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Akcioni Dokument O Udrużenju Profesionalnih Novinara Na Kosovu Empowered lives. Resilient nations 29. mart 2012. godine Akcioni dokument o Udruženju profesionalnih novinara na Kosovu Sloboda izražavanja u medijima i uloga Udruženja profesionalnih novinara Kosova Asiciacioni i Gazetarëve Profesionistë të Kosovës Association of Professional Journalists of Kosova Kosovo SADRŽAJ I. Uvod .................................................................................................................................. 7 II. Medijski pejzaž .............................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Kratak pregled medijskih kuća i medijskih regulativnih tela ......................................................8 2.2 Udruženje profesionalnih novinara Kosova.......................................................................................9 III. Nalazi ankete „Puls javnosti“ ....................................................................................... 11 IV. Pravni okvir koncepta slobodnog izražavanja ........................................................... 13 4.1 Kratak pregled postojećeg zakonodavstva i njegove primene ..................................................13 4.2 Zakonodavne promene predviđene za 2012. godinu i eventualne posledice na slobodu izražavanja ..............................................................................................................................13 V. Položaj Kosova na Indeksu slobode izražavanja ......................................................... 15 5.1 Međunarodni izveštaji ..............................................................................................................................15 5.2 Uvid i ocena od strane medija i novinara na Kosovu ....................................................................16 V. Preporuke i nastavak aktivnosti ................................................................................... 18 Akcioni dokument o Udruženju profesionalnih novinara na Kosovu 29. mart 2012. godine Sloboda izražavanja u medijima i uloga Udruženja profesionalnih novinara Kosova SPISAK SKRAĆENICA AMPEK Udruženje nezavisnih elektronskih medija Kosova UPNK Udruženje profesionalnih novinara na Kosovu BIRN Balkanska mreža istraživačkog novinarstva EK Evropska komisija ECHR Evropska konvencija o zaštiti ljudskih prava i fundamentalnih sloboda ICCPR Međunarodni pakt o građanskim i političkim pravima i njegovi protokoli NKM Nezavisna komisija za medije IREX Odbor za međunarodno istraživanje i razmenu KTV Kohavision RTK Radio-televizija Kosova RTV21 Radio-televizija 21 SŠK Savet štampe Kosova UNDEF Fond Ujedinjenih nacija za demokratiju UNDP Program Ujedinjenih nacija za razvoj UDH Opšta deklaracija o ljudskim pravima Akcioni dokument o Udruženju profesionalnih novinara na Kosovu 29. mart 2012. godine I. Uvod Na osnovu iskustava sa „Izveštajima ranog upozoravanja“ na Kosovu, program Ujedin- jenih nacija za razvoj (UNDP) je 2010. go- Ovaj akcioni dokument pruža pregled dine započeo projekat pod nazivom „Puls medijskog pejzaža i pravnog okvira o slo- javnosti“. Projekat „Puls javnosti“ pred- bodi izražavanja na Kosovu. U ovom do- stavlja nastavak istraživanja i analiziranja kumentu se takođe definišu šabloni i glavni problematike koja je prikladna za kontekst izazovi sa kojima se mediji suočavaju po Kosova, a cilj projekta je povećanje dijaloga pitanju slobode izražavanja u praksi, is- između institucija vlasti i građana u celini. pituju razlozi koji su doveli do pada javnog Izveštaj projekta „Puls javnosti“ pomera poverenja, ocenjuje zadatak i uloga UPNK analiziranje događaja sa ranog upozora- i nude preporuke za poboljšanje njihovog vanja i sprečavanja sukoba na demokratski rada. Cilj ovog akcionog dokumenta je da dijalog i praćenje institucionalne stabilnosti. doprinese jačanju komunikacije i saradnje Polugodišnja analiza i nastavak rasprave između zainteresovanih strana (medija, no- po pitanjima sa kojima se bavi izveštaj pro- vinara i javnosti), u cilju osiguravanja da se jekta i podaci iz anketa, služe i kao osnova UPNK, u svojstvu institucije na meti anal- za definisanje najprikladnije problematike ize UNDP-a, uključi u unapređenje svojih sa kojima se suočava većina javnosti i za ob- poslovnih običaja i poboljšanje uslova na likovanje stavova o toj problematici. Kao terenu. Delokrug ovog akcionog doku- rezultat toga, UNDP je započeo pripreme menta je ograničen. Namera dokumenta za pravljenje akcionog dokumenta. Svrha nije da postane krovni dokument koji bi akcionog dokumenta je da obrati pažnju na obuhvatio celokupnu problematiku i iza- kretanja u konkretnim stavovima javnosti ili zove sa kojima se suočavaju mediji. Cilj do- kretanja po pitanju problematike od javnog kumenta je ispitivanje problematike koja je interesa, definisanje