Standard Setting

​Community Media have been recognized not only by the United Nations and UNESCO but also by EU Institutions as a distinct and complementary Third Media Sector next to public and commercial media.

• Media Pluralism Monitor

• Independent Study on Indicators for Media Pluralism in the Member States (2009)

• European Parliament resolution on Community Media in Europe (2008)

• The State of Community Media in the European Union (2007)

• Gender Equality and Media (2020)

• Draft Recommendation on promoting a favourable environment for quality journalism in the digital age

• Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the financial sustainability of quality journalism in the digital age (2019)

• Study Supporting Quality Journalism through Media and Information Literacy (2019)

• Recommendation on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership (2018)

• Recommendation on gender equality and media (2013)

• Declaration on the role of community media in promoting social cohesion and intercultural dialogue (2009)

• Recommendation on media pluralism and diversity of media content (2007)

• Peter Lewis, Promoting social cohesion. The role of community media: http://rm.coe.int/0900001680483b32

OSCE

• Tallinn Guidelines on National Minorities and the Media in the Digital Age

UNESCO

• Media Development Indicators: A framework for assessing media development

• Gender-Sensitive Indicators for media