ANNUAL REPORT 2013

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ANNUAL REPORT 2013

Association of Independent Press (API)
ANNUAL
REPORT 2013
General Assembly Meeting of API Members, 25 April 2014
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT PRESS (API)
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I. ACTIVITY COURSES IN 2013:
Continuing advocacy activities in order to improve the legal framework and
the economic status of the media
Developing thematic training for various categories of staff from APImember mass-media institutions
Providing editorial and technical support to API constituents and APImember mass-media institutions
Continuing and extending the resounding media campaigns by developing an
anti-corruption on-line platform
Promoting citizens’ engagement in the process of decision-taking and
journalists’ monitoring of the use of public money
Encouraging the professional growth of journalists
Developing tools for journalistic product self-assessment in terms of gender
dimension
Promoting European integration and the judiciary sector reform
Monitoring reforms in mass-media sector
Promoting ethical journalism and professional deontology, ensuring
institutional support for R. Moldova’s Press Council
Developing internal journalistic self-regulatory mechanisms
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Mediating the provision of advertising services by independent newspapers
by means of API’s Advertising Department
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II. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INDICATORS, SCORED IN 2013
17 statements/calls on the defense of freedom and rights of press and
journalists, produced, signed and submitted to state authorities and
international structures, together with other non-governmental
organisations from mass-media and other sectors
14 training sessions/workshops for journalists and representatives of NGOs,
attended by 219 persons,
12 debates/”round tables” for journalists, local officials, state officers,
opinion leaders, attended by 253 persons,
2 study visits organized for journalists and bloggers on the topic of regional
development (33 participants)
One study visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the members of the Press
Council (11 participants)
One study visit to Moldova for journalistic ethics experts from Bulgaria,
Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania (11 participants)
One international conference on the topic of ethical challenges of
contemporary mass-media (35 participants)
2 API representatives were delegated to the Vth Congress of newspapers
from Ukraine
22 editions of page ACTIV (topics: promoting the judiciary system reform,
against discrimination, press freedom, against informational manipulation,
Europe Day) published and sent for publication to API-member newspapers
and partners
4 editions of thematic supplement „Obiectiv european” published and sent
for publication to 4 API-member newspapers
16 articles for the column “Special reporter” published and sent for
publication to API-member newspapers
33 editions of Regional Press Magazine published and sent to mass-media for
promotion
The Centre for Assistance operated for API members (109 consultations
provided by 3 experts from this Centre during 11 months)
For the first time in Moldovan mass-media, the position of Ombudsman for
API-member newspapers was established (about 100 recommendations sent
to API-member newspapers)
The new version for the portal www.MoldovaCurata.md and the campaign
against informational manipulation by means of mass-media were launched
The previously-built partnerships have been developed and new
partnerships were established with 2 foreign financing organisations and 6
central public authorities (Ministries)
8 projects which had been initiated in the previous year were carried
on/finalized
8 new projects were launched
2 professional contests for journalists, including the contest “API annual
awards for 2013”
Institutional support provided to the national journalistic self-regulatory
structure – Press Council from Republic of Moldova
Money transfers to API members amounted to MDL 951,138.84, including
MDL 149,008.18 for provision of advertising services
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ADVOCACY FOR PRESS FREEDOM, IMPROVING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND
THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF MASS-MEDIA, IN OTHER ASSOCIATED FIELDS
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17 statements/calls signed/initiated by API in the year 2013:
 Media NGOs: M. Ghimpu should apologize for his attacks against mass-media
(29 January 2013);
 Statement on subscribing to the Appeal for unity, launched by His Excellency
Mr. Nicolae Timofti, President of Republic of Moldova (28 February 2013);
 Media non-governmental organisations express their concern in relation to
the aggression against the shooting team of Pro TV Chişinău television
channel, while performing their duties (1 March 2013);
 Media non-governmental organisations are confused about the declaration
of Higher Magistrate’s Council with regard to the alleged campaign „for
exercising pressure against the judiciary system” (29 March 2013);
 Statement for condemning the intention of Liberal Party to re-instate
criminal punishment for defamation, criticized by media NGOs (5 April
2013);
 Media organistions call upon the General Prosecutor’s Office to refrain from
pressures as regards the disclosure of sources (18 April 2013);
 Memorandum on press freedom in Republic of Moldova during 3 May 2012 – 3
May 2013;
 Statement of IJC and API with regard to the dispute between Publika TV and
Jurnal TV (20 May 2013);
 Media NGOs request that the ensurance of transparency in the decisiontaking process is guaranteed (8 July 2013);
 Non-governmental organisations call upon the Popular Assembly of TAU
Gagauz Yeri to avoid allowing interferences in the activity of regional public
broadcaster (9 July 2013);
 Public call upon Higher Magistrate’s Council / provisions of Regulation on
public information service and relationships with mass-media (29 July
2013);
 Call for the organization of a public contest in order to select the
candidates for the position of members of Higher Magistrate’s Council (3
September 2013);
 Statement for condemning the intention of High Court of Justice
Chairperson to re-instate criminal liability for defamation (11 September
2013);
 Media NGOs: restricting the journalists’ access to a public event is illegal /
“Glia Drochiană” (30 September 2013)
 Media NGOs request clarification with regard to “Ziarul de Gardă” editorial
office being threatened (18 October 2013);
 Media NGOs condemn the disorderly conduct of deputy Iurie Muntean (21
November 2013);
 Call for the selection of law associate professors as members of Higher
Magistrate’s Council (20 December 2013).
