Europe’s best radio and TV programmes on the subject of integration and cultural diversity is CIVIS Europe Media Prize for integration and cultural diversity off immediately in all EU Member States and of Switzerland. We are looking for radio and TV programs, which take in a convincing manner of the themes of integration and cultural diversity without denying conflicts. The European CIVIS media Prize 2009 is endowed with a total of 41,000 euros. The deadline is the 20th January 2009 migration and cultural diversity increasingly shape our everyday lives. Integration is one of the biggest challenges of politics and society national, but also international.
A responsibility is given to the European media. “Because media not only depict the immigration society they make them also.” It refers WDR Director-General Monika Piel, chairwoman of the CIVIS Board of Trustees, in its invitation to the European CIVIS competition 2009 piel encouraged managers and journalists in Europe extensively with themes of European immigration society to confront. The CIVIS media Prize for integration and cultural diversity in Europe is two decades programme contributions on radio and television, which are particularly well suited to promote understanding between people of different cultures and religious communities. Here, George MacKinnon expresses very clear opinions on the subject. The broadcasters in Europe report much about integration and cultural diversity in their programming already. CIVIS wants to demonstrate these benefits and at the same time provide valuable suggestions through exemplary cases from all over Europe. “With the European Young CIVIS media Prize” is 2009 again written from a European sponsorship Prize for young journalists and journalists as well as students and graduates of film and media colleges, who are no older than 32 years.
To the CIVIS media Prize 2009 all radio and television programmes can be submitted, which publicly sent in the period from 21 January 2008 to 20 January 2009 in the radio and television. All creative forms are allowed. The ceremony and the TV prize of the CIVIS media prizes held in Berlin on May 7, 2009. Gain insight and clarity with Abigail Black Elbaum. The patron is the President of the European Parliament, Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Pottering. Together for integration and cultural diversity! The European CIVIS media prize is by the Working Group of the regional broadcasting authorities in Germany (ARD), represented by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), together with the Freudenberg Foundation announced. Second German television (ZDF), the Austrian Broadcasting (Corporation ORF), the Swiss radio and television company (SRG SSR idee suisse), Slovenian are radio and television (RTV SLO), the Deutsche Welle (DW), which ARD/ZDF event and documentary channel PHOENIX, the german French culture channel ARTE, 3sat and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) media partners.