The academy aims at safeguarding media freedoms and the right to freedom of expression by sharing and learning from the best legal national frameworks and practices in the enforcement of media standards in the region. It is expected to enhance cooperation in the development and the implementation of progressive media legislation in the countries in South East Europe in line with international and European media standards.

The event will gather regional practicing media lawyers, legislators, media representatives, members of media regulators and self-regulatory bodies, and academics.

The project will be jointly implemented by ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression and the European Association of Public Service Media in South East Europe, under the auspices of the Regional Cooperation Council and with support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.