Teleradio-Moldova will pass a radical reform

Friday, September 23, Leogrand Hotel has hosted the Conference on the reformation of IPNA Company „Teleradio-Moldova” into a competitive and modern media institution. Chairman Constantin Marin has presented the restructuring plan of TRM, elaborated by Business Consulting Institute in cooperation with IPN „Teleradio-Moldova”.

“The assessment of the three restructuring options – slow, progressive and radical – showed that the radical reform is the most advantageous one, both as regards technological requirements and investment efficiency. This restructuring plan gives the public broadcaster the chance of becoming a truly public, competitive and modern institution,” said Constantin Marin.    

Besides diversifying the company’s programs and improving the quality of its products, the administration also intends to build a new head office for TRM, until 2015. 

Prime-minister Vlad Filat, who attended the event, said: “We all wait for this reformation process as we want a powerful institution that will objectively inform people. The Government will contribute financially, as well. Financial resources will be allocated from the state budget and from funds provided by international organizations.”   

The conference on TRM restructuring was organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova.

Senior Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Roland Bless, said that the public broadcasting service is an instrument of democracy promotion. “We hope that Teleradio-Moldova will make use of all available technologies in order to produce high quality programs for different groups of beneficiaries and that the Moldovan state will create conditions for this to happen,” said the official. 

Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Jan Plešinger, told that Moldovan authorities should guarantee the editorial independence and responsibility of the public broadcaster and offer appropriate public funds. “We welcome the efforts made to transform Teleradio-Moldova into a modern, pluralistic, professional and independent public broadcaster,” he said.  

The event brought together representatives from the Parliament, the Broadcasting Coordination Council, Deutsche Welle, the European Broadcasting Union, diplomatic corps in Chisinau, international organizations and NGOs.