Our partners
J@YS is formed by the following journalism organisations
Résidence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, B-Brussels
Tel: +32 (0)2 235 22 24
Association des Journalistes Professionnels (AJP)
Tel: +32 (0)2 235 22 60
Association Générale de Journalistes Professionnels en Belgique / Algemene Vereniging van Beroepsjournalisten in België (AGJPB / AVBB)
The General Association for Professional Journalists in Belgium includes the French-speaking association AJP (Association des Journalistes professionnels) and the Dutch-speaking association (VVJ – Vlaamse Vereniging van Journalisten)
European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
The EFJ is the European group of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Its members are unions or associations of journalists, making the EFJ Europe’s largest organisation of journalists representing about 250,000 journalists in over thirty countries.
The EFJ fights for social and professional rights of journalists working in all sectors of media and it fosters ethical and independent journalism. The EFJ is recognised by the European Union, the Council of Europe and the European Trade Union Confederation as the representative voice of journalists in Europe.
Tel: +32 (0)2 235 22 00
Email: efj@ifj.org
Website: www.europe.ifj.org
European Journalism Centre (EJC)
Tel: +32 (0)2 325 23 44
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
Today the Federation represents around 600.000 members in more than 100 countries. The IFJ promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists. The IFJ does not subscribe to any given political viewpoint, but promotes human rights, democracy and pluralism. The Federation is opposed to discrimination of all kinds and condemns the use of media as propaganda or to promote intolerance and conflict.
National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
The NUJ is an active, campaigning organisation seeking to improve the pay and conditions of its members and working to protect and promote media freedom, professionalism and ethical standards in all media. Founded in 1907, it today has a total membership of around 38,000, making it one of the largest journalists’ unions in the world. NUJ members work as employees or freelancers in newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio, public relations or new media. The union is organised in workplaces, towns and cities all over the UK and Ireland, and has Continental European branches in Brussels, Paris and the Netherlands.
Residence Palace International Press Centre
With almost 1000 foreign journalists working in Brussels at any given time there was a real need for a fully equipped press centre. Therefore, in July 2001 the Belgian federal government decided to set up an international press centre. The Residence Palace International Press Centre is a meeting place for journalists, policymakers, researchers and communications experts from Belgium and abroad providing facilities for meetings and a press working area.
Vlaamse Vereniging van Journalisten (VVJ)
The VVJ is the Flemish ‘wing’ of the Belgian association of professional journalists. It defends the rights and interests of about 2,600 journalists, mostly working for Belgian Dutch-speaking media. Together with its French-speaking counterpart AJP it has a key role in the acknowledgement of professional journalists and the distribution of Belgian official press cards. It also sets out guidelines as to ethics in journalism and co-founded the Raad voor de Journalistiek (Council for Journalism, an ethical commission on journalism).
