INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS WORLD CONGRESS 28 May- 1 June 2007 ⚫ Moscow Z 7736 IFJ MAKING NEWS FOR DEMOCRACY Decent Work and Quality Journalism REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary Managing Editor: Rachel Cohen, IFJ Communications Officer Design: Mary Schrider, mary@hazards.org Published in Belgium by the International Federation of Journalists 2007 International Federation of Journalists International Press Centre Residence Palace, Block C 155 rue de la Loi B- 1040 Brussels Belgium Contents 1. Activities of the Executive Committee.. ...... 1 2. IFJ Working Programme: Project Activities 2004-2007.......... ... 29 3. IFJ Working Programme: Regional Reports... Friedricha * ... 35 Sher Bonn Bvbliothek 2 7736 EBZHIB 1. Activities of the Executive Committee 1. MEETINGS Executive Committee: Athens May 30 2004 Brussels October 23-24 Rome June 4-5 2004 2005 Sydney December 2-3 2005 Brussels May 27-28 2006 Brussels November 18-19 2006 Dubrovnik March 3-4 2007 Administrative Committee: Brussels October 22 2004 Baltimore March 18 2005 Rome June 3 2005 Sydney December 1 2005 Brussels May 26 2006 Brussels November 17 2006 Dubrovnik March 2 2007 Executive Committee Attendance: See attached list( Appendix 1). 2. MEMBERSHIP Committee meeting of March 3-4th 2007 will be made available prior to the opening of Congress. 4. PUBLICATIONS AND 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, Africa newsletter from the Africa office and a regular bulletin of news and information from the Asia- Pacific office. A number of special IFJ reports and other publications have been published during the Congress period. These include: ● Journalists and Mediaworkers Killed, Annual Reports 2004, 2005, 2006 South Asia Press Freedom Reports, 2004, 2005, 2006 HIV Global Media Guide, 2006 The Story of Our Time: IFJ Research on Reporting HIV/ AIDS in Africa, Asia, 2006 The membership figures reported by member unions for 2004, 2005 and 2006 are in the list attached to this report( Appendix 2). The figures below show the change over the Congress period with a 1990 reference for comparison. . Europe and India: Building Paths to Equality in Journalism, 2006 1990 2004 2005 2006 Change Author's Rights: Copyright in a Democratic Society, 2006 Unions 67 157 161 167 +10 • Countries 53 110 111 115 +5 Global Media Survey: Changing Nature of Work, 2006 Members 151,176 419,709 414,207 437,568 + 17,859 • 3. APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP The decisions of the Executive Committee during the Congress period concerning membership are set out in the list attached to this report( Appendix 3). Additional information arising after the Executive Nepal One Year On: Censorship, Crackdown and Courage, 2006 Who is in Control? Global Media and Threats to Free Expression, 2006 ● Journalism, Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism, 2005 1 This number records membership figures declared to the IFJ for the purpose of payment of fees. A count of membership on the basis of internal union records suggests the number of journalists actually covered by IFJ unions is much greater, up to 600,000. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 1 . • • Crisis In Haiti and Dominican Republic, 2005 Decriminalising Defamation, 2005 Sri Lanka: On the Road to Peace, 2005 Dangerous Profession: Press Freedom Under Fire in the Philippines, 2005 Media Power in Europe: The Big Picture of Ownership, 2005 Asia Disaster: IFJ Report on the Media and the Asian Tsunami, 2004 • Revolution in the News: the Story Behind Ukraine's Newsroom Revolt, 2004 • ● Tunisian Journalism on the March, 2004 Journalism and Human Rights in South Eastern Europe, 2004 Let's Organise: A Handbook for Journalists, 2004 Getting it Together: Workplace Trade Union Organisation in Britain and Ukraine, 2005 ● Belarussian Journalism and the 2006 Presidential Election Campaign, 2006 The IFJ has issued more than 500 press releases, protests and public statements in the Congress period. These cover a range of issues related to journalists' rights, industrial actions and press freedom matters. The full details of these statements are on the IFJ web- site: www.ifj.org. The IFJ web site 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. 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. IFJ Honorary Treasurer Jim Boumelha has submitted a financial report that is part of the working documents for the Congress. The Finance Report contains a summary of progress in the past three years as well as the detailed finance report for 2006. 6. INTERNATIONAL PRESS CARDS From January 1st 2004 until December 31st 2006 the Federation issued 26.934 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. The price of the press card was increased in 2007 for the first time in 15 years. The Executive Committee in consultation with member unions is looking to strengthen the use and distribution of the International Press Card in the coming period. 7. SECRETARIAT Information and Human Rights Officer Robert Shaw left the IFJ in 2006 and was replaced by Rachel Cohen. During 2006 project officers Bertrand Ginet and Hayet Zeghiche left the IFJ Project Office and were replaced by Sarah Bouchetob and Monir Zaarour. Pamela Morinière is on leave of absence as Authors' Rights Co- ordinator and has been replaced by Céline Simonin. Gregorio Salazar is the Latin America Director based in Caracas and is supported by Eduardo Marquez who works out of the IFJ office in Bogotá, Colombia. Gregorio Salazar is assisted by Liliam Duques, Administrative Assistant. The European Directors, Renate Schroeder and Marc Gruber, work from IFJ headquarters. Jacqui Park, AsiaPacific Director, and Emma Walters are working for us out of the Project Office in Sydney, Yoshitane Okuda is responsible for the IFJ Tokyo Office, and Gabriel Baglo is the IFJ Africa Director working from the regional office in Senegal and he is assisted by Maimouna Ndoye, Administrator and Finance Officer, Louis Tomassi, Africa Project Officer and Honoré Essoh( joint with INSI) Nadir Benseba is the co- ordinator of the IFJ Algeria Solidarity Center. Nadim Al Jamal is the IFJ project officer for Middle East and Arab World( Joint with INSI). The total number of staff employed at the IFJ headquarters and in regional offices and on project activity on January 1 2007 was 21. 8. IFJ STRATEGY REVIEW On the initiative of the President, the Executive Committee during the Congress period carried out 2 IFJ CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ an extensive consultation with member unions on the work of the IFJ. This strategy discussion was particularly aimed at reviewing the progress of the IFJ in recent years and identifying priorities for reform and change that would strengthen the organisation. The Executive Committee agreed on the immediate introduction of changes for improving efficiency and communications within the existing budgeting framework, particularly regarding the role and responsibilities of the Executive Committee itself and the Administrative Committee. Communications work has now been upgraded. New internal rules were agreed on IFJ work( Appendix 4). There was also agreement in principle on the appointment of a Deputy General Secretary with specific administrative and management responsibility. Although the Executive Committee believes there is no consensus for wider Constitutional changes it was agreed to continue consultation with relevant unions on the establishment of the Middle East and North Africa as a separate region within the IFJ, on representation in North America and on the representation of larger unions at Congress. Improvements in IFJ employment practices, use of languages, communications and the creation of a virtual office were also adopted subject to financial considerations. The Executive Committee has strengthened the regional work through an annual allocation of 120,000€( up from 100.000€) out of central funds to support the regional offices. As part of the strategy review it was agreed to look at ways of increasing the real funding by inviting regional offices to bring forward proposals for practical actions which could receive additional support from the IFJ budget. Many unions in the consultation process questioned whether or not Executive Committee members should be elected from regions and have regional responsibilities. Although the IFJ Constitution as currently framed does not allow this, there is a proposal to review this matter before the Congress. The strategy review also led to a review and improvement of liaison between the secretariat and Executive Committee members. A full report on the results of the review was circulated to member unions in 2006. 9. REGIONAL ACTIVITIES During the Congress period the Executive Committee 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 and the expanded regional reports, special mention should be made of five particular regional developments: 9.1 Eastern and Central Europe Enlargement of the European Union has strengthened the IFJ organisation in Europe. The EFJ is actively trying to encourage cross- border links between affiliates representing workers in transnational companies that are now major players in the media economies of the region. The organisation of the 2007 world congress in Moscow provides an important opportunity to build links with journalists in Russia and the countries of the Former Soviet Union. The IFJ has given particular attention to supporting efforts in Ukraine and Belarus to strengthen independent trade union organisations for journalists and projects in this regard have been carried out during the Congress period. A special focus has been the follow- up of the case of the murdered journalist Gyorgy Gongadze. 9.2 Africa The problems facing journalists and independent media in Africa have continued to be of particular concern to the IFJ. In 2006 a meeting of African affiliates in Rabat, Morocco, assisted by the IFJaffiliated SNPM, drew up proposals for further strengthening IFJ work in the region. These proposals are set out in motions proposed to Congress in Moscow. The IFJ regional office in Dakar has continued to provide support for affiliates in the region and this work has been further strengthened through co- operation with the International News Safety Institute( INSI). 9.3 Middle East and North Africa The Executive Committee has given priority to practical programmes of co- operation with our colleagues in Palestine and Iraq. The IFJ Algerian centre has been useful in supporting reform of the Algerian Syndicate of Journalists. There has been a continuing focus on support for colleagues in Iraq and Palestine. There has been useful co- operation with the International News Safety Institute. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 3 The Executive Committee considered IFJ relations with the Tunisian Association of Journalists following a decision to suspend the membership of the association. Following further discussions and a mission to the country, the Executive Committee decided in 2006 to lift the suspension, while continuing to monitor the situation, having noted the efforts by the Association to improve its relations with the IFJ and its engagements in work to highlight press freedom violations in the country. The Executive Committee has agreed that a consultation should take place with Middle East and North African affiliates on the question of whether or not there should be a separate and distinct region for this area with the IFJ. 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.) 9.4 Latin America IFJ affiliates in Latin America have strengthened their links through the creation of Federación de Periodistas de América Latina y del Caribe ( FEPALC). An important regional statement of objectives was agreed at a regional meeting in Caracas in 2006 and these are set out in some of the motions before Congress. The issue of safety remains paramount, and the IFJ has welcomed increased co- operation in the region with the International News Safety Institute. Increasingly, however, Latin American unions are concerned about the impact of globalisation in media and the need to strengthen trade union rights. The IFJ Latin America office continues to provide support for a range of activities in the region although difficulties of continued funding of work have arisen after some years of support from the FNSI in Italy. The IFJ is particularly concerned to strengthen the work of FEPALC. In 2003 a project to establish a solidarity centre in Bogotá was established with the assistance of the Spanish affiliate FAPE and this work has continued with the launch of a new Federation of Colombian journalists planned for May 3rd 2007. 9.5 Asia- Pacific In Asia, IFJ work has continued to be strong with a number of important reports and studies carried out by the regional office( see above). The regional work owes much to the continued support of the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance in Sydney. One significant tragedy that cast a shadow over the congress period was the Asian tsunami which devastated parts of northern Sumatra and Sri Lanka. The IFJ launched an appeal among its member unions and there was a dramatic response, with more than 100,000$ US raised in assistance. The Executive Committee has followed closely developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka and has supported co- ordinated solidarity interventions in the region, particularly following the Royal coup in Nepal in 2005. A safety office was established in the Philippines and regional project activities have been carried out in India and Sri Lanka. The Executive Committee spent some time discussing the organisation of a specific project on co- operation on gender issues between Europe and India. Controversy arose over selection of the IFJ project partner in India which was changed due to an internal dispute. In the end the project was successfully concluded in December 2006. The IFJ has also worked closely with affiliates in Hong Kong and Taiwan in developing future policy proposals concerning China, where the IFJ has protested strongly over continued human rights abuses, the detention of journalists and the actions of major media and internet outlets, such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, who have been guilty of cooperating with the Chinese authorities in the denial of free expression rights. There are motions before the Congress on these questions. 10. HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMME The question of journalists' safety and human rights continues to be paramount in the work of the IFJ. The annual IFJ report on journalists and media staff killed, now acknowledged as a leading source of information by the world's media, reveals that in recent years the levels of killings of journalists have reached unprecedented levels. During the Congress period the IFJ has strengthened its links with the International News Safety Institute, a global network of media employers and unions dedicated to improving the safety of journalists. This organisation was set up on the initiative of the IFJ. The INSI carries out safety training work and provides practical support to journalists and media staff to reduce the risks they face at work. The Executive Committee has reviewed co- operation with INSI, which has provided 4 IFJ CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ important support for IFJ regional activities in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The IFJ has greatly strengthened its campaigning activities against impunity and for global action over attacks on journalists. A resolution originally drafted by the IFJ and endorsed by the Executive Committee was adopted by the United Nations Security Council in December 2006. This was the first time that global leaders had made a statement on the crisis of safety of journalists in conflict zones. In addition the IFJ has played a leading role in campaigns over impunity in the killing of journalists in Iraq and in Russia and specific actions in this area are reported in the background documents to Congress. Of particular importance has been the April 8th Justice for Journalists Campaign which is focused on unexplained killings in Iraq and commemorates three killings of journalists by American soldiers during the 2003 invasion of the country. 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 Committee to Protect Journalists, and Humans Rights Watch under the umbrella of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange( IFEX). In 2006 the IFJ hosted the global meeting of IFEX members in Brussels. IFJ safety offices in Colombia, Algeria and the Philippines continue to provide support for journalists and provide a focus for action in areas of highest risk.( Appendix 8) 11. SAFETY FUND The IFJ Safety Fund continues to provide invaluable humanitarian assistance contribution to the IFJ's assistance programme. Special appeals during the Congress period were launched for the victims of the Asian Tsunami( see below) and the war in Iraq. More than 130,000€ was raised for these actions alone. In commemoration of the work of former IFJ Senior Vice- President Gustl Glattfelder, who died during the Congress period, the Executive Committee launched a special appeal for funds to be made available to journalists in need as a result of natural disasters. A full report on the work of the Safety Fund is available in the documentation for Congress. The Executive Committee also endorsed new rules( appendix 5) and elected a three- person committee to administer the Fund. A statement on the activities of the Fund is included in the annual report of journalists and media staff killed. On 1 March 2007 the International Federation of Journalists signed a formal agreement with the Romanian- based Vintu Foundation concerning a number of important joint activities up to 28 February 2008. These include support for the launch of an International Media Victims Support Committee; the creation of IFJ- Vintu Foundation Fund for humanitarian assistance to families of victims of violence; a joint conference on the role of media in promoting tolerance and ethical journalism; and the establishment of an International Journalism Prize. As an initial action 60,000 Euro will be paid in monthly installments for a year to media victims of violence through the IFJ International Safety Fund. 12. IFJ MISSIONS During the Congress period missions were carried out in: Tunisia, Somalia, Cameroon, Togo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Pakistan, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Israel, Philippines, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine. 13. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 13.1 Federation of Arab Journalists A meeting in June 2005 between representatives of the IFJ Executive Committee and senior representatives of the Federation of Arab Journalists in Rome sought to resolve difficulties between the two organisations. A memorandum of Understanding was concluded( Appendix 6) to add to the agreement made in Rabat in 2003 and a joint working group was established to improve working relations. This co- operation has been particularly important in developing solidarity programmes for colleagues in Iraq, but also in following up discussions on such issues as inter- cultural dialogue over the role of journalists in reporting religious and cultural affairs. The FAJ has been invited to participate in all IFJ activities in the region. 13.2 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. The IFJ plays INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 5 a leading role in the organisation of UNESCO actions around World Press Freedom Day. In December 2005 the IFJ took part in a major UNESCO meeting at the World Summit on the Information Society. However, the Executive Committee has been concerned about relations in Latin America where IFJ unions report that UNESCO's regional approach favours employers. The organisation of World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Colombia on May 3rd 2007 led to a discussion with senior UNESCO officials on this issue. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION Co- operation with the ILO during the Congress period has been limited but the IFJ has made a proposal for a series of regional meetings in 20082009 on the issue of social dialogue. The theme is Building Social Dialogue and Partnership in Media. Meetings are proposed with ILO support for South Asia, Latin America, Europe, sub- Saharan Africa, and South- East Asia. The meetings will examine the changing nature of the information economy, the new employment relationships and the need to strengthen social dialogue in order to improve confidence, innovation and creativity within, and contribute to, raising standards and developing high quality media products. UNITED NATIONS The IFJ played a leading role during the Congress period in campaigning for and securing the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution calling for action by governments to combat the threats to journalists in conflict zones. The resolution ( Appendix 7) was drafted by the IFJ and was submitted by the Government of Greece after the intervention of the IFJ Greek affiliate JUADN and IFJ Executive Committee member Nikos Megrelis. Over a two- year period discussions were held with United Nations officials in New York and, with the support of IFJ affiliates, with the governments of Romania and the United Kingdom. The IFJ worked closely with and was strongly supported by the International News Safety Institute and the European Broadcasting Union in this campaign. Global Compact: The IFJ remains attached to the Global Compact, launched by former 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: The IFJ took part in the second part of this summit which took place in Tunisia in November 2005. The IFJ participated in the World Electronic Media Forum. At this event, the General Secretary presented United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan with a draft of a resolution on safety and security of journalists in conflict zones, which was later adopted by the United Nations Security Council( see above). 13.3 International Trade Union Organisations ITUC During the Congress period a new configuration of trade union organisation at global level was put in place. In November 2006 the International Trade Union Confederation was launched as a result of a merger between the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour. A special book to commemorate the eventMaking a World of Difference: Global Unions at Work was produced by the IFJ General Secretary. At the same time, the IFJ signed up to a new trade union liaison group- the International Global Union Council, which brings together 10 Global Union Federations and the ITUC. The IFJ Executive Committee has endorsed the new arrangements, including a financial commitment to establish a new Global Unions secretariat. 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 2004. During 2004 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 new approaches to trade union organising and the Executive Committee is encouraging the development of Global Framework Agreements between the IFJ and major media employers. Some 80 such agreements are currently in place in other sections of the world economy, but none so far have been concluded in media, information and communications. 13.4 International Media Organisations During the Congress period the IFJ continued to make 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 is continuing through the social 6 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ dialogue arrangements with European broadcast organisations. There has been no useful cooperation with the World Association of Newspapers and its regional organisation, the European Newspaper Publishers Association. The problems of co- operation continue to reflect the profound differences between IFJ Unions and publishers on such issues as social rights, professional independence, media concentration and particularly authors' rights. The Executive Committee believes strongly, however, that globalisation in media and the development of international media policy requires that new efforts should be made to create conditions for new social dialogue at international level. The IFJ has maintained good working relations with broadcasting employers in membership of the European Broadcasting Union which covers most of the major public service broadcast companies. The IFJ and the EBU have been able to work together on a number of joint issues- safety of journalists, defence of public broadcasting, in particular- and these relations continue to expand. 14. EXPERT GROUPS AND WORKING PARTIES The Executive Committee has supported the establishment of specialist groups through the European Federation of Journalists to carry out activities as and when they are needed. Groups covering authors' rights, freelance issues, broadcasting and labour rights are currently in place. Short reports on the work of the expert groups are attached to the European Regional Report. GENDER COUNCIL The IFJ Gender Council has been working closely with the Executive Committee in seeking to ensure the implementation of the Action Plan for equality adopted by the Congresses in Seoul and Athens. Regular meetings of the Gender Council steering committee have taken place at the time of Executive Committee meetings and members of the Executive Committee have actively participated in this work. The Executive Committee has supported the work of the Council and believes that the networks being created by the Council provide a base for the expansion of practical work on equality issues into the regions. During the Congress period the General Secretary has taken special responsibility for strengthening gender work within the organisation. The continued expansion of women within the media workforce has not led to any significant increase in the presence of women in higher decisionmaking positions and many unions still do not ensure equality in gender representation in delegations or at the highest levels within their organisations. A number of important activities have taken place during the Congress period, in Asia, Russia, North Africa and Europe. Gender issues have been included in all project and activity programmes developed during the Congress period. A major programme linking Indian and European unions in India was one of the major actions carried out in this period. ETHICAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE( EJI) In following up the work of the International Media Working Group Against Racism and Xenophobia, the Executive Committee has sought to broaden the debate and discussion between media professionals on issues related to tolerance, inter- cultural dialogue, ethical and independent journalism and media quality. A major conference on journalism, civil liberties and the war on terrorism was organised in Bilbao in 2005 when a detailed declaration was adopted setting out proposals for fresh actions in this area. The continued success of the IFJ Tolerance Prize in the regions and renewed activities in Europe in 2005 following the cartoons controversy over the publication of images of the Prophet Mohammed in some media have given impetus to this work and the Executive Committee has supported the development of a new programme- the Ethical Journalism Initiative to try to strengthen the campaign for independent and high quality journalism. The Executive Committee is aiming to revive a Diversity on- line web- site established in 1999 to provide monitoring of racism issues. IFJ member unions in Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands as well as representatives of the European Commission, the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the European Broadcasting Union, the Association of Commercial Television, the European Periodical Publishers' Association and the European Newspaper Publishers' Association have joined in this work. BROADCASTING The Broadcasting Experts Group established before the Seoul Congress has now been consolidated into a European- based campaign under the supervision INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 7 of the EFJ. A primary objective of the work of this group has been to guide the process of sectoral social dialogue which has been established with private and public broadcast organisations and the media trade unions in the European region. The status of public broadcasting in new and emerging democracies remains unclear as many governments refuse to transform their systems to eliminate, finally, the last remnants of state control and to create genuinely public service systems. The Executive Committee has supported actions by member unions in defence of public broadcasting and union rights including actions at the BBC, at NHK in Japan, at the CBC in Canada, and in a number of disputes which have arisen in other European countries, particularly Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus. 15. GLOBALISATION AND FUTURE OF JOURNALISM The context of media globalisation and the impact of convergence on the work of journalists have emerged as a critical and central concern for IFJ affiliates and for the Executive Committee. Media concentration and cross- border ownership, the continuing struggle for trade union rights in a changing employment environment, and the redefinition of journalistic work, as well as notions of so- called" citizen journalism"- have set down challenges for all IFJ unions. The Executive Committee recognises that the impact of changes in media are posing new organisation and recruitment issues for unions as well as undermining media quality and raising concern over media pluralism. In particular, the growth of freelance, casual and atypical working journalists in media has created enormous difficulties for unions that often struggle to provide services for a more isolated, demanding and precarious workforce. In many parts of the world the short- contract phenomenon has been used to foment antiunionism and to undermine union organisations. Collective bargaining arrangements are giving way to individually- negotiated contracts. At the same time, media employers are increasingly looking to use" amateur" and voluntary contributions from telephone- carrying members of the public as alternatives to traditional forms of news gathering. These issues and how unions deal with them will feature strongly in the discussions at the Congress in Moscow and proposals are before the Congress on future IFJ work in this area. The IFJ positions on globalisation issues have been developed during the Congress period and a paper to the ILO symposium on the impact of new technologies in 2000 as well as submissions to the Boston Forum are covered by the background paper to the Congress set out in this report. Brussels, February 2007 8 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ APPENDIX 1 Attendance at IFJ Executive Committee Meetings TITLE President NAME Chris Warren POSSIBLE ACTUAL 6 6 Senior Vice- President Vice- President Vice- President Advisers Soren Wormslev Osvaldo Urriolabeitia 6 6 6 Linda Foley 6 64 6 4 Jim Boumelha 6 M'Jahed Younouss 6 65 Khady Cisse 6 4 Herbert Lumansi 6 6 Sabina Inderjit 6 6 Mituru Osamura 6 6 Naim Tobassi 6 5 Hashhuu Naranjargal 6 6 Mario Guastoni 6 6 Paolo Serventi- Longhi 6 6 Nikos Megrelis 6 6 Eva Stabell 6 6 Uli Remmel 6 5 Reserve Advisers Jasmina Popovic Olivo de Leon Arnold Amber Tuwani Gumani J.Carlos Van- dunem 6 Beth Costa 6 6 6 655 2 Roberto M. Alarcón 221 2 Manuel Méndez 1 Rogaciano M. González 3 Gerard Colby 2 Michael Chia- Chang Yu 1 OOOOOL 0 0 1 0 1 General Secretary Aidan White 16 6 INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL Friedrich * Ebert Stiftung Bonn 9 Bibliothe APPENDIX 2 Membership Figures 2004-2006 MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP UNION STATUS 2004 2005 2006 Albania APJA - Assoc 270 270 270 Albania- LAJ Assoc 822 415 254 Algeria Full 531 531 531 Angola* Full 639 639 639 Argentina Full 8500 4000 4.000 Armenia Assoc 735 367 280 Arab Emirates JA Full 638 638 Australia Full 8030 8030 8.367 Austria( DjP) Full 2762 2656 2.669 Austria KMSfB Full 751 803 697 Azerbaidjan Full 654 654 654 Bahrein Full 130 200 200 Belarus assoc Of Journ Assoc 934 934 1.002 Belgium Full 3000 3000 3.000 Benin UPMB Full 80 80 80 Bosnia Herceg- ACJ Mostar Assoc 153 190 190 Bosnia AssocJourRepSrpska Full 379 381 378 Bosnia Indep Un RepSrpska* Assoc 92 92 92 Bosnia BHJA Assoc 616 616 Brasil Full 9500 10000 10.000 Bulgaria Podkrepa Full 833 833 284 Bulgaria- BJU Full 1800 1800 1.800 Burkina Faso Full 158 158 158 Cambodia Ligue* Assoc 45 45 45 Cambodian AssocCAP Assoc 50 30 30 Cameron Full 150 150 150 Canada FNC Full 1500 1500 1.500 Canada- CEP Full 3000 3000 3.000 Canada- TNG/ CWA Full 2602 2760 2.814 Capo Verde Assoc 135 Chile Full 250 250 250 10 IFJ⚫ CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP UNION STATUS 2004 2005 MEMBERSHIP 2006 Colombia* Congo- RDC Assoc 62 62 62 Assoc 346 470 Congo- Brazzaville Assoc 1800 1.800 Costa Rica Full 230 230 140 Croatia JA Full 2550 2550 2.560 Cyprus Full 430 441 450 Cyprus( Basin- Sen) Full 93 300 300 Czech Republic Full 3090 2997 2.915 Denmark Full 8475 9008 9.329 Dominican Republic Full 620 620 620 East Timor sjtl Assoc 75 75 East Timor tlja Assoc 80 80 Estonia Full 527 581 590 Ethiopia Assoc 82 82 82 Finland Full 10574 10712 10.865 France CFDT Full 500 500 500 France CGT Full 850 890 1.014 France- FO Full 290 290 275 France- SNJ Full 2000 2000 2.100 Gambia Full 168 168 168 Georgia Union of J* Full 853 50 50 Georgia Indep. Assoc. Assoc 137 137 137 Germany- DJV Full 41180 41102 40.285 Germany VERDI Full 16100 16300 16.300 Ghana Full 800 800 800 Great Britain+ Ireland Full 25092 25092 39.500 Greece JUADN Full 3356 3809 4.361 Greece PEPU - Full 714 714 867 Greece PFJU Full 271 323 323 Greece- JUMTD( ESIEMTH) Full 584 944 695 Guinee- Bissau Full 304 - Honduras Asoc Prensa* Assoc 200 200 200 - Honduras Sitinpress Full 100 100 100 Hong Kong Full 360 319 400 INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 11 MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP UNION STATUS 2004 2005 2006 Hungary AHJ Full 5200 5000 5.000 Hungary HPU - Full 815 815 815 Hungary- CHJ* Assoc 600 600 600 Iceland Full 354 354 413 India- IJU Full 15125 15452 15.452 India- NUJ Full 7500 7500 7.500 India AINEF Full 1800 1500 1.500 Indonesia Full 727 727 684 Iran Assoc 2398 2750 3.220 Iraq IJS Assoc 1500 1.500 Iraq( Kurdistan) Full 992 1250 1.800 Israel Full 1690 1690 1.690 Italy Full 8722 9100 10.186 Ivory Coast Assoc 300 300 300 - Japan JCMMWU- Nipporo Full 4400 4400 4.600 Japan- Mimpororen Full 1000 1000 1.000 Japan- Shimbun Roren Full 3000 3000 3.000 Jordan Full 600 600 650 Kenya Full 350 350 350 Korea JAK Full 1010 1010 1.010 Korea KFPU* Full 1010 1010 1.010 Kosova Assoc 349 349 349 Kuwait Assoc 1.800 Kyrghyztan Assoc 170 170 170 Latvia* Assoc 523 560 520 Liberia Press Union Assoc 300 300 300 Lithuania Journ Union Full 810 630 600 Luxembourg Full 155 119 105 Macedonia JAM Assoc 600 644 600 Madagascar- ALJM* Assoc 40 40 40 Malaysia Full 1200 1368 1.200 Mali Assoc 150 150 150 Malta Full 63 63 63 Mauritius Assoc 34 31 35 12 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP UNION STATUS 2004 2005 2006 Mexico Full 240 240 240 Mongolia Full 300 300 300 Montenegro IAPJM FY* Assoc 95 95 Yugo Montenegro ITUJM Full 133 133 133 Morocco Full 603 603 603 Netherlands Full 7800 7800 7.300 Nepal NUJ Assoc 300 375 375 Nepal Press Union Full 1205 1205 1.205 Nepal FNJ Full 350 350 350 New Zealand Full 738 738 738 Niger-Niamey Full 260 260 260 Nicaragua* Full 90 90 90 Nigeria Full 15000 20000 20.000 Norway Full 7291 7522 7.564 Pakistan PFUJ Full 5000 2500 3.500 Palestine PJS Full 500 500 500 Panama* Full 723 723 723 Paraguay* Full 400 400 400 Peru Full 435 435 435 Philippines NUJP Assoc 1500 1500 1.500 Poland- SDP Full 2400 2400 2.400 Poland SDRP* Full 3932 3932 3.401 Portugal Full 2250 2837 2.308 Romania SZR Full 377 377 377 Romania Mediasind Full 5.000 Russia Full 56300 56300 56.300 San Salvador Full 137 137 137 Senegal Full 450 496 496 Serbia- IJAS Full 1977 1977 1.977 - Serbia JAS/ JUS Full 3232 2478 2.524 Serbia- AITUJ* Full 661 661 661 Sierra Leone- SLAJ Assoc 250 250 250 Slovakia Full 1893 1619 1.466 Slovenia Full 1255 1238 1.227 INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 13 MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP UNION STATUS 2004 2005 2006 Somalia Full 86 208 228 South Africa* Full 500 500 500 Spain- FAPE Full 5073 5073 5.073 Spain CCOO Full 400 400 400 - Spain ELA/ IGEKO Full 195 205 205 Sri Lanka FMETU - Full 2410 400 400 Sri Lanka SLWJA Full 1250 1250 1.250 Sri Lanka FMM Full 74 74 Sweden Full 14739 14813 14.722 - Switzerland FSJ Impressum Full 4045 4873 4.873 Switzerland- CoMedia Full 1753 1925 2.311 Switzerland- SSM Full 1737 1737 1.780 Taiwan Full 280 280 280 Tanzania Full 3000 299 299 Thailand Assoc 1000 1000 1.000 Togo Assoc 61 61 61 Tunisia- AJT Full 600 600 713 Tunisia- SJT Assoc 160 160 Turkey- PJA Assoc 423 423 468 Turkey- TGS Full 400 400 400 Uganda Full 395 395 395 Ukraine NUJ Assoc 7000 7000 7.000 Ukraine IMTUU Assoc 900 900 Uruguay APU Full 360 410 410 - USA TNG- CWA Full 10800 10800 10.800 USA- WGAE Full 1000 1000 1.000 USA- NWU Full 300 300 200 USA AFTRA Full 10800 2974 2.974 Venezuela Full 700 700 700 14 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP UNION STATUS 2004 2005 2006 Yemen Full 800 800 800 Zambia Full 600 500 500 Zimbabwe Full 300 300 300 SUBTOTAL 419709 414207 437568 * -10465 -9699 -9033 TOTAL 409244 404508 428535 * Unions facing expulsion at Congress INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 15 APPENDIX 3 IFJ Decisions on Membership 2004-2007 Brussels, October 2004 United Arab Emirates: Journalists' Association Admitted as Associate member Somalia: Association of Somali Independent Journalists Application declared ineligible Pakistan: Journalists' Association( PJA) Decision postponed until next meeting. Tunisia: SJT and AJT AJT: Agreed not to lift the suspension and to postpone decision for for at least a year. SJT: Admitted as Associate member. Great Britain& Ireland: CIOJ( Appeal) The General Secretary report to EC( October 11th 2004) is adopted. Romania: Union of Professional Journalists Decision postponed Romania: Media- Sind Application withdrawn. East Timor: Sindicato Dos Jornalistas de Timor Leste Admitted as Associate member East Timor Timor Lorosa'e Journalists' Association Admitted as Associate member Mali: UNAJOM Upgraded to full membership Korea: JAK( individual membership) Change of status noted. Côte d'Ivoire: UNJCI Upgraded to full membership. Congo: National Union of Press Professionnals Admitted as Full member Roma, June 2005 Serbia: Journalists' Union of Serbia( JUS) Further information is requested. Pakistan: Journalists' Association( PJA) Further information is requested. Romania: Union of Professional Journalists Decision postponed until they respond to the secretariat's letter. Romania: Uniunea Sindicala MEDIA SIND Admitted as Full member Serbia& Montenegro: Association of professional Journalists of Montenegro Removed from the role of IFJ membership as they no longer exist. Somalia: SOJON Upgrading request delayed until after the SOJON Congress. Sri Lanka: Free Media Movement Admitted as Associate member. Kosova: Federation of Kosova Journalists Application Rejected. FYR Macedonia: Association of Albanese Journalists in Macedonia Further information is requested. Malta: Istitut tal- Gurnalisti Maltin( IGM)( New name) Change in the name noted. Sydney December 2005 Serbia: Journalists' Union of Serbia( JUS) Admitted as full member, with an exoneration of fees recognising double membership. Pakistan: PJA Application withdrawn Romania: Union of Professional Journalists No further action required. Somalia: former Sojon new NUSOJ Upgraded to full membership. FYR Macedonia: Association of Albanese Journalists in Macedonia Application rejected Bénin: Union des Professionnels des Medias du Bénin Noted that the affiliate UJPB is absorbed in a new structure called UPMB. Tanzania: Journalists' Association( TAJA) Not considered- no formal application received. Cabo Verde: Associação Dos Jornalistas de Cabo Verde- AJOC Admitted as Associate member. 16 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ Luxemburg: Union of Journalists- Luxemburg No action. General Secretary to investigate and report back. Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association Upgraded to full membership. Brussels, May 2006 Tunisia: Report on IFJ affiliates Agreed to the lift suspension of the AJT on the conditions set out by the General Secretary. Congo- Brazzaville: Federation syndicale des travailleurs de la Communication( Fesytrac) Admitted as Full member. Bosnia: Association« HH Journalists<< Admitted as Full member. Tanzania Journalists Association Further information is requested. Luxembourg: Union of Journalists- Luxembourg No further action. Guinea Bissau: SINJOTECS Admitted as Full member. Ukraine: All Ukrainian Trade Union Admitted as Full member. Kuwait Journalists Association Admitted as Associate member. Romania: Media Sind and the SZR Disagreement about respective membership figures. Further information is requested. Iraq: Iraqi Journalists Syndicate Admitted as Full member. North of Iraq: Kurdistan Journalists' Association Upgraded to full membership. United Arab Emirates: Journalists' Association Upgraded to full membership. Austria: DJP No further action. EXPULSIONS ON 30 JUNE 2006* Honduras: Asociación de Prensa Hondureña Nicaragua: Sindicato Nacional de Periodistas Panama: Sindicato de periodistas de Panama Bosnia Independent Union Georgia: Creative Union of Georgian Journalists Hungary: Community of Hungarian Journalists Serbia: Nezavisnost Zambia: Zambia Union of Journalists Brussels, November 2006 Tanzania Journalists' Association( TAJA) Decision postponed until the next meeting. Morocco: Independent Union of Moroccan Journalists Application rejected, incomplete. Israel: National Federation of Israel Journalists No action. Report noted. Germany: Deutscher Verband der Pressejournalisten Application rejected. Zambia Union of Journalists After payment of the debt, a reapplication was made. Readmitted. CONFIRMED EXPULSION ON 31ST DECEMBER 2006* Latvia: Latvia Union of Journalists Poland: SDRP Korea: KFPU South Africa: Mwasa Angola: Sindicato dos Jornalistas Angolanos Cambodia: League of Cambodian Journalists Paraguay: Sindicato de Periodistas del Paraguay Dubrovnik, March 2007 Tunisia Current position maintained. Report to Congress. Israel: National Federation of Israel Journalists. Further mission to take place. Tanzania: Journalists' Association( TAJA) Application rejected. Monaco: Syndicat des journalistes de Monaco. Formal application to be received. Guinée: Association des journalistes de Guinée( AJG) Admitted as Associate member. Cameroun: Syndicat des journalistes employés du Cameroun Application postponed for consideration until consulting the current affiliate INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 17 Bolivia Sindicato de Fotoperiodistas de la Paz : Admitted as Associate member. Austria: Union Druck, Journalismus, Papier( DjP) Change of status noted. China: World Association of Chinese Mass Media More information needed from affiliates in Canada and the region on what our possible relationship with the organisation might be. EXPULSION CONFIRMED ON MARCH 3, 2007* Colombia: Circulo Colombiano de Reporteros Gráficos Kenya: Kenya Union of Journalists * To be confirmed at Congress 18 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ APPENDIX 4 Internal Rules of the International Federation of Journalists AGREED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER 2006 These rules are a working guideline to the duties and responsibilities of IFJ officers and staff. They are agreed by the Executive Committee and may be subject to amendment as appropriate by decision of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee 1 The Executive Committee is broadly responsible for determining and monitoring the strategic direction of the Federation. It shall, in line with the Constitution of the IFJ, supervise, monitor and otherwise direct the activities of the Federation in between Congresses. The Executive Committee shall implement the policy decisions as approved by Congress. 2 Members of the Executive Committee are selected on behalf of the entire Federation and, in accepting election, accept their responsibilities to act on behalf of the Federation as a whole. 3 In order to carry out their duties on behalf of the IFJ, Executive Committee members must reasonably be informed about the IFJ's activities and must be able to participate fully in making decisions on behalf of the IFJ, and do so in good faith and in the spirit of trade union solidarity. 4 Individual Executive Committee members shall pay attention to the IFJ's activities and operations. In order to fulfil their duties, Executive Committee members are required: To attend meetings of the Executive Committee or, if unable to attend, to ensure adequate time for a reserve to be advised; • • . To make adequate preparation for Executive Committee meetings, by reviewing reports and the agenda prior to meetings; To systematically and periodically examine the performance of the General Secretary; To review regularly the IFJ financial policies and to monitor finances; ● To ensure IFJ compliance with all its requirement in submitting such financial and other reports as required by law. Executive Committee Members and IFJ Work 1 Executive Committee members shall be fully informed about IFJ work. This will be provided, for example, through reports from the secretariat and regional offices, through regular newsletters and other reports circulated to interested parties including affiliates and Executive Committee members and through such other means as are appropriate from time to time. 3 Although Executive Committee members are not elected with any regional responsibility and have a responsibility to the IFJ as a global organisation, they shall be informed about IFJ activities in their regions. From time to time, Executive Committee members may be involved in IFJ activities as experts, subject to the availability of resources to pay for such participation. The use of the IFJ Assistance Fund support for Executive Committee members is available only to eligible unions and is confined to participation in statutory meetings of the IFJ. In particular, Executive Committee will receive information about project activity. This will be provided through reports from the secretariat and regional offices and through the Administrative Committee, which acts as the project supervisory body. The IFJ Secretariat will ensure a free information flow between the regional offices and Executive Committee members in regions where IFJ project programmes are being carried out. 4 Executive Committee members may contribute to newsletters and information material as appropriate. 5 ⑤ Information about Executive Committee members and their contact details shall be INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL visible on IFJ web sites and information material. 19 Secretariat 1 Responsibility for activities, administration, employment and day- to- day work of the IFJ00 is that of the General Secretary who manages the Secretariat under the supervision of the Executive Committee. 2 The General Secretary shall report to the Executive Committee and the Administrative Committee on every aspect of IFJ work and shall at all times work according to the policies and decision of the IFJ Congress and the Executive Committee. 3 In the general conduct of IFJ affairs, project work or daily activity, the General Secretary must ensure that all work is carried out in an appropriate and ethical manner, fully respecting the principles of political independence, financial probity and the mandate of the organisation. 