Innovation Projects Grants

• Eligibility Criteria
  – Applicants must operate as a PSM with a legal entity (media outlet) established in one of the following IPA beneficiaries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia;
  – Applicants must have signed a MoU with the Goethe-Institut and DW Akademie;
  – Applicants must have participated in the in-house needs assessment;
  – The IMM Programme welcomes cooperation between two or more Western Balkan PSMs in implementation of project activities suggested within this grant scheme;
  – Applying in partnership with another media outlet/organisation for the grant application purpose is not allowed.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Western Balkans
• Application Language: English

The Goethe-Institut is inviting submissions for the Innovation Projects grants, issued in the framework of Innovation Media Minds program, to support public service journalism in the Western Balkans.

The call for Innovation project grants of PSMs is open exclusively for the following: PSMs with a legal body established in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Goethe-Institut and the DW Akademie and participated in the in-house needs assessment.

The issues and areas of action identified during the needs assessment phase, along with the demands of certain target audiences (minorities, gender, youth, socially vulnerable groups, etc.), may serve as the foundation for the Innovation project grants.

Objectives

The Innovation projects grants scheme particularly seeks to:

• improve PSMs’ internal governance and organisational performance;
• elevate the level of quality and applicability of the content created;
• increase audience participation and engagement;
• support PSM editors and journalists in the Western Balkans in advancing their professional abilities and gaining insight, expertise and knowledge about contemporary EU journalism standards and practices.

Funding Information

• A total budget of EUR 420,000 will be distributed in two calls for proposals.
• The highest grant amount that can be awarded is EUR 60,000. In the first call, four (4) grants will be awarded.

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