Georgian Communications Commission to chair European Audiovisual Observatory

The Communications Commission of Georgia on Friday said an event in Strasbourg had marked its selection as the institutional Chair of the European Audiovisual Observatory, an organisation analysing facts and data in film, broadcasting and audiovisual industry.

Hosted on Friday, the occasion saw the celebration of the Georgian organisation’s selection for the position it will occupy throughout 2024, and featured more than 150 guests from 46 countries of the Council of Europe, including representatives of the diplomatic corps, audiovisual sector, research organisations and media.

Susanne Nikoltchev, the Executive Director of the Observatory, Ivane Makharadze, the member of the Communications Commission, and Tamar Taliashvili, the country’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, addressed the event.

The Commission also said it would hold the Observatory’s annual media conference in Tbilisi on June 12.

The Observatory, with 41 member states, has been operating since 1992, with Georgia, represented by the Commission, becoming a member in 2016.