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Morak navštívil slyšení parlamentního výboru, aby evropským poslancům podal zprávu o dosažených výsledcích v kultuře a audiovizuálním sektoru před blížícím se koncem rakouského předsednictví.

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Morak: Austrian Presidency delivers welcome results for Europe’s culture professionals
Final hearing in the European Parliament
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"The Austrian Presidency has successfully achieved its objectives in the culture and media sector. This is a welcome result for Europe’s culture professionals, the European creative industry and the European media”, Secretary of State for Arts and Media Franz Morak said yesterday afternoon in Brussels at a meeting of the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education.

With the end of the Austrian Presidency approaching, Morak attended a committee hearing to report to MEPs on what had been achieved in the culture and audiovisual sector. He emphasised the very varied nature of the dossiers which had been under negotiation over the previous six months — ranging from the support programmes for culture and media, the citizenship programme, amendment of the "European capital of culture” decision, the Year of Intercultural Dialogue and the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity to the recommendation on the protection of minors and the directive on audiovisual media services. Morak explicitly stressed that this had been possible above all thanks to close cooperation with the members of the European Parliament and the European Commission. With regard to programme funding, he said the overall result was more than satisfactory considering the starting point.

Morak also met with Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas in Brussels to discuss e-Government issues and future cooperation at the European level. The Commission showed great interest in the successful path Austria had trodden in the last few years, and especially in examples of best practice such as electronic file processing and preparation of legislation. According to Morak, intensive cooperation is necessary in the areas of acceptance of electronic documents and communication between the Member States and the Commission in particular, not least in order to facilitate electronic services for Europe’s citizens. These had also been Presidency priorities.

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