# Governance bodies

- [General Assembly](/governance/general-assembly.md): The General Assembly is the sovereign body of GFMD.
- [2025 Annual Meeting](/governance/general-assembly/2025.md): The 2025 meeting of GFMD’s General Assembly will be held online on Thursday 15 May 2025.
- [Code of Practice: Review & Approval](/governance/general-assembly/2025/code-of-practice.md)
- [Steering Committee Election 2025](/governance/general-assembly/2025/elections.md)
- [2025 Extraordinary General Assembly](/governance/general-assembly/2025/2025-extraordinary-general-assembly.md): The 2025 Extraordinary General Assembly will be held online on Wednesday 16 July 2025.
- [2024 Annual Meeting](/governance/general-assembly/2024.md): The 2024 meeting of GFMD’s General Assembly will be held online on Wednesday 24 April 2024.
- [2023 Annual Meeting](/governance/general-assembly/2023.md): The 2023 meeting of GFMD’s General Assembly will be held online on April 26th 2023.
- [2022 Annual Meeting](/governance/general-assembly/2022.md): This meeting of GFMD’s General Assembly on April 5th 2022 is being held online and in-person in Brussels in order to fulfil the legal requirements of our Belgium registration.
- [2021 GENERAL ASSEMBLY](/governance/general-assembly/2021.md): Reports from the GFMD General Assembly in Tirana will be published here by 11th October 2021.
- [Agenda](/governance/general-assembly/2021/agenda.md): The (year-delayed) GFMD General Assembly will take place on September 30th and October 1st 2021.
- [Pre-assembly (2 Aug. - 28 Sept.)](/governance/general-assembly/2021/agenda/pre-assembly.md)
- [29 September 2021](/governance/general-assembly/2021/agenda/29-september-2021.md): All times Central European Summer Time (CEST) (GMT+2)
- [30 September 2021](/governance/general-assembly/2021/agenda/30-september-2021.md): All times Central European Summer Time (CEST) (GMT+2)
- [1 October 2021](/governance/general-assembly/2021/agenda/1-october-2021.md): All times Central European Summer Time (CEST) (GMT+2)
- [Post-assembly (13 Oct. - 1 Nov.)](/governance/general-assembly/2021/agenda/post-assembly.md)
- [Participants](/governance/general-assembly/2021/agenda/participants.md): Find below list of participants who will be taking part in meetings and GFMD General Assembly in-person.
- [Meeting reports](/governance/general-assembly/2021/meeting-reports.md)
- [General Assembly - Tirana 2021](/governance/general-assembly/2021/meeting-reports/general-assembly-tirana-2021.md)
- [Steering Committee - Tirana 2021](/governance/general-assembly/2021/meeting-reports/steering-committee-tirana-2021.md)
- [Strategic planning](/governance/general-assembly/2021/meeting-reports/strategic-planning.md): On 1 October 2021 members and partners of the Global Forum for Media Development met to discuss strategy and planning for the next four year period.
- [Albanian media roundtable](/governance/general-assembly/2021/meeting-reports/albania.md): Report from the "Albanian perspectives on media development and journalism support" a roundtable discussion at the GFMD meeting in Tirana on 30 September 2021.
- [Afghanistan media assistance](/governance/general-assembly/2021/meeting-reports/afghanistan.md): On 30th September 2021 GFMD hosted an Afghanistan assistance coordination meeting in Tirana, Albania Three journalists from Afghanistan presented the current situation and spoke what assistance is nee
- [Appendices](/governance/general-assembly/2021/meeting-reports/appendices.md)
- [2020 Annual Meeting](/governance/general-assembly/2020-annual-meeting.md): On 1st and 2nd October 2020 GFMD's General Assembly met to mark GFMD's 15th Anniversary.
- [2016 GENERAL ASSEMBLY](/governance/general-assembly/2016-general-assembly.md): The 2016-2021 Steering Committee was elected at the General Assembly of the Global Forum for Media Development in Jakarta, Indonesia in September 2016.
- [2012 GENERAL ASSEMBLY](/governance/general-assembly/2012-general-assembly.md): The 2012-2016 Steering Committee was elected at the General Assembly of the Global Forum for Media Development in Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa in 2012.
- [2008 GENERAL ASSEMBLY](/governance/general-assembly/2008-general-assembly.md): The 2008-2012 Steering Committee was elected at the General Assembly of the Global Forum for Media Development in Athens, Greece on December 7-10, 2008.
- [Steering Committee](/governance/steering-committee.md): The Steering Committee is elected every 4 years by GFMD's General Members and is responsible for major strategic and policy matters, GFMD memberships issues, and oversee the work of the Secretariat.
- [Current members](/governance/steering-committee/current.md): GFMD Steering Committee members (2025-2029)
- [Past members](/governance/steering-committee/past.md): This page lists the members of the GFMD Steering Committees which were elected by general members in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2025.
- [2021-2025](/governance/steering-committee/past/2021-2025.md): The 2021-2025 Steering Committee was elected at the Global Forum for Media Development - General Assembly - Tirana, Albania on 30 September 2021.
- [2016-2021](/governance/steering-committee/past/2016-2021.md): The 2016-2021 Steering Committee was elected at the Global Forum for Media Development - Jakarta, 2016.
- [2012-2016](/governance/steering-committee/past/2012-2016.md): The 2012-2016 Steering Committee was elected at the Global Forum for Media Development in Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa 2012.
- [2008-2012](/governance/steering-committee/past/2008-2012.md): The 2008-2012 Steering Committee was elected at the Global Forum for Media Development in Athens, Greece on December 7-10, 2008.
- [Candidates](/governance/steering-committee/candidates.md): This is where the GFMD Secretariat publishes the candidates Steering Committee elections.
- [2025](/governance/steering-committee/candidates/2025.md): Candidates for election to the 2025-2029 GFMD Steering Committee will be published on this page and announced via the usual channels in November 2025.
- [2021](/governance/steering-committee/candidates/candidates-2021-2025.md): Ahead of the GFMD General Assembly in 2021 the following representatives of GFMD members put themselves forward for election to the 2021-2025 GFMD Steering Committee.
- [Other Committees](/governance/other-committees.md)
- [Executive Committee](/governance/other-committees/executive-committee.md): The GFMD Executive Committee is constituted of the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, and Treasurer (elected by the Steering Committee) and the Executive Director of the GFMD Secretariat.
- [Current](/governance/other-committees/executive-committee/current.md): The current members of GFMD's executive committee, who are serving on the 2025-2029 Steering Committee are Rawan Damen, Laxman Datt Pant, and Caroline Vuillemin.
- [Past](/governance/other-committees/executive-committee/past.md): This page lists the GFMD executive committees that were elected from previous Steering Committees.
- [Policy and Learning Committee](/governance/other-committees/policy-and-learning-committee.md)
- [Membership Committee](/governance/other-committees/membership-committee.md)
- [Secretariat](/governance/secretariat.md): The Secretariat of Global Forum for Media Development carries out activities as agreed by the GFMD Steering Committee and General Assembly.