In response to the
challenges imposed on the Ukrainian society during the coronavirus outbreak,
the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) has
launched a new call for proposals which aims to strengthen the capacity of
Ukrainian civil society organizations (CSOs) and independent media in
countering the negative impact of the outbreak on society.
Thematic Areas
Under the current call, BST
will support proposals that fall under one of the following thematic areas:
- Fast Response Grants. Under this thematic area, proposals of three to nine
months, with a total budget of up to $11,000 USD are eligible.
Proposals should fall into one of the following categories—the following
indicative actions are eligible under this thematic area (non-exhaustive
list):
- Civil Society-led Mobilization of Social Support
- enhancing
social support, including through cross-sectoral cooperation with local
authorities, businesses and IT companies, educators and scientists, and
independent media
- shared
expertise/capacity building on how to develop appropriate strategies to
effectively cope with a very different future operating environment
- development
of plans, self-help mechanisms, groups, and networks that work to
compensate for insufficient or inadequate responses by state authoritie
- Digitalization
- acquisition
of necessary IT equipment, software, and maintenance (phones, computers,
software, subscriptions to online conferencing services, etc.) necessary
to work from home or run online activities, and enable CSOs to improve
their work and/or reach to a larger audience
- training
for activists, volunteers, and beneficiaries
- Democracy Grants
- Under
this thematic area, proposals of up to $38,000 USDare
eligible. Proposals should fall into one of the following categories—the
following indicative actions are eligible under this thematic area
(non-exhaustive list):
- Advancing Independent Media
- continued
supply of accurate information about the further evolution of the
crisis and its impact on different spheres of society
- debunking
fake news through factchecking and exposing cases of disinformation—a
special focus will be placed on information about Eastern Ukraine and
the coronavirus pandemic
- Under
this thematic area, the applicants can be independent media
organizations and CSOs with proven record of working in this area.
- Government Oversight
- oversight
of public procurement procedures, investments in the health sector,
subsidies, and economic aid
- alternative
public policies drafted to contain the crisis and mitigate its economic
and social effects
- monitor
restrictions to human rights, media freedom, personal privacy. This
could be directly related to increased use of digital surveillance
tools.
Post Date - 24-Jul-2020