During last 20 years, numerous media assistance programs have been deployed in the countries of Western Balkans with the aim to develop an independent, professional and sustainable media sector and to support overall democratization. 

This conference aims to discuss the internationally-led media assistance programs, and whether or not they were instrumental for media reforms in the countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia – trying to understand the link between deployed assistance strategies and achieved results in the local context. 

Questions to be addressed are: Can external media assistance result in the creation of sustainable media institutions? How does the context influence the development of media institutions and media outlets that have been established by external influences? Whether or not and how different approaches to media assistance might have different outcomes in terms of sustainability of assistance results in a given context? And how does the interaction between domestic and international actors shape the outcome of institutional building?

Registration

Please register for the conference by sending an email to Ms. Nermina Vračo or you can contact us by phone at (+ 387) 33 215 825. Due to a limited number of available seats, those interested to participate should confirm their attendance before September 20, 2013.