Planned meetings and activities for the GFMD International Media Policy and Advisory Centre (IMPACT) in 2021.
Donor-practitioner-academic learning meetings
GFMD IMPACT organises at least three donor-practitioner-academic learning meetings a year to facilitate regular communication, knowledge sharing and experience exchange between donors and practitioners and other forms of local, regional and national consultations, targeted meetings and knowledge exchange events.
Learning meetings 2022
World News Media Congress: Media Viability Session (Sept. 2022)
World News Media Congress: Media Viability Session (Sept. 2022)
GFMD IMPACT
Funder's Roundtable: Investing in the future of independent journalism (Sept. 2022)
Funder's Roundtable: Investing in the future of independent journalism (Sept. 2022)
GFMD IMPACT
IAMCR 2022 - Media Sector Working Group and GFMD session (July 2022)
IAMCR 2022 - Media Sector Working Group and GFMD session (July 2022)
GFMD IMPACT
World Press Freedom Day (May 2022)
World Press Freedom Day (May 2022)
GFMD IMPACT
Principles for effective media development - Belgrade (April 2022)
Principles for effective mediadev Belgrade (April 2022)
GFMD IMPACT
Sessions at the Global Conference for Media Freedom
Sessions at the Global Conference for Media Freedom (9 Feb. 2022)
Theories of change & impact measurement (March 2021)
GFMD IMPACT
Format of GFMD IMPACT learning meetings
Literature reviews
In preparation for each meeting, the GFMD IMPACT team prepares a literature review analysing the most relevant research and other resources. These are shared with participants in advance of the meeting.
Presenting case studies in this format means that the learning meetings themselves can be more interactive and ensure that those unable to attend are still able to benefit from the presentations.
Breakout groups
Where possible, GFMD IMPACT learning meetings have breakout groups where participants are able to discuss in more details the issues raised in the literature reviews, case studies or presentations.
When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
The breakout groups are also recorded but only for the purposes of record-keeping and to enable accurate reporting. The video or audio is never be shared or published.
Meeting reports
After each meeting, the discussions are written up with the literature review to create a briefing on the topic.
Meeting rules
GFMD IMPACT meetings are not for the solicitation of funding.
GFMD policy and learning meetings
GFMD also organises policy and learning meetings for GFMD members (and invited guests from the donor, funder and academic communities) to analyse significant media development and journalism support issues and topics.
The topics for these meetings will be chosen based on feedback from GFMD's members and with input from GFMD's policy and learning committee.
If you would like to participate in or propose topics for GFMD policy and learning meetings please contact [email protected]