Deadline: 25-Apr-23
The Europe Foundation is pleased to announce a call for proposals that aim at shining a light on systemic corruption or at exposing poor governance in Georgia through fact-finding, reporting, and advocacy activities geared toward bringing violations to the forefront and effecting changes that will improve the lives of Georgian citizens.
Europe Foundation continues to support civic monitoring and advocacy efforts for more accountable, transparent, and needs-based public policy making in Georgia.
The projects awarded under this grant scheme should establish CSO-media partnerships to investigate issues of common interest to citizens of Georgia and to implement evidence-based advocacy campaigns that aim at addressing the identified issues.
Objectives
- The goal of the grant competition is to support the watchdog function of the Georgian media and to promote civic monitoring and advocacy efforts in various spheres of life, through fostering cooperation between media outlets and CSOs, so that together they contribute to more transparent and accountable governance in Georgia.
- The primary objectives of the call are as follows:
- To support Georgian journalists and media outlets in their watchdog reporting efforts that will shine light on systemic corruption or expose uncomfortable truths about various aspects of governance in Georgia.
- To support partnerships between investigative reporters and CSOs that will ensure follow up on the conducted investigations, in order to arm Georgian citizens with information and to effect real changes for families and communities across Georgia.
Potential Focus Areas
- Political: Government dealings/engagements, issues of political or judicial corruption, channeling of public funds, misuse of power, etc.
- Economic: Corporate activities, business links, labor rights violations, consumer rights violations, etc.
- Social: Healthcare sector, provision of public services or social assistance, etc.
- Environmental/ecological: looking at the linkages between environmental problems, economic development, and governance failures.
Funding Information
- Maximum grant award for each proposal is GEL 85,000.
- The minimum duration of the project is 12 month and maximum duration 18 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals must come from media outlets or civil society organizations legally registered in Georgia. It is mandatory to show real partnership between a civil society organization and a media outlet or a group of journalists.
- Civil servants, members of the current parliament, staff of the public broadcaster, and/or leaders and members of political parties cannot participate in a grant project as a grant remunerated participant.
- Interested applicant can submit one proposal within a call.
Selection Criteria
- Grants will be awarded to projects demonstrating the following:
- Detailed and clear plan for gathering evidence, which is to include the following: (a) the topic of the investigative reporting and work already conducted (as relevant), (b) description of expected results, (c) evidence gathering tools and procedures, and (d) timeline.
- Detailed publishing or broadcasting plan explaining where and how the applicant plans to publish or air the story.
- Efficient and well-thought-out strategy of interaction between CSOs, media outlets, and public authorities in the process of investigation and/or advocacy, directed toward achieving positive changes;
- Well-thought-out project plan with reliable quantitative and/or qualitative baseline data and indicators for measuring and evaluating the impact of the project’s advocacy effort;
- Sustainability of a project (please note that sustainability can refer to activities, structures, knowledge, and outcomes that result from project implementation);
- Cost-effectiveness of the project.
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