GFMD Levant Regional Meeting on Media Support (Dec. 2024)

GFMD meeting for members and partners working in Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq.

Organisers: Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)

Date: 18 December 2024

Time: 15:00–16:30 Beirut / 16:00–17:30 Amman / 14:00–15:30 Brussels

Location: Online - Zoom

Registration: Register here to attend

Interpretation: English-Arabic and Arabic-English interpretations will be available.

Participants: Media assistance and journalism support practitioners who are working in the Levant region.

Objectives

• Provide recommendations to donors and intermediaries on how to better structure, prioritise and coordinate ongoing and planned funding.

• Identify how the GFMD community can respond to the withdrawal of some donors from the region.

• Review a new GFMD mapping of past, current and planned funding in the region, which GFMD will use to provide the evidence for dialogue with existing and potential future donors.

How will GFMD use what we learn from the meeting?

We will deliver practical recommendations to donors on how media assistance to the region can better align with the OECD Development Co-operation Principles for Relevant and Effective Support to Media and the Information Environment which donors themselves have subscribed to.

How can you contribute?

1. Funding data Add details to the spreadsheet compiling funding opportunities in Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Türkiye (exiled media). Please update the data by 30 November 2024. Refer to the “Instructions” sheet for guidance.

2. Share relevant resources Share reports analysing the Levant's current situation and funding landscape to include in the event resource page. Email them to [e-mail].

3. Sign the technical note Support advocacy efforts in Lebanon by signing the Technical note for International Media Assistance Actors in Lebanon. Sign via this form.

4. Emergency resource contributions Send us resources to add to the emergency resource page for journalists and media workers specifically dedicated to Lebanon, as well as a general list of over 20 emergency funds for media in crisis and 30+ emergency resources (available in Arabic) specifically for media and journalists, including crucial mental health support.

   Please email relevant resources to [e-mail].