Deadline: 20-May-22
The United States Embassy in Kosovo announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out projects and initiatives.
Objectives
The objectives of this program are as follows:
- To develop sustainable practices and partnerships between independent Kosovan media partners that deliver accurate, unbiased information to underserved communities in their ocal languages.
- To increase the audience size/share for Kosovo-based independent media outlets that provide news to underserved communities, providing an alternative to sources that knowingly spread disinformation in order to disrupt U.S. and Euro-Atlantic interests in Kosovo and the Western Balkans.
- To increase media literacy of targeted student audiences to help them identify and reject disinformation and avoid becoming unknowing amplifiers of misinformation.
- To dispel misconceptions (largely narratives that journalists are “the enemy”) about the role of journalists in society, ultimately encouraging new generations of youth from Kosovan underserved communities to consider future careers as independent journalists.
Priorities
The following priority areas:
- Strengthen and increase the audience share, self-sufficiency, and resilience of Kosovo-based independent media partners that deliver accurate, unbiased information to underserved Kosovan minority communities, (i.e. Romani, Egyptian, Ashkali, Gorani, Bosniak, Turks, Serb, etc.) preferably in their native languages, thereby reducing their audience members’ reliance on mis/disinformation meant to undermine U.S. and Euro-Atlantic interests in Kosovo and the Western Balkans.
- Support for media literacy and critical thinking through programs designed to assist youth from underserved minority communities who are either specifically targeted by disinformation and/or susceptible to misinformation to recognize, analyze, and reject false pervasive narratives that undermine U.S. and Euro-Atlantic interests in Kosovo and the Western Balkans.
- Build new partnerships between Kosovo-based independent journalists (representing underserved minority community media) and their youth audiences through engagements with organizations, schools, and universities. The goal of these engagements is to dispel existing disinformation about the role of journalists and increase knowledge about the important role journalists play in democratic societies; thus, encouraging new generations of Kosovan youth representing underserved communities to consider future careers as independent journalists.
Funding Information
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $75,000 to a maximum of $150,000
- Total available funding: $150,000
Participants and Audiences
- Primary audiences for grant activities under priority area 1 are independent media organization(s) that serve underserved communities in their local languages, and their audiences.
- Primary audiences for grant activities under priority area 2 (media literacy activities) are school aged youth from underserved communities.
- Primary audiences for grant activities under priority area 3 are independent journalists and their youth audiences, specifically journalism students from underserved minority communitie.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- Eligibility is limited to Kosovo registered not-for-profit organizations (Nongovernmental
- Organizations (NGO’s) and Kosovo-based independent media outlets.
- Cost Sharing or Matching
- Cost sharing is encouraged, but not required under this NOFO.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338985
