About GFMD IMPACT & FAQs
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The International Media Policy and Advisory Centre (IMPACT) is an initiative by the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) that aims to assist donors, funders, policy-makers, practitioners, and other stakeholders in making informed, evidence-based decisions on strategies, programming, funding, and advocacy for media development and journalism support.
It is a collaborative learning and exchange project designed to bring together media development and journalism support groups, donors and funding organisations, academic and research institutions, as well as technology, media, and governance experts.
To leverage expertise and maximize the effectiveness of funding to address the global crises facing media across the world, including the collapse of traditional business models, increasing attacks on journalists, and the rise of dis/misinformation,
To offer donor agencies, philanthropic organisations, and media support actors required insights, and a range of tools and resources for informing strategy, programme, and project design, as well as implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
By helping to maximise the effectiveness of the funds available for this sector GFMD IMPACT hopes to catalyse efforts to build stronger, healthier, and more sustainable media and information systems.
For information about the consultations, studies and co-design sessions that have led to the creation of GFMD IMPACT go to:
Ivana Bjelic Vucinic, Programmes and Project Manager
Tom Law, Media Policy Advisor
2021 is a pilot year for GFMD IMPACT and this first phase is supported by the , National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and the PRIMED project funded by the UK FCDO.
International Media Policy Advisory Centre (IMPACT) an initiative of the and is administered by a project team including:
, Executive Director
The GFMD IMPACT uses a network of experts and brought together by the GFMD IMPACT team to respond in a timely fashion to requests from donors, practitioners and policymakers.
For potential examples of how a help desk for the media development community could function, see the and the initiative.
