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Global Forum for Media Development

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Financing for Development
  • Governance
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Information
  • Media
  • Peace and Security
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • United Nations Funding
  • Values

    • Financing for Development:
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Women and the media

    • Public Administration:
  • Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
  • Governance and Public Administration

    • Social Development:
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Technical cooperation

    • Statistics:
  • Development indicators
  • Official statistics, principles and practices
  • Social Statistics and Social Monitoring
  • Statistical activities classification

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Indicators
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world

    • Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa

    • NEPAD:
  • Human Development
    • Geographic scope: International
    Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Develop global partnership for development
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2011
    Organizational structure: The GFMD is an international membership network of voluntary affiliation of about 154 organisations involved in media assistance. The GFMD Steering Committee is elected by the GFMD general members every 3 years and is represented by: -2 representatives of each region (Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Middle East/North Africa in progress, Latin America) -4 representatives selected from organizations with international reach -The last election took place in September 2012 and will take place again in 2016. The current Steering Committee composition is: The GFMD Secretariat is based in Brussels, Belgium, and its function is to implement the decisions of the Steering Committee and the Multiyear work plan to raise funds, organize activities and provide services to the GFMD members. The GFMD Secretariat reports to the Steering Committee and applies a transparency policy towards its members. The 2015 annual turnover of the GFMD was EUR 350K. The core needs of the GFMD are covered by financial and pro-bono contributions of its members. Grants or loans from Institutional and private donors complement the GFMD budget for specific activities occasionally.
    Number and type of members: 154 member organisations: 50 as General members, such as : AFRICAN MEDIA INITIATIVE, AFP Foundation, Albanian Media Institute, ANDI, ARTICLE 19 Headquarters, Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers, BBC Media Action, Canal France International, Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists, Center for Independent Journalism, CIMA-NED, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, Community Media Solutions, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma COLUMBIA UNIV, Deutsche Welle Akademie, Espacio Publico, Ethical Journalism Network, European Journalism Center, FAMEDEV-Inter Africa Network for Women, Media , Gender and Development, FOJO, Fondation Hirondelle, Free Press Unlimited, Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, Global Investigative Journalism Network , Globe International, Hong Kong University, IMS (International Media Support), Independent Association of Broadcasters, Indonesia Press Council, Initiatives for Media Development, International Center for Journalists, International Federation of Journalists, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Internews (Network), Internews Europe, IREX US, malaysiakini.com, Media Development Investment Fund, Media in transition and cooperation, Media Institute for Southern Africa, Novi Sad School of Journalism (Manana), Panos South Asia, Prensa Y Sociedad, Regional Press Development Institute, Sourcefabric, SouthEast Asian Press Alliance , South East European Network for Professionalization of Media, Vivarta, Institut Panos Grands Lacs, SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom, Stichting Panos Network. And around 105 organizations are Associated member.
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Foreign and international grants
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