# GFMD Latin America & Caribbean Summit (May 2024)

**Co-organisers:**

* [Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)](https://gfmd.info/)
* [Centre for International Media Assistance (CIMA)](https://www.cima.ned.org/)
* [Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) Media Development Working Group](https://mediafreedomcoalition.org/)
* [UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)](https://www.unesco.org/en/international-programme-development-communication)

**Date:** 4 May 2024

**Time:** 09:00 - 13:00 (UTC -3)

**Venue:** BiblioGAM (library), Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Centro Gabriela Mistral Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 227, Santiago, Chile.

**Languages:** Translation will be available in Spanish and English.

**Participants:** This meeting will bring together GFMD members and partners (donors, researchers and policymakers) across the Latin America and Caribbean region.

**Related events:** The meeting is organised as an official side event of [UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day](https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom) in Santiago, Chile from 2-4 May 2024.

**Registration:** [In person registration](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1Z5KzDRLeUID8RM1dc_zaRxcdpytjvuUH3vHoZ6CEx3lfKw/viewform)

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The GFMD regional meeting is an official side event of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day. This means that you will need to register and have your registration approved by UNESCO in order to attend. 

Register for UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2024 here: <https://indico.un.org/event/1008559/>
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Discussions at the summit would be focused on the implementation of the recently adopted [**OECD Development Cooperation Principles on Relevant and Effective Support to Media and the Information Environment**](https://one.oecd.org/document/DCD/DAC\(2024\)15/FINAL/en/pdf).&#x20;

## [ ](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1Z5KzDRLeUID8RM1dc_zaRxcdpytjvuUH3vHoZ6CEx3lfKw/viewform)Agenda

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="162"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Santiago Time</strong></td><td><strong>Agenda</strong></td></tr><tr><td>08.30 - 09.00</td><td><em>Welcome, coffee, and registration</em></td></tr><tr><td>09.00 - 09.20</td><td><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><ul><li>Ambassador Raúl Fernandez Daza, Chairperson of the IPDC and Permanent Delegate of Chile to UNESCO and Ambassador to France</li><li>Drusilla Menaker, MFC Media Dev Working Group representative, Media Specialist at USAID<br><br><em>Introduced by Laura Becana Ball, Advocacy and Policy Manager, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)</em> </li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>09.20 <em>-</em> 09.50</td><td><p><strong>Using the Principles as a catalyst for change</strong></p><p></p><p>Conversation with Nick Benequista and Jaime Abello Banfi on the OECD Development Cooperation Principles. Followed by Q&#x26;A.<br></p><p><em>In conversation with Laura Becana Ball, Advocacy and Policy Manager, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) and with participation of all attendees.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td>09.50 - 10.25</td><td><p><strong>Flash Presentations</strong><br><br>GFMD members outline the latest evidence, trends and experiences from the region in the context of what implementing the principles would change for their organisations</p><ul><li>Naimid Cirelli, Sembra Media</li><li>Laura Agosta, IREX</li><li>Maria Vitória Ramos, Fiquem Sabendo</li><li>Isabela Ponce, GK</li><li>Natalia Borrero Morales, Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>10.25 - 10.30</td><td><p><strong>Breakout groups briefing</strong></p><p><br><em>Instructions for the activity of the Breakout Groups</em></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><em><strong>Break</strong></em></td></tr><tr><td>10.40 - 11.50</td><td><strong>Breakout groups</strong><br><br>Participants will be organised into breakout groups to discuss how each of the principles could be implemented in the Latin American and Caribbean contexts.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><em><strong>Break</strong></em></td></tr><tr><td>12.00 - 12.25</td><td><strong>Reporting from breakout groups and discussion</strong><br><br>Breakout groups’ rapporteurs highlight the main areas for future work, collaboration and practical ways that the principles could be implemented.</td></tr><tr><td>12.25 - 12.55</td><td><strong>Next steps:</strong> Open discussion to comment on the outcomes of the Breakout Groups and outline next steps for the implementation of the Principles in Latin America and the Caribbean.</td></tr><tr><td>12.55 - 13.00</td><td>Conclusion</td></tr></tbody></table>