CFPs: Support for the Media and Building Public Resilience to Disinformation (Republic of Moldova)

Deadline: 03-May-24

The European Commission (EC) has announced a call for proposals to contribute to the reforms in the area of media and to the public resilience to disinformation in line with the EU acquis and ILO standards.

Objectives and Priorities 

• The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
  • Lot 1 – To support independent and free media in Moldova
    • The priorities for Lot 1 are:
      • Provide grant funding for media civil society organisations to mobilise technical expertise for coaching and mentoring of journalists, conduct trainings, procurement of technical equipment and software, including sub granting to local and national media, individual online activists such as bloggers, vloggers, but not limited to;
      • Produce quality content (campaigns, materials) on the EU integration and EU assistance;
      • Improve gender sensitivity of reporting, notably making sure that media reporting is free from gender stereotypes;
    • Each proposal under Lot 1 needs to address all three priorities.
  • Lot 2 – To support the public resilience to disinformation
    • The priorities for Lot 2 are:
      • Conduct media literacy campaigns and initiatives to build public resilience to disinformation
      • Cooperate with relevant state institutions, such as Audiovisual Council, Center for Strategic Communication and Combatting Disinformation and the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) to support communication activities such as campaigns and public outreach events, capacity building, digital education and cyber hygiene of the general public.
    • Each proposal under Lot 2 needs to address both priorities.
• All actions should be gender sensitive and rights-based. The actions should address crosscutting issues related to gender-equality, Climate Change, Biodiversity, inclusion of people with disabilities and minority groups.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 1,000,000.
• Indicative allocation of funds by lot/geographical distribution:
  • Lot 1: Support for Independent and Free Media – 600,000 EUR
  • Lot 2: Support the public resilience to disinformation – 400,000 EUR
• Size of grants
  • Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
    • Lot 1: Support for Independent and Free Media
      • minimum amount: EUR 250,000
      • maximum amount: EUR 300,000
    • Lot 2: Support the public resilience to disinformation
      • minimum amount: EUR 350,000
      • maximum amount: EUR 400,000

Duration

• The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 18 months nor exceed 36 months.

Types of activity

• Types of activities under both Lots:
  • Advocacy and promotion and strengthening of policy dialogue;
  • Training and capacity building activities including coaching and mentoring;
  • Engagement in legislative and policy initiatives;
  • Awareness raising and information activities including using new technologies/tools/platforms, disseminating content and reaching new audiences;
  • Monitoring activities including at local and national level;
  • Promotion of human rights and democratic values, with the focus on EU values;
  • Development of fundraising tools, programmes and strategies to support successful business models and sustainability on the market (such as the realm of crowdfunding, fundraising and preparing for the participation in grant calls).

Location

• Actions must take place in the Republic of Moldova.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant(s)
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
  • be a legal person and
  • be non-profit-making and
  • be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation  and
  • be established in  a Member State of the European Union or in the Republic of Moldova or any other eligible country as stipulated in the basic act NDICI-GE
    • This obligation does not apply to international organisations
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
• Co-applicant(s)
  • The lead applicant must act with at least 1 co-applicant.
  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.
  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate form.
• Affiliated entities
  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
    • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
      • Control on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
        • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
          • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
          • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
          • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
      • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,) as the proposed affiliated entities.

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