Participants from Sri Lanka, India Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Timor Lorosa'e, Australia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan presented reports on 8837 38 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS the situation of broadcast media and adopted a declaration and action plan. It was agreed to co- ordinate work with the IFJ and the IFJ Asia Pacific ld Projects Office. Campaign in Mediterranean countries A campaign launch was held on 6-17 December 2003 in Rabat( with 133 participants, including 18 women) following a first meeting in Casablanca in November 2001. The launch conference was organised in the framework of the Media for Democracy Programme and participants came from Morocco, Algeria and Lebanon, as well as from the European Broadcasting Union and from the PSB Committee. Broadcasting is in a key stage of expansion in the Middle East and North Africa with the development of national private broadcasters and popular satellite channels. Participants called for uniform standards in favour of independent public broadcasting and adopted an action plan to assist groups of journalists of the region. PSB Conference: European Models for Broadcasting This conference, held in Brussels on 10 October 2003, Brussels( with 64 participants, including 28 women) focused on broadcasting and globalisation in the context of the European Union enlargement. Senior journalists and media professionals from over 20 countries took part and called for stronger defence of pluralism and public broadcasting and more commitment from European institutions to combat media concentration. Latin America: Broadcasting and Information Society In July 2002 a major regional conference in Lima, Peru, was held to discuss broadcasting rights and information society issues in advance of the World Summit on the Information Society. This conference, supported by 14 countries, agreed, in line with the PSB campaign, that a commitment to public service values was vital to media development. Worldwide Activities The IFJ broadcasting campaign has established a network of international and regional links. The campaign has been represented at numerous conferences: the UNESCO Meeting on PSB in Arab States ( Amman, July 2003); Public Broadcasting in Africa ( South Africa, April 2003); and the EURO- MEI Conference on PSB( Athens, June 2002). The campaign supports national activities, such as the defence of SABC in Southern Africa( 2003); the Nordic conference on PSB( Helsinki, 20 March 2002); the workshop on PSB organised by the Danish Union of Journalists during the INPUT Conference in Aarhus in 2003; the NUJ- Ireland Forum of Broadcasting( 2002); the e- mail campaign of the Australian Media, Entertainment& Arts Alliance to defend the ABC( June 2003); the work of Ver.di in Germany( Berlin, August 2003); Russian Union of Journalists with on- going projects on public service values and the drafting of a broadcasting law; actions by French unions on broadcasting( Paris," November 2003); the struggle for broadcasting rights by the KFPU in Korea and; the on- going campaign by the FNSI over the crisis in Italy. PSB Priorities There is a strong need for targeted actions to be developed in Europe, where well established broadcasters are under threat and many Central European countries struggle to create genuine PSB systems. However, in regions such as Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia, activities must focus on fundamental questions- the need for political and professional independence and social rights. More basic texts and materials are needed for each regional campaign, and the campaign should continue to be linked closely with IFJ globalisation work to illustrate how PSB plays a key role in cultural diversity at global level. PSB is a vital factor in the strategy for defending public services and labour rights and it should be supported in collaboration with civil society, using public service values as leverage for defence of the rights of the whole journalists' community. A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. Gender Council Following the adoption of the resolution on mainstreaming gender by the IFJ World Congress in Seoul, the IFJ has made efforts to emphasise its focus on gender issues. This work has been co- ordinated by Stefania Bork at the IFJ secretariat. All affiliates have been invited to further commit themselves to the promotion and the defence of gender issues and women rights. The response has proved encouraging. The IFJ Gender Council and its regional network advances the discussion, coordination and the implementation of the Plan of Action approved in Seoul in the different IFJ regions. This structure is composed of the Gender Council Steering Committee( 10 members, meeting twice a year) and six Regional Gender Coordinators covering Europe, Russia, Southern Caucasus, Western, Eastern and Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Southern Africa. The Steering Committee and the Regional Coordinators form the Gender Council. Activities 2001-2004 The development of gender- focused activities was mainly ensured through the projects and programmes managed by the IFJ Projects Division and the IFJ regional project offices. During the last three years, with support from donors( LO- TCO/ FES), the following activities were carried out: 1 Four regional gender equality workshops: mb Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2002( with 30 participants, including 13 men) Dakar, Senegal, September 2002( with 29 participants, including 7 men) bian Durban, South Africa, 2003( with 30 participants, including 19 men) Ulan Bator, Mongolia, October 2003( with 20 participants, including 4 men). 2 Development of a Resources Pack for Women in the Media; This has included the compilation of country and regional reports on gender issues from Europe, Southern and Eastern Africa, Australia, El Salvador, Mongolia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. 