EU Civil Society Facility and Media Programme for Kosovo

• Eligibility Criteria:
  – be a legal person and
  – be non-profit-making and
  – be a civil society organisation and
  – be established in a Member State of the European Union or in an IPA III beneficiary country and
  – be registered in Kosovo and
  – be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target countries:Kosovo
• Application language: English

The European Commission has launched the Civil Society and Media programme to improve the working environment of media professionals and journalists, and to promote independent and quality journalism, particularly coming from non-mainstream, local, and non-majority media.

Objectives

• The global objective of this call for proposals is to strengthen the resilience, role and capacities of civil society and media in advancing participatory democracy and social progress along with the EU integration and approximation agenda in Kosovo.
• The specific objectives of the call are:
  – Support civil society participation, activism and influence in key sectors / cross-sectoral reforms, local development and social inclusion processes.
  – Support media resilience, pluralism, media literacy and improved access to information particularly for vulnerable groups.

Priorities

• Lot 1: Civil society resilience and sustainability
• Lot 2: Local governance, development and activism
• Lot 3: Kosovo national Resource Centre
• Lot 4: Thematic coalitions and networks
• Lot 5: Media resilience and pluralism, media literacy, and improved access to information

Funding Information

• Lot 1
  – minimum amount: 250,000 EUR
  – maximum amount: 350,000 EUR
• Lot 2
  – minimum amount: 250,000 EUR
  – maximum amount: 500,000 EUR
• Lot 3
  – minimum amount: 400,000 EUR
  – maximum amount: 500,000 EUR
• Lot 4
  – minimum amount: 400,000 EUR
  – maximum amount: 500,000 EUR
• Lot 5
  – minimum amount: 250,000 EUR
  – maximum amount: 500,000 EUR

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