Documentation & Analysis

medienhilfe disposes of extensive archives of visual and audio-documents as well as print products on independent media work in the Former Yugoslavia andin all of Eastern Europe, including productions of our partner organizations as well as of international media.

The two short documentaries 'Catharsis' and 'Media, War & Peace' offer an impressive insight to the work of medienhilfe. Read more…

Analysis

medienhilfe analyses current social and political developments in the countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Particular attention is given to developments in the media sector. To each country we maintain dossiers with current information and background analysis.

Topics on which medienhilfe constantly elaborates new material are:

• Media and conflict: between warmongering and peace building
• Media and minorities: professional coverage and sensitive handling of the language
• Media and military: reform and democratization of armed forces and public opinion
• From state television to public law station: reconstruction of the media system
• Community Radio: Producing radio programs for the local population
• Media concentration in Eastern Europe

medienhilfe publishes contributions to topics such as:

• The book 'Media and War', edited by Nena Skopljanac, medienhilfe program director
• Four volume publication 'Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications' with contributions of Nena Skopljanac and Roland Brunner on the countries of the Former Yugoslavia (Academic Press, USA)
• Articles in Swiss journals and revues

Presentation

The medienhilfe staff is ready to contribute with presentations and contributions to your event. We present background analysis and activity based concepts as contributions to your work.

Expertise, consultation, monitoring

medienhilfe accepts mandates for background analyses on the societal and political developments in the successor states of the Former Yugoslavia and thecountries of Eastern Europe.

Our staff elaborates specialised expertise according to your needs. We offer consultation to your project and media work and we accept mandates for projects or assume external evaluation of your projects.

We are looking forward to your enquiry!