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Centre for Civic Education (CCE/CGO) and
partners within the project
MEdIA – Lit (Media Enhancement and
Information Literacy for Democratic Engagement)
opens
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
for the support to projects of local
media outlets and civil society organisations (CSO) in Western
Balkans
Project proposals should contribute to
enhanced professional capacity of journalists, media outlets and
media institutions to exercise the right to freedom of expression
and access to information and to promote media pluralism, as well as
to empower local media outlets and CSOs to produce solution-based
and constructive stories at the local level.
Project proposal shall be submitted no later than 2 February 2026,
until 12h00.
In order to be eligible for a grant, CSOs must fulfil criteria as
follows:
be a legal person;
be non-profit-making;
have media sector in their statute and legal association
documents;
be nationals of the five WB countries (Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia)
be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the
project.
Applications must be submitted with filled:
Annex 1 Application
form,
Annex 2 Budget proposal and
Annex 3 Logical Framework Matrix.
Please read carefully detailed
Guidelines prior to filling these
forms.
Online info sessions will be organised for potential applicants who
can apply for session on media@cgo-cce.org. A comprehensive
capacity-building programme will be provided to supported CSOs and
local media outlets through monitoring and mentoring.
Applications, along with the accompanying technical documentation,
shall be sent to e-mail
media@cgo-cce.org, with subject “CfP for
local media outlets and CSOs in WB - MEdIA – Lit”. If needed,
further information can be obtained by sending the question to
media@cgo-cce.org, no later than 20 January 2026.
A total of EUR 400,000 will be allocated to CSOs through this call.
The amount of funds that can be allocated for an individual project
under this Call will range from a minimum of EUR 15,000 to a maximum
of EUR 20,000.
The requested amount of funds within this call will cover a maximum
of 100% of eligible costs. The difference between the total cost of
the action and the approved amount within this call, if not 100%
supported, must come from funds that are the budget of the EU.
The project MEdIA – Lit is implementing the Centre for Civic
Education (CCE/CGO), in partnership with Helsinki Committee for
Human Rights in Serbia (HCHRS), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
in North Macedonia (MHC), Tirana Centre for Journalistic Excellence
in Albania (TCJE), Atlantic Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(AI). The project is financed by the European Union and cofinanced
by the Ministry of Regional and Investment Development and
Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations of the Government of
Montenegro.
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