3 Launch of an email network and web- site; 4 A survey among women journalists in Algeria and Morocco; 5 Participation at international level The IFJ intervened in the UN Commission on the Status of Women 47th Session in New York( 2003) concerning the participation and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies. At the same time the IFJ has taken its place on the women's committee of the Internal Confederation of Free Trade unions Mainstreaming Gender Issues The IFJ secretariat has worked to ensure that gender issues are properly represented in all areas of IFJ work, including project development, organisation of conferences, meetings and seminars and missions. Representation at the IFJ Congress has remained a priority and for 2004 a special appeal has been made to all member unions to ensure that all delegations with more than two delegates should include at least one woman. In particular, increased efforts to publicize to women the IFJ Lorenzo Natali Prize for Excellence in Human Rights has increased the number of women nominated over the period from one out of 4( 25%) in 2001 to 7 out of 17( 41.2%) in 2002 and 6 out of 16 ( 37.5%) in 2003 at the same time as a 100 per cent increase in entries. The challenges ahead Although much has been done since the last IFJ Congress, much is still is to be done accomplish the objectives set out at Seoul. The activities implemented and the reports produced in this period indicate that equal pay, discrimination at the work place, sexual and moral harassment, social and professional rights, lack of access to responsible posts( in the media or in the unions), lack of initial or permanent training and the portrayal of women in the media still remain the main issues for many women journalists to overcome. For this reason, the IFJ affiliates will have to devote increasing energy, resources and support to mainstreaming gender issues by: At union level Nominating a' gender focus person' and initiating a debate on what still need to be accomplished as well as preparing concrete proposals and strategies to address these issues. At regional level Nominating candidates as Regional Gender Coordinators for the regions where these are still missing and promoting contact with unions in their region for best practice exchange, comparison and possibly regional strategies. At international level Establishing contact with the IFJ Gender Council Steering Committee on gender issues they would like to bring to its attention. Above all the priority will be to bring gender issues into the mainstream of union work. A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. Bonn ung* Bibliothek 39 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 08 40 Freelance Expert Group The activities covering freelance rights were primarily dealt with by the EFJ Freelance Expert Group ( FREG). The FREG's working programme was adopted at the last EFJ General Meeting in St Vincent, 2001 and the group, assisted by the European Director, worked along these lines. The FREG met six times in this Congress period and discussed mainly the following issues: > The concept of economically dependent workers following a proposal by the European Commission to regulate this sector; > How to best mainstream the freelance issues with the EFJ and at national level; > How to update the freelance handbook. Further information: http://www.ifj.org/ > How to develop the Freelance website: Further information: http://www.ifjeurope.org/ ➤ How to improve co- operation with other unions who represent freelance workers; > How to tackle the unemployment question of journalists; Seminar and Survey A seminar called Free, False, or Forced- Dilemmas and Opportunities for Freelance Journalists in the Media, in Brussels on September 12-13, 2003 was organised by the EFJ in co- operation with the Freelance Expert Group and the financial support of the European Commission. The seminar included 80 participants and speakers from the ETUC, the European Parliament, the ILO and the European Commission. The report on Freelance Journalists in the European Media Industry by the labour researchers Gerd Nies and Roberto Pedersini presented at the meeting gives a very detailed up- date about the nature of freelance work in journalism, pay and welfare protections, union representation and collective bargaining. It also deals with the issue of' economically dependent workers'. The seminar also revealed that among the IFJ membership including Central and Eastern Europe the freelance issue is becoming a priority issue. EU Lobbying Throughout the congress period the European Director and FREG members had several meetings with senior Commission officials and Members of the European Parliament regarding the issue of social protection and non- discrimination for freelances as well as the issue on temporary agency work. The EFJ experienced some problems in terms of an effective co- operation with other media unions, which are part of Union Network International. Despite a common meeting in September 2001 and some commonly defined objectives, fruitful co- operation was not possible. Due to a lack of resources, the FREG was not able to update the IFJ Freelance Handbook( 1995). It is available on the IFJ website and useful for members especially from the acceding Member States to the EU, but needs to be revised. The group discussed the continuing problem of pressure on agreements to fix freelance rates from competition authorities and insurance systems for freelances. The FREG also drafted a Freelance Charter for presentation to European unions and guidelines for broadcast freelances and also considered the organisation of a solidarity day in Brussels focusing on freelance rights. The issue of unemployment and the need for further training was also discussed, and the Group has asked the EFJ Steering Committee to deal with the issue. Click' freelance' at http://www.ifjeurope.org/ Future Priorities One of the major changes in recent years has been the profound change of journalists' unions' attitude to dealing with the increasing freelance crisis. Most unions are now taking up the defence of freelance