Vice-President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Claudio Cappon has held talks in Chisinau with Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat on strengthening support for Teleradio Moldova (TRM). Mr Filat said that TRM, under its newly recruited president Constantin Marin, had been given independence from the government as part of a reform of several Moldovan institutions. It was now up to Mr Marin and his colleagues to fulfil TRM’s public service mission. He thanked the EBU for its “very valuable expertise”.
Mr Cappon stressed that properly-financed independent public service broadcasting is a cornerstone of democracy according to European norms. He confirmed the willingness of the EBU and its Members to support TRM’s reform process through their Special Assistance Project, which includes a package of programming made available by other Members together with training seminars and other specialised assistance.
Mr Cappon, who was accompanied by Assistant Director General David Lewis, also had talks with Corina Fusu, chair of the Moldovan parliament’s Committee on Culture and Mass Media, and at the mission in Moldova of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE has undertaken to provide financial support to a training seminar devised by RTVSLO (Slovenia) which will be provided to TRM through the Assistance Project.
Mr Cappon’s visit also included lengthy discussions with Mr Marin, with new TV Director Angela Sirbu and with new Radio Director Alexandru Dorogan.
(Source: EBU)
