Deadline: 15-Jan-23
The Prague Civil Society Centre is launching an open grant call for regional and local media outlets in Ukraine.
They aim to support a more resilient independent media landscape in Ukraine that is able to survive wartime disruption, ensuring that accurate information from the ground is available for citizens of the frontline regions of Ukraine.
Within this call they offer institutional support, empowering media to direct resources internally as needed. The proposal may include activities and expenses for the media to:
- Adjust to the current conditions (e.g. procurement of the necessary equipment and ensuring internet access);
- Reinforce their capacities;
- Build and develop new revenue streams and ways of non-donor income generation,
- Build community around media;
- Expand their audience;
- Build partnerships across regions and with national-scale media, develop collaborative reporting;
- Shape the vision of their operation in a longer term.
Grant Information
- Grants will range from 20,000 to 40,000 EUR;
- The funding covers a period of up to 12 months;
- Selected projects and eligible costs under these projects can start from 1 February 2023 with the funding being available in mid-February.
Eligibility Criteria
- Within this call PCSC will provide funding to established, editorially independent, unbiased and ethical online media from Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. PCSC will also accept applications from online media that have a radio or printed press component;
- Outlets with at least 20,000 unique users at their website per month or at least 20,000 subscribers on all social media platforms will be considered eligible;
- Applicants are free to apply for institutional support or with a specific project idea;
- Applicants may apply for co-funding.
For more information, visit Prague Civil Society Centre.