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Being established in 2008 at API’s initiative, t he Public Private Work Group
for Strengthening Media continued its activity. On 26 March 2013, the debate
entitled “Actual stage of legislative and normative initiatives covering massmedia from Republic of Moldova” took place, and it was attended by 18
persons – members of the Parliament, representatives of regulatory authorities,
journalists, media experts.
API requested the acceleration of reforms in massmedia, introducing the issues and priorities in this sector to
the Parliamentary Commission for culture, education,
research, youth, sport and mass-media, during a meeting at
the Parliament of Republic of Moldova on the occasion of
World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2013)
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API performed advocacy for the real implementation of Law no. 221 of
17.09.2010 on the privatization of public periodicals, by informing structures
which are entitled to check the compliance with legislation: Government, Parliament,
General Prosecutor’s Office, State Chancellery, Financial Inspection, etc. Thus, on
the agenda of Government sitting, initially
planned for 9 January 2013 and further rescheduled for 10 January 2013, the issue „On the
approval of draft law for completing Law no. 121XVI of 4 May 2007 on the management and
privatization of public property” was included, by
which the Ministry of Economy intended to include
all public periodicals financed by municipal and
local councils from the state budget in the list of
goods not subject to privatisation. In order to
prevent it, API sent letters and held numerous
discussions with many persons from decisiontaking structures (members of the Parliament, ministers, governmental advisors,
etc.). As an outcome of these efforts, the Government decided to amend the
appendix with the periodicals to be included in the list of goods not subject to
privatization. On 11 January 2013, API forwarded specific proposals to the
Government in relation to the public periodicals which should be excluded from the
draft law of the Ministry of Economy. The concerned proposals were accepted, but the
legislative procedure for amending the legislation lasted till July 2013, when the
Parliament adopted the amendments in the framework-law regulating the
management and privatization of public property.
Throughout the year 2013, API consolidated the previously-established
partnerships, and developed new partnerships with the Ministries of Justice,
Education, Health, Domestic Affairs, Labour, Social Protection and Family,
Reional Development and Construction. Thus, API provided the expertise
requested by the Ministry of Justice for some issues which cover mass-media
legislation; provided assistance to the Ministries of Education, Health, Domestic
Affairs, Labour, Social Protection and Family for drafting some special regulations
for communication in cases mirroring children in a bad light. A separate Agreement
on partnership and collaboration was concluded with the Ministry of Regional
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Development and Constructions, which foresees the promotion of journalistic
subjects about regional development on the agenda of mass-media (7 October
2013);
On 30 April 2013, API launched the new version of the website
www.MoldovaCurata.md, basing on the webpage of the Civic
Coalition for a Clean Parliament (ICPC). The website stands for an
on-line media platform, focusing on the topic of public officials’
integrity and the monitoring of National Integrity Commission (CNI)
by using means typical for journalistic work.
In May 2013, API launched the campaign
„Manipulation fools. Do not allow
anyone think instead of you!” The campaign includes
monitoring mass-media institutions for detecting
manipulative manners of presenting public interest
information, debates at the topic of informational
manipulation, broadcasting promotional anti-manipulation clips, publishing the
thematic page ACTIV etc.
Institutional support to the Press Council of Republic of Moldova
API, acting as founder of the Press Council from Republic of Moldova, provides
continuous institutional support to this journalistic self-regulatory structure
and accesses funds to ensure the operation and development of the Press
Council.
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On 26 April 2013, API and the Press Council organised a regional „round table” in
Chisinau, on the topic „Ethical challenges of contemporary mass-media”, which was
attended by 35 persons, including foreign experts visiting Moldova at the invitation of
Press Council (from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Estonia), members of
Moldova Press Council, journalists, experts of non-governmental organisations from
mass-media sector, representatives of Council of Observers under the National Public
Broadcasting Institution „Compania Teleradio-Moldova”, university lecturers. The
media experts from various countries agreed upon the
following needs: to intensify educational activities among
media product consumers; to provide assistance to
officers from public structures for drafting practical
guidelines for communication with mass-media in the
view of ensuring the freedom of media discourse, as well
as observing the rights of persons who are socially
disfavoured; to produce sets of recommendations for
journalists and mass-media institutions as regards
retrieval of information from socialising networks without
harming the privacy and dignity of people etc.
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SPECIALISED TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR VARIOUS STAFF CATEGORIES WITHIN
MASS-MEDIA INSTITUTIONS
During 2013, API organised and conducted 14 training activities, which
were attended by 219 employees of API-member editorial offices, and from
other mass-media institutions and NGOs, including:
 Training session: „Freedom of expression and access to information: national
legislation and ECHR practice” (25 January 2013, 15 participants)
 Training session „Contemporary media design” (22 February 2013, 15
participants)
 Two training sessions on new-media and webpage development (1 March
2013: „Opportunities provided by new-media”; 15 March 2013;
“Informational technologies for developing webpages”, overall – 36
participants)
 Workshop on the topic of mass-media self-assessment through gender
dimension (17 May 2013, 27 participants)
 Three training sessions for NGO representatives on the topic of
communication strategies (17 May 2013, 26 June 2013, 28 June 2013,
overall – 49 participants)
 Four regional training sessions on the compliance with journalistic
deontology norms (19 September 2013, Bălți: collaborators of newspapers
„SP”, „Ecoul Nostru” and „Unghiul”; on 18 October 2013, Soroca:
collaborators of newspapers „Observatorul de Nord”, „Cuvântul” and „Glia
Drochiană”; 22 November 2013, Cimişlia: collaborators of newspapers
„Gazeta de Sud”, „Cuvântul Liber” and „Ora Locală”; 6 December 2013,
Chiținău: collaborators of newspapers „Jurnal de Chişinău”, „Ziarul de
Gardă”, „Expresul”, „Est Curier” and „Natura”; overall – 48 participants)
 Two training sessions for journalists on the justice sector reform (15
November 2013, 20 December 2013, overall – 29 participants)
Also, in the year 2013 API organized and developed 12 debates/”round
tables” for journalists, local counsillors, officials, opinion leaders, attended by
253 persons, including:
 Four regional public debates/”round tables” focused on citizens’
involvement in the decision-taking process (23 January 2013, Căuşeni; 25
January 2013, Bălți; 30 January 2013, Cahul; 29 March 2013, Chiținău;
overall – 87 participants)
 Sitting of the public-privat working group, examining the actual stage of
legislative initiatives related to mass-media activity in Moldova (26 March
2013, 18 participants)
 Debates “Study for assessing the short, medium and long-term necessities of
API constituents” (19 April 2013, 20 participants)
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 Debates on the occasion of launching the new version of website
www.moldovacurata.md (30 April 2013, 24 participants)
 Debates on the topic of Press Council activity (17 October 2013, 17 students
from Journalism Faculties)
 Debates „The access of the public to statements on income and property on
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the Internet: legal contradictions and modalities to settle them” (30
October 2013, 19 participants)
 Debates „Harshening sanctions for dignitaries and officials failing to declare
or erroneously declaring their income, property and personal interests” (27
November 2013, 23 participants)
 Debates on the implementation of Law on privatization of public periodicals
(10 December 2013, 28 participants)
 „Press club” on regional development topic (4 November 2013, Bălți, 17
participants)
API organised two study tours to regions where regional development
projects are being implemented, for journalists and bloggers (25 October
2013, Regional Development Agency South; 20 November 2013, Regional
Development Agency Centre; overall – 33 participants).
