The Commission on Radio and Television Policy
"Central and Eastern Europe"
The Commission on Radio and Television Policy "Central and Eastern Europe" evolved from the original Commission on Radio and Television Policy, a joint project of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism of Duke University and The Carter Center. The goal of the Commission is to encourage the development of policies that promote more democratic broadcasting medias.
Austria´s unique position as a neutral country with ties to the East and to the West makes it an ideal location for the Commission meetings.
Subsequent to the last Commission meeting in 1996, The American Austrian Foundation, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), The Institute for Central Europe and the Danube Region and the International Research Center for Cultural Studies agreed to host and organize The Commission on Radio and Television Policy "Central and Eastern Europe" in Vienna.
These annual meetings bring together a select group of Commissioners from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine to discuss the issues pertaining media in their countries.
