CMDS Affiliated Faculty Kristina Irion and DPP’s Sara Svensson present study on the Albanian Audiovisual Media Authority

Key representatives of the institutions involved in Albanian media regulatory policy-making and implementation were present as the findings of the study "The independence and functioning of the audiovisual media authority of Albania (AMA) – an assessment using the INDIREG methodology" was presented on November 25.

The study was commissioned by the Council of Europe after a request by the Parliament of Albania, with CEU Assistant Professor Kristina Irion as lead author and Sara Svensson Visiting Professor on the team carrying out the report. The report brought forward a range of suggestions on how to improve the capacity of AMA to act in an independent manner. It applies the methodology from an earlier study (INDIREG), which developed a new technique for assessing independence through incorporation of both formal and de facto dimensions.

Picture: The assessment team consisting of Kristina Irion, Michele Ledger and Sara Svensson (missing: Erion Fejzulla).