Translation of "Concevoir une trousse-information pour les médias " (French → English) :

Hence, for example, in the field of information policy, if we apply the general principle laid down in paragraphs 17, 28 and 62 (reduction of activities not providing any added value), I believe that serious changes must be made! Every day we receive information brochures written by ‘specialists’. I am convinced that, in order to inspire confidence amongst the European citizens, it would be better to inform them by means of the media that normally reaches them on the ground than to design expensive brochures that they will not read an ...[+++]d that they will not understand.

42. Asks the Council and the Commission, within the framework of the information society, to develop and to implement media literacy programmes to promote active and aware citizenship in Europe;

This initiative should include an information package to be distributed in grocery stores, schools, media outlets, MPs' offices, and other government buildings, and some kind of a myth-buster pamphlet that would be available online as well as in a package to be given to the general public.

15. Urges the Commission and the PES (public employment services) to recognise the importance of the European employment market and of the EURES network and to make a substantial joint effort to publicise the EURES service and to devise and implement permanent information systems aimed at the public relating to the EURES facility; in particular within youth organisations and universities, since mobility amongst young people at the start of their career is desirable and should receive special attention; calls on the Commission and the PES to agree on and develop, in association with the media ...[+++] and other private bodies active in the field of employment supply and demand, permanent arrangements for establishing links and coordination in connection with the EURES network objectives;

There can be no democratic and modern state without a strong civil society and free media, where every citizen has unimpeded access to information through independent media reporting.

Not only has this material been handed to every member of Congress and every major media outlet, whether print or otherwise, but we are continually bombarding both Congress and the media with evidence of the contribution of Canada.