Deadline: 14-Feb-22
The U.S. Embassy announces a limited competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a program to strengthen Moldova’s information space.
The Embassy invites applicants to identify and extend existing good practices and to include in their proposals a discussion of how the proposal does not duplicate existing activities undertaken by other entities.
Objectives
- The objective of the project is to achieve the following:
- Build the capacity of Moldovan partners to communicate an accurate message about Moldova’s European trajectory;
- Promote Moldovan use of online platforms that provide a richer variety of information online about Moldova and the world.
- This proposal plans to fund ideas that have the effect of broadening the sources of information related to Moldova’s history through on-line/in-person debates, conferences, and other instruments with local and/or international speakers/experts. Proposals should include, but are not limited to the following:
- The ecological/environmental record;
- The quality and availability of medical treatment;
- The consumer experience;
- Political oppression, deportations;
- Lack of political and personal freedom.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 12 to 36 months
- Number of awards anticipated: one award
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $150,000 to a maximum of $250,000
- Total available funding: $250,000
Participants and Audiences
- Successful proposals should include an assessment and sustainability plan, along with feasible solutions to current issues in the media market.
- Interested organizations shall develop a plan that would fit the stated priorities into a comprehensive development strategy.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations
- Mass media registered as Limited Liability Companies.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336973