The new prize, supported personally by Erhard Busek, the special co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, is just one small part of SEEMO's activities.The organisation also analyses the legal framework in which journalists operate, and lobbies national governments to bring laws into line with international standards.For example, SEEMO is encouraging the Serbian and Montenegrin governments to make defamation a civil -- rather than a criminal -- offence.
Novouvedena nagrada, koju lično podržava specijalni koordinator Pakta za stabilnost Jugoistočne Evrope Erhard Busek, samo je delić aktivnosti SEEMO. Ta organizacija takođe analizira pravne okvire u kojima novinari delaju i lobira pri nacionalnim vlastima u regionu da svoje zakone na tom polju prilagode međunarodnim standardima. Na primer, SEEMO ohrabruje srpske i crnogorske vlasti da klevetu, koja po sadašnjem zakonu predstavlja krivično delo, preimenuju u prekršaj.