The Ninth Central Asian Conference «Development and self-regulation among the media in Central Asia: on the way to independent and accountable media» will be held on 1-2 November in Dushanbe.

According to the OSCE Press Center i Dushnabe, a number of issues related to advantages of self-regulation in the media will be discussed at the forthcoming conference. In particular, participants will be discussing the issues of balance between the legal personal responsibility of the media, and the development of mechanisms for self-regulation among the media in Central Asian countries.

Special attention will be paid ti the issues of self-regulation along with the improvement of professional quality of the media, and the freedom of speech.

OSCE informs that a number of media organizations and human rights watchdogs from Central Asia, Ukraine and Russia will present their reports describing the experience of self-regulation and ethical standards in their countries.

Chairman of the Tajik National Association of Independent Media (NANSMIT) Nuriddin Karshibayev is going to present a report on the situation in the sphere of media in Tajikistan and about the perspectives of self-regulation in the country.

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