GLOBAL MEDIA DEFENCE FUND (GMDF) : CALL FOR PARTNERSHIPS 2025
Opening Date04/11/2025
Deadline Date02/01/2026
Submission LanguageEnglish
Maximum Value50.000,00 $
Percentage of FinancingNA
StatusOpen
StatusOpen
Who
This Call for Partnerships is open to not-for-profit entities only (non-governmental organizations, foundations, professional associations, academic institutions, and intergovernmental organizations, among many others).
Candidate partners must have been active and registered as not-for-profit entities for at least two years.
Eligibility
Proposed projects must contribute to at least one of the following GMDF Outups:
- Output 2: Rapid legal assistance and mechanisms to enhance journalists’ legal protection.
- Output 3: Investigative journalism to reduce impunity.
- Output 4: Strategic litigation to enhance media freedom.
What
This Call seeks to provide financial support to local, regional and global not-for-profit organisations for implementation of projects contributing to bolstering journalists’ legal safety and advancing media freedom through investigative journalism and strategic litigation.
Funding
An indicative budget of USD 800,000 will be awarded to support meaningful action that helps break the cycle of impunity for crimes against journalists, distributed in grants ranging from USD 15,000 to USD 50,000 (estimated number of grants: 16 to 25).
Cost Eligibility: The budget financed by UNESCO/GMDF should only include direct costs relevant to the achievement of the project objectives. No overheads in terms of administrative or service fees are accepted (direct budgeting based on activities). Direct costs are expenses necessary for the implementation of the proposed action, directly attributable to it, arising directly from its implementation, and charged proportionally to actual use under the project.
Documents
Organisation: UNESCO, through its Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF)
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