interests in a proactive manner, which may be one of the most important developments in recent years. The two major problems are: 1 A continuation of employers' hostility towards freelance rights; 2 Political complacency and failure of governments to face the situation, which has created loopholes and accelerated the process of exploitation of the most vulnerable group within journalism. Os The freelance crisis remains a major challenge for the IFJ and its unions. Traditional patterns of employment have changed in the direction of freelancing and flexible working. IFJ member unions must equip' new' journalists with the means to face this unregulated world and to better integrate the freelance work into the realm of journalism. The initiative of the European Commission to deal with the issue of economically dependent work gives the EFJ/ IFJ an opportunity to further demand nondiscrimination and social protection rights for all workers. Co- operation with other groups organising freelances will also be sought. In the coming congress period the FREG plans a new conference, this time in Central and Eastern Europe. The updating of the Freelance handbook is a priority. Further information and a more detailed report is available on the congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. 1000- Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Human Rights and Safety The most significant development has been the creation of the International News Safety Institute, a global network of media employers and unions dedicated to improving the safety of journalists. IFJ unions have taken up this work with some enthusiasm and further co- operation with INSI, particularly for safety training in the regions will be a priority in the next years. Regional work will continue to develand capacity building for safety work will also op focus on areas of specific need- particularly Latin America, Africa and parts of the Asia- Pacific region. In addition, the extensive IFJ handbook on safety -LIVE NEWS: A Survival Guide for Journalists- was published during the Congress period. This has been translated into a number of languages and has received widespread distribution. The IFJ Safety Fund provides an invaluable contribution to the IFJ's assistance programme and the Executive Committee has endorsed a fresh appeal for support with the objective of reaching a target of 1,000,000 Euro. This will be taken up at Congress and further expansion in the use of the Fund is expected during the coming period. IFJ Safety Training Missions: The following safety training work has been carried out in the Congress period: Afghanistan( Peshawar, Pakistan), January 2002( 103 participants, 19 women). Palestine, February 2002( 100 participants, 25 women).. Nepal, September 2002( 25 participants, 1 woman). Ivory Coast, November 2002( 40 participants, 5 women). Aceh( Medan), Indonesia, December 2003( 30 participants, 4 women). Morocco, January 2004( 50 participants, 8 women). Iraq, January 2004( 26 participants, 7 women). IFJ Human Rights Missions Missions to investigate the conditions for journalism, press freedom and trade union rights have been carried out to Azerbaijan, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. Reports on the results have been circulated to all member unions and are available on the IFJ web- site. IFJ Safety Fund Payments from the IFJ Safety Fund during the Congress period have included: 2001 2002 2003 Ethiopia 21922400 US$ Democratic Republic 200 US$ of Congo Peru 500 US$ Liberia/ Ghana 3,500 US$ South Africa 1,000 US$ Zimbabwe/ 1,000 US$ South Africa Zimbabwe/ Malawi 1,000 US$ Malawi 500 US$ Dominican Republic 1,000 US$ Uzbekistan/ 1,000 US$ Kazakhstan Sudan 500 US$ Sierra Leone/ 600 Euro United Kingdom Sierra Leone/ Italy 500 Euro Turkey 600 Euro Belarus 1,000 US$ 5,000 US$ Nepal Palestine Liberia Ghana Liberia Afghanistan/ United Kingdom Afghanistan Haiti/ 1000 US$ 500 US$ A 5,000 US$ 300 Euro 1,000 US$ 1000 US$ Dominican Republic Colombia/ USA Colombia/ Peru Venezuela 500 US$ 1500 US$ 1,000 US$ Journalists and Media Staff Killed During the Congress period the IFJ reported that a total of 262 journalists and media staff were killed. There were 100 deaths in 2001; 70 in 2002 and 92 in 2003. Up to March 1st 2004, 20 deaths had been reported. IFJ Press Statements and Protests Since the last Congress the IFJ has issued over 600 press releases and protests over attacks on journalists' rights. The regional breakdown of these interventions is as follows: Africa Americas Asia- Pacific Europe Global 135 38 166 139 64 Middle East/ North Africa 113 TOTAL( to Feb 2004) 655 A more detailed report on all of safety activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. 41 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 42 IFJ Brussels Journalists' Help Centre 280 In December 2001 the IFJ set up a Help Centre, Journalists@Your Service, in collaboration with the Belgian journalists' association( AGJPB/ AVBB) and the International Press Association( API). The Help Centre, which is supported by the International Press Centre Résidence Palace, the site of the IFJ headquarters, was later joined by the Brussels Branch of NUJ and the European Journalism Centre. During the first year, the Help Centre received funding from the European Commission and the European Parliament. In addition the Belgian government contributed to the project through the provision of free office space. The management and coordination of the Help Centre was undertaken by Muriel Brasseur, Coordinator( December 2001 February 2002), Anna Rosengren, Coordinator( March 2002- June 2003), and Ann- Christina Hansen, Coordinator( July 2003- April 2004) The goal of the Help Centre is to facilitate reporting in Brussels- one of the world's biggest news centres- by providing professional advice, assistance and a wide range of services to journalists and media professionals visiting or working in the city. Apart from assisting journalists and media professionals on an ad- hoc basis, the main areas of work during congress period were: · ➤Setting up a multi- lingual web site( www.brusselsreporter.org) providing practical information to media professionals in Brussels( accreditation, taxation, social security, etc.). Publishing a journalists' guide to Brussels( Inside Brussels: The Journalists' Guide to the Capital of Europe) in a number of languages including practical information and a directory of key contacts in Belgian, European and other institutions based in Brussels. ➤ Organising debates and press conferences under the title Residence Rendezvous on a variety of current events and issues( human Rights reporting, financial reporting, women reporters, journalistic ethics and standards, ethnic minority reporting, etc.) Most important, perhaps, was a series of meetings and public debates organised in 2003 and 2004, which prepared a Code of Conduct for Journalism and Media in Brussels. > Organising information sessions for newly accredited journalists and briefings of visiting journalists within the framework of the Journalists' Visiting Programme of the European Commission's DG External Relations and other international organisations. Providing facilities and assistance to the European Journalism Centre during a series of seminars on the EU Enlargement Process for journalists from EU Member States and Accession Countries, within the context of a five- year framework contract signed with the European Commission's DG Press and Information. A fuller detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. IFJ Journalism Prizes During the Congress period the IFJ managed four international journalism prizes: > The Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism: Excellence for Reporting Human Rights, Democracy and Development > The IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize > The Europe Prize: Journalism for a Changing World > Real Life Matters: Excellence in Reporting Drugs and HIV/ AIDS The overall management and coordination of the Lorenzo Natali Prize, the Europe Prize and the Real Life Matters was undertaken by the Secretariat, in particular: Muriel Brasseur, Coordinator( September SO 2001- February 2002) and Ann- Christina Hansen, Projects Officer( June 2002- April 2004). The management and coordination of the IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize was undertaken by the Asia- Pacific Office, in particular: Emma Walters, Project Manager and Lara Hook, Human Rights Officer In implementing the Lorenzo Natali Prize and the IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize the Secretariat and the Asia- Pacific Office relied heavily on the IFJ's Regional Offices, Coordinators, Member Unions and local partners in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The objectives of the prize projects are: ➤ To promote and reward quality in journalism; > To promote human rights, democracy and development and further debate and greater We understanding of social issues such as drugs and HIV/ AIDS; ➤ To improve the visibility of the IFJ and its activities in other fields; ➤ To strengthen the capacities of and working relations with the IFJ's Regional Offices, Co- ordinators, Member Unions and local partners in the regions covered by the awards. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 The Lorenzo Natali Prize The Lorenzo Natali Prize, established and sponsored by the European Commission, rewards excellence in reporting human rights and democracy as key elements in the development process. It is open to journalists from the written press employed by the local media in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. In the Congress period the IFJ organised four Lorenzo Natali Prize competitions on behalf of the European Commission: The 2001 Prize An international competition for two Lorenzo Natali Prizes, one to a journalist from Europe and one to a journalist from the developing world. The prizes were awarded at a ceremony in Brussels on 18 December within a larger social event, including a round table on human rights reporting in times of war and the official opening of the journalists' help centre, Journalists@ Your Service. Also the 2001 Prize included a West Africa regional competition, which was awarded at a Ceremony in Dakar on 20 December. The 2002 Prize An international competition for a Gold Medal and five Lorenzo Natali Prizes, one to a journalist from each of the following five regions: Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; North Africa and the Middle East. The prizes were awarded at a Ceremony in Brussels on 15 November within a larger social event, including a round table on human rights reporting and development. The 2003 Prize An international competition for a Gold Medal and five Lorenzo Natali Prizes, one to a journalist from each of the following five regions: Africa; the Arab World, Iran and Israel; Asia and the Pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean. The prizes were awarded at a Ceremony in Brussels on 15 November within a larger social event, including a round table discussion on rights, globalisation and development and a discussion on Algeria. Journalism for Tolerance Prize The Journalism for Tolerance Prize launched in 2003 was co- ordinated by the Asia- Pacific office of the IFJ and involved awards and presentations in the regions of South- east Asia, South Asia, West Africa and Southern Africa and Latin America. The Europe Prize The Europe Prize, launched by the IFJ in March 2003 and supported by the European Journalism Centre and the International Press Centre Residence Palace, rewards excellence in reporting Europe's contribution to international policy and governance in the field of global social, environmental and economic issues. It is open to print and on- line journalists working for the local media in the countries covered by the Council of Europe. The first edition, co- sponsored by the Network of European Foundations' European Mercator Fund, focused on the social, economic and political impact of drug policy in Europe and issues related to the development of a global drug strategy. Three