Deadline: 17-Feb-21
The UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) invites media NGOs and associations of journalism universities to submit projects from Central Asian and the Trans-Caucasian countries.
IPDC is carrying out its mandate through full or partial funding of several projects that are assessed and approved annually by the Bureau of the IPDC Intergovernmental Council in Paris.
Programme Priorities
The priority is given to the projects promoting n providing support to projects, IPDC is guided by the following priorities:
- 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 fostering media independence;
- Conducting media assessments and research based on UNESCO’s Media
- Development Indicators (MDIs), the Gender Sensitive Indicators for the Media (GSIM) or the Journalists’ Safety Indicators; and
- Capacity building for journalists and media managers, including improving journalism education (using UNESCO’s Model Curricula for Journalism Education).
Programme Outputs
Most projects encompass the following key outputs:
- Awareness raised and advocacy;
- Knowledge developed;
- Capacities and skills reinforced;
- Technical support or policy advice provided;
- Partnerships and networks established, strengthened or fostered;
- Policy analysis and monitoring ensured.
Project Justification
Justify why the proposed project is important to media development in your country. This should include the following:
- A brief description of the level of media development in the country: plurality, convergence and diversity of media – number of newspapers, private and public radios, digital media and community media, if any – journalism education and training opportunities available for working journalists, guarantee of freedom of expression in law and in practice.
- Baseline information, so that project impact can be assessed.
- Information on the category of media to be supported by the project.
- Identification of the problem that the project proposal would address and an explanation of why it is important to address this problem in the manner proposed by the project. Evidence of the problem will enable impact assessment between the “before” and “after” stages of the project.
- Basic gender analysis relevant to the problem to be addressed. Please include information about women’s status in the national media landscape and/or general information on the legal, social and economic status of women in the concerned country or region.
For more information, visit http://en.unesco.kz/call-for-proposals-to-unesco-s-international-programme-for-the-development-of