Participants
Find below list of participants who will be taking part in meetings and GFMD General Assembly in-person.
The sessions and breakout discussions around the 2021 GFMD General Assembly were attended by almost 100 participants either in Tirana or online.
27 in-person participants for the General Assembly, Steering Committee, and strategy session (+8 members of the GFMD Secretariat).
43 online participants for the General Assembly, Steering Committee, and strategy session.
26 additional attendees for the session on "Albanian perspectives on media development and journalism support".
In-person participants
Name | Title | Organisation |
Alastair King-Smith | British Ambassador to Albania | UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office |
Anisa Curaj | Albania Coordinator | Thomson Foundation |
Bill Orme | Author, editor, and independent consultant | Author, editor, and independent consultant |
David Quin | Development Director | Thomson Foundation |
Davor Marko | Balkans Programme Manager | Thomson Foundation |
Guy Berger | Director for Strategies and Policies in the Field of Communication and Information | UNESCO |
James Deane | Director for Policy and Learning | BBC Media Action |
Jan Lublinski | Head of Department, Policy and Learning | DW Akademie |
Jesper Højberg | Executive Director | International Media Support (IMS) |
Jodie Ginsberg | Chief Executive Director | Internews |
Lars Tallert | Head of Policy and International Development at Fojo / Sweden's representative to UNESCO's IPDC Intergovernmental Council | Fojo Media Institute |
Laurence Burckel | Responsable développement et partenariats - Afrique | Canal France International |
Leon Willems | Director for Policy and Programmes | Free Press Unlimited |
Marija Ristic | Regional Director | Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) |
Marvin Hokstam | Journalist | Association of Caribbean Media Workers |
Mary O’Shea | Senior Technical Advisor – Information & Media | International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) |
Milka Domanovic | Head of Business and Partnership | Balkan Investigative Reporting Network - BIRN |
Mira Milosevic | Executive Director | Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) |
Nayla Abdelnour | Project Manager | Samir Kassir Foundation/ Skeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom |
Nona Majidi | Deputy Chief of Party | Balkan Media Assistance Program |
Rebecca Stringer | Deputy Head, Global Democracy & Media Freedom Department | Open Societies and Human Rights Directorate | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Remzi Lani | Executive Director | Albanian Media Institute |
Ricardo Corredor Cure | outgoing GFMD Chairperson | Fundación Gabo |
Ruth Kronenburg | Director of Operations | Free Press Unlimited |
Susan Abbott | Co-Chair of the Media Development Working Group | International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) |
Tabani Moyo | Acting Regional Director | MISA Zimbabwe |
Thierry Vallat | Chairman and Managing Director | Canal France International |
In addition to GFMD's Executive Director, Mira Milosevic, the eight members of the GFMD Secretariat attended the General Assembly in person.
Name | Title |
Anne Marie Hammer | Programmes and Project Manager |
Biba Klomp | International Partnerships Manager |
Fiona Nzingo | Membership and Engagement Manager |
Ivana Bjelic Vucinic | Programmes and Project Manager |
Jordan Higgins | Advocacy and Policy Manager |
Klea Trbovic Zivkovic | Financial Manager |
Olga Komarova | Communications Manager |
Tom Law | Media Policy Advisor |
Online only participants
GFMD members and partners that registered/attended via Zoom, included:
Name | Title | Organisation |
Ayman Mhanna | Executive Director | Skyes Centre for Media and Cultural Freedom |
Birgitte Jallov | President | Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) |
Caroline Vuillemin | Director of Operations | Fondation Hirrondelle |
Courtney Radsch | Freelance | Media policy expert |
Cristina Zahar | Executive Director | ABRAJI |
Cyprien Ndikumana | Director | Institute Panos Grands Lacs |
Denis Chabrol | Senior Vice President | Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) |
Drew Sullivan | Editor | Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) |
Ehsan Ahmed Khan Sehar | President | Rural Media Network Pakistan |
Fatemah Farag | Director | Welad Elbalad |
Francesca Silvani | Key Expert, Freedom of Expression Technical Assistance to EU Delegations | Media for Democracy (M4D) |
Haron Mwangi | Director, Programmes and Resource Mobilization | Panos Institute Great Lakes - IPGL |
Ines Drefs | Employee | Media Development Assistance in the 21st Century (MEDAS 21) |
J.Y. Hoh | Legal Officer | Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) |
Jaime Abello Banfi | Director-General | Fundación Gabo |
Jeanne Bourgault | President and CEO | Internews |
Jeremy Druker | Executive Director | Transitions Online (TOL) |
Joyce Barnathan | Former President | International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) |
Kiran Maharaj | President | Media Institute of the Caribbean |
Lars Boering | Director | European Journalism Centre (EJC) |
Layla Bahnam | Program Manager | Maharat Foundation |
Malcolm Joseph | Executive Director | CEMESP Liberia |
Mark Nelson | Former Director | Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) |
Maryam Barre/ Maryan Seylac | Executive Director | Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) |
Mijal Iastrebner | Co-founder | SembraMedia |
Milica Pesic | Executive Director | Media Diversity Institute |
Mogens Schmidt | Senior Advisor on Press Freedom and Media Development | |
Olumide Ogunlade | Editor-in-chief | Acclaim Nigeria Magazine |
Owais Aslam Ali | Executive Director | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) |
Prue Clarke | Co-founder & Executive Director | New Narratives |
Rawan Damen | Director-General | Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism - ARIJ |
Robin Backer | Founder | Media Development Collective (MDC) |
Roula Mikhael | Executive Director | Maharat Foundation |
Sameer Padania | Lead Rapporteur, Sustainability of Journalism | Forum for Information & Democracy / Macroscope London |
Sharon Moshavi | President | International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) |
Susan Angle | Director | Media for Democracy |
Tihomir Loza | Executive Director | South-East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) |
Toby Mendel | Director | Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) |
Vusumuzi Sifile | Executive Director | Panos Institute Southern Africa |
Werner Eggert | Director | Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism |
Wesley Gibbings | Executive Member | Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) |
Yahye Mohamed | Executive Director | Somaliland Journalists Association |
Zoe Titus | Director | Namibia Media Trust |
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