Europe Prizes one overall winner and two runners- up- were awarded at a ceremony in Brussels on 5 February 2004 within a larger social event, including a round- table discussion on European drug policies organised in collaboration with the Senlis Council and the European Policy Centre. - Real Life Matters The Real Life Matters competition, sponsored by the International Harm Reduction Development Programme of the Open Society Institute and launched on 1 December 2003, UN World AIDS Day, rewards excellence in reporting drugs and HIV/ AID for print, online, radio and television journalists in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, where the HIV/ AIDS epidemic is growing faster than anywhere else in the world. The prize is due to be awarded by the IFJ President at the 15th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm to be held in Melbourne on 20-24 April 2004. Themes, needs and priorities In February 2004 the IFJ submitted a tender to the European Commission for the organization of the 2004-2006 Lorenzo Natali Prize( annual contract renewable twice). If secured, the contract will commence from 1 April and The 2004 Lorenzo Natali Prize will be launched on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day. Funding for the future IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize and the Europe Prize has yet to be found. A more detailed report on all of these activities is available on the IFJ Congress web- site: www.ifjcongress.org. 43 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 5 Action by IFJ Executive Committee on Resolutions Adopted by Seoul Congress This section reports on action taken on the 34 resolutions adopted at the Seoul Congress in 2001, and on action taken on a further five resolutions remitted to the IFJ Executive Committe by Congress. 44 1 Trade Union Relations Resolution calling for strengthened links with the wider trade union movement aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of IFJ activities. Action taken The IFJ has played an enhanced role with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and Global Union Federations. It is represented on ICFTU committees dealing with women's rights, activities in the Middle East, and human rights and the General Secretary has assisted at meetings of the ICFTU Executive Board. Contact has continued with the ICFTU regional network. The IFJ has advised the ICFTU on communications policy. The IFJ has co- ordinated the actions of the international labour movement participation and response to the World Summit on the Information Society, held in December 2003. 2 Union Network International Resolution instructing the Executive Committee to continue developing joint work with UNI with a view to bring to the next Congress proposals for a more permanent relationship. Action taken The IFJ has worked closely with UNI on a number of issues, particularly concerning the World Summit on the Information Society( see above) as well as within the network of Global Union Federations. In Europe, the European Federation of Journalists and UNI have jointly established a social dialogue committee with actors' and musicians' groups for workers in the broadcasting industry. UNI leaders have welcomed closer ties with the IFJ and stressed that the organisation is in a period of consolidation after its creation. No further proposals on this issue have as yet emerged and the Executive Committee will keep these relations under review. 3 Union strengthening Policies Resolution calling for actions to strengthen union development and solidarity between IFJ Unions. Action taken The Executive Committee has adopted regular reports and developed projects and activities to promote union building. Details are given in the sections of the General Secretary's report dealing with Projects and Regional Activity. In line with the resolution's call for innovative actions, the Executive Committee has supported cross- border collaboration between unions organising workers in the same company. 4 Globalisation and Media Resolution instructing the Executive Committee to examine active IFJ participation in joint campaigns to protect workers' rights and journalistic freedom and to examine practical arrangements for establishing a trade union databank of information on media globalisation. 5 New Media and Globalisation Resolution condemning the impact of globalisation in media that is leading to unacceptable levels of commer Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 cial pressure and is limiting the capacity to protect democratic values and pluralism. 6 ICFTU and Globalisation Resolution calling on the Executive committee to establish efficient internal structures within the IFJ to coordinate the Federation's work on globalisation, to develop the global authors' rights campaign and lay out plans on similar action on public broadcasting; to increase intervention at the level of the United Nations to demand binding clauses promoting labour rights in international agreements; to develop a relationship with social movements in support of social and cultural values as well as policies to reform global financial policy- making. 7 Group of Experts on Concentration Resolution calling on the Executive Committee to establish structures to combat multimedia globalisation and concentration including a group of experts leading to the creation of a multimedia mergers and concentrations monitoring unit. Action Taken( Resolutions 4-7): The Executive Committee has made globalisation and its impact on journalists a major part of its work in the Congress period: Reports have been produced on media concentration, > An IFJ officer, Marc Gruber, has been designated with special responsibility for this issue, V > Specific solidarity actions have been organised, The IFJ has signed the United Nations Global Compact on globalisation and social rights, > The IFJ has raised our concerns at meetings of the United Nations( ILO, UNESCO, WSIS), the World Economic Forum, the World Social Forum, and the European Social Forum, The IFJ Executive Committee has prepared an extensive statement on these matters for Congress in Athens. sigo The Executive is looking to strengthen this work, but is unclear about the role of a monitoring unit other than to collate information, which is already available through existing media monitoring bodies. The Executive is circulating members with information where updates on media ownership issues can be found.