Deadline: 22 October 2023
This grants program supports creative collaborations of Georgian content creators, storytellers, and media organizations with their counterparts in Western or Eastern Europe.
The program will fund media projects that primarily target the information needs and interests of the Georgian audiences and can counterbalance disinformation during the election year of 2024. Filmmakers and storytellers who have produced investigative works are strongly encouraged to compete for this award.
This funding is an important element of the ConMeCo project implemented by DW Akademie in partnership with two prominent local non-profit organizations-Media Development Foundation and Human Rights Centre and is made possible by the generous support of the European Union and co-funding of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
What do they offer?
- Grants with the minimum funding of EUR 20,000, and the maximum-EUR 25,000.
- The total budget of the program is EUR 50,000. Grant period is up to 12-months from January 15, 2024. The funding also covers distribution and promotion costs.
- Individual mentorship by experienced Georgian mentors (in an online and/or offline format and tailored to the grant recipient’s needs and expectations). Local mentors will respect editorial independence of the applicants.
- Full editorial independence in return for an impressive audience size.
- Equipment procurement-up to 10% of the total budget.
What do they expect?
- you welcome their mentors as a mandatory part of the funding. They guarantee full editorial independence.
- you produce and distribute the content and engage a good audience size.
- your final material is published by December 15, 2024, and the respective links to your completed product(s) are provided.
- your final product(s) is in full adherence to independent content production and journalism standards.
- you take care of the distribution and promotion of your own content.
- you have an in-house financial management system that ensures standard and timely financial reporting.
- you submit all interim and final programmatic reports describing production process and results including your audience data (both quantitative and qualitative assessment).
- you are ready for interviews or other forms of accompanying visibility materials by ConMeCo.
Who can apply?
- Media organizations, independent content-makers and production companies, media professionals individually or as a team
- with at least 7-year proven track record of media content production and distribution. An applicant must be registered in Georgia. The role and scope of work of a European partner in the project shall be defined by the applicant.
- who can reach impressive or good audience size through its own media or a partner media outlet in Georgia. If the project is relevant for the European audiences, they will welcome its distribution in Europe as well.
- who preferably have experience of working with Western or Eastern European media professionals and organizations or can initiate such collaboration.
- who have project ideas that meet the interests and needs of the Georgian audiences and are relevant during the election year. Materials that are targeted to both national and local audiences are welcome.
- who can produce investigative materials because they will be given a preference.
- who have an established media platform/media outlet or a partnership agreement with a media outlet to publish final product/s.
For more information, visit DW Akademie.
