# Participants The sessions and breakout discussions around the 2021 GFMD General Assembly were attended by almost 100 participants either in Tirana or online. {% hint style="success" %} **27** in-person participants for the [General Assembly](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2021/30-september-2021#gfmd-general-assembly-2021), [Steering Committee](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2021/30-september-2021#1545-1730-first-meeting-of-new-gfmd-steering-committee-with-attendance-of-outgoing-steering-committee), and [strategy session](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2021/1-october-2021#gfmd-strategy-discussion-0900-1230) (+8 members of the GFMD Secretariat). {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} **43** online participants for the [General Assembly](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2021/30-september-2021#gfmd-general-assembly-2021), [Steering Committee](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2021/30-september-2021#1545-1730-first-meeting-of-new-gfmd-steering-committee-with-attendance-of-outgoing-steering-committee), and [strategy session](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2021/1-october-2021#gfmd-strategy-discussion-0900-1230). {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} **26** additional attendees for the session on [*"Albanian perspectives on media development and journalism support"*](https://strategy.gfmd.info/governance/general-assembly/2021/30-september-2021#0900-1045-albanian-perspectives-on-media-development-and-journalism-support)*.* {% endhint %} ## 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](https://gfmd.info/who-is-who/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 |