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STEERING COMMITTEE

The activities of the Association are overseen by a Steering Committee composed of Members from the various world regions, as well as international media law professionals, selected by the Membership. The composition of the Steering Committee reflects the geographic diversity of the Membership.

The responsibilities of the Steering Committee are the following:

• Determining, based on recommendations from the Founding Meeting, whether other group mails are to be created. These can include mailing lists dedicated to specific thematic discussions.



• Coordinating the work of the Association, including through the selection and supervision of the Coordinator.



• Defining the specific responsibilities of the Coordinator.



• Providing guidance on activities to be carried out under the auspices of the Association.



• Promoting the Association in the international legal community and creating a network of international contacts.



• Promoting the growth of the Association by identifying new Members, encouraging its geographic expansion and linking the Association to similar networks in other regions of the world.



• Raising funds for key Association needs and activities, such as the Coordinator, the website, an annual meeting, and other events and activities.

MEMBERSHIP

In November 2007, online elections took place and the following people were elected as members of the permanent Steering Committee:

• Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
  Society for Democratic Initiatives, Sierra Leone
• Dave Heller
  Media Law Resource Center, New York
• George Hwang
  Singapore
• Pouya Kandehari
  Internews Network, Afghanistan
• Helena Mandic
  Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
• Zenet Mujic
  Germany
• Eleonora Rabinovich
  Assocation for Civil Rights, Buenos Aires
  

COORDINATOR (TO JUNE 2008)
Danilo Leonardi

Danilo Leonardi is ex IMLA Coordinator and Head of the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford. His main interest is in media law and regulation in societies in transition to the rule of law. Before taking up his position at the University of Oxford in 2001, Danilo worked in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Edinburgh and Buenos Aires. He was previously Deputy Country Director for European Russia at the Civic Education Project (CEP), and a visiting Lecturer at St. Petersburg State University in the School of Law. Danilo has been coordinating MLAP - the Media Law Advocates Training Programme - since its inception in 2002.

The role of the Coordinator is to facilitate the exchange of information among the Membership, and the development of joint projects and ideas proposed by the Membership.

The Coordinator’s responsibilities are:

• Overseeing the operation of the Association’s mailing list
  ( the “Medialaw” list ).


• overseeing the development and running of the Association’s website, liaising with Members to elicit information for the website and ensuring that it is regularly updated;



• producing and distributing the newsletter;



• assisting the Steering Committee in the development and implementation of the internal procedures of the Association;
  
  
• assisting the Membership in identifying professional contacts and resources; and



• identifying potential new Members and opportunities for promoting the Association.