2008 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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.

Executive Committee

• Chairperson: Joyce Barnathan - International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (USA)

• Vice-Chair: Manana Aslamazyan - Internews Europe (France)

• Chairman Emeritus: David Hoffman, Internews Network (USA)

Asia

• South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) (Thailand) - Roby Alampay

• Panos South Asia (India) - A.S. Panneerselvan

• Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Hong Kong and Shantou universities (China) - Ying Chan

Africa

• IFJ Africa Office (Senegal) - Gabriel Baglo,

• Zambezi FoX (South Africa) - Jeanette Minnie,

• Kenya Media Institute (Kenya) - David Makali,

Eurasia

• South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media (SEENPM) (Albania) - Remzi Lani

• Independent Association of Broadcasters (Ukraine) - Katerina Myasnykova / sharing with Media Development Center (Bulgaria) - Ognian Zlatev

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI) (Colombia) - Jaime Abello Banfi

• Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia (ANDI) (Brazil) - Veet Vivarta

• Association of Caribbean Media Workers (Trinidad and Tobago) - Wesley Gibbings

Middle East/North Africa

• Al Khabar (Algeria) - Ali Djerri,

• Radio Farahalnas/Hashemite Fund for Human Development (Jordan) - Haitham Shibli

• Chada FM (Morocco) - Hassan Nadir

International Caucus

• BBC World Service Trust (now BBC Media Action) (UK) - James Deane

• International Media Support (Denmark) - Jesper Hojberg,

• Press Now (now FreePress Unlimited) (the Netherlands) - Leon Willems

• Panos Institute (UK) - Mark Wilson