[cma-l] Urgent - write to your regional MEPs to support community radio in Europe

Mon Sep 30 23:01:30 BST 2013

what reply did you get?

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Paul Golder <paul at pvg.co.uk> wrote:

> Did anyone else get a snarky reply from their UKIP MEP, or was it just us?
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> Paul Golder
> Phoenix FM
> www.phoenixfm.com
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> On 10 September 2013 13:04, Jaqui Devereux <jaqui.devereux at commedia.org.uk
> > wrote:
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>> Dear all
>>
>> Please see below the call from AMARC Europe to lobby your local MEPs to
>> support the proposal to the EU for a pilot project to fund community radio
>> across Europe, including suggested text for an email to them.  We hope as
>> many of you as can will send an email to your MEPs to support this
>> proposal.  A list of your regional MEPs can be found here and their email
>> addresses all use the same format - 1stname.surname at europarl.europa.eu
>>
>> http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_MEPs/List-MEPs-by-region.html
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>> Thanks
>>
>> Jaqui
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Last July I e-mailed you to ask you to lobby your MEPs to support the
>> Pilot Project presented by the GUE/NGL group in the European parliament in
>> behalf of AMARC Europe. The approval of this project will represent funding
>> for projects carried out by Community Radios at European and National
>> level. You can find all info about the project and the lobbying campaign on
>> http://www.d1186807-19563.cp.blacknight.com/lobby-for-support-for-the-community-radio-pilot-project-proposed-to-cult-committee-of-european-parliament/. The latest news are not so positive,
>> * as the Culture Committee of the European Parliament voted on the EU
>> Budget 2014 on 5 September and the Pilot Project presented by AMARC Europe
>> did not receive sufficient support to pass.*
>>
>> However, there is still a chance for the project to be passed, if
>> approved at plenary level. The decisive vote will be in the *Budget
>> Committee* on *2/3 October*.
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>> The *deadline* for submitting an amendment to the Budget Committee is *12
>> September* at 12.00. We need you to lobby your MEPs again to ask them to
>> intercede with their European colleagues to support the project. And below
>> I am including the text to send to your MEPs.
>>
>> In order to be successful it is important that the amendments are
>> presented (AMARC will look after that) and supported by political groups,
>> and in particular by the larger political groups, like the social democrats
>> (labour party) and the conservative/christian democrat group (Fine Gael).
>>
>>
>> Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>
>> On behalf of my organisation ______________________           (name of
>> the radio) I would like to bring your attention to the Pilot Project
>> entitled *Community Radios: Fostering European citizenship through
>> cultural diversity and social inclusion *and tabled by Marie-Christine
>> Vergiat MEP to the CULT committee.
>>
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>> This Pilot Project concerns the need to foster European citizenship,
>> cultural diversity and social inclusion through cross-border cooperation
>> and reinforcement of the Community Radio sector in Europe in the EU budget
>> for 2014.
>>
>> Community Media (CM) is now referred to as the “third sector” of media,
>> alongside public and private commercial media. In recent years the *European
>> Parliament* (2008), *the Council of Europe* (2009) and *UNESCO* have
>> declared their support for CM, encouraging the Member States to recognise
>> and develop community media because of its social functions.  We also
>> recall the *OSCE** Human Dimension Seminar Media Freedom Legal Framework*of May 14, 2013, which highlights the need for recognition of the three
>> sectors of communication.
>> However, despise the important role of community media in fostering
>> active citizenship, education and cultural diversity, *the Pilot Project
>> presented by AMARC Europe did not receive sufficient support to pass when
>> * *the Culture Committee of the European Parliament voted on the EU
>> Budget 2014 on 5 September. *
>>
>> *However, there is still a chance for the project to be passed, if
>> approved at plenary level. The decisive vote on the amended budget
>> presented by AMARC Europe will be in the Budget Committee on 2/3 October.
>> Community Media in Ireland and Europe would really appreciate if you could
>> share your experience of community radio with the Budget Committee.*
>>
>>
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>> --
>> Jaqui Devereux
>> Director
>> Community Media Association
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