4 The General Secretary is responsible for 5 ensuring the secretariat carries out its duties in regard to relations with member unions and Executive Committee. The IFJ secretariat will inform Executive Committee members concerning the IFJ business in their region covering visits, interventions, campaigns, work of affiliates and, importantly, provide progress reports on project activities. 6 The General Secretary and secretariat of the IFJ are responsible for the practical organisation of IFJ activities. Executive Committee shall respect the work of staff and their duties and responsibilities. The secretariat shall consult, where appropriate, with Executive Committee members on the organisation of activities in their region or where they have expressed an interest. Financial Reporting 1 In financial matters, the secretariat shall provide timely reports on the accounts and contractual obligations of the IFJ to the Executive Committee. 2 Within 14 days of the end of each quarter, the secretariat will provide the IFJ Treasurer with a statement of the management accounts. Conflicts of Interest 1 It is IFJ policy that Executive Committee members should not participate or vote in any process in which they may potentially derive. personal or professional benefit. 2 Executive Committee members exercise their power and authority in the interest of the IFJ and not in their own interest or the interest of another entity, particularly one in which they have a formal relationship. 3 When acting on behalf of the IFJ Executive Committee members must put the interests of the IFJ above their personal interests. In practice, this means that there should be: disclosure of any conflicts of interest; ● ● avoidance of the use of opportunities provided by the IFJ for the individual's • personal gain or benefit; non- disclosure of confidential information about the IFJ. These principles shall also apply to staff members. 4 Conflicts of interest are not inherently illegal and are often difficult to monitor given that it is often the case the Executive Committee members are affiliated with many different entities in their union work. ⑤ The conflict of interest policy of the IFJ aims to protect the IFJ and Executive Committee members by establishing a process for disclosure. Executive Committee members who may have concerns or require advice in any situation where they are uncertain about their position or the application of policy should seek advice, in confidence, from the General Secretary or the President of the IFJ. Disputes and Resolution of Complaints 1 Executive Committee members with concerns about the work of the IFJ or its staff are fully entitled to voice their complaints and should be encouraged to do so. All complaints shall be fully investigated and dealt with. 2 Where there are specific matters giving rise to complaint about the work of staff or the actions 20 20 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ of representatives of an affiliate or an Executive Committee member this should be made known to the General Secretary who shall investigate and, if necessary, take action. The General Secretary may, as appropriate, seek guidance from senior officers of the IFJ. 3 Similarly, where there are matters giving rise to complaints about the activities of Executive Committee members from within the secretariat, or from affiliate unions, this shall be made known to the General Secretary who shall investigate and, if necessary, take action. Induction of New Executive Committee Members 1 At the first meeting of the IFJ Executive Committee following Congress there shall be a formal induction session for new members. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 21 APPENDIX 5 Rules of the International Safety Fund Approved by the Executive Committee in Sydney in December 2005 PREAMBLE 1. The International Safety Fund( ISF) was established by decision of the IFJ Executive Committee, meeting June 29- July 1, 1991, and the Fund was officially launched on January 1, 1992. b) c) 2. The ISF is established to provide support for journalists who suffer intimidation, discrimination or physical violence because of their work. d) 3. The ISF provides relief for journalists and their families and is used to support legal actions in defence of journalists, either singly or collectively, whenever they are attacked. e) Journalists who require emergency medical aid or assistance to cover health and welfare costs arising out of the threat of violence or acts of violence. Journalists who require legal aid arising out of attacks against press freedom. Media support staff working with journalists who suffer violence or intimidation shall, in circumstances of direct support to journalists while in the course of their work, be entitled to make applications to the ISF. Journalists who make applications for assistance should do so in writing and 4. 5. The ISF is sustained by the fund- raising efforts of IFJ unions and from donations among journalists and their organisations. The ISF is administered by the IFJ and subject to supervision of the IFJ Executive. Committee which is legally responsible for actions taken on behalf of the ISF. 6. Fund raising and awareness- raising efforts on behalf of the ISF are on- going. 1. Objectives The primary objective of the International Safety Fund is to provide emergency humanitarian and legal assistance to journalists who work in dangerous regions or in areas of social and political tension and who operate in economic and social conditions which make it impossible to meet the costs of emergencies themselves. The ISF will, in this regard, develop and support the capacity of the IFJ's safety programme. Criteria for applications to the fund are as follows: a) Journalists who are prevented, either technically or physically, from carrying out their normal professional work and who are threatened by, or suffer from official intimidation for the practice of professional journalism. according to the rules of the ISF. 2. Management of the Fund 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Fund will be administered by a Management Committee made up of four members nominated by the IFJ Executive Committee the President and the Senior Vice- President, the Treasurer plus the IFJ General Secretary. The work of the Management Committee will be serviced by the IFJ International Safety Fund coordinator at the IFJ headquarters in Brussels. The Management Committee will regularly report to the IFJ Executive Committee, both on donations received and on assistance dispensed. The disbursement of Funds will be made, after the receipt of applications in writing, in agreement with the IFJ General Secretary, after due investigation of the cases in which assistance is sought. Assistance shall normally be given through the intermediary of a journalists' union or other recognised organisations, if the IFJ has links or relations with such a body in the country concerned. 22 IFJ CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Payments from the Fund in excess of 1,000 Euro shall require the formal endorsement in advance of members of the Management Committee. The IFJ General Secretary will be able to issue relief up to 1,000 Euro and such action will be confirmed by the Management Committee. Payments shall not normally be made more than once to any beneficiary. An additional payment may be made, but only in exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the IFJ General Secretary. The International Safety Fund may co- operate with other Funds, by agreement with the Management Committee, in gathering support for needy cases. 2.9 Regional offices of the IFJ may be invited to supervise application for assistance and may be used by the Management Committee for the disbursement of Funds as appropriate. 2.10 Local co- ordinators and regional offices that assist in the disbursement of the Fund shall provide regular reports of their activities to the Management Committee as required. 2.11 The Management Committee will produce an annual International Safety Fund report, which shall be issued at the same time and in conjunction with the IFJ Annual Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in the Field of Journalism and Newsgathering. The Safety Fund report will also include an annual income and expenditure account, independently audited. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 23 23 APPENDIX 6 Memorandum of Understanding INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS FEDERATION OF ARAB JOURNALISTS This memorandum is agreed by the International Federation of Journalists( IFJ) and the Federation of Arab Journalists( FAJ) following a meeting hosted by the Federazione Nazionale Della Stampa Italiana in Rome on June 4th 2005. The meeting was organised by the IFJ in response to concerns expressed by the FAJ over the application of the Rabat Declaration, agreed by the IFJ and FAJ in April 2003. At the conclusion of the discussions the IFJ and FAJ agreed as follows: 1 That they reaffirm their commitment to the principles and policies set out in the Rabat Declaration, 2 That they recognise the right of journalists to form trade unions and the need for journalists at national level to determine for themselves how to organise, 3 That they agree it is not appropriate for either the IFJ or FAJ to encourage the creation of parallel or competing syndicates, trade unions or associations of journalists, 4 That they commit themselves to continuing and supporting the existing programme of activity, launched by the IFJ, to assist journalists in Iraq, ⑤ That they will immediately review the state of communications between the two Federations, 6 That they will promote consultation and exchange of information about activities in the region in advance of implementation, 7 That they agree to reactivate the joint task force and committee established under the Rabat Declaration to prepare a working programme for 2005-2006, 8 That they will identify urgent issues for discussion in this process. Signed in Rome, June 5th 2005. Christopher Warren, President, IFJ Ibrahim Nafie, President, FAJ 24 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ APPENDIX 7 UN Security Council Resolution 1738( 2006) ADOPTED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL AT ITS 5613TH MEETING, ON 23 DECEMBER 2006 The Security Council, Bearing in mind its primary responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security, and underlining the importance of taking measures aimed at conflict prevention and resolution, Reaffirming its resolutions 1265( 1999), 1296 ( 2000) and 1674( 2006) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and its resolution 1502 ( 2003) on protection of United Nations personnel, associated personnel and humanitarian personnel in conflict zones, as well as other relevant resolutions and presidential statements, Reaffirming its commitment to the Purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as set out in Article 1( 1-4) of the Charter, and to the Principles of the Charter as set out in Article 2( 1-7) of the Charter, including its commitment to the principles of the political independence, sovereign equality and territorial integrity of all States, and respect for the sovereignty of all States, Reaffirming that parties to an armed conflict bear the primary responsibility to take all feasible steps to ensure the protection of affected civilians, Recalling the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, in particular the Third Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the treatment of prisoners of war, and the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977, in particular article 79 of the Additional Protocol I regarding the protection of journalists engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict, Emphasizing that there are existing prohibitions under international humanitarian law against attacks intentionally directed against civilians, as such, which in situations of armed conflict constitute war crimes, and recalling the need for States to end impunity for such criminal acts, Recalling that the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions have an obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed a grave breach of these Conventions, and an obligation to try them before their own courts, regardless of their nationality, or may hand them over for trial to another concerned State provided this State has made out a prima facie case against the said persons, Drawing the attention of all States to the full range of justice and reconciliation mechanisms, including national, international and" mixed" criminal courts and tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions, and noting that such mechanisms can promote not only individual responsibility for serious crimes, but also peace, truth, reconciliation and the rights of the victims, Recognizing the importance of a comprehensive, coherent and action- oriented approach, including in early planning, of protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict, Stressing, in this regard, the need to adopt a broad strategy of conflict prevention, which addresses the root causes of armed conflict in a comprehensive manner in order to enhance the protection of civilians on a long- term basis, including by promoting sustainable development, poverty eradication, national reconciliation, good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for and protection of human rights, Deeply concerned at the frequency of acts of violence in many parts of the world against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in armed conflict, in particular deliberate attacks in violation of international humanitarian law, Recognizing that the consideration of the issue of protection of journalists in armed conflict by the Security Council is based on the urgency and importance of this issue, and recognizing the INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 25 valuable role that the Secretary- General can play in providing more information on this issue, 1 Condemns intentional attacks against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel, as such, in situations of armed conflict, and calls upon all parties to put an end to such practices; 2 Recalls in this regard that journalists, media professionals and associated personnel engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict shall be considered as civilians and shall be respected and protected as such, provided that they take no action adversely affecting their status as civilians. This is without prejudice to the right of war correspondents accredited to the armed forces to the status of prisoners of war provided for in article 4.A.4 of the Third Geneva Convention; 3 Recalls also that media equipment and 4 installations constitute civilian objects, and in this respect shall not be the object of attack or of reprisals, unless they are military objectives; Reaffirms its condemnation of all incitements to violence against civilians in situations of armed conflict, further reaffirms the need to bring to justice, in accordance with applicable international law, individuals who incite such violence, and indicates its willingness, when authorizing missions, to consider, where appropriate, steps in response to media broadcast inciting genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international humanitarian law; 5 Recalls its demand that all parties to an armed conflict comply fully with the obligations applicable to them under international law related to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, including journalists, media professionals and associated personnel; 6 Urges States and all other parties to an armed conflict to do their utmost to prevent violations of international humanitarian law against civilians, including journalists, media professionals and associated personnel; 1 Emphasizes the responsibility of States to comply with the relevant