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The ministry did not accept the proposals from the association for changing the scoring of commission members for project co-financing of media.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications has not yet responded to the request from journalistic and media associations for changes to the process of project co-financing of media content. Based on the application form for registration in the register for members of the new commissions, it is evident that none of the proposals regarding the scoring of candidates has been accepted.
Project co-financing of media: Call for registration in the Candidate Register for Commission Members
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, based on Article 32 of the Law on Public Information and Media and Article 20 of the Regulation on Co-financing Projects in the Field of Public Information, has invited journalistic and media associations, theorists, analysts, and practitioners in the media field to apply for enrollment in the Register of Candidates for Commission Members via the Unified Information System (UIS).
How Novi Sad Allocated Funds to Media in the Project Co-Financing Competition
The highest amount of funding in this year's competition for project co-financing of media content in Novi Sad was awarded to TV Kanal 9 and Poljoprivrednik, each receiving 1.5 million dinars, according to the resolution on the allocation of funds published today.
Who has been evaluating media content in the competitions for project co-financing all these years?
The selection of members for the committees assessing media projects is one of the most important segments of the project co-financing process. The legal selection of the expert committee is of utmost importance to ensure that the project evaluation process, and consequently the allocation of funds, proceeds in accordance with the law and the legally defined measures and criteria.
Vladan Stefanović's media received 27 million dinars in this year's media competitions.
More than 27 million dinars of public funds have ended up this year in the accounts of media outlets owned by Vladan Stefanović through 16 supported projects. The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications alone contributed 17 million, while the remainder was provided by the Province and the local governments of Subotica and Novi Bečej.
Project co-financing in Novi Pazar: "Lobbying through political structures is key to obtaining funding."
The process of project co-financing for media content in Novi Pazar is non-transparent, influenced by politics, and unfair, as every year more than 70 percent of the funds are allocated to a single media outlet – Radio-Television Novi Pazar, according to representatives of local media from that city.
Competitions in Novi Pazar: A City That Has Been Allocating 70 to 87 Percent of Its Budget to a Single Media Outlet for Years
In the competition for project co-financing of media content in Novi Pazar, more than 75 percent of the financial resources were allocated to Radio-Television Novi Pazar this year, amounting to 30.8 million dinars out of a total of 41 million dinars. The remaining 10 million dinars were distributed among 22 media projects. According to the competition rules, a maximum of 32 million dinars could be awarded to a single project.
The state paid the media for articles featuring fictional individuals.
The network of 24 internet portals owned by retired officer Slavko Stijaković has received nearly half a million euros since 2021 in media financing competitions, despite having plagiarized content in the articles published as part of the projects for which they received budget funds, including quotes attributed to non-existent interlocutors that actually belonged to other individuals.
Media and journalist associations sent MIT a proposal for changes to the project co-financing process
Media associations and journalist associations (Association of Independent Electronic Media, Independent Journalists Association of Serbia, Association of Journalists of Serbia, Local Press and Media Association) agreed on a proposal regarding the necessary changes in the process of project co-financing of media content, which was officially sent to the addresses of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.
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