26 November 2025,
Faculty of Dramatic Arts
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE- European Public Services
BELGIAN PUBLIC SERVICE CHILDREN’S CHANNEL- KETNETthe event’s guest is editor Bart Peeters
The guest of the festival’s third edition is Bart Peeters, the editor of children’s documentary programming at KETNET https://www.vrt.be/vrtmax/ketnet/ of the Belgian public broadcaster. Bart Peeters će predstaviti i organizaciju KETNET kanala i principe kojima se program za decu i mlade vodi prilikom obraćanja ovoj ciljnoj publici. Za KETNET kanal je karakteristično da blisko sarađuju sa celokupnim obrazovnim sistemom i da se godišnji program planira u skladu sa aktuelnim temama među najmlađom populacijom uz aktivno ućešće prosvetnih radnika I medijskih stručnjaka. Program se uvek prilagođava trenutnim potrebama društva.
The professional conference, aimed at exchanging best practices is intended for professionals and students in the field of audiovisual content.
27 November 2025,
European house from 17:00 to 20:00
introduction from 17:00 to 18:00
As part of the introductory presentation, we will present the campaign against peer violence STIP IT https://www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/stip-it/the initiative of the Belgian public service children’s channel KETNETThis campaign brings the community together each year around the idea of teaching children the values of non-violent behavior and mutual respect. Since its first edition, STIP IT has grown into a recognized international model: it has been successfully implemented in Flanders for eight years and later expanded to Wallonia, Brussels, Denmark, the Netherlands, and, starting this year, Slovenia. The campaign is the recipient of an award Effie Awards 2019 for an initiative that motivates, encourages conversation and creates a lasting positive effect in the community.
DISCUSSION PANEL from 18:00 to 20:00 Topic: CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN MEDIA: DO WE HEAR THEIR VOICE?
It is often forgotten in public discourse that children’s engagement with fiction can be as influential as their understanding of news and informational content. The media landscape thus serves not only as a channel for facts but also as a space for cultivating empathy, imagination, appreciation of diversity and ethical thinking. The professionalism, aesthetics and ethics of content created for children are essential, because the way we portray them shapes how society recognizes their rights, particularly their right to be heard, respected and to take part equally in matters that concern them directly.
28 November 2025,
European house from 17:00 to 20:00
BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES from 17:00 to 18:30 SHARE POOL PROJEKAT WeMeThe event’s guest is Dr. Maya Gotetz
Gošća festivala biće Maya Gotz, direktorka Nemačkog Prix Jeunesse International https://prixjeunesse.de/, najuticajnijeg svetskog festivala televizijskog stvaralaštva za decu i rukovodilac IZI instituta u Minhenu, vodećeg međunarodnog centra za istraživanje odnosa dece i medija.
DISCUSSION PANEL from 18:30 to 20:00 Topic: GREEN PROGRAM FOR THE YOUNGEST
As the boundaries of the media landscape disappear, the question arises of how to balance global formats with authentic local stories and how media can become a platform that empowers rather than frightens children. Special attention will be given to environmental education, both through content that introduces children to climate change and responsibility toward nature and through opportunities for an ecological shift within the sector itself, including sustainable pre-production and production practices.
The discussion seeks to showcase innovative approaches to international collaboration and creative work for children, where media serve as a space for empathy, understanding and collective learning, while also functioning as an industry aware of its social and environmental responsibilities. When approached this way, media can become a space where children not only watch the world but actively engage with, comprehend and shape it.