obligations under international law to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law; 8 Urges all parties involved in situations of armed conflict to respect the professional independence and rights of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel as civilians; 9 Recalls that the deliberate targeting of civilians and other protected persons, and the commission of systematic, flagrant and widespread violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in situations of armed conflict may constitute a threat to international peace and security, and reaffirms in this regard its readiness to consider such situations and, where necessary, to adopt appropriate steps; 10 Invites States which have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the Additional Protocols I and II of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions at the earliest possible date; 1 Affirms that it will address the issue of protection of journalists in armed conflict strictly under the agenda item" protection of civilians in armed conflict"; 12 Requests the Secretary- General to include as a sub- item in his next reports on the protection of civilians in armed conflict the issue of the safety and security of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel. 26 IFJ⚫ CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ APPENDIX 8 Human Rights and Safety IFJ Safety Training: Since its creation in 2003, the International News Safety Institute( INSI) has been the major source of safety training. The IFJ has worked closely with INSI and in some cases continued to offer its own training or collaborated on training with INSI. Though the IFJ has been phasing out Safety Training on its own without collaboration with INSI, it has provided safety training in Palestine in August 2004. It also led a post- traumatic stress disorder course in Colombia in conjunction with INSI in 2006 and Palestine( 2007). In July 2005, the IFJ Human Rights officer travelled to Venezuela and Colombia to observe two INSI safety trainings. Safety Offices The IFJ operates safety offices in Colombia, Algeria and the Philippines, to provide on- the- spot monitoring and aid in some of the most dangerous countries for journalists. Colleagues at these offices are able to relay information and alerts to the regional offices as well as to the secretariat in Brussels and investigate cases in their geographical area. Human Rights The IFJ has joined up with the Rory Peck Trust, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, International Press Institute, International PEN, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Cartoon Rights Network, Reporters Without Borders and the World Association of Newspapers to form a joint action safety group that will regularly share information regarding potential safety fund cases and on safety issues in general. The IFJ has continued to work closely with organisations involved in the defence of freedom of expression and opinion. In July 2005, the Human Rights officer was part of a press freedom mission with RSF, CPJ, the UN and FLIP to the south- west of Colombia where journalists face grave problems of security, labour conditions and censorship. A human rights mission went to Ethiopia in May 2006 to address freedom of association and press freedom issues in the country after a crackdown on the media. Protests The IFJ has launched some major protests over impunity in the killing of journalists. In 2006 it launched its campaign for solidarity with Iraqi journalists on 15 June, Iraqi National Press Day. There is also the April 8th Justice for Journalists Campaign. The IFJ has also started an international campaign over impunity for the killing of journalists killed in Russia after the infamous murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Other campaigns have focused on the September 2000 murder of Ukrainian Journalist Georgy Gongadze; the October 2004 murder of Belarusian Journalist Vieranika Charkasava, the September 2005 imprisonment in Eritrea of Dawit Isaac, a journalist with Swedish and Eritrean dual nationality and founder of the now- banned weekly Setit, and the 2004 murder of journalist Deyda Hydara in The Gambia. The IFJ has also had an ongoing campaign to end the attacks on and murders of journalists in the Philippines. Journalists and Media Staff Killed 2004: 129 dead from murders, killings, accidents and natural disasters 2005: 150 dead of which 89 murder/ conflict zone deaths; 61 from accidents/ natural disasters 2006: 177 dead of which 155 murder/ conflict zone deaths; 22 from accidents/ natural disasters Journalists and Media Staff Killed in Iraq( April 2003-31 December 2006): 171 U.N. Resolution The IFJ in co- operation with some key member unions, INSI and other groups had a major success when the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution originally drafted by the IFJ and endorsed by the Executive Committee to protect journalists working in conflict zones. Any party that attacks a journalist or media worker in a conflict could face trial for war crimes under the UN statute. The IFJ will make sure that any such crimes are investigated and that the perpetrators are charged under the law. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 27 27 IFJ Safety Fund In the last three years, the IFJ Safety Fund along with special assistance funds for the December 2004 tsunami and a solidarity fund for Iraqi journalists provided almost 200,000 Euro in humanitarian assistance. A breakdown of the relief provided by country is below. It covers the period from 2004 to February 2007. The humanitarian work of the IFJ International Safety Fund was recognised by United States journalists at a special ceremony marking World Press Freedom Day in Washington in 2006. The Newspaper Guild- CWA, the union for journalists and media staff in the US, presented the award to the IFJ at the annual journalism prize- giving awards. A donation of 5,000 USD was given to the Fund. The Safety Fund has updated rules( Appendix 5) and there is now a system to track the assistance that the Safety Fund provides. SAFETY FUND RELIEF, 2004- 20 FEB 2007 2004 Belarus Namibia 430 Euro 500 Euro Nepal 6700 Euro Colombia 790 Euro Nicaragua 640 Euro Congo 915 Euro Palestine 890 Euro Dominican Republic 1270 Euro Pakistan( Earthquake) 3000 Euro Haiti 1500 Euro Philippines 340 Euro Indonesia 360 Euro Rwanda 500 Euro Indonesia( Tsunami Relief Fund) 8000 Euro Senegal 1200 Euro Kurdistan 1000 Euro Somalia 500 Euro Kenya 750 Euro Sri Lanka( Tsunami Relief Fund) 22740 Euro Nicaragua 785 Euro Togo 1390 Euro Palestine 1000 Euro 2006 Philippines 860 Euro Colombia 3100 Euro Turkey 430 Euro Congo 320 Euro 2005 Ethiopia 1000 Euro Azerbajdjan 760 Euro Gambia 2000 Euro Belarus 650 Euro India 460 Euro Bangladesh 1390 Euro Indonesia( Earthquake) 1500 Euro Colombia 470 Euro Iraq( Safety Fund) 5000 Euro Cyprus 170 Euro Iraq( Solidarity Fund) 27000 Euro Dominican Republic 1850 Euro Iran 3300 Euro Equador 800 Euro Nepal 425 Euro Ethiopia 760 Euro Senegal/ Gambia/ Liberia 2000 Euro Gambia 2300 Euro Venezuela 590 Euro Guinea 520 Euro Palestine 10000 Euro Guinea Bissau 1000 Euro Tunisia 500 Euro Indonesia( Tsunami Relief Fund) 64000 Euro 2007 Ivory Coast 990 Euro Iran 3000 Euro Kenya 750 Euro Haiti 1000 USD Kyrgystan 390 Euro 28 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ 2. IFJ Working Programme: Project Activities 2004-2007 PROJECTS DIVISION REPORT FOR CONGRESS 2007 The Projects Division has been responsible for raising funds and implementing activities with IFJ affiliates in support of the Working Programme established at Congress. Project work has become increasingly important over the past decade with an average annual budget of just over 1.5 million Euro in the last congress period. Participation in IFJ project work is one of the key services we provide for members and activities are carefully tailored to the needs of affiliates and to improving their capacity to defend journalists' interests. At the Athens Congress a new project strategy was agreed that organised work around four focus areas: safety, globalisation, union building and relations with government and the defence of professional rights. This strategy directly deals with strengthening journalists' unions, and all activities are designed to help unions recruit new members, raise their profile and increase their influence with policy makers and employers by helping them take up broader professional related issues. Safety: much of the IFJ's core work in safety has been reinforced by the International News Safety Institute( INSI) established in 2003. Since then the IFJ and INSI have co- operated to implement a global safety programme through joint offices in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. INSI has delivered safety training to 660 journalists and the IFJ a further 100 journalists in conflict and high risk zones around the world since 2004. IFJ and INSI successfully lobbied for a UN Security Resolution on journalists in conflict zones. Most importantly INSI has facilitated a dialogue with major employers promoting health and safety, training and insurance policies for staff. Meanwhile, the IFJ has continued to use project funds to support campaigns against impunity including Iraq( April 8th), Ukraine( Georgy Gongadze investigation) and most recently for launching the international commission into impunity for journalists' killers in Russia following the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya. Globalisation: with national media markets being opened up to foreign investments, the global media multinationals appear to have a presence almost anywhere. Despite this, their actual reach among employed journalists'- our members- remains relatively limited. As a result the IFJ has only developed a few projects that have dealt directly with the challenges of organising in multinationals. In South- east Europe a series of regional workshops created a network of activists in neighbouring countries working for the German WAZ group. In Latin America, a study of conditions in international news agencies was produced following disputes in Agence France Presse and the Spanish news agency EFE in 2005 where the IFJ intervened with unions in France, Spain, the US and Mexico. Market liberalisation based upon a media business model that needs to satisfy shareholders with ever higher profits regardless of the impact on quality has spread rapidly. Dominant national media run by financial investors aim to eliminate competition and pluralism, cut costs by eliminating collective bargaining agreements and reduce investment in quality in search of greater profits. The IFJ has organised a number of events on this issue in line with the quality campaign and is one of the co- founders of the Coalition for Media Freedom and Integrity launched 22 February with a declaration on Media and Democracy in Europe. Strengthening Journalists' unions has been addressed in the majority of project activities. The LO- TCO trade union development programme INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 29 particularly has enabled the IFJ to continue union training programmes regionally and nationally. These concentrate building union leadership and skills capacity. Gender equality has been a major theme using gender issues as a recruiting tool. Major programmes have been developed in many parts of the world, the most significant of which was the India gender programme that has become a model for campaigns elsewhere. Defence of professional rights/ relations with government: in recent years there has been a resurgence of government readiness to interfere in media and, particularly, to target journalists to reveal sources of information. US journalists have been jailed for refusing to reveal sources, Dutch and German journalists have had their phones tapped and two Danish journalists were prosecuted for revealing that the government had been advised there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction prior to using the existence of WMD as the reason for joining the invasion of Iraq. Projects are being used to also examine government attacks on media and to campaign for improved legal protection for journalists and to end criminal prosecution for journalistic activity. On the eve of Congress the IFJ is publishing a report on jailed journalists throughout the Middle East. The Asia Pacific office also produces annual press freedom reports. PROJECTS OVERVIEW ( See figures 1, 2 and 3) The last congress period saw an expansion of project budgets from 4.8 million euros in 2001-04 to 5.3 million euros in 2004-07, reflecting a strengthening of projects work and regional offices. There has been a substantial shift in the regions with most funds flowing from Eastern Europe and Sub- Saharan Africa towards Asia, North Africa and the Middle East where project activities currently dominate. Sub- Saharan Africa has seen its budget reduced from 1.8 to 0.6 million Euro as a result of the end of the Media for Democracy in Africa programmes. The current budget is largely covered by the Swedish LO- TCO which supported the West Africa journalists' programme that is being expanded into the other regions in 2007. The programme is now exclusively implemented by the Africa regional office. Latin America is similarly dependent on the LO- TCO and its budget has remained at a steady half million Euro reflecting the relative lack of funds available for this region. The expansion of the European Union and the end of conflict in the Balkans has brought changes in Europe. Project activities continue in the Former Soviet Union most notably in Ukraine and Belarus with potential for further work in Central Asia. The IFJ has also worked with the Russian Union of Journalists over the past two years on trade union and gender equality programmes. Asia has enjoyed a considerable expansion in activities with significant European Union projects implemented in Indonesia and India. The Asia Pacific office has also developed new programmes throughout the region including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Philippines, and Hong Kong, among others. Finally, North Africa and the Middle East has seen a huge growth in activities as a result of a series of projects in Iraq funded by UNESCO, AFL- CIO Solidarity Center and the LO- TCO, and the regional programme with Arab affiliates and Iran funded by the Danish government through International Media Support. DONORS( Figure 4) The European Commission and the LO- TCO have been the IFJ's two most significant donors in the past three years. There is less dependence now on the European Commission with a greater spread of donors. The Swedish Trade Union centres, the LOTCO remains the most significant supporter of IFJ projects particularly on the trade union programme. A recent change of power in the Swedish government led to a freeze in budgets for 2007 and 08 but we hope that it will not jeopardise the long term programme. The US trade union centre, the AFL- CIO, has supported IFJ programmes in Iraq including safety, gender equality and journalists' rights. It also supported the globalisation study in Latin American news agencies through its Solidarity Center. In March the AFL- CIO awarded the IFJ their George Meany- Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award, 2006. International Media Support is a Danish NGO established to provide rapid media support to crisis zones. The Danish Union of Journalists sits on its board and it receives most of its money from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has provided 30 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ rapid support to the IFJ's mission to Nepal following the Royal coup and for a number of the Iraq activities. It is a major donor to the IFJ's Arab World programme and Belarus. The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a German political foundation connected to the Social Democrat Party, continues to provide invaluable support to IFJ regional meetings