Media Support to Serbia s independent media is continuing, with over 1m available as part of the Emergency Assistance Programme. Activities included the purchase of newsprint, pre-electoral programmes on radio and TV, and monitoring of political advertising. Under the programme being implemented for the EU by the Swedish Helsinki Committee, funds for some 60 media projects have been made available in the first quarter of this year. In addition, the EU and the Council of Europe are implementing a joint initiative to support revision of the legal framework for the media in Serbia. It provides food, shelter, water and sanitation, support to local health structures, and psychological and social support.
Implementation is ongoing.
The formal signature of the Framework Agreement governing all European Commission assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia took place in Belgrade on 25 November 2000. President Prodi and President Kostunica sign Framework Agreement . The above package of EC assistance is being delivered by the European Agency for Reconstruction . ECHO, the European Commission s Humanitarian Aid Office, is responsible for the delivery of the humanitarian assistance. The support outlined above does not include the extra bilateral support being supplied to Serbia by EU Member States.