Deadline: 03-Aug-20
In response to the challenges imposed on the Ukrainian society during the coronavirus outbreak, the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) has launched a new call for proposals which aims to strengthen the capacity of Ukrainian civil society organizations (CSOs) and independent media in countering the negative impact of the outbreak on society.
Thematic Areas
Under the current call, BST will support proposals that fall under one of the following thematic areas:
- Fast Response Grants. Under this thematic area, proposals of three to nine months, with a total budget of up to $11,000 USD are eligible. Proposals should fall into one of the following categories—the following indicative actions are eligible under this thematic area (non-exhaustive list):
- Civil Society-led Mobilization of Social Support
- enhancing social support, including through cross-sectoral cooperation with local authorities, businesses and IT companies, educators and scientists, and independent media
- shared expertise/capacity building on how to develop appropriate strategies to effectively cope with a very different future operating environment
- development of plans, self-help mechanisms, groups, and networks that work to compensate for insufficient or inadequate responses by state authoritie
- Digitalization
- acquisition of necessary IT equipment, software, and maintenance (phones, computers, software, subscriptions to online conferencing services, etc.) necessary to work from home or run online activities, and enable CSOs to improve their work and/or reach to a larger audience
- training for activists, volunteers, and beneficiaries
- Civil Society-led Mobilization of Social Support
- Democracy Grants
- Under this thematic area, proposals of up to $38,000 USDare eligible. Proposals should fall into one of the following categories—the following indicative actions are eligible under this thematic area (non-exhaustive list):
- Advancing Independent Media
- continued supply of accurate information about the further evolution of the crisis and its impact on different spheres of society
- debunking fake news through factchecking and exposing cases of disinformation—a special focus will be placed on information about Eastern Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic
- Under this thematic area, the applicants can be independent media organizations and CSOs with proven record of working in this area.
- Government Oversight
- oversight of public procurement procedures, investments in the health sector, subsidies, and economic aid
- alternative public policies drafted to contain the crisis and mitigate its economic and social effects
- monitor restrictions to human rights, media freedom, personal privacy. This could be directly related to increased use of digital surveillance tools.
- Advancing Independent Media
- Under this thematic area, proposals of up to $38,000 USDare eligible. Proposals should fall into one of the following categories—the following indicative actions are eligible under this thematic area (non-exhaustive list):
For more information, visit https://www.gmfus.org/covid-19-civil-society-resilience-and-sustainability-ukraine