Conference

Military & Media

Confidence Building between Armed Forces and the Civil Society

HOTEL HOLIDAY INN, SKOPJE / MACEDONIA, January 24/25, 2003

co-organized by the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCAF
and medienhilfe

• Program of the Conference

• List of Participants

• Conference Report with conclusions and suggestions for a possible follow-up

• Presentations and papers submitted to the conference
  (all documents in un-edited version as PDF):

  Friday, 24 January 2003

Welcome and Opening

• Mr. Theodor Winkler, on behalf of DCAF

• Mr. Roland Brunner on behalf of medienhilfe

• Mr. Vlado Buchkovski, Minister of Defence, on behalf of the host country

• Mr. Stephan Nellen, on behalf of the Swiss Embassy in Macedonia

Introductory Panel: Setting the Problem (Moderator: Mr. Roland Brunner)

• Ms. Biljana Vankovska, University of Skopje, “The Military, Security Sector Reform and the Media in Macedonia: Public control and/or Confidence-Building”

• Mr. Marjan Gjurovski, Spokesman MoD, “Public relations in the context of the Macedonian defence system”

Panel 1: International standards (Moderator: Mr. Otfried Nassauer)

• Mr. Henry Bolton, OSCE Office, “Media Reporting Standards and the Media’s Role in Public Control Over Security Forces”

• Mr. Mark Laity, Nato Spokesman FYROM (Macedonia): The Media and the Military - a marriage of convenience?

Saturday, 25 January 2003

Panel 2: Regional practice and experience (Moderator: Ms. Bisera Turkovic)

• Mr. Igor Mekina, Editor Mladina: State secrets and public information in Slovenia

• Ms. Jovanka Matic, Belgrade Center for Civil-Military Relations: Media as a tool for the public accountability of the military: Experiences from Serbia

Panel 3: Practice and experiences in Macedonia - Lessons (not) Learnt
(Moderator: Ms. Biljana Vankovska)

• Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, Macedonian National Security Adviser: Military and the media - Between the war and the truth

• Mr. Saso Ordanoski, Editor-in-Chief Forum Magazine: Military and the media: To love and to hate

• Mr. Roberto Belichanec, Media Development Institute, The Military and Media: Practice and Law

Panel 4: Wrap-up Session: Recommendations and Follow-up Ideas
(Moderator: Mr. Roland Brunner)

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