( See General Secretary's report dealing with globalisation, public broadcasting, authors' rights, media concentration and media quality). 8 Broadcasting and Electronic Journalism Resolution instructing the Executive Committee to follow up the conclusions of the 2001 Tokyo broadcasting conference and to develop strategies to assist unions in the recruitment, organisation and representation of journalists in the field of audio- visual and on- line journalism. Action taken The Executive has given priority to this work in the Congress period( see General Secretary's report on public service broadcasting campaign). 9 Collective Bargaining, Freelance Rights and Authors' Rights Resolution instructing the Executive Committee to support the work of the Expert Groups established by the EFJ, to disseminate information on the work of these groups throughout the IFJ and to strengthen these activities by preparing a databank of standards and collective agreements to provide unions with access information for use in collective bargaining. Action taken The IFJ has supported the expert groups and has circulated information on their work through the IFJ web- site, which has been updated in the Congress period. Efforts have been made to collate information on collective agreements, but this has not been easy. But a successful databank of materials covering national developments on certain issues is already established, particularly authors' rights.( See also Best Practice Survey at European level on internal members' section.) 10 Struggle for Collective Agreement Resolution calling on the IFJ to support Greek journalists and Media Workers in their strikes to win a satisfactory collective agreement. Action taken The IFJ issued a press release in support of the Greek colleagues, wrote a letter of protest and circulated the information to all member unions. 11 Safety of Journalists Resolution instructing the Executive Committee to follow up the adoption of the IFJ safety code with measures to promote implementation of the Code, including joint actions with media employers including the BBC, CNN, Reuters, APTN and ITN. Action taken This issue has been a priority of the Executive Committee in the last Congress period. The IFJ has taken the lead to support safety including founding of the International News Safety Institute in 2003. 12 Rights and Freedom of Journalists Resolution calling on the IFJ to prepare a World Charter about the Rights and Freedom of Journalists, and to prepare a 5- year Work Plan, that could be supported in the World Charter to deepen the process of democratization of media, and promote defence of human rights. Action taken The Executive Committee believes that a World Charter of Rights is not necessary and points to work 45 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 46 already done in this area with the adoption by the IFJ in 1993 of the Manifesto for a Democratic Media Culture which covers all the major issues of concern to IFJ unions. Additionally, the IFJ three- year Congress cycle itself provides the basis for organisation of a periodic work plan. No action has been taken on this proposal. 13 Code of Conduct ( See Remitted Motions) 14 Cyber snooping ree Resolution calling on the IFJ Executive Committee to raise awareness among all affiliates of laws that allow surveillance of the Internet and electronic mail and to launch a world- wide campaign involving other media federations and the ICFTU to oppose such legislation. Action taken The IFJ has protested and issued numerous warnings over attempts to monitor Internet traffic, particularly related to the so- called" war on terror": A report on the civil liberties implications of new laws that interfere with online privacy and may compromise the capacity of journalists to maintain confidentiality in their investigations was issued. 15 Defence of Press Freedom Resolution calling on the Executive Committee to build a vigorous worldwide campaign to fight censors and tyrants who abuse journalists' rights. Such a campaign should include the publication of an annual report listing the violations of journalists' rights wherever they occur. Action taken The Executive Committee notes that the bulk of work in this area is carried out by dedicated press freedom groups in the IFEX network. The IFJ, through this network, has been and continues to be actively engaged in the fight against censorship and abuse of journalists' rights. The publication of an annual report on this matter, may duplicate work being done by other organisations. The Executive Committee continues to publish an annual list of journalists and media workers killed in the exercise of their profession and urges member unions to publicise this report in their own countries and regions. 16 Media Rights in Turkey Resolution urging the Turkish government to protect social, economic and trade union rights of journalists and to abolish the restrictions over the press, to take measures against attacks on journalists, to demand that media owners respect the rights of journalists, and for solidarity of IFJ unions with the Turkish Union of Journalists in its fight against media owners. Action taken The IFJ has supported trade union development proposals for Turkish colleagues and has supported actions in Turkey to confront employers and the authorities over abuse of journalists' rights. In 2002 the IFJ conducted a mission to Turkey. 