Small Grant Fund for Syrian CSO-Media Co-Production

• Eligibility Criteria:
  In order to be eligible, the applicants must:
  – Be a Syrian media or CSOs (working inside or outside Syria);
  – Be able to form a partnership or small consortia (maximum three organisations) of media and civil society organisations; 
  – Partnerships must include at least one media and one civil society organisation;
  – Be able to prove reasonable capacity, recent activity, and on-the-ground presence (i.e., portfolio, website, social media, interviews etc.); and
  – Have a social media presence.
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target country: Syria
• Application language: English and Arabic

Free Press Unlimited invites independent Syrian media outlets and civil-society organisations (CSOs) to form partnerships, or small consortia, to together apply for the 2023 round of the Small Grant Fund for Syrian CSO-Media Co-Production.

The project aims to build productive partnerships between Syrian CSOs and media in order to tell original, impactful stories that are relevant to Syrian audiences across geographic and political lines. Through collaborative reporting and advocacy, the Co-Production Fund highlights on-the-ground realities while promoting dialogue and inclusivity.

In the light of these new crises and geopolitical developments in Syria, the 2023 edition of the Co-Production Fund invites projects that address long-standing systematic issues on themes including:

• Accountability & transparency
• Community-building
• Diversity & minorities
• Gender, race and social equality
• Livelihoods & labour
• Displacement
• Dialogue across geographic and political lines
• The politics of humanitarian aid
• Resilience & rehabilitation
• Sustainability & resources

For the Small Grant Fund for Syrian CSO-Media Co-Production, FPU seeks collaborations between media outlets and CSOs from diverse social and geographic backgrounds to document stories with professional, ethical, and solutions-based journalism.

See here to learn more and apply.

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