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).
26 additional attendees for the session on "Albanian perspectives on media development and journalism support".
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 |
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)
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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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