FOIAnet Steering Committee
Toby McIntosh is an editor for FreedomInfo.org, the one-stop news site for freedom of information advocates around the world. Toby has worked on transparency for over a decade and helped found the Global Transparency Initiative.
Toby Mendel is the Executive Director of the Centre for Law and Democracy, a Canadian-based international human rights NGO that provides legal and capacity building expertise regarding foundational rights for democracy, including the right to information, freedom of expression, the right to participate and the rights to assembly and association.
Alexander Kashumov is a freedom of information and freedom of expression expert with 17 years’ experience. He works for the Access to Information Programme (AIP), Bulgaria, since 1997 and is Head of its Legal Team.
Adam Foldes is a human rights and anti-corruption lawyer, active in the field of freedom of information since 2003. He is currently the advocacy advisor in the Conventions Unit of the International Secretariat of Transparency International.
Gilbert Sendugwa works as Coordinator and Head of Secretariat for the Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC), a pan-African organization promoting the right of access to information in Africa.
Taranath Dahal is one of the prominent journalists and civic activists of Nepal and has spearheaded the RTI movement in Nepal since he was the general secretary of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ).