MediaResilience

Nurturing Quality News Journalism – project aims at strengthening a free, diverse, and pluralistic news media landscape and promoting quality journalism with emphasis on enhancing quality media outreach to the most vulnerable groups in society susceptible to disinformation. The project focuses on Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, and Slovenia – countries, which have been threatened by multiple vulnerabilities as relates to media freedom, quality of democracy, and potential resilience to disinformation.

The project will provide funding to media entities and investigative journalism and capacity building to increase knowledge and skills for promoting democracy and civic engagement in ever changing and challenging, including technologically, economically and legally, media landscape. The main target groups for the re-granting and capacity building will be independent media entities working to promote democracy, pluralism, social inclusion, human rights, media literacy, intercultural dialogue, EU values and help keep decision-makers accountable.

The project is led by the Open Society Institute – Sofia (OSIS) in collaboration with ECAS and ProMedia,

October 2024 – September 2026

• Lead the project communication and dissemination activities by engaging relevant stakeholders and raising public awareness of the project in the targeted Member States and EU-wide;
• Training of Fund beneficiaries in key horizontal issues (Summer Academy);
• Development, implementation and monitoring of a gender equality and non-discrimination strategic plan;
• Organise three synergy creation webinars during the second year of the project with grantees’ involvement;
• Host a dissemination Workshop during EESC Civil Society Week 2026;
• Organise the final Community of Practice Workshop in Brussels.