Deadline: 5-Sep-22
The Consortium of the Shipyard Foundation, Stefan Batory Foundation and the Academia of Civic Organisations Foundation launches the call for proposals Media for democracy, which is a part of the Active Citizens Fund – National.
The grants which will be distributed under this call will be funded from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.
Areas
Grants can be used to implement activities aiming at strengthening the media in Poland – particularly local and civic ones – so that they can more comprehensively and more effectively pursue functions that are essential from the perspective of contemporary democracy and protection of the democratic order, namely:
- controlling the government, public institutions, business and other public debate participants;
- creating space for informed exchange of opinions and outlooks on public affairs and institutions representing different viewpoints;
- providing credible and proven information
Funding Information
- The grant budget of the call is: 750 000 EUR, increased by unused funds from the call for organisational grants.
- Minimum grant: 70 000 EUR,
- Maximum grant: 137 500 EUR,
- Maximum grant for capacity building: 12 500 EUR,
- Grant implementation period: between 10 and 18 months,
- Co-financing: facultative.
Eligibility Criteria
- Foundations, registered associations, or unions of associations registered in Poland that meet the following conditions may apply for the grant:
- they are supported by other organisations and/or editorial teams and this support is expressed in the form of a minimum of 3 letters of recommendation from 3 different entities/organisations. Recommendations must feature a justification along with the information on how the outcomes of work provided by the recommended organisations have been utilised by them or how they see the significance of the recommended organisation in the context of strengthening the journalist and the media community
- they have been registered for a minimum of 12 months at the moment they submit the application,
- they are able to submit approved financial statements for 2021 before signing a grant agreement,
- are independent of local, regional, and central authorities, public entities, political parties and commercial entities,
- do not operate for profit,
- act for public good,
- are guided in their activities by public interest and democratic values, respect human rights,
- are not the subject to a petition for declaration of bankruptcy, are not in a state of liquidation, are not in receivership, do not have suspended operations, or are not the subject to proceedings of a similar nature
- are not in arrears with public levies due to a tax office or the Social Security Institution,
- do not have a governing body whose members have been convicted for a premeditated offence ex officio or fiscal offence.
- The following are eligible to be partners:
- NGOs, public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial, established as a legal entity in either Poland, the other Beneficiary States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) or Ukraine
- NGOs, public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial, established as a legal entity in Norway
- International organisations or bodies or agencies thereof,
- Informal groups in Poland that act for the public good, are voluntary and nondiscriminatory, independent of local, regional, and national government and other public authorities, and are independent of political parties, religious institutions, and commercial organisations.
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