# 2008-2012

## 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


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