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PAS-CHISINAU-FY21-08: Media Literacy

Closed Closed March 19, 2021 Opportunity PAS-CHISINAU-FY21-08 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Democracy Commission Program R2 FY2022 (TIRDEMCOMMR2FY22). Status: Forecast, no dates yet. It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Moldova notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$75,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Total funding$150,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant, Other

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility is limited to organizations officially registered and licensed in the Republic of Moldova and not affiliated with elected or appointed government or political party officials or their family members, nor affiliated with individuals or groups designated by U.S. officials for being involved with significant corruption or their family members. Organizations from outside the country may apply via a locally registered partner organization.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past AEECA/ESF PD Programs awards averaged $83,527; this notice allows up to $75,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy announces an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for one or a series of programs in media literacy. The objective of the project is to increase critical thinking towards mass media and social media among Moldovans. Critical thinking includes, among other skills, the ability to distinguish information from propaganda, to analyze media communication and to interact with social media in a mindful way. The Public Affairs Section (PAS) invites non-profit/non-governmental organizations to submit proposals for projects to improve media literacy skills across the populations of Moldova. Proposals should cover all types of media tools and channels – social interaction and social media as well as mass media. The target group is the general population of all of Moldova and should include Romanian and Russian speakers. The Embassy invites applicants to identify and extend existing good practices or to test actions which do not duplicate activities undertaken by other entities. Applications that focus on helping citizens to identify and discount false information related to COVID – 19 related information, ongoing political activities and decisions, and combatting disinformation are encouraged. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED Proposals should have clearly defined objectives to reach specific goals within the field of media literacy. They should propose an adequate mixture of tools and activities to achieve those objectives. These could include: Creation of multilingual on-line material and interactive tools to improve the capacities of citizens to acquire a critical understanding of the media and to interact with it; Awareness-raising and efficient dissemination of the material created by the project or other similar material/activities that can be adapted to the same purpose, in particular through networks that can act as multipliers; Efficient dissemination of best practices, for instance through workshops, on-line platforms and/or training programs; Campaigns aimed at helping citizens in all regions of Moldova to interact with media in a mindful way; Innovative activities that can develop citizens' ability to distinguish information from propaganda or otherwise develop capacity related to critical thinking towards the media; Activities with local communities or networks to tailor and make some of the above tools available.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, TIRDEMCOMMR2FY22, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.