Established in 2005, the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) is an international network of 147 journalism support and media development organisations across 60 countries. GFMD’s main focus is to foster collaboration as well as an exchange of information and experience among its members and partners with the aim to foster viable and independent journalism, greater transparency, and more pluralistic and sustainable media environments. GFMD is a member of the Global Network Initiative (GNI), the United for News Coalition, a collaborator with the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI), and was formally granted special consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in July 2018.