API organised a study visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, for Moldova Press
Council members (15 – 19 January 2013, 11 participants)
API organised a study visit to Moldova for journalistic ethics experts from
Bulgaria, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Romania (23-27 April 2013,
11 participants)
API organised an international conference on the topic of ethical
challenges of contemporary mass-media (26 April 2013, 35 participants)
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2 API representatives were delegated to the Vth Congress of newspapers
in Ukraine (18 October 2013 , Kiev)
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EDITORIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT, PROVIDED TO API-MEMBER MASSMEDIA INSTITUTIONS
API published and sent for publication:
22 editions of ACTIV page, including:
 Three editions of ACTIV for promoting involvement in community life
(January -April 2013)
 Twelve editions of ACTIV for promoting justice sector reform
(February – December 2013)
 A special edition of ACTIV dedicated to Press Freedom Day
(May 2013)
 A thematic page „Obiectiv European”, dedicated to Europe
Day (May 2013)
 One edition of ACTIV against informational manipulation by
means of mass-media (July 2013)
 4 editions of ACTIV against discrimination (September –
December 2013)
4 editions of the thematic supplement „Obiectiv european” (8 pages) for
newspapers: „Cuvântul”, „Gazeta de Sud”, „Jurnal de Chişinău”, „Observatorul
de Nord” (January – May 2013)
16 articles under the category „Special Reporter”, including 13 articles on
the judiciary system reform
API published 33 editions of „Regional press magazine”and sent hem to
national mass-media for promotion.
API developed the Centre of Assistance for API members, which provided
consultancy/assistance in 109 situations throughout 11 months (July 2012 –
May 2013), including: economist-accountant - 41 situations, media-designer
- 41 situations, legal expert-lawyer – 27 situations.
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In September 2013, the position of Ombudsman of API-member
newspapers was established for the first time for Moldovan mass-media
(about 100 recommendations sent to API-member newspapers during
September-December 2013)
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PROFESSIONAL CONTESTS
Throughout the year 2013, API organized and developed 3 contests,
including one for representatives of local public authorities and two
professional contests for journalists, which were:
 Contest for mayoralties „The best citizens’ involvement action in the
decision-taking process”
Twenty portfolios had been received for the
contest; winners: first place (USD 1000) –
Băhrineşti village hall from Floreşti district;
second place (USD 700) – Cantemir town hall:
third place (USD 500) - Calfa village hall,
Anenii Noi district.
 Contest for mass-media instittions „The most
efficient media campaign for monitoring the
use of public money”
Four portfolios had been sumitted for the contest; winners: first place
(USD 500) was not awarded; second place (USD 400) – editorial office of
„Cuvântul” newspaper from Rezina; third place (USD 300) - portal
www.colonita.eu.
 „API’s internal awards 2013”
(the festivity took place during the meeting of API
members, 19 April 2013):
„The best reporter” (13 candidates, winner – Olga Bulat,
„Ziarul de Gardă”)
„The best investigation” (5 candidates, winner – Iurie
Sanduţa, „Ziarul de Gardă”)
„The best photograph” (9 candidates, winner – Nadia Roşcovanu, „Jurnal
de Chişinău”)
„The best social action” (4 candidates, winner – Newspaper „Cuvântul”)
„The best website” (14 candidates, winner – www.jc.md)
„Newspaper with the best design” (15 candidates, winner – „Ziarul de
Gardă”)
„Manager of the year” (3 candidates, winner –
Nicolae Sanduleac, „Unghiul”)
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National contest „10 journalists of the year
2013”
Three colleagues from API are among the ten
journalists who received the „crystal ball”. They
are: Marina Bzovaia („SP”, Bălţi), Lilia Zaharia
(API special reporter), Iurie Sănduţa („Ziarul de
Gardă”), and Ina Landa („Expresul”, Ungheni) was awarded the prize
„Hope of the year”.
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PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN 2013:
a) Projects launched in the previous year /years and continued in 2013:
„Developing new media and photo-journalism in independent
media from R. Moldova”
Implementation period: February 2012 – March 2013,
Financing organisation: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) / USA,
Total budget: $39,274.00
Goal of the project:
Strengthening the position of independent newspapers on the media
market from R. Moldova by creating or improving multimedia and
photographic products.
Project activities developed in the year 2013:
- training session „Opportunities provided by new-media”;
- training session „Informational technologies for developing websites”.
