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# Agenda - 16 March 2021

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## Media Sustainability in Lebanon 

### Media Development Assistance Coordination Meeting -

#### March 16, 2021

## AGENDA

### **Aim**

To map and share information between journalism support and media development actors around their plans for media development and recovery activities and efforts in Lebanon. 

The focus of this, the second coordination meeting, is media sustainability and viability. 

### **Previous activities**

**Coordination meetings:** The first meeting was held on October 26th 2020  gathering over 35 media development actors with experience of working in Lebanon and implementing recovery assistance programs in the explosion aftermath. 

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[October 2020](/2020-22/lebanon-meeting-reports-2020-22/october-2020.md)
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**Mapping:** To support ongoing coordination GFMD compiled [**a spreadsheet** ](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gKB3uxHaeyJLu27lgVDhrNwtfDt-2DX2sijVkV9GmTg/edit#gid=0)that lists the organisations invited to participate in the information-sharing initiative, which provides a background for each organisation, an overview of their projects in the MENA region, and outlines their Lebanon recovery efforts. 

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To access the information sheet mapping media assistance in Lebanon click on the link below and request access. Please note that access will only be granted to donors and those working on media development in Lebanon. 
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[Broken mention](broken://pages/-MUxT9s0R9SLAakjVxvG)
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### Meeting details

**Date:** 16th March 2021

**Time: 16:00** – **17:30** (Beirut, Lebanon time - UTC+3) | **15:00** – **16:30** (Brussels, Belgium time - UTC+2)

**Moderator:** Preethi Nallu, Advocacy Specialist at [International Media Support (IMS)](https://www.mediasupport.org)

## **WELCOME (15:00-15:10 )**

* Michael Irving Jensen, [International Media Support (IMS)](https://www.mediasupport.org/)
* Mira Milosevic, [Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)](https://gfmd.info)
* Ayman Mhanna, [SKeyes Centre](https://www.skeyesmedia.org/en/Home) 

## UPDATE ON MEDIA RECOVERY FUND (15:10-15:20)

**Speakers:**

* Ayman Mhanna, [SKeyes Centre](https://www.skeyesmedia.org/en/Home) 

## RUNNING A MEDIA BUSINESS IN LEBANON - SNAPSHOT RESEARCH ON MEDIA SUSTAINABILITY (15:20-16:00)

**Presenter and moderator:** 

* Ivana Bjelic Vucinic, [Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)](https://gfmd.info)

**Speakers/contributors:**

* [17 Teshreen](https://17teshreen.com), [The961](https://www.the961.com), [Beirut Today](https://beirut-today.com), [Daraj](https://daraj.com/en/), [LBCI](https://www.lbcgroup.tv), [Maharat News](https://maharat-news.com), [Megaphone](https://megaphone.news/علم-حرية-عدالة-اجتماعية), [Nida Al-Watan](https://www.nidaalwatan.com), [NOW](http://now-lebanon.net), [L’Orient-Le Jour](https://www.lorientlejour.com), [Phœnix Daily](https://www.thephoenixdaily.net), [Political Pen](https://politicalpen.org), [The Public Source](https://thepublicsource.org), [Raseef22 ](https://raseef22.net)(TBC)

**Recommended reading:**

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[REPORT - Sustainability & journalism support in Lebanon](/resources/research-sustainability-journalism-support.md)
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## **NEXT STEPS FOR THE MEDIA RECOVERY FUND and SUPPORTING MEDIA IN LEBANON (16:00-16:20)**

**Speakers:**

* Ayman Mhanna, [SKeyes Centre](https://www.skeyesmedia.org/en/Home) 
* Yousef Ahmed, [CFI](https://cfi.fr/fr) 
* Edward Pittman, [The Open Society Foundations](https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org)

## **CONCLUSIONS (16:20-16:30)**

## **MEETING ENDS**

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