Call for Proposals: Support for Media Councils in Emergency Situations

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.