Deadline: 29 September 2017
The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) Regional Office for Eastern Africa has announced a call for proposals for its International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).
Priority Areas
- Supporting media pluralism (particularly community media) and independence (improving self-regulation and professional standards)
- Promoting the safety of journalists
- Countering hate speech in media and social media, promoting conflict-sensitive journalism practice and/or promoting cross-cultural/cross-religious dialogue among journalists
- Supporting law reform that fosters media independence
- Conducting media assessments and research based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators, Gender Sensitive Indicators for the Media, Journalists’ Safety Indicators or Media Viability Indicators
- Capacity building for journalists and media managers, including improving journalism education using UNESCO´s Model Curricula for Journalism Education
Funding Information
Grant: 10,000 USD up to 35,000 USD
Eligible Countries: Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda.
For more information, please visit UNESCO Call for Proposals.