2022 Local Grants Program (Mongolia)

• Eligibility criteria:
  – must be a Mongolian independent media or not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience; Non-profit or governmental educational institutions; Public institutions.
  Type of funding: Programmatic
  Target country: Mongolia
  Application language: English

The U.S. Embassy Ulaanbaatar Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Local Grants Program (LGP).This program supports the development of Mongolian civil society by competitively awarding small grants to local non-profit, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and associations, to nonprofit civil society organizations (CSOs), and to independent local media organizations.

The U.S. Embassy is soliciting proposals for grants from Mongolian civil society and independent media organizations that focus on one of the priority areas.  Media is one the Program Priority for 2022. The submitted project should support a free, fair, professional, and accurate media sector in Mongolia as well as public media literacy to ensure balanced coverage during election campaigns and strengthen democracy, good governance, sustainable economic development, public and private sector accountability, human rights, transparency, and counter disinformation. Applicants should pay close attention to the Public Affairs Section’s goals and priority program areas when developing their proposals.

See here to learn more and apply.