„Promoting good practices of monitoring the local-level decisiontaking process”
Implementation period: March 2012 – May 2013,
Financing organisation: Soros-Moldova Foundation,
Promoting the transparency of the decision-taking process, by
encouraging citizens to engage in sorting out community problems and
monitoring the use of public financial means at the local level.
- 3 regional thematic „round tables” on how to monitor the decisiontaking process - „Practices for involving citizens in the decision-taking
process and monitoring the use of public money” (Căuşeni, Bălţi, Cahul);
- one national-scale „round table” - „Citizens’ involvement in the process
of decision-taking and monitoring the fulfilment of adopted decisions:
realties of the year 2012”;
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- organisation of contests: „The best action of citizens’ involvement in the
decision-taking process” and „The most efficient media campaign for
monitoring the use of public money”, and awarding of winners.
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„Continuing the project „Developing study and analysis capacities
of API”
Implementation period: June 2012 – June 2013,
Financing organisation: FHI 360,
Total budget (2010-2013): MDL898,626.00
Goal of the project: Enhancing analysis and documentation capacities for
studying local press problems, by means of establishing the Study and
Documentation Department within API.
- training session „Freedom of expression and Access to information:
national legislation and ECHR practice”;
- training session „Contemporary media design”;
- working session of the Public-Private Working Group for strengthening
media „Actual stage of legislative and regulatory initiatives pertaining to
the activity of R. Moldova’s mass-media”;
- debates „Study for assessing the short, medium and long-term
necessities of API constituents”;
- assistance for communication strategy development provided to six
NGOs;
- training session „Communication strategies for NGOs: modern
procedures and techniques”;
- training session „Efficient communication: from press release to public
events”;
- assistance provided to API members within the Centre for assistance for
independent media.
”Assistance programme for privatisation of public periodicals”
Implementation period: June 2012 – December 2013,
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Speeding up the implementation of Law no.221 of 17.09.2010 on the
privatisation of public periodicals, by adjusting the national legal
framework and providing consulting services to central and local public
authorities and state publications during the privatisation process.
- specialised assistance for central public authorities (Ministry of Justice,
Ministry of Economy) in the process of public periodicals’ privatisation;
- ensuring consultations to local public authorities during the privatisation
of public periodicals;
- organising and developing a national-scale round table „Implementation
of Law on the privatisation of public periodicals”;
- publishing the Guidelines „20 questions and answers with regard to
privatisation of public periodicals” and distributing the concerned
Guidelines to local/municipal public authorities.
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„Supplement „Obiectiv European”
Implementation period: August 2012 – May 2013
Financing organisations: East European Foundation, „Friedrich-EbertStiftung” Foundation, Total budget: $36,024.00
Informing the public opinion from R. Moldova about the European Union,
European values and good practices, European integration process,
activities and policies implemented by Moldovan authorities under the
process of our country’s European integration, Eastern Partnership and R.
Moldova’s place in a new Europe.
- publishing 4 editions of the supplement „Obiectiv European” and
distributing it alongside with the newspapers „Jurnal de Chişinău”,
„Gazeta de Sud”, „Cuvântul”, „Observatorul de Nord”;
- publishing a thematic page „Obiectiv European” on the occasion of
celebrating Europe’s Day and distributing it alongside with 17 newspapers:
„Unghiul”, „Gazeta de Sud”, „Observatorul de Nord”, „Cuvântul Liber”,
„Ecoul Nostru”, „Est Curier”, „Glia Drochiană”, „Expresul”, „SP”, „Ora
Locală”, „Ziarul de Gardă”, „Jurnal de Chişinău”, „Opinia Liberă”,
„Panorama”, „Adevărul de Anenii Noi”, „Curierul de Hînceşti”, „Vesti
Gagauzii”.
„Mass-media responsibility: journalistic self-regulatory practices”
Implementation period: October 2012 – April 2013,
- visit undertaken by a group of members from R. Moldova’s Press Council
and Moldovan media experts to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in order to learn
the experience of Press Council operation in this country, the impact of
decisions taken by the journalistic self-regulatory structure upon the
professional conduct of mass-media institutions, interaction with the
multi-ethnical public and mass-media published in various languages;
- study visit to Republic of Moldova undertaken by a group of media
experts and representatives of journalistic self-regulatory structures from
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia and Romania, in order to
become familiar with Moldovan reality in press freedom sector and learn
the experience of operation of Moldovan journalistic self-regulatory
structure;
- Regional conference "Ethical challenges of contemporary mass-media".
