Deadline: 28-Aug-23
The U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, announces an Open Competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that will train regional journalists in investigative journalism specific to combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and illicit trafficking of humans, wildlife and forestry products.
Goals
- Projects should increase public awareness by training at least 18 journalists from Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal, via a one-time multiple day training in Senegal, in investigative journalism specific to IUU fishing and trafficking of humans, wildlife and forestry products. Projects should include the selection of participants and all logistics necessary to attend the training. Training must be delivered with interpretation in English, French and Portuguese. Written course material must also be provided in the designated three languages.
- Projects should be designed to achieve the following:
- Objective 1: Provide journalists an in-depth understanding of the impact and trends related to Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and the illicit trafficking of humans, wildlife and forestry products.
- Objective 2: Provide journalists techniques and best practices to publish or produce written or audio-visual products as well as effective methods to release information.
Funding Information
- Total Funding: $250,000.00 USD FY2022 Economic Support Funds (ESF); Program Area DR.5.2 – Professional and Institutional Capacities of Media
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Period of Performance: 12 months
- Anticipated Award Signing: September 2023
Expected Results
- Projects should provide the necessary skills and techniques that will improve the knowledge of these issues and tradecraft of journalists to report on them.
- Journalists should become empowered and use the knowledge acquired in the training to publish or produce, by their own volition, written or audio-visual products that uncover IUU fishing and illicit trafficking to create public awareness, expose networks and reveal malign actors.
Performance Indicators
All projects should aim to have impact that leads to:
- The number of participants trained on IUU fishing and illicit trafficking activities.
- The number of participants trained in investigative journalism in techniques and best practices to publish or produce written or audio-visual products as well as effective methods to release information.
Main Activities
To achieve the goals and expected results, the project should include the following:
- Train journalists in investigative journalism in Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and the illicit trafficking of humans, wildlife and forestry products.
- Training sessions led by experts in investigative journalism providing techniques and best practices to journalists to publish or produce written or audio-visual products as well as effective methods to release information.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. Embassy Dakar welcomes applications from U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations subject to section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. tax code; foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO); Public International Organizations; Foreign Public Organizations; and private, public, or state institutions of higher education.
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