Expert missions / Advisory work
A summary of the international expert missions, evaluation projects and work in expert groups I have been part of
• Member of the Committee of Experts on Media Environment and Reform (MSI- REF) of the Council of Europe, 2021
• Evaluation of IJ4EU, European Commission-funded investigative journalism project aimed at financially supporting pan-European cross-border investigative reporting, 2021
• Member of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN- IFRA) Media Policy Expert Team (2015-now)
• International consultant on transparency of media funding for the Council of Europe “Freedom of Media in Ukraine” Project, Sep-Dec 2018 (Council of Europe)
• Mapping media project: research of the Spanish media market (ownership, funding, audience), Sep 2018-Jan 2019 (Open Society Initiative for Europe, OSIFE)
• Organisational evaluation focused on impact and outcomes of strategic litigation in Europe (Media Legal Defence Initiative), Jul-Oct 2018
• Consultancy data and analysis on European programming quotas, Aug-Sep 2018 (European Audiovisual Observatory)
• Member of the UNESCO Advisory Group of “World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development”, 2017/2018
• Lead trainer workshop for Uzbek journalists and television producers on strategising and producing social public campaigns, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Dec 2016-Mar 2017 (UNESCO Office in Uzbekistan)
• Member of the UNESCO Advisory Group of “World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development”, 2014
• Led workshop on trends in broadcast regulation at Autoridad Federal de Servicios de Comunicacion Audiovisual, AFSCA (Argentina’s broadcast regulator), Buenos Aires, Apr 2011
• Workshop on media regulation for journalists in Indonesia, Mar 2012, Jakarta (TIFA foundation)
• Consultancy on governance and independence of regulatory authorities for Sep 2007, Bucharest (National Audiovisual Council (CNA), Romanian broadcast regulator)
• Presentation of trends in public service media worldwide at workshop on the future of the public service media in Mongolia, Oct 2005, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Mongolian National Public Radio and Television)
• Consultancy on governance structures and funding of public service media, Kyrgyz public broadcaster, presentation and workshop, May 2005, Bishkek (Kyrgyz Public Radio and Television Corporation)
