Apply for the 3rd Laboratory Media and Social Innovation Competition!

Deadline: 12 April 2017

Applications are open for the third “Laboratory media and social innovation” competition for Media, NGOs, IT-specialists of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It is a unique opportunity to learn how to talk about social problems in a new way to attract the public to solve them, create high-quality, modern tools for the implementation of social initiatives.

Laboratory media and social innovation a project implemented in the framework of Internews “Support access to information” with the assistance of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Organizers of the event – Internews in Tajikistan Tcell, “Open Society Institute” – Assistance Foundation in Tajikistan, the Association of Independent Broadcasters and audio / video producers, NGO “Homa.

Funding Information

As a result of the Laboratory of the best online projects of the participating countries will be provided with small grants in the amount of $ 1,500.

Eligibility Criteria

Both individual and group requests from media professionals, civil society, NGOs, government agencies and IT experts from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are accepted.
Applications for social online projects where the real problems of your city, region and country can be solved with the help of mobile applications, longridov, mapping projects, special projects, etc.
Selection Criteria:
- The project should solve timely, topical and social issues
- The project should be easily adapted / implemented within the existing media resource
- The project must have a target audience
- The project must have a plan for implementation of the idea after the event (fundraising, promotion and sustainable development)
- Participants must have experience in implementing media, social, or IT-projects