17th South Caucasus Media Conference
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The 17th Annual South Caucasus Media Conference, entitled “Media Freedom and Access to Information for Resilient Societies: Challenges and Ways Forward”, will offer two sessions. The first session will focus on freedom of the media and access to information in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will also explore if various tools used to protect public health could be helpful in identifying ways to counter the “fake news” phenomenon while ensuring the free flow of information. The second session will present an overview of media freedom developments in the South Caucasus region over the last year, including legislative initiatives and implementation practices, safety of journalists, plurality and diversity of national and local media, and other key issues and challenges pertinent to freedom of expression and media freedom offline and online.
The event will bring together participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia representing the government, media, civil society, academia, as well as international experts to exchange views and best practices on the conference topics.
The working languages of the event will be English and Russian with simultaneous interpretation.
