workshops
Delmenhorst September 2008
The latest PLUS meeting was held in Delmenhorst in September 2008 at
the Hanse-Wissenschafts-Kolleg, a
research centre run by the states of Lower Saxony and Bremen which
co-funded the meeting. The participants
decided about project organization and management, finance plans,
dissemination and implementation. Thematic
work groups developed work packages, thematic questions and methodology
of the research. The next meeting will
be held to plan a second book publication irrespective of the EC
decision on funding the project.
Wilhelmshaven April 2008
The third workshop in Wilhelmshaven in April 2008 concentrated on
planning the research project including
research questions and methods, work packages and financial planning.
The index of press freedom and pluralism
was further developed including the matrix of
production, service and participation.
Brussels September 2007
Wilhelmshaven February 2007
During
the first PLUS workshop in Wilhelmshaven in February 2007 the
consortium met for the first time to discuss
current problems of press freedom and pluralism and to form a project
group. The first day was marked by
presentations of the participants on the situation in their respective
countries and on current research results. It
turned out that, although the media systems differ, there are common
problems which can only be solved on a
European scale. On the second day the participants agreed on a common
basis for a collaborative research project
within FP-7 and signed a letter of intent.