Media Development Centre - MDC

The creation of necessary conditions for establishment of professional and quality media in line with European standards, together with accessibility of these media to the citizens of Macedonia through developed and uptodate channels and systems for distribution, broadcasting and access, is the main reason for the existence of the Media Development Centre.

The organization exists with the goal to assist and influence the creation of the highest professional standards in the media institution in the country both in terms of quality of journalism (adherence to high standards of journalistic profession) and in terms of industry, in the sense of use and application of the latest managerial disciplines in media organizations, which is the necessary requirement for the successful functioning of each commercial entity.

MDC�s mission, as a non-governmental and think-tank organization, is to define methods, techniques and means to achieve these goals. With the aim to create a climate favourable to the development of media in the country, the Centre has taken the obligations to implement the following activities, considered to be of essential importance:
� Advocate the adoption of European-oriented legislation in Macedonian broadcasting, which would provide solutions for the chaotic situation in this segment;
� Promote legislation for institutional regulation of the free access to information possessed by state bodies and institutions, and owned by the citizens of Macedonia, for journalists and other interested entities;
� Define the public media sector in line with contemporary global trends combined with Macedonian peculiarities and opportunities, to provide for its full independence from politics;
� Legal protection for media professionals, in order to provide for their on-the-job security and guarantee their right to free expression, as well as their education in all areas of journalistic profession and other associated disciplines, such as the field of intellectual property, and public relations as separate profession which is in constant contact with the media;
� Assistance in the development, even creation if needed, of those media segments that have been neglected, underdeveloped or a simply inexistent in the country, and which are of great importance to the whole society. These include: The new media, use of new technology in dissemination of information, independent production for the needs of the electronic media, systems for efficient distribution of print media, development of a strong, stable, professional and financially independent local press, and promotion of specialized and sub-specialized press and periodicals.

Media Development Centre � MDC are:
Roberto Belicanec, Executive Director
Gazmend Ajdini, Programming Director
Irena Tasevska, Administration and Finances
Marina Dimitrova, Project Assistant