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Establishing and developing a regional dialogue among representatives of
mass-media experts communities, namely representatives of structures
monitoring the compliance with ethical and professional conduct norms,
originating in countries with a different level of development of
journalilstic self-regulatory structures.
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„Organising and facilitating self-assessment through gender
dimension of print and electronic media”
Implementation period: October 2012 – December 2013,
Financing organisation: UN Women Program in Moldova,
Total budget: MDL1,137,430.00
Promoting gender equality and self-assessment of print and electronic
media.
- developing a workshop on self-assessment through gender dimension;
- conducting the monthly editorial content’s self-assessment in terms of
gender dimension by 17 mass-media institutions: „Unghiul”, „Expresul”,
„Ecoul Nostru”, „Glia Drochiană”, „Jurnal de Chişinău”, „SP”, „Natura”,
„Adevărul”, Agenţia de ştiri IPN, „Trud 7 Moldova”, www.gagauzinfo.md,
www.hotnews.md, www.trm.md, www.stiripozitive.eu,
www.unimedia.info, www.pentruea.md, www.colonita.eu;
- developing three quarterly reports and a final report on selected media
self-assessment through gender dimension;
- producing an online brochure containing good practices for media selfassessment through gender dimension.
„Objective information regarding the justice sector reform in
Republic of Moldova”
Implementation period: December 2012 – June 2014,
Financing organisation: USAID Rule of Law Institutional Strengthening
Program, Total budget: $70,634.00
Ensuring the correct understanding of the judiciary system reform in
Moldova by rural inhabitants, by means of objective information and
public debates on the implementation of this reform.
- publishing 12 editions of thematic page „Activ”, in Romanian and Russian
languages, which is being distributed in 18 local and regional newspapers,
with a circulation of approximately 70 thousand copies, and publicising the
stages of implementing the judicial system reform in Republic of Moldova;
- updating the special column entitled “Justice Reform” on API’s website
and on Facebook socializing network;
- training session „Justice sector reform: provisions, accomplishments,
difficulties” in Romanian language;
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- training session „Justice sector reform: provisions, accomplishments,
difficulties” in Russian language.
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b) projects launched or implemented in the year 2013:
„www.moldovacurata.md - on-line platform with regard to the
integrity of public officials”
Implementation period: January 2013 - February 2014,
Promoting the principle of public officials’ integrity and monitoring the
operation of mechanisms for controlling the statements on income and
personal interests
by means of on-line media platform
www.moldovacurata.md
- Re-organising the website www.moldovacurata.md ;
- Conducting a promotional mini-campaign prior to launching the new
version of website www.moldovacurata.md ;
- „Round table” on the occasion of launching the new version of website
www.moldovacurata.md ;
- Debate:„Public access to the statements on income and property in the
Internet: legal contradictions and settling modalities”;
- Debate:„Harshening sanctions for officials who fail to declare or declare
erroneously their income, property and personal interests”;
- Updating the webpage www.moldovacurata.md on a regular basis;
- Monitoring the activity of the National Integrity Commission (CNI);
- Clarifying cases of non-declaration of property and personal interests by
public officials.
„Institutional support for Moldovan Press Council”
Implementation period: February 2013 – April 2014,
Financing organisation: East-European Foundation,
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Strengthening quality journalism and good journalistic practices in
Moldova, by ensuring the operation and promotion of the Press Council as
self-regulatory mechanism, which mediates the disputes between media
institutions and information consumers, in the light of mutual dialogue
and respect between the press and the readers.
- organising and developing current sittings of the Press Council and the
activities of settling disputes between media product consumers and
mass-media institutions;
- organising and developing a „round table” on mass-media’s
responsibility in relation to the public;
- organising and developing a meeting with students from Journalism
Facultes in Chisinau;
- ensuring the participation of Moldova Press Council membes at the
Conference of European Alliance of Press Councils (Tel Aviv, Israel,
September 2013) and the reunion of Regional network of journalistic selfregulatory structures (Odessa, Ukraine, September 2013).
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„Campaign against informational manipulation by means of massmedia”
Implementation period: April – November 2013,
Financing organisation: Free Press Unlimited (the Netherlands),
Total budget: 10,000.00 Euro
Reducing the effects of informational manipulation by educating citizens
and publicly signalling cases of manipulation by means of mass-media.
