3DUW7ZR PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING 1. All State and government controlled broadcasters should be transformed into public service broadcasters, that are accountable to all strata of the people as represented by an independent board, and that serve the overall public interest, avoiding one-sided reporting and programming in regard to religion, political belief, culture, race and gender. 2. Public service broadcasters should, like broadcasting and telecommunications regulators, be governed by bodies which are protected against interference. 3. The public service mandate of public service broadcasters should be clearly defined. 4. The editorial independence of public service broad casters should be guaranteed. 5. Public service broadcasters should be adequately funded in a manner that protects them from arbitrary interference with their budgets. 6. Without detracting from editorial control over news and current affairs content and in order to promote the development of independent productions and to enhance diversity in programming, public service broadcasters should be required to broadcast minimum quotas of material by independent producers. 7. The transmission infrastructure used by public service broad casters should be made accessible to all 6R7KLVLV'HPRFUDF\" broad casters under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. 3$577KUHH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING 1. Community broadcasting is broadcasting which is for, by and about the community, whose ownership and management is representative of the community, which pursues a social development agenda, and which is non-profit. 2. There should be a clear recognition, including by the international community, of the difference between decentralised public broadcasting and community broadcasting. 3. The right of community broadcasters to have access to the Internet, for the benefit of their respective communities, should be promoted. 3$57)RXU TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CONVERGENCE 1. The right to communicate includes access to telephones, email, Internet and other telecommunications systems, including through the promotion of community-controlled information communication technology centres. 2. Telecommunications law and policy should promote the goal of universal service and access, including through access clauses in privatisation and liberalisation processes, and proactive measures by the State.