14. To increase the young people’s involvement in strengthening participatory democracy. 15. To develop entrepreneurial and employment opportunities among young people. XV. MASS-MEDIA 1. To elaborate the national concept of media development based on enhancing pluralism and freedom of speech. 2. To implement a viable mechanism to develop the local audio-visual products, to secure the Moldovan information space and prevent/fight against internal and foreign media influences with propaganda feature. 3. To develop a legal framework as regards the transparency of media property (regarding the structure of shareholders and identity of final beneficiary), to set a comprehensive control in order to prevent media property concentration, and respectively to fine for non-observing legal provisions in the area. 4. To adopt a new Audiovisual Code in line with the Resolution of Council of Europe, directives of European Union, EU good practices and recommendations of development partners. 5. To adjust reforms of the national public audiovisual institution, namely Teleradio-Moldova Company, meant to promote public’s interests and to exclude the infringement of political factor into the public audiovisual activity. 6. To ensure de jure and de facto the independence of the Audiovisual Coordinating Council and enhance its quality as guarantor of public interest in the audiovisual sector, by non-admitting political interference in its activity. 7. To provide the Audiovisual Coordinating Council with strong prerogatives to ensure the pluralism of opinions in the audiovisual programme, to promote policies on observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms. To review the procedure to fine offenders in audiovisual area in line with the European standards. 8. To implement the Law on denationalisation of periodicals and liberalize market of distribution of written media. 9. To create an appropriate framework to develop the publicity sector, not to admit unfair competition in the area and to proportionally dose advertisement from abroad into the local media space. 10. To harmonise the Law on access to information in accord with imperative and electronic governance practices. 48

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