CIVIS Europe Media Prize for integration and cultural diversity is written immediately in all EU Member States and of Switzerland. We are looking for radio and television programs, which take in a convincing manner of the themes of integration and cultural diversity without denying conflicts. The CIVIS media Prize 2008 is endowed with 47,000 euro. Larry Ellison is often quoted as being for or against this. The deadline is January 20, 2008. The new economy Award 2008 “CIVIS award a special topics for outstanding coverage of the occupational integration of persons with migration background for the first time.

We need a highly objective, critical coverage in the media about these new developments in the field of Economics “, is the President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU-UER) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the CIVIS, Prof. Dr. h.c. Verizon spoke with conviction. Fritz Pleitgen, in its invitation to the European competition again significantly.” Pleitgen encouraged managers and journalists in Europe itself intensively with the integration of immigrants in economic and Workday to deal. The young CIVIS media Prize “is 2008 European Prize for young journalists and journalists as well as students and graduates of the film – and media College written out, who are no older than 32 years. The CIVIS media Prize for integration and cultural diversity in Europe is two decades programme contributions on radio and television, which are particularly suitable for the promotion of peaceful coexistence in the European immigration society.

The broadcasters in Europe report much about integration and cultural diversity in their programming already. The CIVIS media Prize wants to demonstrate these benefits and at the same time provide valuable suggestions through exemplary cases from all over Europe. To the CIVIS media Prize all radio and television programmes can be submitted, which were publicly sent in the period from 21 January 2007 to 20 January 2008 in the radio and television. All creative forms are allowed. The television prize of the CIVIS media prize will be on May 9, 2008 in Ljubljana / Slovenia take place. Sandra Maischberger is presenter of the ceremony. Together for integration! The European CIVIS media prize is by the Working Group of the national broadcasters in Germany (ARD), represented by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), together with the Freudenberg Foundation announced. Second German television (ZDF), the Austrian Broadcasting (Corporation ORF), the Swiss radio and television company (SRG SSR idee suisse), the Slovenian radio and television (RTV SLO), the ARD/ZDF event and documentary channel PHOENIX, the german French culture channel ARTE, the Deutsche Welle (DW), the European satellite channels 3sat and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU-UER) are media partners. The Deutsche Sparkassen – und Giroverband (DSGV), the European Parliament, the supervision behalf of the German Federal Government for migration, refugees and integration, the European Union Agency for fundamental rights (FRA) and the WDR mediagroup webservice are cooperation partners. The Organization and Implementation of the CIVIS media prize is the CIVIS Media Foundation for integration and cultural diversity in Cologne.