- Launching the campaign against informational manipulation;
- Drafting and developing the products of the campaign against
informational manipulation;
- Drafting the methodology for monitoring mass-media institutions at the
topic of manipulative coverage of public interest information;
- Publishing one thematic page against ACTIV informational manipulation
and inserting it in 16 national and local newspapers: „Unghiul”, „Gazeta
de Sud”, „Observatorul de Nord”, „Cuvântul Liber”, „Cuvântul”, „Ecoul
Nostru”, „Est Curier”, „Glia Drochiană”, „Ziarul de Gardă”, „Expresul”,
„SP”, „Jurnal de Chişinău”, „Căuşenii”, „Vesti Gagauzii”, „Opinia Liberă”,
„Ziarul Naţional”.
„Strengthening journalistic ethics and promoting an antidiscrimination campaign in mass-media”
Implementation period: June 2013 - January 2014,
Financing organisation: Civil Rights Defenders (Sweden),
Total budget: 27,700.00 Euro
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Strengthening and ensuring the practical implementation of journalistic
ethics knowledge for a balanced and objective information of the public,
promoting human rights, protecting victims and children, promoting
tolerance and non-discrimination in relation to minority groups and
persons in difficult condition.
- Organising and developing four in-house training sessions „Journalistic
ethics: deontology norms and real practices” (Baltsi, Soroca, Cimişlia,
Chisinau);
- Hiring API Ombudsman, ensuring the activity of API Ethics Committee;
- Monitoring the compliance of API-member publications with journalistic
ethics rules, drafting and examining API Ombudsman’s reports;
- Conducting a mini-campaign against discrimination by means of the
monthly publication of thematic page Activ (4 editions) and its
distribution alongside with 16 newspapers: „Unghiul”, „Gazeta de Sud”,
„Observatorul de Nord”, „Cuvântul”, „Cuvântul Liber”, „Ecoul Nostru”,
„Est Curier”, „Glia Drochiană”, „Expresul”, „SP”, „Ora Locală”, „Vesti
Gagauzii”, „Jurnal de Chişinău”, „Ziarul de Gardă”, „Curierul de Hânceşti”,
„Profsoiuznîie Vesti”;
- re-organising and modernising API’s website www.api.md
Annual report 2013
„Effort integration and joint advocacy of non-governmental
organisations for ensuring real progress in mass-media sector”
Implementation period: iulie 2013 – iunie 2014,
Financing organisation: Fundaţia Soros-Moldova,
Speeding up the processes of adoption and implementation of the legal
and normative framework, necessary for mass-media development in R.
Moldova, by means of intensifying legitimate pressure jointly exercised by
experts and non-governmental organisations in the field upon political
decisions.
- Developing periodical consultations with experts and leaders of nongovernmental organisations with regard to the stage of implementing
previously-adopted laws, which regulate mass-media activity, and the
stage of examining drafts of legislative initiatives in this field;
- Ensuring the documentation and development of a study on the
implementation of necessary reforms in mass-media sector throughout
the years 2009-2013.
„Integrated efforts for promoting regional development on massmedia’s agenda”
Implementation period: September 2013 – April 2014,
Financing organisation: German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ),
Total budget: 336,601.00 MDL
Increasing journalistic knowledge and abilities to cover professionally the
regional development activities, as well as building the skills of officials
under regional development structures in order to communicate with
mass-media institutions more efficiently.
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- signing the agreement on partnership and collaboration between API
and the Ministry of Regional Development with regard to project
implementation;
- Organising and developing a „press club” jointly with Regional
Development Agency North (Baltsi) on the regional development topic;
- Organising and conducting two study tours for journalists and bloggers
in regions where regional development projects are being implemented
(RDA South and RDA Centre);
- Producing trade-union articles on regional development topics and their
publication in newspapers and on-line media.
Annual report 2013
„Building capacities of public institutions and mass-media to
ethically approach issues related to child’s rights”
Implementation period: September 2013 – December 2014,
Financing organisation: UNICEF - Moldova,
Total budget: 449,715.00 MDL
Improving mass-media’s coverage of sensitive child-related issues
(children-victims of abuse and violence, children in conflict with the law,
children in difficult situations, etc.) and ensuring that public structure
professionals interact with journalists and mass-media to the best interest
of the child and their family.
- developing regulations and special internal guidelines on the efficient
communication with mass-media for four central public authorities:
Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family.
