9/03/2023 - IWA Report Launch: Broadcasting Regulation in Wales: What can we learn from Europe?

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This is a recording of the launch of our report 'Broadcasting Regulation in Wales: What can we learn from Europe?', which took place on 9 March 2023.
This event was chaired by the IWA's Director Auriol Miller and included a presentation from the authors of the report, Dr Marlen Komorowski (Media Cymru), Dylan Moore (Media and Democracy Policy Lead, IWA) and Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed (Media Cymru).
The devolution of broadcasting is under active consideration, with an Expert Panel set up as part of The Co-operation Agreement between Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru tasked with developing plans for a new regulatory framework that works for Wales.
But what does ‘devolution of broadcasting’ actually mean? And in the current political context, how can Wales’s voice in the broadcasting landscape be strengthened?
This event launched the second and third parts of the IWA’s research on legislative and regulatory frameworks for broadcasting in Wales. Our paper outlines four case studies from countries across Europe, from which derive vital lessons for Wales.
Links and further reading:

Read our full report Broadcasting Regulations in Wales (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
Become a member and support the IWA
Subscribe to our newsletter

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9/03/2023 - IWA Report Launch: Broadcasting Regulation in Wales: What can we learn from Europe?

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This event discusses the surge in volunteering during the Covid-19 pandemic, and explores the challenges the sector has faced as well as whether there has been a shift in policy over the past 15 months. Since the pandemic began in March 2020, interest in volunteering in Wales has seen a significant increase. It has played a crucial role in supporting communities and helping people meet their basic needs. In this last edition of our Rethinking Wales series we explore the reasons behind this surge and examine how Covid-19 has changed what volunteering looks like. We also discuss the role of infrastructure and public services in Wales to ensure the long-term engagement in volunteering post-pandemic. Panellists: Sue Leonard, Chief Officer, Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services Sue Husband, Director, Business in the Community Cymru Kerry Marlow, Coordinator, Porthcawl Covid-19 Strategy Group Judith Stone, Assistant Director of Volunteering, Wales Council for Voluntary Action This is an hour long panel discussion on Zoom chaired by the IWA Director, Auriol Miller. An open, politically independent and inclusive space for discussion and debate is the best way to identify the challenges we face in Wales because of Covid-19, and work out where the opportunities for real change are. We are well placed to bring those voices together, and the IWA’s #RethinkingWales series (supported by the National Lottery Community Fund) will explore how various sectors need to respond to this crisis and how we need to start thinking differently.…

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01/07/2021 Beyond the BBC: Reimagining Public Service Media in Wales 1:03:10

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This event, jointly organised by the Media Reform Coalition and the Institute of Welsh Affairs, is part of ‘The BBC and Beyond’, an MRC campaign which aims to reimagine public media for the digital age. The event focusses on what a reformed public service media landscape within Wales could look like. The BBC has set out its strategic goal to recreate itself as a ‘truly UK wide organisation (…) decentralising power and decision-making across the four nations’. But a healthy media landscape cannot depend on any single organisation, so this event explores how to embed public service media principles across more of the media ecosystem in Wales and the UK. All political parties in the Senedd supported the IWA’s call for the Welsh Government to create a new, contestable fund to support independent news. This event considers the innovative journalistic models and practices this fund could nurture and how to ensure it embeds public service media principles – of independence, accountability, democracy and universality – at its heart. We also talk about digital – what role can technology play in enabling more participatory processes, and does Welsh Government’s digital strategy contain the right policies to maximise this potential? Where does community media sit in this ecology, and how can the rest of the UK learn from the best innovations coming out of Wales? Panellists: Debs Grayson (Chair) – Campaign Coordinator, Media Reform Coalition Emma Meese – Director, Independent Community News Network Shirish Kulkarni – News Storytelling Researcher, Clwstwr Creadigol Andy Regan – Policy & External Affairs Manager, Institute of Welsh Affairs Lucas Batt – Membership Coordinator, The Bristol Cable This is an hour long panel discussion on Zoom, with an introduction by IWA Director, Auriol Miller.…