despite also suffering significant squeezes to their budgets. The Open Society Institute provided important support in Ukraine and Russia and our co- operation has now expanded beyond Eastern Europe to Southern Africa. It has also supported several of the IFJ's Quality campaign activities. PROJECT INDEPENDENCE With such a significant income from project activities it is of paramount importance that the IFJ can demonstrate complete independence from the donors that are funding the activities and that the development of project programmes are based on IFJ priorities and not those of donors. For example the imbalance in the distribution of projects between regions reflects the relative availability of funds rather than different levels of priority given by the IFJ to different regions. The sudden growth of activities in the Middle East reflects both a rise in priorities for donors and for the IFJ in working in the region. Questions are also raised about the ethics of accepting money from certain types of donors such as certain governments or private foundations. Individual unions have different policies and guidelines about acceptable forms of support or sponsorship. The debate within the executive committee has resulted in the ethical funding policy motion being put to congress. This motion calls on the Executive Committee to ensure that individuals, organisations, companies, foundations and governments which are providing funds for IFJ activities or are providing financial services are committed to labour standards, human rights, equal opportunities and improving workers' living standards and the environment. Meanwhile, the Administrative Committee acts as a project review committee approving all projects and sources of funding. FUTURE TRENDS Despite the continued growth of funds it is increasingly difficult for small or medium sized organisations such as the IFJ to cover the full costs of project salaries. While donors cover costs during the project implementation, they will not cover the costs of project development or the salaries of staff between project contracts. Donors also increasingly require a significant partner contribution. The European Commission has required a 20% contribution to all projects for some years. In 2005 the LO- TCO was forced to introduce a minimum 10% contribution that must be provided by the IFJ and not by another donor. These costs end up being covered through IFJ salaries. At the same time the significance of the project work on the IFJ's global campaigning should not be underestimated. In 2005, for example, 208.000€ was spent from the IFJ's general budget on its working programme including 128.000€ allocated to the four regional offices. However, once salaries covered by projects were removed, the activities paid for through projects had an additional budget of just over one million euros. Without projects, funds for the working programme would shrink by 80%. Meanwhile there is a growing trend towards a consolidation of the media development sector as donors seek to reduce the range of actors and greater efficiency in media development. A greater consolidation could cause problems for the IFJ to maintain the work in the long run. Part of this trend is driven by groups such as the Global Forum of Media Development( GFMD) that is offering improvements in efficiency in exchange for greater access to funding. Specifically it is calling on governments to make the' creation of independent media' a key objective of development aid strategies. It argues that free, independent and quality media are essential for effective and sustainable economic development, in particular the alleviation of poverty. In order to justify the expansion of funds the GFMD is attempting to develop a more efficient mechanism for implementing media development, introducing common standards for assessing needs, delivering programmes and measuring the results. The IFJ is closely involved in the GFMD process and follows other initiatives in order to ensure that professional and labour rights of journalists remain priorities on the media development agenda. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 31 REGION IN MILLIONS OF EUROS 6.0 5.04.03.02.01.0Figure 1: Project budgets for past four congress periods 0.0 1995-98 1998-01 2001-04 2004-07 CONGRESS PERIOD Latin America North Africa and Middle East Africa South Asia and Southeast Asia Europe and the Former Soviet Union Figure 2a: Project funding distributed by region 1995- 2007 2004-07 2001-04 1998-01 1995-98 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 IN MILLIONS OF EUROS 32 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ Latin America North Africa and the Middle East Figure 2b: Project funding distributed by region 2004-06 Africa South and South East Asia EU Europe Central and Eastern Europe. 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 IN MILLIONS OF EUROS Latin America North Africa and the Middle East Africa South and South- east Asia Central and Eastern Europe Fig 3: Secured funding for next congress period 2007 2008 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.00 IN MILLIONS OF EUROS INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 33 Others UNESCO International Media Support AFL- CIO Open Society Institute European Commission Friedrich Ebert Stiftung LO- TCO الملل Figure 4: Sources of Funding 2004/2006 0.00 0.50 1.50 2.00 2.50 1.00 IN MILLIONS OF EUROS 34 IFJ⚫ CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ 3. IFJ Working Programme: Regional Reports EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS( EFJ) 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 and Marc Gruber, European Directors, an Authors' Rights Officer( mainly Pamela Morinière over the Congress period and since November 2006 Céline Simonin), Bernard Vanmuysewinkel, Administrative Officer; and the General Secretary, Aidan White. It is based at the IFJ Headquarters in Brussels. The EFJ Steering Committee faced a large work- load with many challenges on both social and professional issues. There has been an increased dialogue with Commission officials on quality and press freedom related issues; the Cartoons Crisis in 2006 had a great impact on journalism and intercultural dialogue, protection of sources have been under attack in many European countries. The revision of the Television without Directive has been a priority for the Steering Committee and its Broadcasting Expert Group. But above all, journalists and their unions have faced an unprecedented attack on long established social and trade union rights. Authors' rights and freelance rights have been at the centre of this debate. In particular young people and newcomers to the profession have become victims. The EFJ has adopted a freelance charter with a set of minimum rights to be acknowledged by the industry. The EFJ mourned its former EFJ Chair Gustl Glattfelder who passed away in May 2005. LABOUR RIGHTS The EFJ carried out several seminars on trade union issues, all of which had financial support from the European Commission. They were very useful occasions for policy discussions, creation of networks and practical exchange of good practice: " East meets West" in Tallinn in 2004, a freelance Conference in Bratislava in 2005 and the" Let's organise" Conference in Vilnius in 2006. The issues tackled were the" double standards" of multinational media companies for social dialogue according to the countries where they operate, the integration of freelances in collective bargaining and social dialogue, as well as best practice in national recruitment campaigns and in negotiation strategies. Collective Bargaining Collective bargaining was under attack in the past years, even in countries with a long established tradition of collective agreements such as Italy. The EFJ, through its Labour Rights Expert Group, organised meetings and press conferences on specific cases such as Switzerland in 2005 and Italy in 2005. A meeting in coordination of unions' activities for the defence of existing collective agreements took place in Berlin in November 2005 at the occasion of the meeting of the EFJ Steering Committee. The Steering Committee finds the question of defending and finding new strategies for collective agreements at the top of the priority list. Social Dialogue In the audiovisual sector, employers' organisations agreed with the unions representing the audiovisual sector to officially start social dialogue at European Union level. The Social Partners agreed at informal level to discuss health and safety; equal opportunities, enlargement issues and training. In May 2005, social partners agreed on a joint declaration that reaffirms that social dialogue" is important in all matters related to workforce" and reminds the freedom of association and negotiation as ratified under ILO Conventions. The objective INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 35 of unions is to open discussions on how to extend workers' rights to freelances. Freelance Rights The EFJ adopted the Freelance Charter at the Annual Meeting in 2006. This charter provides a tool for lobbying at national and European level. It has been designed and printed in form of a postcard to be launched at this year's General Meeting and at the IFJ Congress. The Freelance Expert Group ( FREG) drafted a freelance strategy including best practice regarding organising freelances within journalists unions and special services for them for member unions, which was circulated to member unions in November 2006. Authors' Rights The EFJ with the support of the Authors' Rights Expert Group and the Authors' Rights Officer has closely followed European policy regarding authors' rights and copyright. Both the phasing out of levies and the introduction of the" work- for- hire" rule have been avoided. The EFJ also closely followed national legislations and negotiations at WIPO. A key instrument for these various lobbying actions is the pamphlet' Authors rights- copyright in a democratic society' which has been made available in four languages so far. Cooperation has been enhanced between the EFJ and IFRRO( the chair of AREG, Anne Louise Schelin, was re- elected to the IFRRO board for representing creators' associate members), as well as with other creators' organisations. In the meantime the EFJ continues to raise awareness on journalists' authors' rights through: publication of newsletters; organization of seminars( in 2005 the AREG organized a seminar on" Ownership of authors' rights and collective management in the EU" in Lisbon); update of the website; and support to specific actions such as the boycott of events when artists force journalists to abide by unfair restrictions on their work( Robbie Williams, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses). MEDIA POLICY AND DEMOCRACY Protection of Sources In 2006 the EFJ complained to the European Commission and Parliament about several illegal tappings of journalists' phones in the Netherlands and elsewhere, about the placing of spies in the newsrooms of German media and about the prosecution of journalists in Denmark. The EFJ also pressed for action on the case of Hans Martin Tillack, the German journalist who was subject to a police raid in Belgium and had boxes of materials including notebooks and files taken away by police. The case in front of the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg was lost. In September 2006 the Intergroup for Press, Communication and Freedom of the European Parliament organised a meeting about protection of sources in Europe and some members committed to propose an EP Resolution on this issue. A draft text has been submitted to the Head of the Intergroup and the formal proposal should be put forward during this year. Transparency Consultation, Alter- EU and Media Alliance As part of a broader lobbying and advocacy strategy, the EFJ has been involved in the AlterEU campaign( www.alter-eu.org/) for lobbying transparency and ethics in EU decision making. Following the setting- up of disclosure systems for the common agriculture policy funds across Europe, Alter- EU campaigns for disclosure of the pressure groups activities in Brussels. The EFJ is also the leading organisation of the recently created Coalition for Media Freedom and Integrity. This coalition was initiated mid- 2006 in collaboration with civil society groups involved in media policies and it is aimed at becoming a joint platform for civil society on media policy and European media" watchdog". The coalition agreed on a founding declaration on media and democracy in Europe. Broadcasting and Media Concentration A Broadcasting Expert Group( BREG) was created in 2005. Most of the members were already involved in the Public Broadcasting for All Campaign of the IFJ. However, BREG has dealt not just with public broadcasting institutions but with public service values and quality in general. The activities concentrated on lobbying with regard to media policy, both at European level and at national level. In 2005, the EFJ updated the survey on Media Concentration in Europe(" Media Power, the Big Picture of Ownership") and organised a public event(" Who is in control") in Brussels in February 2006 about media ownership and its impact on independence. 36 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ Relations with European Institutions/ Lobbying Lobbying work was reinforced during the Congress period. The EFJ was in close contact with institutions of the European Union as well as with the Council of Europe. It helped create the Intergroup for Press, Communication and Freedom of the European Parliament in 2005 and kept in contact with various MEPs in charge of media policy. At the European Commission, the EFJ kept contact with DG Media and Information Society and in particular with the Media Task Force, as well as with the Commissioner for Justice, Security and Freedom, especially following the cartoons crisis as well as the frequent attacks on journalist' sources. Since the recognition of the EFJ as an observer to the Council of Europe Steering Committee on Mass Media( CDMM), the former chair Gustl Glattfelder used to participate on behalf of the EFJ in the meetings of the CDMM, its groups of specialists as well as at the European Audiovisual Observatory. This role is now fulfilled by members of the EFJ Steering Committee. The EFJ presence gives the possibility to bring the journalists' point of view into the debate on recommendations and declarations at a very early stage. 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 continue to be crucial in the coming years. A major issue is to defend and to enhance existing labour legislation and work for the status of employees, to avoid more journalists coming into a situation of being unwilling freelances. 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 conduct and the need for better training structures. The EFJ also intends to continue mainstreaming gender issues in its work. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 37 ANNEX: EFJ Meetings in the Congress Period Meetings Date/ place Number participants Women 2004 General Meeting 4-5/ 5 68 22 Thessaloniki( Greece) East meets West: Social Dialogue in the Media 5-6/ 11 44 22 Sector Tallinn( Estonia) 2005 Annual Meeting 70 20 3-4/ 5 Bilbao( Spain) Freelance Conference 23-24/ 9 58 22 Bratislava( Slovakia) ETUCO Conference- Solidarity networks for journalists 27-29/ 5 21 9 Cyprus Women Journalists in the EU- Integration Process- EFJ seminar 2006 27-29/ 5 30 30 Cyprus Annual Meeting 7-9/ 4 49 26 Bled( Slovenia) Strengthening Journalists' Union and Social 1-2/ 12 54 23 Dialogue: Let's Organise Vilnius( Lithuania) 2007 General Meeting 23-25/ 03 Zagreb( Croatia) 38 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ EUROPE: THE IFJ IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE European activities beyond the European Union maintained a strong focus on the former Yugoslavia, but also saw a significant expansion of activities in the former Soviet Union, notably Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. While the priorities in the Balkans has been the strengthening of regional co- operation and organising within foreign based multinationals, the emphasis in the former Soviet Union has combined a need to strengthen national union capacities with the fight against impunity. A two year sub- regional programme of union seminars implemented in former Yugoslavia drew heavily on the strength and expertise of the Trade Union of Croatian Journalists which has secured a series of collective agreements with foreign owned companies. Workshops helped train new union organisers and developed strategies for organising in multinationals. There was close involvement of the German journalists' unions in the provision of experts to counter the predominance of German media particularly the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung ( WAZ) group in the region. There have been. major concerns about editorial independence and pluralism in a region that lacks effective anti- monopoly legislation. In Romania journalists accused WAZ of breaching guarantees of editorial independence during elections and at one point WAZ pressured their staff to boycott the IFJ programme. Efforts are now being made to open up a new dialogue with the group. In Ukraine, Belarus and Russia the crisis of impunity has been at the forefront of IFJ concerns. With our affiliates, we have led campaigns for investigations into murders of investigative journalists, Georgy Gongadze( Ukraine), Veronika Cherkasova( Belarus) and Anna Politkovskaya ( Russia). This last murder shocked the world of journalism and has led to the launch of an international investigation into impunity in Russia. In Ukraine the Gongadze campaign acted as a rallying call for some journalists disaffected by the levels of censorship and insecurity who organised themselves into an Independent Media Trade Union which led protests against government interference in the coverage of the 2004 Presidential elections. A change in government saw a major improvement in the treatment of journalists. It also ushered in new challenges for unions trying to cope with the transition to new media markets. In Belarus, the journalists' association remains the key journalists' rights organisation in a country where many NGOs have been closed down. The IFJ is in the middle of a programme to strengthen its national structures and membership. In Russia, the IFJ concluded a year long programme of trade union seminars at the end of which the RUJ launched a labour rights committee. It has also produce a regional report on gender issues in the Former Soviet Union to be launched at Congress. Country Activities Bosnia Herzegovina: May 2006, union seminar, Banja Luka( 30 participants, 14 women) Croatia: Four regional union seminars in October 2004; February and May 2005, and May 2006( 153 participants, 89 women) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Dec 2005, union seminar( 35 participants) Kosovo: Sept 2005, mission and congress of the Association( 100+ participants) and Dec 2005, leadership training workshop with association board ( 10 participants) Montenegro: Oct 2005, national union seminar( 35 participants) Serbia: Nov 2004, regional seminar on multinational ( WAZ)( 22 participants); July 2005 national union seminar( 27); May 2006, Regional seminar on Freelances( 35 participants) Belarus: Feb 2005 joint IFJ Danish Union of Journalists Mission to Belarus; March 2006, presidential election monitoring mission; April 2006 union seminar with the Ukraine, Media Trade Union ( 28 participants, 11 women); December 2006 union leadership workshop, Minsk,( 24 participants, INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 39 15 women); February 2007, union leadership workshop, Moscow,( 26 participants) Ukraine: September 2004, Gongadze mission; Nov- Dec 2004, three election missions; Dec 2004, union workshop; March 2005, national media reform conference; May 2005 collective bargaining workshop; September 2005, ethics seminar on parliamentary election reporting. Russia: Jan 2006, union seminar in Perm( 36 participants, 20 women); June 2006, union seminar in Chelyabinsk( 25 participants, 16 women); Sept 2006, union workshop in Socchi( 28 participants); Jan 2007, union workshop Moscow( 20 participants); Jan 2007, gender equality workshop, Moscow( 10 participants, 10 women). Future Programme There is concern that the freedoms won by journalists in many of the CIS states which make up the former Soviet Union are under threat from resurgent state influence. In Russia broadcasting has effectively been renationalized, albeit indirectly through state run energy companies. In Belarus what remains of private media is being forced out of business or onto the internet. The IFJ will continue to provide support to its affiliates in the region to ensure that they are well equipped to deal with the future challenges. 40 40 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA There has been a dramatic rise in activities in the Middle East and North Africa, with growing regional collaboration and closer engagement with the Federation of Arab Journalists. The co- operation has been enhanced by annual regional meetings between IFJ Arab affiliates in Amman( 2004) Beirut ( 2006) and Algeria( 2007) leading to the following four regional campaigns: • . Solidarity in Crisis Conditions- Improving safety, Combating Impunity; Breaking the Chains- A Campaign for Open Government and Legal Reform; Editorial Independence and Quality Media; and Trade Union Freedom and Social Rights These campaigns are supported by funds from Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Supplementing this work is a series of national capacity building programmes launched in 2005 in co- operation with the Danish International Media Support and the Danish Union of Journalists. Four countries, Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and the Yemen, have been targeted, but it is intended to expand to other areas in the region. Iraq has been an area of special concern. The IFJ has organised three separate solidarity programmes. The first, from October 2004 to May 2005 and supported by the AFL- CIO Solidarity Center, included: a national conference in Irbil with more than 150 participants; establishing a safety office and two safety training sessions; organisation of national demonstrations against impunity around the April 8th campaign; the launch of the Iraqi Women Journalists Network; and the production of core IFJ materials in Arabic. It also created the Iraqi National Journalists Advisory Panel that brought together a broad range of media professionals to speak on behalf of the community. In August 2005 the IFJ launched a second phase of activity supported by UNESCO that sought to guarantee the rights of journalists during the drafting of the national constitution. Over six months the IFJ and the Iraqi and Kurdish Journalists' Syndicates developed a Charter for the Social and Professional Rights of Journalists launched in Cairo in February 2006. Since 2005 the security situation has forced the IFJ to organise most activities outside the country severely hampering the work. It has also resulted in the greatest death toll for journalists anywhere in the world with at least 171 journalists' killed in Iraq between April 2003 and December 2006. As a result, the IFJ and Arab affiliates organised the June 15th campaign around the Iraqi National Journalists' Day raising over 30.000€ for the Iraqi Journalists Solidarity Fund. Country Activities Algeria: The IFJ reopened the IFJ solidarity office in November 2004 and has organized three workshops in the country with the SNJ( Feb 2005, June 2005, Jan 2007) and a regional meeting on Public Service Broadcasting( Aug 2005). It also led campaigns for the release of Mohammed Benchicou and the decriminalization of defamation. It also hosted this year's annual regional meeting in January. Bahrain: The IFJ launched a capacity building programme in March 2005 with two subsequent workshops in May and September. The second phase was launched in Feb 2007 Egypt: The IFJ organized a mission in Sept 2005, and also organized the launch of the Iraqi Charter on Social and Professional Rights in Cairo( Feb 2006). Iran: Three workshops and missions have taken place in Iran( Feb, May and Sept 2005) with the next one planned for April 2007. The Iranian Association of Journalists has also been actively involved in the regional programmes. Iraq: The IFJ organised a launch meeting in Amman( Dec 2004), INJAP training delegation in Brussels( Feb 2005), two safety training sessions in Suleymaniya( Jan 2005) and Irbil( March 2005), National journalists conference in Irbil( April 2005), Impunity demonstrations April 8th in Baghdad, National meeting on Iraqi Constitution in Amman ( Aug 2005), Launch of Charter of Social and Professional Rights for Iraqi Media in Cairo( Feb INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 41 2006), June 15th Solidarity campaign, National conference Amman( Dec 2006). Jordan: The IFJ organized the first regional meeting for IFJ affiliates( Nov 2004). Amman was also the location of the joint IFJ/ International News Safety Institute co- ordinator from Jan 2006. Lebanon: Second meeting of all IFJ regional affiliates took place in Beirut( May 2006). Morocco: Regional Gender equality campaign meeting took place in Rabat( Aug 2005) and the launch of the IFJ' Unchain the Press' report will take place in Rabat in May 2007. Palestine: The IFJ organised safety training missions in July 2004 and July 2005 and hosted a joint safety office with the PJS during 2005. A trauma training was organised in Jan 2007 and in Dec 2006 the General Secretary visited to plan the PJS congress in 2007. Tunisia: The IFJ has led three missions to Tunisia ( Sept 2004, Sept 2005 and Sept 2006). United Arab Emirates: The IFJ organized one. mission to UAE( June 2006). Yemen: The IFJ participated in two Danish led exploratory missions to Yemen in 2004( July and Dec) before the IFJ/ YJS project launch mission( Feb 2005). Three further workshops were organised in 2005( May, Aug, Nov). The second phase launched in February 2007. Future Programme The expansion of activity in the region has seen a surge in communications work- more IFJ material translated into Arabic and the development of an Arabic language web site and launching a regional newsletter. The challenge now is to turn this presence into a source of real regional solidarity and co- operation and to strengthen the voice of Arab journalism in the IFJ family. 42 IFJ CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ AFRICA I. Introduction/ Overview of the office and main areas of work The Africa office has been operational since 2002 and currently employs four staff members. Over the last three years a great number of activities have been carried out in sub Saharan Africa focusing on: 1 Trade Union Development( TUD) focused on building and strengthening journalists unions, and promoting collective bargaining agreements. 2 Professional capacity building work tackled self regulation, HIV/ AIDS reporting, gender mainstreaming. 3 Press Freedom and campaigns: The office organised missions, conferences and campaigns on The Gambia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe for the release of journalists in prison, reopening of closed media houses, for investigation on killed journalists and for media law reforms. It set up an alerts system in French and English and its own website: www.ifjafrique.org, which publishes material in French, English and Portuguese. It also publishes a newsletter and has sponsored awards, among them the Lorenzo Natali and Tolerance prizes to promote human rights and tolerance. 4 Safety and Solidarity: The Africa office helped match grants from the Safety Fund and legal support to journalists attacked and tortured, victims of accidents that happened in the course of their work and imprisoned journalists or those forced into exile. It also partnered in activities with INSI( International News Safety Institute), which run its programme from the IFJ Africa office. The Africa office has worked in the sub- regions with the West African Journalists' Association( WAJA), Southern African Journalists' Association( SAJA), East African Journalists' Association( EAJA), and Organisation des Médias d'Afrique Centrale( OMAC). For Regional/ Continental networking and lobbying, the IFJ Africa office was part of the creation in October 2005 of the Network of the African Freedom of Expression Organizations( NAFEO) in partnership with media organizations working in Africa. II. List of activities per country including numbers of participants and of women 1.West Africa COUNTRY LEVEL ACTIVITIES Benin: Regional workshop on training skills for collective negotiations, 30 participants from Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Benin; 5 women participants. Burkina Faso: Workshop on training skills for collective negotiations, 30 participants, 10 women; Working group meeting on collective bargaining in West Africa. Côte d'Ivoire: WAJA conference and congress, 100 participants, 40 women; Workshop on collective bargaining, 30 participants, 10 women. Cape Verde: Conference on trade unionism and collective bargaining, 30 participants, 15 women participants. The Gambia: Conference on first anniversary of the killing of Gambian journalists Deyda Hydara, 80 participants, 30 women: the conference discussed the fight against impunity. Guinea Bissau: Conference and congress creating a new union, 60 participants, 20 women. Guinea Conakry: Training of journalists on ICTs, 30 participants, 5 women. Liberia: Missions on a partnership on post conflict programme to rebuild the media; Workshop on human rights reporting, 30 participants, 10 women. Niger: Workshop on training skills for collective negotiations, 30 participants, 10 women. Nigeria: Workshop on training skills for collective negotiations, 30 participants, 13 women; Worksop INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 43 on reporting HIV/ AIDS, 30 participants, 14 women. Senegal: Workshop on TUD skills and union management, 30 participants, 8 women; Workshop Setting a Standard Collective Bargaining Agreement in West Africa, 40 participants, 15 women; Regional Conference on gender mainstreaming, 50 participants, 40 women. Sierra Leone: Workshop on decriminalising libel in the press law, 30 participants, 10 women. Togo: Conference on the state of the media after about forty years of dictatorship, 50 participants, 15 women. SUB REGIONAL LEVEL ACTIVITIES Partnership for Media and Conflict Resolution in West Africa( 2003) Members of the partnership: IFJ, MFWA, IMS, MRA, Article 19; programmes were carried out with PUL ( Liberia), SLAJ( Sierra Leone), AJG( Guinea), UJIT ( Togo). Setting a Standard Collective Bargaining Agreement( CBA) in West Africa( November 2004) The programme is implemented together by WAJA, IFJ, AIF, and ECOWAS. Following the standard CBA, UPMB( Benin) has adopted a national collective agreement in December 2005 and other unions in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria are in the process. Mainstreaming Gender: Gender Audit and Regional Conference IFJ Africa has carried out a gender audit whose findings culminated with a regional meeting in Dakar on gender equity in the media. The meeting set up a working group and a plan of action and the findings of the survey will be used to produce a guide that will help the unions implement programmes on gender mainstreaming. 