17 Freedom of Expression in The Basque Country( Spain) Resolution condemning killings of media staff journalists and calling on political authorities in the Basque Country, Spain and the European Union to take urgent measures to protect free exercise of journalism and free expression in the Basque Country. Action taken The IFJ has protested over attacks on journalists and has continued to support efforts to protect free expression in the Basque Country. The General Secretary has visited Spain and the Basque Country in the Congress period to encourage dialogue between journalists' unions on these issues and these efforts continue. 18 Press Freedom in Cyprus Resolution on the Cyprus crisis calling for IFJ action to support victimized journalists and international efforts to find a just and fair settlement of the problem, which will restore the unity of Cyprus and its people, and ensure human rights for all Cypriots. Action taken The IFJ has continued to support Cyprus colleagues in their efforts to defend press freedom on the island. It has followed closely the continuing pressure on independent journalist Shener Levent and continues to work closely with the union of Cyprus Journalists on these matters. 19 Attacks on Press Freedom and Journalists' Rights in Ethiopia Resolution condemning routine and violent suppression of media and the imprisonment of journalists in Ethiopia; and calling for a campaign of solidarity and a mission to Ethiopia. Action taken The IFJ human rights office has been in close touch with developments in Ethiopia through the Congress period and has continued to provide support to our colleagues. We have worked closely with other groups, particularly the IPI, on joint actions to help journalists. At the end of 2003 the IFJ protested strongly over official actions against the Ethiopian Free Journalists Association. The IFJ conducted a mission to Ethiopia in 2004. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 20 Murder of Serbian journalist Urgent resolution condemning the brutal murder of Serbian journalist, Milan Pantic, reporter of Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti on June 11th 2001. Action taken The IFJ issued a protest statement at Congress and has continued to follow this case and the case of Slavko Curruviya, another unsolved murder of a leading journalist. These will be raised at the UNESCO Press Freedom Day activities in Belgrade in May 2004. 21 Official Secrets Act xec 24 HIV/ AIDS and the Media Resolution of colleagues in Great Britain and Ireland the Czech Republic calling for action to combat official secrecy over security issues in these countries. Action taken The IFJ wrote to the UK government over the case of a civil servant prosecuted for whistle- blowing( David Shayler) calling for charges to be dropped and for repeal of the Official Secrets Act. Separately the IFJ Te issued a call for the Czech government to recognise the public interest as a legal category that can be used in defence of publication of secret documents, in line with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. Add 22 Rights of Gays and Lesbian Journalists Resolution expressing support for World Conference of Lesbian and Gay Trade Unionists, and calling on the IFJ to develop a policy on working with gay and lesbian members to ensure trade unions include active prevention of discrimination and homophobia at work, to improve working conditions for gay and lesbian journalists. Action taken The IFJ supported this conference and endorsed the attendance of a delegate on our behalf. The Executive Committee is consulting with other trade unions, through the ICFTU, on appropriate actions to develop a more effective policy to combat discrimination against gay and lesbian journalists. 23 Safety for Journalists in Danger Resolution calling for support for the National Association of Journalists( ANP) and its shelter for journalists in danger during the terrorism years in Peru. Action taken The Executive Committee has continued to support the campaign for safety rights of journalists in Latin America and particularly the actions of the ANP and its safety programme for journalists. This is monitored by the IFJ Human Rights and Safety Officer. Resolution calling on the Executive Committee to recognise the HIV/ AIDS worldwide crisis and to develop a comprehensive policy on HIV/ AIDS. Action taken The Executive Committee has endorsed IFJ participation in the international trade union movement campaign to combat HIV- AIDS and the IFJ has joined an all- union action committee on this issue. In early 2004 the IFJ launched a journalism prize in countries of the former Soviet Union on reporting of this issue. Further actions are anticipated. The IFJ will make information available on how journalists' unions can contribute to raising awareness. 25 Mainstreaming Equality in Journalism Resolution adopting a plan of action for gender equality and instructing the Executive Committee to expand the activities of the Gender Council, particularly through the regional structures of the IFJ and within its project programme. Action taken The work of the Gender Council has been fully supported and an extensive programme of work is being put in place.( See Reports of General Secretary and Gender Council). 26 IFJ Quality in Journalism Campaign Resolution calling on the IFJ to launch a worldwide Quality in Journalism Campaign as a follow up to the Media For Democracy Programme and to seek co- operation with and support from, other professional, political and human rights groups. Action taken During the Congress period the Executive Committee launched a quality campaign and has put issues related to quality at the heart of IFJ work. ( See report of General Secretary and other reports before Congress). 27 Equality and Quality of Work Resolution instructing the Executive Committee to review the IFJ Code of Conduct, to promote the code and to encourage all affiliates to have their own codes of journalistic conduct, enforceable by the affiliates. Action taken The IFJ continues to support the IFJ code and has encouraged, through its quality campaign respect for the code and other codes. For instance, the IFJ was instrumental in preparing a code to guard against undue political and commercial interests. ( See General Secretary's Report). The Executive Committee has circulated members with a request for comments on what action can be taken, including adopting new clauses( see resolution number 13). A further report will be made to Congress. 