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Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
EU Transparency Register
282653030081-94 First registered on 08 Feb 2018
Goals / Remit
• To provide an international forum for the discussion of ideas, information and strategies in the field of jouralism and media development and to facilitate communication between and among GFMD members, through the support of the GFMD international secretariat.
• To create a platform for journalism support and media development practitioners to interact with donors, governments, opinion leaders and the wider public making the case for media development as a primary pillar for advancing social, economic and political development.
• To promote and disseminate research and analysis on the impact of media development assistance on governance, civic participation, poverty alleviation, emergent crises and markets worldwide.
• To promote the establishment of common standards and ethics for media development work that encourages cross-sector cooperation.
• To advance best practice methods in the media development sector through shared.Main EU files targeted
Monitoring of EU funding for media development on behalf of members, media and press freedom initiatives and legislation, development policy, SDG 16.10 - public access to information and journalism safety, High Level Group on Fake News, Communication initiatives, Development Cooperation and Human Rights Programmes
Address
Head Office
Rond Point Schuman 6
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Anne Marie Hammer (Programmes and Policy Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Mira Milosevic (Executive Director)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
The core needs of the GFMD are covered by membership fees and additional voluntary contributions from its members. At times, the GFMD receives grants or loans from institutional and private donors for specific activities. Donors that have supported the GFMD include the Flanders Government, UNESCO, the Open Society Foundations, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the European Commission, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the United Nations Development Fund (UNDEF). Currently, GFMD's project activties are funded by grants from Flanders Government and National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
GFMD has a unique, neutral and trusted position which allows it to bring together all the major actors in media development, local and regional media assistance groups and the representatives of nascent media sectors to reach a common understanding of needs and priorities. It has, for example, played a fundamental role in global advocacy initiatives aimed at including access to information in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It has successfully advocated for the inclusion of Access to Information in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and developed a series of strong initiatives at the international and country levels. GFMD has coordinated needs assessment among local media actors in Syria, provided policy advice for donors and increased the added value and impact of development aid for Syrian media.
The GFMD secretariat plans its activities in close cooperation and dialogue with the major international media development network members so as to ensure that the most relevant media development groups are present and assist in, co-organise and participate in the various media policy and coordination activities. This dual integration ensures the impact of GFMD’s activities and reinforces the evidence-based approach as well as the local ownership of GFMD’s actions.
The work method and bottom-up approach are the channels through which grassroots’ needs and priorities are integrated into GFMD’s agenda and local media benefit from the network. At the same time it helps the delivery of valuable inputs to stakeholders at the international, regional and local levels.
Collaboration: We act together to increase strategic coherence and foster collaboration, connection and community among journalism support, free expression and media assistance organizations, including tech or digital human rights actors.
Knowledge, Standards, and Skills Sharing: GFMD is strengthening capacity and skills of journalism and media support and development groups, and promoting best practices and professional standards of the sector. GFMD leverages expertise that exists within the journalism support and media development sector to provide the most current and practical knowledge and experience to its members and community.Promoting and disseminating research and analysis on the impact of media in social and economic development.
Advocacy: We address political, social and structural constraints to media freedom through peer-led advocacy. We advocate for increased understanding, recognition and importance of journalism support and media development within international corporate, donor, and intergovernmental and philanthropic communities.
Research: The GFMD promotes and disseminates research and analysis related to journalism support and media development, including its impact on development of societies. We also encourage the evaluation of media development work as a way to identify and advance best practices, methods and technologies..Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared