When: 26 March 2012 – 28 March 2012

Where: Istanbul, Turkey

Albany Associates in cooperation with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will conduct a Masterclass in Broadcast Regulation to be held in Istanbul in March this year. More than 40 high-level representatives of broadcasting regulatory authorities, staff of government ministries associated with broadcasting and broadcast regulatory policy, parliamentarians involved in drafting broadcast regulations and legal experts working in the field from the South Caucasus and Central Asia will attend the training.

This particular Masterclass is designed to assist staff and management of broadcasting and communications regulators and  those involved in broadcasting regulatory policy and regulation to understand and be better equipped to deal with the main policy and regulatory issues that a regulatory authority faces on a day to day basis.

The course will also cover new and emerging regulatory challenges which arise from a period of rapid change in technical regulation, content and competition issues and convergence especially because across the whole word digital switchover and the rapidly pushing the  technological evolution.

In addition there will be practical workshops using real examples and the opportunity to discuss individual cases with the course tutors.

Albany Associates specialises in media and telecommunications regulatory frameworks, media system infrastructures, communication and public diplomacy strategies, public service broadcasting and professional training. Our Masterclasses bring together communication professionals and provide a platform to share experience, discuss practices and network with colleagues from all over the world. Our next event will take place in Cambridge, UK, in May 2012.  For more information and to book online please click here

Anna Staevska, Albany Associates