• WHAT is the GFMD?
• WHY we need the GFMD?
• WHO is the GFMD?
• Financial support to GFMD
• GFMD Mission: The 19 Points of the 2005 Amman conference
• GFMD Constitution
• Contact us
• GFMD Steering Committee
• GFMD Code of Practice
• GFMD Income and Expenditure 2010
• GFMD Members
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WHO is the GFMD?

The GFMD covers the full range of media development organisations.

Members include media assistance groups with international reach, such as, for instance, the BBC World Service Trust or Internews Network; regional organisations, such as Panos South Asia, the Media Institute for Southern Africa, or the Fundacion para del Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI) in Latin America; and members come from national organisations, such as Media Rights Agenda in Nigeria, the Free Media Movement in Sri Lanka or the Media Forum in Azerbaijan; as well as professional groups in membership of the World Association of Newspapers and the International Federation of Journalists.

As a voluntary membership network, general membership in the GFMD is open to independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisations, whose work focuses significantly on media development. Associate membership is open to individuals (academics, researchers, media consultants, experts), who work on media development issues. Associate membership is also open to institutions and entreprises, who provide financial support to media development organisations or who provide considerable assistance to media development.

The GFMD is run by a global Steering Committee with two representatives selected by each region (Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Middle East/North Africa, Latin America) and four representatives selected from organisations with international reach. The GFMD Director reports to the Steering Committee.

GFMD Steering Committee 2009-2010

Chair  Joyce Barnathan,International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), USA
Vice-Chair Manana Aslamazyan,Internews Europe, France
Chairman Emeritus David Hoffman, Internews Network, USA

Asia
Roby Alampay, South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Thailand
A.S. Panneerselvan, Panos South Asia, India
Ying Chan, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Hong Kong andShantou universities, China

Africa
Gabriel Baglo, IFJ Africa Office,Senegal
Jeanette Minnie, Zambezi FoX,South Africa
David Makali, Kenya Media Institute, Kenya

Eurasia
Remzi Lani, South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media (SEENPM), Albania
Katerina Myasnykova, Independent Association of Broadcasters, Ukraine
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Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center, Bulgaria

Latin America and the Carribean
Jaime Abello Banfi, Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI), Colombia
Veet Vivarta, Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia (ANDI), Brazil
Wesley Gibbings, Association of Carribean Media Workers, Trinidad and Tobago

Middle East/North Africa
Ali Djerri, Al Khabar, Algeria
Haitham Shibli, Radio Farahalnas/ Hashemite Fund for Human Development, Jordan
Hassan Nadir, Chada FM, Morocco

International Caucus
James Deane, BBC World ServiceTrust, UK
Jesper Hojberg, International Media Support, Denmark
Leon Willems, Press Now, theNetherlands
Mark Wilson, Panos Institute, UK