The Western Balkans Media for Change project provides support to media outlets and individual journalists to help them improve operational capacity, business sustainability and innovation potential, while aiming to better equip media professionals to produce more quality diverse, factchecked and gender sensitive content that will reach and engage with wider audiences.
FUNDING INFORMATION
- Grants for individuals – ceiling of up to GBP 4,000
- Grants for initiatives – ceiling of up to GBP 4,000
- Grants for media outlets / organisations – ceiling of up to GBP 10,000
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- The Flexi grants are intended for Western Balkans individuals, media outlets, associations and other organisations, which promote independent journalism, including:
- Organisations – media outlets, both traditional and online media, groups/teams of journalists with the status of a legal entity (e.g. associations, formally established networks, etc.) and nongovernmental media organisations in Western Balkan countries.
- Individuals – media professionals, young journalists, students and media content creators.
- Initiatives – actions of groups of professional individuals engaged in (or planning) strengthening the role of women and/or youth in the media sector, promoting quality journalism, regional initiatives, etc.
- Funding aims to enable quality, engaging and innovative content production, local and regional collaboration, professional development, internships, networking, mobility, and validation of business ideas and networking potential.
- The Flexi grants are intended to support well-defined innovative projects, actions and initiatives that go beyond regular operations, but not to finance the regular operations. The activities should be implemented in the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
HOW TO APPLY
visit British Council.
DEADLINE: 31-Dec-24
