Grant for Digital Solutions to Combat Hate Speech and Disinformation Online

• Eligibility Criteria
  To be eligible for the grant for digital solutions:
  – The applicant must be a legal person registered under the national legislation of the Republic of Moldova.;
  – The applicant must be a non-governmental organisation;
  – The applicant has at least 3 years of experience in one of the following areas: media, public information on human rights, countering disinformation and hate speech, cyber security and information technologies;
  – The applicant has in its portfolio digital solutions developed by itself or with the involvement of third parties;
  – The applicant has institutional capacities to develop digital solutions or has the possibility to involve a third party;
  – The applicant has no politically exposed person among its founders;
  – The applicant has not been found responsible for serious financial or professional mismanagement demonstrated by evidence recognized by UNDP Moldova;
  – The applicant has, in the past, complied with its contractual obligations arising from previous agreements with donor organisations.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Moldova
• Application Language: Romanian, Russian and English

The United Nations Development Programme is accepting grant applications for the development of digital solutions to help combat hate speech and disinformation in the online environment.

The project aims to strengthen interventions on divisive discourse and misinformation, thus contributing to reducing intercommunal tensions.

The objective of the project is to develop digital solutions to help combat hate speech and misinformation online.

Eligible Projects

Applicants may submit their proposals, which involve the development of new digital solutions or the upgrading / extension of existing digital solutions with new functionalities.

Project proposals that meet the following criteria will be considered eligible:

• Enable users to identify and combat hate speech and misinformation online.
• Be applicable and sustainable after project completion.
• Contain a plan of actions to be carried out during the implementation of the project.
• Be complete in accordance with the requirements set out in Chapter VIII ” Application procedure.”

Funding Information

The maximum budget limit is 35,000 US dollars.

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