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Call for Proposals: Support for Media Councils in Emergency Situations

Deadline: 16 October 2023

Presscouncils.eu is providing financial and technical support to media self-regulatory bodies to strengthen their capacities to operate in emergency situations threatening their existence.

This call for proposals is launched within the framework of the project Media Councils in the Digital Age #4 (MC4). The project is funded by the European Commission, Creative Europe Programme.

An emergency situation refers to press councils that operate:

  • In a country at war or conflict;
  • In a challenging or difficult political environment (in terms of human rights, rule of law and democratic standards);
  • With financial difficulties;
  • With structural deficiencies.

Grant Information

  • The total amount available under this call for proposals is €30,000 divided between two.
  • Two financial support grants will be awarded and each consist of a series of activities including:
    • One-day workshop with 2 consultants to establish a development plan of action;
    • 1 grant of up to €15,000 per programme;
    • 3 days of Technical Support and Mentoring by 2 experts during the implementation of the grant.

Duration

  • The maximum duration of the project is 12 months.

Eligible Activities

  • The following types of activities are eligible under this call for proposals:
    • Office related costs;
    • Core staff costs;
    • Website, communication;
    • Data collection and analysis;
    • Events (including general assemblies and periodical statutor Meetings), training and conferences;
    • Networking, exchanges of best practices;
    • Studies, analysis and mapping.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Proposals may be submitted by independent media self-regulatory bodies in emergency situations that handle complaints from the public about potential infringements of journalistic ethics and make decisions based on a transparent complaints procedure and a code of journalistic ethics.
  • Only applications from legal entities established in the following countries are eligible
    • EU Member States.
    • Candidate countries to the EU (Turkey, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • Non-EU participating countries in the Creative Europe Programme.
  • The application, including related documents, shall be submitted in English.
  • Type of Organisation
    • The self-regulatory bodies must be legal entities officially incorporated for at least one year before the application deadline of the grant.

For more information, visit Presscouncils.eu.