konkretnih institucija stvorila negativne stavove javnosti o slobodi kao mete analize po toj tematici, pa akcioni izražavanja na Kosovu i da ponudi neke dokument, samim tim, služi kao mehanizam preporuke i raspoložive pravne lekove koji za nastavak obrade konkretne problema- mogu doprineti pozitivnom kratkoročnom tike. Prema rezultatima projekta „Puls ja- i dugoročnom razvoju događaja u tom sek- vnosti“ za 2011. godinu, većina građana toru. Kosova (60%) smatra da mediji na Kosovu ne uživaju slobodu izražavanja. Uprkos tome, iako misle da mediji ne uživaju slobo- du izražavanja, 50% građana Kosova i dalje izgrađuje stavove o problematici sa kojima se Kosovo suočava kroz izveštavanje medija. Dakle, imajući u vidu ključnu ulogu novi- nara u pripremi ovog akcionog dokumenta, UNDP je odabrao Udruženje profesionalnih novinara na Kosovu (UPNK) kao metu svoju analize. 7 Akcioni dokument o Udruženju profesionalnih novinara na Kosovu 29. mart 2012. godine II. Medijski pejzaž 2.1 Kratak pregled medijskih štampe i 5% posredstvom radija.6 kuća i medijskih Glavna regulatorna tela za medije su Nezavis- na komisija za medije (NKM) i Savet štampe regulativnih tela Kosova (SŠK). Nezavisna komisija za medije reguliše rad radio-difuznih medija na Kosovu Medijski pejzaž na Kosovu se sastoji od koji je regulisan članom 131 Ustava Repub- štampanih, radio-difuznih i elektronskih like Kosovo i zasnovan Zakonom br. 02/L- medija. Postoji osam državnih dnevnih 15 o nezavisnoj komisiji za medije i prenos.7 novina. Prema statistici prometa novina, Udruženje nezavisnih elektronskih medija na „Koha Ditore“ je vodeći list u zemlji, a odma Kosovu, koje predstavlja oko 70% elektronskih 1 posle njega sledi „Kosova Sot“. Svih osam medija, blisko sarađuje sa NKM, posebno u novina imaju dnevni promet između 25,000 procesu digitalizacije.8 Međutim, nezavisnost 2 i 35,000 primeraka. Postoji 22 televizijskih NKM nije u potpunosti obezbeđena, jer dva stanica, a program četiri TV stanice se emi- upražnjena radna mesta u odboru Skupštine tuje širem države: Javni emiter Radio Tele- nisu popunjena do kraja 2011. godine zbog vizija Kosova (RTK), privatna Radio Tele- političkog uplitanja. Osim toga, Vlada još uvek vizija 21 (RTV21), Kohavision (KTV) i Klan nije dovršila odgovarajuće izmene i dopune Kosova. Trenutno su na Kosovu aktivne 92 Zakona o NKM. Osim što nudi licenciranje, radio stanice, a program četiri radio stanice NKM je takođe odgovoran za obezbeđivanje se emituje širom države: dve javne radio kvaliteta TV programa i kažnjavanje medi- stanice, Radio Kosovo i Radio Blue Sky, i jskih prestupnika u neophodnim slučajevima, 3 dve privatne, Radio 21 i Radio Dukagjini. iako NKM ne sprovodi taj postupak u praksi. Rejting emitovanja je sledeći: RTK 52%, NKM ne raspolaže sa odgovarajućim prostori- KTV 28%, RTV21 49%, Radio Dukagjini 8%, jama i ima rezervisan stav po pitanju značaja 4 Radio Kosovo 5%, Radio 21.2%. Podaci o prijema žalbi od strane građana. Iako je 2011. godišnjim prihodima od reklamiranja u godine NKM odobrio 12 novih dugoročnih medijskom sektoru ne postoje. Među no- dozvola za emitovanje programa,9 uređivačka vinskim agencijama i informacionim por- nezavisnost javnog emitera RTK, kao najgle- talima nalazimo: Kosova Live, Kosova Press, danijeg emitera u državi, nije zagarantovana.10 Telegrafi, Indeksonline, itd. Štaviše, većina Prema rezultatima ankete „Puls javnosti“, od novina je takođe razvila svoja Internet iz- svih javnih usluga, stanovnici Kosova su bili danja. Statistike korišćenja Interneta na najzadovoljniji radom RTK (40%). Međutim, u Kosovu pokazuju da 53% domaćinstava ima poređenju sa podacima iz prethodnih godina, 5 pristup Internetu, ali ne postoje statistički zadovoljstvo radom ove institucije je takođe podaci o broju čitalaca Internet izdanja no- oslabilo (v. Sliku 1). vina. U anketi koju je sprovela organizacija Index Kosova, 86% ispitanika je izjavilo da se o zbivanjima u zemlji i svetu informišu posredstvom televizije, 7% posredstvom 6 Ibid 2. 1 Indeks za Kosovo, „Portret medija na Kosovu,“ 9. decembar 2008. godine. Stranica poslednji put posećena 25. marta 2012. godine: 7 Zvanična internet stranica Nezavisne komisije za medije, stranica http://www.indexkosova.com/docs/doc2_7.pdf poslednji put posećena 25. marta 2012. godine: http://kpm-ks.org/?faqe=141&gjuha=3 2 Kosovski institut za politička istraživanja i razvoj (KIPRED), „Promet i politizacija štampanih medija na Kosovu“, mart 2010. godine. 8 IREX, „Indeks održivosti medija za 2011. godinu“. Stranica poslednji Stranica poslednji put posećena 25. marta 2012. godine: put posećena 25. marta 2012. godine: http://www.kipred.net/web/upload/Circulation_and_Politicization_ http://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/EE_MSI_2011_Kosovo.pdf of_the_Print.pdf 9 Freedom House, „Sloboda
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