Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2021 – Organizers and Partners
Key Partners
International Organizing Committee (IOC)
- Mr Abdelhamid Nfissi, Full Professor of Media Linguistics, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco
- Mr Ali Reza Bastani, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Iran Media Literacy, Iran
- Mr Alton Grizzle, Programme Specialist, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
- Ms Amie Kim, Policy Research Team Director, Community Media Foundation, United States of America
- Mr Amro Selim, Chairperson, Elmoustkbal for Media, Policy and Strategic Studies, Egypt
- Ms Ana Paula Dias, Researcher, School of Communication and Arts, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Ms Anna Kozlowska, Assistant Professor and Research Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago, Poland
- Mr Chido Onumah, Coordinator, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, Nigeria
- Mr Chris Zielinski, Manager, Partnerships in Health Information, Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, UK
- Ms Christina Meetoo, Senior Lecturer, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
- Ms Claire McGuire, Policy and Research Officer, The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Netherlands
- Mr Felipe Chibás Ortiz, Coordinator, Creativity, Innovation, Communication and Marketing Research Group, Cuba
- Ms Hana Achargui, Consultant, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
- Ms Joe-Anna Pinard, Consultant, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
- Ms Lisa Jannicke Hinchliffe, Professor and Coordinator for Information Literacy Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Ms Maha Bashri, Associate Professor of Communication, United Arab Emirates University, USA
- Mr Marco A. Cabero, Chief Executive Officer, Andean Road Countries for Science and Technology, Bolivia
- Ms Maria Cherrie, Librarian, National Library and Information System Authority, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ms Maya Rupert Lara, Vice-President and Co-founder, Lebanese Association for Rehabilitation and Awareness, Lebanon
- Ms Mradula Singh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, NexSchools, India
- Mr Ronald Ssentuuwa, Regional Programme Development Advisor, East and Southern Africa Regional Offices, SOS Children international, Uganda
- Ms Tendayi Chirawu, Communications Manager, News Decoder, Zimbabwe
- Mr Willice Onyango, Executive Director, The Youth Café, Kenya
- Mr Xu Jing, Associate Project Officer, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
- Mr Carlton Lufuno Mukwevho: Chairperson
- Mr Trevor Rammitlwa
- Mr Moses Phahlane
- Mr Ayanda Holo
- Ms Pheliswa Sebati
- Mr Terence Khala
- Mr Motopi Rampedi
- Dr Coetzee Bester