„Promoting objective journalism and enhancing the level of
education of inhabitants from Moldova’s regions in mass-media
sector”
Implementation period: October 2013 – September 2014,
Financing organisation: NED (USA),
Reducing the impact born by informational manipulation through
signalling cases of manipulative coverage of information by mass-media,
as well as building citizens’ capacities to analyse and assess mass-media
products.
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- Selecting and training operators who will monitor mass-media
institutions as regards the coverage of public interest information.
Annual report 2013
TRANSFERS TO API MEMBERS 2013
•
Total amount transferred to API members (including for provision of advertising
services): MDL 951,138.94
•
Registered an increase by 22.5% as compared to the year 2012 (MDL 776,503.52
in 2012)
Contrastive table showing the transfers to API members for the last three years
(in MDL):
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(Annex 1: Total transfers to newspapers 2013)
Annual report 2013
MEDIATING ADVERTISING SERVICES 2013
The amount transferred for provision of advertising services: MDL 149,008.18
Registered a decrease by 9.16% as compared to the year 2012
(MDL164,026.04)
Contrastive table showing the transfers for provision of advertising services for
the last three years (in MDL):
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(Annex 2: Total transfers - advertising - newspapers 2013)
Annual report 2013
FINANCIAL REPORT 2013 (in MDL)
Total income
Grants / projects / contracts
Provision of advertising services
Subscription to newspapers
Total costs
including:
Program/project costs
Publication of „Activ” page
Printing / insertion/ distribution of “Obiectiv European”
Costs for self-assessment through gender dimension
Services - publication of articles
Advertising services within projects
Prizes within projects
Salaries and taxes
Information services
Communication services (telephone, Internet, post)
Transportation services, gasoline
Rent and communal services
Banking services
Consumables and material expenses
(stationery, food services, guideline, etc.)
Other services (audit, 1C accounting software service, legal
services, consultancy, rent of hall, hotel accommodation,
perdiems, etc.)
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Costs for producing advertising
Costs for providing advertising services
Salaries and taxes
4,458,772
4,175,246
275,046
8,480
4,497,031
4,120,877
503,334
140,520
512,062
18,603
78,616
32,069
1,772,100
69,870
50,590
199,520
168,197
18,189
313,909
243,298
263,693
167,023
96,670
General and administrative costs
112,461
Salaries and taxes
8,120
Wear and tear of assets, amortization of intangible assets
29,354
Consumables and material expenses
17,831
2,125
Banking services
2,149
Taxes and fees
331
BATI fee
4,200
Prticipation fee for the Vth Congress of newspapers in Ukraine
2,402
th
Travel costs for participating in the V Congress of newspapers
in Ukraine
1,778
API-members’ travel allowance
6,060
Donation - paper for newspaper (Gazeta de Sud)
16,308
Other costs and services
21,803
Profit according to balance sheet in the year 2013
Annual report 2013
31,204
FLOW OF PECUNIARY MEANS 2013 (in MDL)
Receipt
4,458,772
Grants / projects/ contracts
Providing advertising services
Membership fees
Transfers to newspapers
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Project activities
Providing advertising services
Annual report 2013
4,334,954
370,208
5,310
18,590
951,139
802,131
149,008
OBJECTIVES 2014
Continuing the training of various categories of staff within editorial offices
Developing the Centre of Assistance for API members
Strengthening API self-regulatory mechanisms: Ethics Committee and API
Ombudsman
Advocacy for the draft laws which ensure the media’s economic development
Developing API’s and API-members’ web resources
Setting up and developing an on-line platform on professional journalism topic
Developing the campaign against informational manipulation
Continuing the self-assessment of mass-media institutions through gender
dimension
Monitoring mass-media institutions during the election campaign for
Parliamenary elections 2014
Developing partnerships with journalistic organisations from the country and
abroad
Conducting activities for promoting and extending API
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Developing API’s Advertising Department
Annual report 2013
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
API Team
API Chairperson
API Board of Directors
Partners
Financing organisations
FOR A PROFESSIONAL, UNBIASED AND STRONG PRESS
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(Th report was written and presented by Petru Macovei, API Executive Director)
Annual report 2013
Annex 1: Total transfers to newspapers 2013
Annual report 2013
Annex 2: Total transfers - advertising - newspapers 2013
Annual report 2013

ANNUAL REPORT 2013

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