Independent Media in Syria

Funding Opportunity Number: NEAAC-ACSYRIA-15-006 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 19.601Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOS-NEA-ACClosing Date: Dec 11, 2015Award Ceiling: $24,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Oct 28, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: Since 2012, the Department of State has assisted the development and strengthening of independent Syrian-led media by providing ongoing financial, technical, and material support to independent radio and TV broadcasters with the capacity to collectively reach nearly 80% of Syria's pre-war population. To date, independent media support has focused largely on a core group of ten media outlets, particularly radio broadcasters, supporting their development into organizations offering varied programming to address the information needs of the Syrian people, promote dialogue between citizens and local governance bodies, offer non-regime-controlled news and coverage of current events, and provide a moderate counter-weight to extremist narratives. Support has taken many forms, including the provision of transmission, production, and office equipment; broadcast subscriptions; training and mentoring ...

Source: Grants.gov - October 28, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding