[spectre] fmedia meeting

[Milo¹ Vojtìchovský]

Meeting of European Free and Community Media initiatives in Prague (Cz) and
Freistadt (A)

Press Conference: Monday, June 7th, 13.00h. NoD. Experimental Space, Dlouha
33, Praha

The accession of ten further states to the European Union on the 1st of May
is a significant historical moment. With the enlargement of the EU a picture
of a coalescending Europe, a place of peace and cooperation is evoked. But
intercultural exchange and cross-border communication between citizens of
neighbouring regions still lag behind the general developments.

Free independent media initiatives - radio, TV, internet, press, public
campaining, cultural, human rights, environmental, etc-particularily foster
communication in local frameworks, but also between and within various
societal and linguistic communities. In the time between the 10th and the
13th of June the FM at dia Forum in Prague and Freistadt wants to bring forward
the exchange and collaboration of various community media between "East" and
"West" including also regions beyond the borders of the enlarged EU.

Free, independent community media complement and correct information which
is produced by mainstream media. Nowadays, they constitute an essential
component in the democratic develpment of our societies. Between the various
regions of the "new Europe" the working conditions for independent media
vary substantially on the political, economic, legal and societal defaults.
The FM at dia Forum shall assist in developing strategies, which support a
general appreciation of Free Media and secure their involvement in the
policies of the European Union.

The expected participants of FM at dia in Prague and Freistadt come from very
different media spheres and sectors of cultural, social and civic societal
dedication. On the first two days an analysis of the developments of the
national and European media landscapes, the composition of a "survival kit
for independent media" and reflections towards sustainable exchange of
programmes and content will be on the agenda. In Freistadt, on the 12th of
June the significance of cross border media activism as a contribution to
autonomous regional developments will be discussed.

FM at dia is an open forum for the formulation and discussion of strategies for
a European network of Free Media.

More information about FM at dia is available on http://fmedia.ecn.cz

online broadcasting: www.radiojeleni.cz/live
Venues:Prag:  NoD. Experimental Space
Dlouha 33 Praha 1, Old Town
http://www.roxy.cz/nod

Freistadt: Salzhof  4240 Freistadt
Salzgasse 15

Organised by:
European Civic Forum, Austria
Federation of Austrian Free Radios
Radio Jeleni, Prague
Radio Corax, Interaudio, Halle
Econnect, Prague
Radio Z, Nurenberg
Center for Contemporary Art, Prague
NoD. Experimental Space, Prague
Radio FRO, Linz

Supported by: sterreichisches Kuratorium fr Presseausweise
Grne Bildungswerkstatt, Austria
Renner Institute, Austria
RTR Broadcast- and Telecom Regulation ltd., Austria
European Cultural Foundation
Austrian Cultural Institute, Prague
Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology
Ecconect s.r.o.Prague
British council Bratislava

Organiser - Contact:
Verband Freier Radios Osterreich
c/o Thomas Kreiseder
Kirchengasse 4
4040 Linz
thomas.kreiseder at fro.at
0043-650-7904281

Local coordination:
Prague: Milos Vojtechovsky (Center for Contemporary Art, Radio Jeleni, Prag)
milos.vojtechovsky at fcca.cz
info at radiojeleni.cz


Freistadt: Otto Tremetzberger (Radio Freistadt)
otto.tremetzberger at fro.at


list of participants:

Participants List
Marc Gruber, Fr,International Journalist Federation Europe)
http://www.ifj.org

Marius Dragomir, Cz,(Open Society Institute, Budapest)
http://www.eumap.org

Ales Ancipienka, Belarus (Belaruskie Kolegium)
http://baj.ru/belkalehium/

Robert Horvitz, Prague (Internet policy)
http://www.internetpolicy.net/

Ricardo Feigel (Medienkompetenzzentrum, Sachsen Anhalt, D)
http://www.lra.de/index_mkz.htm

Eva Thun, (Civil Radio, Hu)
http://www.civilradio.hu

Agnese Trocchi, (Candida TV, Italia)
http://www.telestreet.it

Menno Grootveld,(Proxivision N5M, NL)
http://www.n5m.org

Antonio De Michele (PARK 4DTV, NL)
http://www.parktv.nl

Helmut Peissl, (European
Civic Forum, Federation of Austrian Free Radios)
http://www.civic-forum.org,
http://www.freie-radios.at

Eric Kluitenberg, NL (DeBalie)
http://www.debalie.org

Mihai Pedestru,
Andrei Costina,
Joanne Richardson (Romania)
http://www.d-media.tk

Elina Racholova, Bulg (Bluelink)
http://www.bluelink.net

Ivan Vesely, (Sdruzeno Dzeno, Cz)
http://www.dzeno.org

Iveta Demeterova (RadioRota, CZ)
http://www.radiorota.cz

Norbert Brazda (Changenet.sk) Slovakia
http://www.changenet.sk

Pierre de Jaeger, Belgium (Radio SWAP)
http://www.radioswap.net

Guy van Belle, (Society for Old and New Media, dewaag, NL)
http://www.dewaag.org

Danijela Babic,
Koraljka Dilic,
Sandra Oskorus,
Toni Gabric
(ZamirNet, Cro)
http://www.zamirnet.hr

Saul Albert,(UK)
Michael Weinkove (UK)
http://www.Theps.net

Wally Geyermann,(Radio Z, Germany)
http://www.radio-z.net

Mojca Plansak,(Radio MARS, Slovenia)
Lana Zdravkovia (MARS, Slovenia)
http://www.radiomars.si

Ales Car,(Magazzine Balkanis, Slovenia)

Dejan Ubovic,(Crossradio, Serbia)
http://www.crossradio.org

Francesco Diasio,(Amis.net, Italy)
http://www.amisnet.org

Ferenc Peterfi,
(CivilRadio, Federation of Free Radios, Hun)

Akos Maroy, Edit Blaumann,
Kanada Kaos (Tilos Radio, Hu)
http://www.tilos.hu

Fiona Steinert (Federation of Free Radios, A)
http://www.freie-radios.at

John Grzinich, (MOKS, Estonia)
http://www.mooste.ee

Jeremy Druker,(Transitions On Line, Cz)
http://www.tol.cz

Dougals Arellanes, (Media Development Loan Fund, Cz)
http://www.mdlf.org

Tatiana Goryucheva, (Moscow)
www.debates.nl

Ralf Wendt, Interaudio (GE)
http://www.radioworks.de

Sven Thiermann,(Mechlabor, Ger)
http://mechlabor.net

Michael Liebler, (Radio Z)
http://freie-radios.net

Thomas Kupfer (Radio Corax,
http://interaudio.org G.)

Ingo Leindecker, (Cultural Broadcasting Archive, A)
http://cba.fro.at

Sergey Teterin, (Machinista Festival, RUS)
http://www.machinista.org

Tilman Singer (rebootfm, Ger)
http://reboot.fm

Jan Culik, (Britske Listy)
http://www.blisty.cz

AGORA Central Europe, CZ
http://www.agora-ce.cz

Silvano Galliani (dyne.org) Italy
http://dyne.org

Pavel Zelinka (Radio Akropolis, Cz)
http://www.radioakropolis.cz

David Roethler (Radiopfabrik, Salzburg A)
http://roethler.at

Brenda Leonhard (Bush Radio, Cape Town/South Africa)
http://www.bushradio.co.za/

Adrien Sindayigaya (Bujumbura, Burundi)

Tanja Rother (World Community Service, Ger)
Wera Tritschler (WCS, Ger)
http://www.wfd.de

Pez Ramstorfer (Bootlab, Ger)
http://bootlab.org

Veronika Leiner,
Barbara Huber,
Sandra Hochholzer,
Alexander Baratsits,
Thomas Kreiseder,
Katja Haller,
Otto Tremetzberger
(Radio FRO, A)
http://www.fro.at
http://www.fro.at/migration/
http://www.fro.at/frozine/

Daniel Hromada (Kyberia.sk)
http://www.kyberia.sk

Maria Riskova,
Dusan Barok,
Peter Gonda,
Michael Cudrnak,
Ana Filip (Burundi, Sk)
http://www.burundi.sk

Robert Stachel,
Wolfgang Fuchs (Team Teichenberg, A)
http://wwww.teichenberg.at

Helga Schwarzwald, Fiona Steinert (Radio Orange, A)
http://www.orange.or.at

Marko D. Knudsen (RomNews Network, Ger)
http://www.romnews.com

Anna Matuskova (Revue for Media, Cz/Pl)

Milos Vojtechovsky
Dana Recmanova,
Jan Dufek (radiojeleni.cz)
http://www.radiojeleni.cz

Jim Doherty (Inishowen Community Radio and Craol, Ir)
http://www.icrfm.ie

Reni Hofmueller,A
Wolfgang Weritsch. A
Radio Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.at

Rui Monteiro (Online/More Colour in the Media, NORDSAM, Indvandrer TV)
http://www.multicultural.net/

Andreas Behn (Onda Info, Ger)
http://www.npla.de

Eva Schmidhuber,
Katarzyna Blaszczyk (Radiofabrik, A)
http://www.radiofabrik.at

Katarina Stajancova
(IRS MD-1/Mediaportalk, Sk)
http://www.mediaportal.sk

Boris Chykulay
(Forum of the Ukrainians in the Czech Republic)

Olga Samborska
(Newsletter Tusovka, Ukr)
http://www.savanne.ch/tusovka/index.html.en
http://www.ukrainians.cz

Branka Curcic
(Kuda.org, Serbia)
http://www.kuda.org

Marco Angelucci,
Stefano Gelmini
(Radio Tandem, It)
http://www.radiotandem.it/
http://www.radiopopolare.it/

Michal Klodner
(Visions, Cz)
http://www.visions.cz

Andi Liebl,
Peter Knigsgruber
(Kulturplattform O, A)
http://www.kupf.at

Karel Novotny
ecconect, APC. org. CZ
http://ecn.cz

anna balint (Hungary)

Stepanka Matuskova - Gender Studies, o.p.s.
www.feminismus.cz

etc.

it is an open list and you are invited to join the event, better is to
announce your participation on
fm-connected-l at list.ecn.cz

General information about the mailing list is at:
https://list.ecn.cz/mailman/listinfo/fm-connected-l

the forum is open forum and is set up as a serie of gatherings and meetings
in in next years in different venues.