Deadline: 28-Oct-22
Applications are now open for the Deep-Dive Business Consultancies Programme which will provide you with strategic guidance and technical assistance toward business viability.
The Deep-Dive Business Consultancy is implemented by Thomson Media and targets mid-sized, regional and local, media outlets with a clearly identified problem they are willing to solve. It is designed to level up your business capacities through strategic guidance and technical assistance. In addition to the strategic guidance, mentoring and trainings, Thomson Media will provide grant funding to support activities related to the implementation of new products, services and/or newly developed strategies.
The consultancy will last nine months. After the completion of month five, participants will receive a grant to support activities related to the implementation of new products and/or strategy. Once a clear business strategy has been established, the media outlets and business consultants will meet on a bi-weekly basis to evaluate the strategy and progress direction.
Funding Information
- Any grant requested under this call for applications must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- Minimum grant amount: €5,000
- Maximum grant amount: €15,000
- No co-financing from the applicant’s side is expected or is obligatory within this Call for Applications.
What you can expect?
- Public call and selection process
- In-depth needs and capacity assessment
- Tailored business-mentoring program
- Development of business roadmaps
- Investment grants scheme
Eligible Countries
Eligible countries include: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine.
Eligibility Criteria
The illustrative activities that could be financed include, but are not limited to:
- Piloting new sources of revenue
- Introducing and testing new advertising streams (digital advertising, native advertising, etc.);
- New services or products development;
- Online fundraising models (direct engagement of citizens through donations, membership, crowdfunding, etc.);
- Developing and implementing new audience / community engagement strategies – with focus on diaspora, marginalized group, women and youth – that could be used to increase trust and reinforce the mission of media outlets;
- Improving digital content distribution and outreach approaches sensitive to the needs and interests of men and women as part of their targeted audience / community;
- Digital audience research and analysis (to explore socio-economic and other factors influencing media audiences, specifically including women, young people and marginalized groups); and / or
- Developing gender-sensitive work practices, codes of conduct and workplace policies on, for example gender, equal opportunities, sexual harassment, bullying, privacy policy, safety and cyber security.
For more information, visit https://ipi.media/innovation/business-consultancies/