<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Dear all<br><br></div>The Consultation document on amendments to the Community Radio Order is imminent and that will be where we all do that, we will let you know as soon as it is out.<br>
<br></div>It is still worth lobbying your MEPs though as if there were a fund in the EU, it would add weight to the lobbying we and all of you have been doing to increase the fund in the UK over the last few years.<br><br>
</div>Hope that helps<br><br></div>Best wishes<br><br></div>Jaqui<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 September 2013 11:22, Marc Tierney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc@tierney-online.co.uk" target="_blank">marc@tierney-online.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>We need to provide a full response to the current Dcms review on advertising restrictions for community stations.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It is still an issue in areas where FM frequency still exists. </div><div><br></div><div>Marc <br><br><div>___________________</div><div>Marc Tierney</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div>
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<div><br>On 10 Sep 2013, at 18:02, Ian Hickling <<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div dir="ltr">Surely what we should be doing first is getting our Government to fund Community Radio within the UK efficiently before we start to lobby for across Europe?<br> <br>
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From: <a href="mailto:jaqui.devereux@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">jaqui.devereux@commedia.org.uk</a><br>Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:04:49 +0100<br>To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
Subject: [cma-l] Urgent - write to your regional MEPs to support community radio in Europe<br><br>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">Dear all</span><br>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">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 - <a href="mailto:1stname.surname@europarl.europa.eu" target="_blank">1stname.surname@europarl.europa.eu</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_MEPs/List-MEPs-by-region.html" target="_blank">http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_MEPs/List-MEPs-by-region.html</a><br><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR"></span><br>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">Thanks</span><br>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">Jaqui<br></span><br>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">Dear Colleagues,</span><br></div>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">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 <a href="http://www.d1186807-19563.cp.blacknight.com/lobby-for-support-for-the-community-radio-pilot-project-proposed-to-cult-committee-of-european-parliament/" target="_blank">http://www.d1186807-19563.cp.blacknight.com/lobby-for-support-for-the-community-radio-pilot-project-proposed-to-cult-committee-of-european-parliament/</a> . The latest news are not so positive,<b> 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.</b></span><br>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">However, there is still a chance for the project to be passed, if approved at plenary level. The decisive vote will be in the <b>Budget Committee</b> on <b>2/3 October</b>.</span><br>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">The <b>deadline</b> for submitting an amendment to the Budget Committee is <b>12 September</b> 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. </span><br>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">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). <br>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">On behalf of my organisation ______________________ (name of the radio) I would like to bring your attention to the Pilot Project entitled <i><span style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt;PADDING-BOTTOM:0cm;PADDING-LEFT:0cm;PADDING-RIGHT:0cm;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt;PADDING-TOP:0cm">Community Radios: Fostering European citizenship through cultural diversity and social inclusion </span></i>and tabled by Marie-Christine Vergiat MEP to the CULT committee.</span><br>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">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.</span><br>
<span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">Community Media (CM) is now referred to as the “third sector” of media, alongside public and private commercial media. In recent years the <b>European Parliament</b> (2008), <b>the Council of Europe</b> (2009) and <b>UNESCO</b> 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 <b>OSCE</b><i> Human Dimension Seminar Media Freedom Legal Framework</i> of May 14, 2013, which highlights the need for recognition of the three sectors of communication. <br>
However, despise the important role of community media in fostering active citizenship, education and cultural diversity, <b>the Pilot Project presented by AMARC Europe did not receive sufficient support to pass when</b> <b>the Culture Committee of the European Parliament voted on the EU Budget 2014 on 5 September. </b></span><br>
<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'" lang="FR">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.</span></b><span></span><br>
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