Innovative Media for Peace, Social Cohesion and Reconciliation in Turkey and MENA: Call for Applications

Deadline: 29-Jan-21

The European Union (EU) has launched a call for applications for the Innovative Media for Peace, Social Cohesion and Reconciliation in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.

The global objective of this call for applications is to promote peace in the digital space and enhance resilience of conflict-affected and fragile societies to media harmful content in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza Strip and Yemen.

Objectives

The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:

To use the potential of ICT (digital media, digital applications, mobile phones, data, etc.) to positively change the dynamic of conflict/crisis resolution and support peacebuilding initiatives;
To raise awareness about and fight disinformation/information influence and strengthen media literacy for key users (youth, influencers, journalists, citizens, etc.

Priorities

The priorities of this call for proposals are:

Promoting free open source software, digital tools and platforms to monitor, counter the spread and mitigate the impact of hate speech, rumours and disinformation.
Promoting creative media content as a tool for outreach to reinforce shared identities, support social cohesion, mediation and post-conflict reconciliation efforts.
Promoting informative and educational programme contributing to increase knowledge of complex issues and help the audience critically think about it.
Supporting the implementation of digital mediation and diplomacy initiatives in conflict-affected areas.
Contribute to empower and strengthen the voice of marginalised groups through the use of media and ICT.
Foster innovation and policy development between ICT, peace and security.

Funding Information

The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 6,000,000. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award all available funds.

Size of grants

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

Minimum amount: EUR 1,200,000.00;
Maximum amount: EUR 2,000,000.00.

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant(s)

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:

Be a legal person; and
Be a non-governmental organisation, local authority, independent foundation, public sector operator, civil society actor as defined by Article 1.3 of the IcSP Regulation No 230/2014 and constituted in accordance with the legislation in force in the applicants country of registration; and
Be established in a Member State of the European Union, Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Yemen or any other eligible country or territory as indicated in regulation n°236/2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of Union’s instruments for financing extranal action; and
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-applicants(s)

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;
Eligible lead applicants with a nationality other than that of one of the following countries and territories: Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Yemen;
Co-applicants must sign the mandate form.

Affiliated entity(ies)

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, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU 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.