2. From Wroclaw to Liverpool Liverpool, May 2 8, 200 5 Marija Nemčić, Secretary General CIRCOM Secretary General Report

3. 2004/05 in Brief Another very successful year All activities running smoothly as planned Finances stable Three-years Business plan (2003-2005) completed New Business plan 2006-2009 to be presented to the European Board in November

4. Everybody working very hard...

6. A year ago in Wroclaw… New feel & look of the Conference 170 participants from 25 countries 40 participants taking part in Training Interesting agenda + attractive workshops = good attendance, active participations, satisfied participants Many thanks to TVP and Piotr Borys for setting high standards for AC hosts

7. A year ago in Wroclaw…

8. Very Successful Liverpool! New format of the conference successfully confirmed 175 participants from 25 countries 34 participants taking part in Training Very interesting agenda + very attractive workshops Great attendance Many thanks to the BBC, Anita Bhalla, David Lowen and Kerrin Macphie for the conference to be remembered

9. Very Successful Liverpool!

10. CR Government Executive Committee Paolo Morawski, Italy, President Anita Bhalla, United Kingdom, Vice-President Marija Nemcic, Croatia, Secretary General Hubert Schilling, France, Deputy Secretary General Tim Johnson, Denmark Jean-Marie Belin, France Piotr Borys, Poland Peter Sauer, Germany Manuel Lombao, Spain Robert Olsson, Sweden

11. Not Only on Paper, They Really Govern Very active participation Members taking personal responsibilities (Co-productions, Statutes, Training…) Constant and alive communication High professional standards established

12. Santiago de Compostela 9/04

13. Liverpool 11/04

14. Rome, 02/05

15. European Board - CR Parliament Meeting in Liverpool, November First draft of the Statute prepared Quality of the CR Parliament improved National Coordinators supported existing co productions and improved selection of trainees, but there is room for improvement Need to activate remaining members, since most of the CR activities are supported by the same number of countries

16. Liverpool 11/04

17. Trainings and Seminars After three years of successful cooperation with Thomson Foundation Contract renewed for another three years Never change the winning team 6 Trainings per year

18. Trainings and Seminars Executive Management Seminar, Budapest - March 8th – 11th 2005, led jointly by Bob Collins and Gareth Price – 12 participants from 7 countries Youth Programme Makers Seminar, Paris - April 20th – 23rd 2005 – CoE Department of Youth and Sport, France Televisions – 9 participants from 9 countries Young Journalism Workshop, Liverpool - May 18th – 29th 2005 – 11 countries Video Journalism Workshop 1, Budapest - October 24th – 29th 2005; Video Journalism Workshop 2, Budapest - October 31st – November 6th 2005; Senior News Editors Workshop, Strasbourg - Nov. 14th – Nov. 19th 2005.

19. Trainings and Seminars

20. The best investment is the one in our young generations and CR remains dedicated to this activity High quality training that recognizes and follows the needs of member stations CR has trained more than 750 trainees in the past nine years More and more often Prix Circom winners are recruited among former CR trainees

21. The Only Award for Excellency on the Regional Level – Prix Circom Kolding, Denmark – Tv Syd - fantastic premises and organisation More entries – 177 (173), but from fewer countries 21 (26) Top counties by number of entries: Poland, France, Hungary, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Croatia, Ireland Thank you Tim Johnson and Lene Kruger for being perfect hosts And sorry Tim, you can not invite the whole AC for a dinner at your home next year – judges were the lucky ones Thanks also to the judges who came from 14 countries (Poland, Croatia, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, Slovenia, France, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, Spain) And to the good ghost of the Prix – David Lowen Congratulations once more to the winners See you next year in Maribor, Slovenia

22. The Only Award for Excellency on the Regional Level – Prix Circom

23. Co-Productions Just two words: Lene and Heike

24. What We Know About Copros? Teenage Europe – successfully finished Frontrunners – successfully finished Straight line – successfully finished Networking Europe – up to 20 participants expected Families of Europe – under way Voice of the People – under way On line co production database – up and running – more than 1000 minutes available when you need them – easy to transfer for broadcast – get the leaflet before you leave – get the password Co-productions web redesigned a week ago

25. Co-Productions Find me – From Me To You Exchange Join me – Co produce Use me – Existing footage Call me – Contacts www.circom-regional.org

27. Secretariat – Just an e-mail Away Serve the members the best way Improved professional standards Successful in keeping the cost of Secretariat minimal Dedicated to invest as much of the available money in the members activities circom@circom-regional.org

28. Next Steps… Big survey on CR activities to better identify the needs of member stations Results to be presented to the EB in November Preparation of the Action plan 2006- 2009 Look for alternative sources of funding Implementation of the Connecting Europe strategy – proactive approach to the European Institutions Co-productions – find new ways to co produce and create guidelines for the co-productions among members. Money should not be the only drive for co- productions

29. Next year see you in Kolding, Denmark–Legoland, here we come

30. Last year we had Shakespeare…

31. … so it’s Beatles time this year

33. See you in Kolding!