2025 Annual Meeting

The 2025 meeting of GFMD’s General Assembly will be held online on Wednesday 14 May 2025.

Date: Thursday 15 May, 2025

Time: 15:00 - 16:30 CET

Location: Online via Zoom

Registration

Register to attend the GFMD General Assembly. Reach out to the GFMD Secretariat for more information regarding the registration.

Who is eligible to attend?

All representatives of GFMD members are welcome to attend.

Members of the GFMD Steering Committee are especially encouraged to attend.

AGENDA

If GFMD members wish to suggest any additions to the agenda, please do so by Friday 25 April.

The meeting will be chaired by GFMD chair Zoe Titus, Director of Namibia Media Trust.

Welcome (15:00 - 15:05)

Opening the meeting and welcoming members and guests:

• GFMD's Chair, Zoe Titus (Director, Namibia Media Trust)

• Executive Director, Mira Milosevic (GFMD)

Adopting minutes of GFMD General Assembly in April 2024 (15:05 - 15:10)

The minutes of the GFMD General Assembly in Brussels, April 2024, are available here.

Adoption of GFMD's 2024 audited accounts (15:10 - 15:15)

GFMD's audited accounts for 2024 will be shared ahead of the meeting.

• Comments from GFMD Treasurer, Ruth Kronenburg (Director, Free Press Unlimited)

Adoption of 2024 activity report (15:15 - 15:25)

GFMD's activity report for 2024 will be shared ahead of the meeting.

A summary report on GFMD’s activities in 2024 can be found here.

Updating members on GFMD's budget and activities for 2025 (15:25 - 15:35)

GFMD's budget for 2025 will be shared ahead of the meeting.

• Comments from GFMD Treasurer, Ruth Kronenburg (Director, Free Press Unlimited)

Acceptance of GFMD's auditor for 2025 (15:35 - 15:40)

The GFMD Secretariat will put forward a proposed auditor ahead of the meeting.

GFMD’s auditor for the 2024 financial year was:

VRC REGISTERED AUDITORS

West Point Park, 't Hofveld 6 C3 - 1702 Groot-Bijgaarden

TVA: BE0462836191

Auditor - Mireille Decoster

Launch of the GFMD Steering Committee Election process (15:40 - 15:50)

Launch of the approval process for the revised GFMD Code of Practice (15:50 - 15:55)

GFMD Strategy 2025-2030: Discussion (15:50 - 16:25)

• Presentation of the process of how members can contribute.

• Open discussion with members about priorities and substance of the new strategy.

Any other business (16:25 - 16:30)

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