2. Central Africa COUNTRY LEVEL ACTIVITIES Cameroon: Trade Union Development workshop, 30 participants, 10 women. DRC: Workshop on trade union development, 30 participants, 10 women. The workshop trained participants on trade unions rights and on collective bargaining especially campaigning for journalists to have a contract of employment in their work places. Chad: Workshop on trade union development, 40 participants, 15 women. Gabon: Regional Workshop setting up a Standard Collective Bargaining Agreement in Central Africa, 40 participants, 10 women. SUB REGIONAL LEVEL ACTIVITIES Standard collective agreement for Central Africa( March 2006) The programme started in 2004 evolved into a standards agreement for Central Africa Journalists adopted in March 2006 at a regional meeting in Libreville, Gabon. Following the regional standard agreement, unions in Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Congo Brazzaville, and Chad are in the process of setting up a collective agreement. 3. Eastern and Horn of Africa COUNTRY LEVEL ACTIVITIES Uganda: Workshops on Trade Union Development, 30 participants, 5 women. Tanzania: Workshops on Trade Union Development, 30 participants, 5 women. Somalia: Trade Union Development workshop and Congress of the NUSOJ which was founded as new trade union for journalists and media workers. South Sudan: Seminar on media development, 30 participants 5 women. SUB REGIONAL LEVEL ACTIVITIES A programme is to be carried out in 2007 to relaunch EAJA and properly address the abuse of journalists' rights in eastern Africa where strong media businesses are massively violating the journalists' rights. In Ethiopia and Eritrea a programme funded by the European Commission, lead by EJC and IFJ could not be implemented due to the political crisis in the two countries. In Ethiopia 20 journalists have been held in jail since November 2005, about a 100 are in exile including Kifle Mulat the President of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association( EFJA) which is completely disbanded and went underground. In Eritrea, 15 journalists have been held in jail since 2001 and there is no news on their whereabouts. 44 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ 4. Southern Africa: COUNTRY LEVEL ACTIVITIES Swaziland: Workshop on trade union development, 25 participants, 5 women. Botswana: Workshop on trade union development, 25 participants, 5 women. South Africa: Workshops on reporting HIV/ AIDS Zambia: Workshop on reporting HIV/ AIDS Zimbabwe: Conference on the status of the media in Zimbabwe( held in Johannesburg), 40 participants, 15 women SUB REGIONAL LEVEL ACTIVITIES The Media for Democracy Progamme implemented in Southern Africa brought about the creation of the Southern African Journalists' Association ( SAJA) in 2002. In order to revive SAJA, missions went to Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola and Swaziland to assess the situation in the sub- region. SAJA was re- launched and held its congress in Johannesburg( South Africa) from 16- 17 August 2006, which outlined a new programme for organizing journalists' unions in the region. The congress elected a new executive committee of five members and a secretary general as permanent staff. INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 45 ASIA- PACIFIC Introduction/ Overview of the office and main areas of work The IFJ Asia- Pacific office is based in Sydney, Australia with regional/ project staff based in New Delhi, Phnom Penh, Karachi, Jakarta, Tokyo and Manila. The period 2004-2007 has seen a major expansion of the work of the office. In 2004, the Asia- Pacific office managed seven projects from five funding organisations. By the end of 2006, this had expanded to 15 projects from 11 funding organisations. The main areas of the IFJ Asia- Pacific's work from 2004-2007 has been journalist safety, trade union development, human rights and press freedom. The office has also been involved with project work on the following areas: reporting HIV/ AIDS, child rights, media and conflict, tolerance in journalism, criminal defamation, gender and media, public service broadcasting, public service media, the changing nature of work in media, ethics in journalism, media rights monitoring, corruption reporting and the media's role in a democratic society. Several major external events influenced the work of IFJ Asia- Pacific during the period. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004, was a natural disaster of a terrible scale, which claimed the lives and displaced many journalists, particularly in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The IFJ raised over 100,000 euros in solidarity support from journalists' organisations from around the world, for journalists and their families affected by this tragic event. The IFJ Asia- Pacific office provided immediate emergency assistance to the IFJ affiliates in the affected countries, produced a report on the impact of the tsunami on media reporting, and is now working with organisations in Sri Lanka on the media's role in combating corruption of tsunami aid funds. Similar disasters, in the form of killer earthquakes, plagued Indonesia and Pakistan/ India. The Royal Coup in Nepal of 1 February 2005 was a major part of the IFJ Asia- Pacific's work. From the first days of the coup, the IFJ worked very closely with its three affiliates in Nepal to investigate the impact on press freedom, monitor the situation and make sure that the international spotlight focused on the media rights violations that occurred. The IFJ Asia- Pacific office sent an urgent mission to Nepal within weeks of the coup, led by IFJ president Christopher Warren, which was followed by several other multi- organisational international missions. The IFJ Asia office worked with local affiliates to constantly alert the global press freedom community to the problems faced by media in the wake of the coup, including producing a major report on the coup, and secured two major funders to support capacity- building for the Federation of Nepalese Journalists. The IFJ has been instrumental in working with its affiliates in Nepal to defend journalist safety, journalist rights and press freedom throughout the coup and beyond. The shocking and escalating journalist death toll in the Philippines was another major area of work for the IFJ during the period between Congresses. At the date of writing this report, a sickening 50 journalists have been murdered in the Philippines under the administration of President Arroyo, who was inaugurated in 2001. In January 2005, the IFJ Asia- Pacific office sent an urgent mission to the Philippines, which focused the world's attention on the culture of impunity that has developed there. Over 2005-6, IFJ Asia- Pacific worked to secure the IFJ- NUJP Safety Office for the Philippines, which has been conducting campaigns and trainings on promoting journalist safety and defending journalist rights. Uniquely, and most appropriately, the Safety Office has been funded by a solidarity handshake between the Norwegian and Australian journalist unions and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. The escalation of conflict in Sri Lanka has led to a serious deterioration of press freedom there, and the IFJ Asia office has been working closely with affiliates for journalists' rights and safety. In October 2006, the IFJ, working with local groups, co- ordinated a fact- finding mission to Sri Lanka, which was followed shortly afterwards by an editors' mission, again organised by IFJ Asia- Pacific. The IFJ has worked closely with local journalists across the country on demanding journalist safety, and promoting respect 46 IFJ. CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ for independent media. The IFJ has partnered with local organizations on a number of projects to meet this aim, including: a ground- breaking project on conflict and media; a project on promoting public service broadcasting; and a major consultancy on promoting public service values in media. Throughout the period between Congresses, IFJ Asia- Pacific established the South Asia Media Solidarity Network( SAMSN). SAMSN is a group of journalists' trade unions, press freedom organisations and journalists in South Asia who have agreed to work together to support freedom of expression and association in the region. SAMSN was formed at a meeting of these groups in Kathmandu in September 2004. The group agreed to stand in solidarity and work together for media reform, an independent pluralist media and to build public respect for the work of journalists in the region. IFJ Asia puts out a monthly ebulletin for press freedom in South Asia. Priorities for future action The priorities for future action for IFJ Asia- Pacific are as follows: 1 Capacity- building and trade union development for affiliates in the region, with a particular focus on building those members who are associations into genuine trade unions, and with an emphasis on building the capacity to act collectively for fair wages and professional conditions for journalists of the Asia- Pacific region. 2 Promoting journalist safety, particularly where media and journalists are regularly targeted: Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Philippines. 3 Promoting press freedom and independent media, and fighting laws that restrict press freedom, particularly where press freedom is under threat in places like Thailand, the Pacific, the Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, and in new areas including Bangladesh, Afghanistan and China. 4 Promoting the highest standards of media reporting covering a range of areas of reportage including ethics, rejecting corruption, reporting on women and children, and reporting that is diverse, plural and reflects the community of views. 5 Promoting gender equity in media, and journalist organisations, throughout the AsiaPacific. LIST OF ACTIVITIES PER COUNTRY INCLUDING NUMBERS OF PARTICIPANTS AND NUMBERS OF WOMEN NUMBER OF WOMEN COUNTRY NO. OF ACTIVITIES PARTICIPANTS Pakistan 2 43 2 Sri Lanka 23 435 119 Nepal 11 79 40 Indonesia 52 1131 301 Afghanistan 3 315 38 The Philippines 12 206 90 India 9 177 21 East Timor 1 2 0 Taiwan 1 40 20 Hong Kong 2 34 9 Australia 2 4 2 Cambodia 6 307 80 Malaysia 1 18 5 Total: 125 2791 727 INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 47 LATIN AMERICA 1. FEPALC- FIP against impunity. In the period between the IFJ World Congress in Athens in 2004 and the next World Congress in May 2007, Latin America has seen the consolidation of activities by our unions, the most important of which was the transformation of the Latin American Group ( GAL- FIP) into the Federation of Journalists of Latin America and the Caribbean( FEPALC). FEPALC's first leader was elected in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 2005. This initiative was strongly supported by the Regional Office for Latin America, headquartered in Caracas. The new organisation got started by tackling one of the most pressing issues facing journalists in the region: deteriorating guarantees that they will be able to do their job. In some countries, they face threats, attacks and murder. In fact, more than 80 media workers have been killed. in the last three years in Latin America. Due to this risky situation and the many killings, FEPALC, the Regional Office and the IFJ Solidarity Centre in Colombia( CESOFIP) have been placing greater emphasis on actions to fight impunity. One key event was the CESOFIP Director Eduardo Márquez's appearance before the OAS's InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to demand that the organisation take initiatives and exercise greater vigilance with respect to attacks against journalists. In addition to insecurity, the other problems afflicting Latin American journalists are unemployment and precarious economic and socioeconomic conditions. Accordingly, the struggle by IFJ unionists in the region is closely linked to the defence of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. This means combating schemes to make labour more flexible, authoritarian work relations and the exploitation of in- house journalists and the journalism students used to supplant them. In other words, the general objective is the democratisation of industrial relations in news outlets. Documents condemning the situations described here were issued by FEPALC and the IFJ. 2. Activities. In terms of projects, the Regional Office for Latin America focused on activities to train union leaders to bolster the structures of their organisations, working conditions, freelance journalists and strategies on global and digital media. For its part, CESO- FIP pursued activities focusing on the safety of Colombian journalists and encouraging the creation of a federation of journalists in Colombia. Action priorities. There is no doubt that if a situation in which journalists are threatened and killed persists, then the immediate work should focus on reporting abuses and combating impunity. It is also necessary to maintain the policy of training colleagues to work in violent environments. The bolstering of trade union structures in Central America, where the situation is getting worse, will require a redoubling of efforts and creativity to stem the crisis. The same holds true for Colombia, where significant progress has been made, culminating in the creation of an organisation encompassing journalists from across Colombia. 48 IFJ• CONGRESO MUNDIAL, MOSCÚ BELOW IS A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN EACH COUNTRY. Year Type of Activity Country No. of women No. of men Total participants May- 04 PISA Evaluation Workshop Central America and South America Colombia 6 10 16 Jun- 04 PISA Level I Central America Panama 12 10 22 Jul- 04 PISA Level I South America Paraguay 8 12 20 Aug- 04 Specialisation Workshop South America Chile 3 20 23 Nov- 04 PISA Level II South America Chile 8 12 20 Nov- 04 3rd Latin America and Caribbean Conference: Union Strategies for Global and Digital Media Brazil 23 29 52 Dec- 04 PISA Level II Central America Nicaragua 12 10 22 Dec- 04 Jul-- 05 Specialisation Workshop Central America Basic Safety Training Workshop( FIP- INSI) Mexico 3 9 12 Venezuela 2 23 25 Ago- 05 PISA Workshop Central America Costa Rica 6 6 12 Oct- 05 PISA Workshop South America Venezuela 7 14 Nov- 05 Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Freelance Journalism Dominican 8 26 34 Republic Aug- 06 PISA Level I Central America El Salvador 2 3 5 Aug- 06 Oct- 06 Workshop on Leadership and Development of Strategies to Bolster Trade Union Structures PISA Level I South America El Salvador 4 5 9 Venezuela 8 6 14 Oct- 06 PISA Level II Central America Mexico 3 10 13 Nov- 06 PISA Level II South America Venezuela 10 5 15 Nov- 06 Regional News Agency Conference Venezuela 15 26 41 Dec- 06 Workshop on Leadership and Development of Strategies to Bolster Trade Union Structures Bolivia 6 10 16 TOTAL 144 216 360 INFORME DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL 49 CESOFIP TYPE OF ACTIVITY RESPONSIBLE YEAR CITY Trade Union Qualification Workshops CESOFIP Sep- 04 Popayán/ Cauca Oct- 04 Armenia/ Quindío Nov- 04 Arauca/ Arauca National Meeting of Journalists CESOFIP Feb- 05 Boyacá Second National Meeting of Journalists CESOFIP Mar- 05 Antioquia Trade Union Qualification Workshops CESOFIP Feb- 06 Villavicencio/ Meta Mar- 06 Neiva/ Huila Aug- 06 Leticia/ Amazonas Oct- 06 Montería/ Córdoba Oct- 06 Sincelejo/ Sucre Nov- 06 Tulúa/ Valle Workshop on" Journalism in Armed Conflict Zones" CESOFIP/ MEDIOS PARA LA PAZ Mar- 05 Santa Marta Magdalena Jul- 05 Villa de Leiva Boyacá CESOFIP Nov- 05 Bogotá International Seminar on" Slander: the road to discrimination and self- regulation" Workshop on" Challenges, potential, dilemmas and responsibilities of the press during election periods" Workshop on" Leadership for Journalists" 2 Workshops on" Protection for Journalists" CESOFIP/ MEDIOS Nov- 05 Bogotá PARA LA PAZ CESOFIP Nov- 05 Bogotá CESOFIP/ INSI Jul- 05 Popayán Workshop on" Managing Post- traumatic Stress for Journalists and their Sources" CESOFIP Jun- 06 Bogotá NOTE: The trade union qualification workshops and the associated conferences( around 20) within benefited some 1,000 journalists( 70% men, 30% women). However, it is worth pointing out that the leaders of the organisations are 50% men and 50% women. 100 journalists were qualified at the four INSI workshops. 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