Two candidates reached the maximum of 20 participations in the selection committees.

Independent media experts Valentin Mik and Jasmina Mijajlović have so far been appointed to 20 committees each for project evaluation in media competitions, which is the prescribed maximum per person for membership in these bodies, according to the register of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

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Two candidates reached the maximum of 20 participations in the selection committees.

Mik has been appointed so far in Kladovo, Ražanj, Bogatić, Arilje, Kostolac, Golubac, Ljubovija, Krupanj, Apatin, Svilajnac, Knić, Sečanj, Sremski Karlovci, Rača, Lapovo, Koceljeva, Medveđa, in Novi Sad, and at the provincial level in competitions for the improvement of media standards, as well as in the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications in the competition for radio.

Mijajlović has been appointed in Novi Pazar, Trstenik, Svrljig, Čajetina, Prokuplje, Crna Trava, Kuršumlija, Nova Varoš, Prijepolje, Sremska Mitrovica (for television), Leskovac, Bajina Bašta, Vladičin Han, Lebane, Ćićevac, Ivanjica, Brus, Žabari, Kosjerić, and in the competition for the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications for content in minority languages.

This would mean that Mik and Mijajlović can no longer be elected to any commission, but considering that all commissions in which they were appointed have not made decisions on the allocation of funds, it is not excluded that there will be changes.

For example, Jasmina Mijajlović, as an independent expert, has so far reached the maximum of 20 commissions multiple times, but has withdrawn from some, and others have been appointed in her place.

In 19 commissions, at least according to the current data available in the Unified Information System (UIS), are Miloš Lazić as a representative of Comnet, Aleksandar Simić, a candidate from the Association of Sports Journalists of Serbia, Mara Skendžić Reljić from the Association of Radio and Television of Serbia, and independent expert Rada Stajić.

In one commission less, or in 18, were elected Sandra Iršević from the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), Miodrag Miljković from the Center for Media Culture and Education, Milijana Kočić on behalf of the Journalists' Society of Vojvodina, and independent expert Velimir Petrušić.

Seventeen times, Jelena Dopuđ on behalf of the Center for Media Culture and Education, Petar Kočić on behalf of the Journalists' Society of Vojvodina, Ladislav Lazić on behalf of Comnet, and Vladan Stefanović on behalf of the Association of Radio and Television of Serbia have been appointed to commissions.

Independent experts Boban Tomić, Branislav Sančanin, and Tatjana Ćitić, as well as Biljana Vukadinović on behalf of the Association of Radio and Television of Serbia, are recorded in 16 commissions each, while Dragan Đukanović from Plej is in 15.

Looking at associations, the Center for Media Culture and Education participated in the most commissions - with its five representatives being members of 57 commissions. Following is the Association of Radio and Television of Serbia, which had its three representatives in 52 commissions, and Comnet with three representatives in 50 commissions.

The Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia (PROUNS) had representatives in 34 commissions, while the Journalists' Society of Vojvodina had representatives in 35, the Plej association in 31, UNS in 23, and the Association of Sports Journalists of Serbia had one representative in 19 commissions.

RAB had members in three commissions, the Media Community of Serbia in two, while the Journalists' Society of Niš and Ensemble Srce each had one.

So far, 20 independent experts have also been appointed to the commissions, whose names have been mentioned 164 times.

In Sjenica, Boljevac, and Lučani, commissions have not yet been appointed, while Surdulica, Vrbas, and Gadžin Han have not even announced competitions, although the legal deadline was March 1.

The register of selected members of competition commissions for 2026, initiated by ANEM, is available at this link.

The ANEM database with the results of competitions for project co-financing of media content for 2026 is available at this link.

The project of the Association of Independent Electronic Media “Participatory Monitoring of the Implementation of Project Co-Financing Processes” is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the MATRA program. ANEM is solely responsible for the content and it does not necessarily express the official views of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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