Senior international development professional in the area of media development, communication for development, press freedom and gender. Special experience in design and implementation of participatory processes and research, as well as RBM, monitoring & evaluation, impact assessment, organizational development, and capacity development.

Birgitte Jallov (Denmark) has since the early 1980s worked through her positions in international organisations, in international and regional networks, and as a consultant to develop, test and implement tools for empowerment and social change. After obtaining her Masters in Strategic Communication, Birgitte has worked in the ILO (1988-1992), the Baltic Media Centre (1993-1996), and as the CTA for a major post-conflict media development programme in UNESCO in Mozambique (1998-2004) aimed at transforming the media from a one-party socialist reality to one, furthering the development of a multi-party democracy. Before, in-between and after these periods she has been a consultant and media worker with many international, regional and national organizations in more than 60 countries and more than 250 programmes. During nearly 30 years of engagement with community radio internationally, Birgitte was in the group starting the first community radio in Denmark (1982), on the steering committee for the inception of the international community radio association, AMARC, in Montreal 1983, in the lead for the development of the barefoot community radio impact assessment methodology (2002), and facilitated the formation of the Mozambican community radio network in Mozambique (2004) – to mention a few highlights. Birgitte documents her work in articles, photo-essays and documentary films, sits on jurys and boards, and believes in passion as an important driver in international work. Birgitte works in English, French, Portuguese, German and her native Danish.