Interparliamentary Conference UPHOLDING THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, INCLUDING MEDIA FREEDOM, IN THE EU AND BEYOND with Members of the European Parliament and the Pre-Accession Countries' Parliaments Organised by the European Parliament (Democracy Support and Election Co-ordination Group in cooperation with the Committees on Culture and Education and on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and on Foreign Affairs) and the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Prague, 14-15 June 2018 Venue : Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Prague (Czech Republic) LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Contact: Mr Thierry Jacob [email protected] +32 2 28 42277 European Parliament, Directorate for Democracy Support, Pre-Accession Actions Unit EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Ms Barbara SPINELLI Vice-Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs Substitute Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left) Ms Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ Member of the Committee on Culture and Education and of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Substitute Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)) Mr Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Member of the Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and on Budgetary Control (Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)) Ms Eleni THEOCHAROUS Member of the Committee on Development and of the Committee on Petitions Substitute Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Group of the European Conservatives and Reformists) Mr Jiří PAYNE Substitute Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group) PARLIAMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Mr Radek VONDRÁČEK Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (ANO 2011 / ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Mr Ondřej BENEŠÍK MP, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs (KDU-ČSL / EPP - European People's Party (Christian Democrats)) Mr Lubomír ZAORÁLEK MP, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (ČSSD / S&D - Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats) Mr Mikuláš PEKSA MP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Piráti (Czech Pirate Party) / no affiliation in the EP) Mr František KOPŘIVA MP, Member of the Committee on European Affairs (Piráti (Czech Pirate Party) / no affiliation in the EP) Mr Jaroslav BŽOCH MP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member of the Committee on European Affairs (ANO 2011 / ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Mr Jan LIPAVSKÝ MP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Piráti (Czech Pirate Party) / no affiliation in the EP) Mr Leo LUZAR MP, Member of the Committee on Petitions and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom (KSČM / Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left) Ms Alena GAJDŮŠKOVÁ MP, Member of the Committee on Petitions and of the Subcommittee on Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom (ČSSD / S&D - Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats) MP, Member of the Electoral Committee and of the Committee on Science, Ms Marcela MELKOVÁ Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ANO 2011 / ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) SENATE MP, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs Mr Václav HAMPL (KDU-ČSL / EPP - European People's Party (Christian Democrats)) European Parliament, Directorate for Democracy Support, Pre-Accession Actions Unit Interparliamentary conference on 2 UPHOLDING THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, INCLUDING MEDIA FREEDOM, IN THE EU AND BEYOND PARLIAMENT OF ALBANIA Ms Milva EKONOMI Vice Chair of the Committee on Education and Media of Public Information (Socialist Party) Ms Nora MALAJ Member of the Committee on Education and Media of Public Information (Socialist Movement for Integration Party) Mr Musa ULQINI Member of the Committee on Education and Media of Public Information (Socialist Party) Mr Luciano BOCI Member of the Committee on Education and Media of Public Information (Democratic Party) Ms Gazmend BICI Adviser to the Committee PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Mr Mario KARAMATIĆ Member of the Committee on Foreign and Trade Policy, Customs, Transportation and Communication, Second Deputy ; Second Deputy of the Joint Committee on Human Rights,House of Peoples (Hrvatska seljačka stranka – Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)) Ms Nevenka SAVIĆ Expert Advisor, Secretariat of the PA of Bosnia and Herzegovina NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Ms Liljana ZATUROSKA Chair of the Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE)) Mr Blagojche TRPEVSKI Member of the Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment (Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM)) Mr Redjail ISMAILI Member of the Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment (Democratic Union for Integration (DUI)) Mr Blagoja DESPOTOSKI Member of the Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE)) Mr Kiril SIMEV Junior Associate for the Competent Working Bodies in the Area of Agriculture, Forestry, Water Supply Management and Transport, Communications and Environment ASSEMBLY OF KOSOVO1 Mr Nait HASANI Chair of the Committee on Public Administration, Local Governance and Media (Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)) Ms Blerta DELIU KODRA Chair of the Committee for European Integration (Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)) Mr Arban ABRASHI Member of the Committee on Public Administration, Local Governance and Media (Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK)) Member, Committee for Education, Science, Technology, Culture, Youth, Sports, Mrs Albulena BALAJ HALIMAJ Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Nisma për Kosovën (NISMA)) Ms Mirjeta HETA Official, Committee on Public Administration, Local Governance and Media 1 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence European Parliament, Directorate for Democracy Support, Pre-Accession Actions Unit Interparliamentary conference on 3 UPHOLDING THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, INCLUDING MEDIA FREEDOM, IN THE EU AND BEYOND PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO Mr Mihailo ANĐUŠIĆ Member of the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms and the Committee on European Integration (Democratic Party of Socialists) Ms Aleksandra VUKOVIĆ Member of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the Gender Equality Committee (Democratic Party of Socialists) Mr Momčilo MARTINOVIĆ Member of the Committee on European Integration (Democratic Party of Socialists) Mr Aleksandar DAMJANOVIĆ Member, (Non-attached) Ms Ivana TATAR Official, Secretariat of the Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Mr Aleksandar STEVANOVIĆ Member of the European Integration Committee (Non affiliated) Mrs Snežana PAUNOVIĆ Member of the Culture and Information Committee (Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)) Ms Ana STEVANOVIĆ Member of the Culture and Information Committee (Enough is Enough (DJB)) Ms Aleksandra JOVANOVIĆ Senior Adviser, European Integration Committee ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE Mr Harlem DÉSIR Representative on Freedom of the Media Mr Thijs BERMAN Principal adviser, Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media COUNCIL OF EUROPE Ms Silvia GRUNDMANN Head of the Media and Internet Division, Council of Europe EXPERTS Ms Pauline ADÈS-MÉVEL Head of EU-Balkans desk, Reporters without Borders Professor Pier Luigi PARCU Director, Florence School of Regulation Communications & Media, Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute Mr Martin SVÁROVSKÝ Policy Planning Department, Security and Multilateral Affairs Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Mr Jan MACHÁČEK Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society, Czech Republic Mr Oldřich KUŽÍLEK Opened Society (sic!), NGO, Czech Republic European Parliament, Directorate for Democracy Support, Pre-Accession Actions Unit Interparliamentary conference on 4 UPHOLDING THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, INCLUDING MEDIA FREEDOM, IN THE EU AND BEYOND WESTERN BALKANS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND JOURNALISTS Mr Besar LIKMETA Country Director for Albania of BIRN (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network) Ms Milica ANDRIJASEVIĆ Online communication expert, Association of Journalists, Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Leila BIČAKČIĆ Director of CIN - Center for Investigative Journalism, Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr Leart HOXHA Editor, anchor of debate program CLICK on TV21, Kosovo Ms Jeta XHARRA Executive Director, BIRN (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network) Ms Marina TUNEVA Executive Director, Council of Media Ethics of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ms Milka TADIĆ MIJOVIĆ President CINCG, Montenegro Ms Marijana BOJANIĆ CEO Vijesti, Montenegro Mr Željko IVANOVIĆ CEO ND Vijesti, Montenegro EMBASSIES H.E. Mr Riza PODA Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the Czech Republic H.E. Ms Vera MAVRIĆ Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Czech Republic