Broadcasting regulator has a new website

The persons who have electronic signature will be able to report the irregularities identified at radio stations and TV channels through the website of the Broadcasting Coordination Council (BCC) by filling in an online form. This is only one of the possibilities offered by the new website of the BCC launched on July 25, Info-Prim Neo reports. BCC chairman Marian Pocaznoi told a news conference that the visitors of the website will also be able to make recommendations and state their opinions about a certain subject. This will enable to Council to make continuous progress. Marian Pocaznoi said the new website will make the BCC’s work more transparent. Eridana Cano, manager of the Program on Democracy Support in the Republic of Moldova, within which the website was created, said the new webpage was planned as a living instrument that will cover the activities, services and duties of the BCC. The renewal of the page is aimed at making the Council’s activities more transparent and accessible to the public. Dumitru Lazur, Council of Europe media program coordinator, said the website’s logo represents a sphere that incorporates an aerial and electromagnetic waves. The name of the institution is written nearby. The BCC will use the logo in all the official documents. A novelty is that all the decisions that will be published on the website will be accompanied by a description that will help the visitors to easier find the decision looked for. The decision will no more be in PDF format so that it won’t be necessary to unload every document. The website will also have an online database containing information about the holders of broadcast licenses for Moldova. The website also includes a search system that enables to look for information exclusively from the BCC’s site. It will be permanently updated. The English version will be launched in the near future. A new assistance program of the EU and the Council of Europe for the BCC was lunched in the news conference. It includes a social campaign to disseminate advertisements about the protection of minors and consumers, a training course for employees of the Monitoring Division and two seminars for employees of the Licensing Division. The training course and the seminars will be given by foreign experts. Seminars will be also held for local and regional broadcasters from northern, southern and central Moldova. There will be bought new equipment that will enable the BCC to monitor the national broadcasters. The creation of new website of the Broadcasting Coordination Council and the new assistance program of the EU and the Council of Europe form part of the €100,000 Council of Europe and European Union Joint Program on Democracy Support in the Republic of Moldova.