847 48 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS MAY 25-29, 2004 25TH CONGRESS, ATHENS 28 IFJ Regional Work Resolution calling on the Executive Committee to investigate the constitution of the IFJ with regard to the rights and responsibilities of regional groups. Action taken The Executive Committee established a working group to review the IFJ Constitution in this area. The report of that group, which was adopted by the Executive Committee, recommended no changes in the Constitution.( See report of General Secretary). 29 Finance policy Resolution setting out a financial strategy for the IFJ. Action taken The Executive Committee carried through this strategy and a number of reforms of financial policy in line with the strategy.( See Finance Report.) 30 Trade Union Rights in South Korea Resolution calling on the IFJ to campaign for the immediate release of imprisoned trade unionists and for Korean prosecutors to abandon outstanding legal charges against 12 members of unions affiliated to the Korean Public Services Union, who face imprisonment. Action taken The Executive Committee, in co- operation with Union Network International, campaigned for the release of trade unionists and against prosecutions. These colleagues were released although the trade union situation in Korea remains uncertain and difficult. 31 Peace on the Korean Peninsula Resolution urging IFJ support for efforts to promote peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula, and particularly urging the highest levels of professionalism in reporting on the issue. Action taken The Executive Committee endorsed this call and supported Korean colleagues in their efforts to ensure free expression and the rights of journalists are properly respected in the movement to end the Korean crisis. 32 Revision by Japan of History Textbooks 33 Resolution on History Textbooks in Japan Two resolutions calling on the IFJ to support a campaign demanding that the historical integrity of information in the publication of history books in Japan, particularly concerning that country's actions during the Second World War, is protected and that the Japanese authorities take action to eliminate distortion of facts and the truth about events at this time. Action taken The Executive Committee has given the IFJ's full support to Japanese and Korean colleagues in their campaign over this issue. 34 Reform of Korean Journalism Resolution urging IFJ support for actions in Korea to bring about reform of Korean journalism and medic, including support for a detailed programme of action framed by Korean affiliates. Action taken During the Congress period the IFJ has worked closely with Korean colleagues, responding to requests for support and demanding that long- overdue reforms of the regulatory and professional framework of Korean journalism is properly reformed. This work continues. Report of the General Secretary 2001-2004 Motions Remitted to Executive Committee by Congress In Seoul, the following motions were referred to the Executive Committee for action without being debated by Congress. 1 Freedom of the Media and Rights of Journalists Resolution requesting that social rights of journalists be more effectively identified in IFJ work and instructing the Executive Committee to ensure that the words" and the rights of journalists" should be added after the words " freedom of the media" in all the relevant documents, statements or declarations issued by the IFJ. Action taken The Executive Committee believes that the existing statutory documents explicitly cover this point. The secretariat has sought to emphasize the social rights of journalists as appropriate in IFJ statements and documents. 2 Addition to IFJ Code of Principles Resolution calling on the Executive Committee to consider the following addition to the IFJ Code of Principles for the Conduct of Journalism:" A journalist shall not knowingly produce or process material that is likely to endanger human life." Action taken This has been circulated to member unions for comments. A report will be made to Congress in Athens. 3 International Policy on Unemployment and Social Inequalities Resolution calling on the IFJ Executive Committee to campaign for policies aimed at reducing unemployment and social inequality; to support the creation of an Economic and Labor Studies Office, for the permanent study of labor problems, the promotion of alternative forms of employment with the support of government, journalists' groups and international organisation; and to support alternative ownership schemes for media, including ownership by journalists and media staff. Action taken This proposal was discussed with global union federations. The strong view is that this can best be done by strengthening the existing research capacity of the ILO. The IFJ joined other unions in strongly lobbying the Bretton Woods institutes, International Monetary Fund and World Bank, for policies to promote social justice and job creation.( See Globalisation statement to Congress.) 4 IFJ Executive Working Rules Resolution calling on the Executive Committee to adopt as a matter of urgency standing orders to regulate its meetings. Action taken Following Congress, the Executive Committee debated this issue and accepted a Presidential ruling on procedure which draws upon the principles of the IFJ Congress Working Rules for the administration of Executive Committee meetings. 5 Deputy General Secretary Resolution instructing the Executive to recruit and appoint a Deputy General Secretary, preferably a person appointed not of Western European origin. Action taken The Executive Committee has not taken action to create this position, believing it has been covered by reorganisation of the Project Division and its role within the secretariat. 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