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CfP: Community Based Initiatives (Deadline: 2 September)

Target group: CSOs in Albania Aim: Enhancing social cohesion to help communities and their members maintain harmony during societal change (such as interventions that leverage socio-cultural, sportive, and recreational activities that promote social engagement, tolerance, volunteerism, wellbeing, and inclusion); strengthening community agency through promoting active citizenship. Interventions that will enhance mobilization, organization, and representation of

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CfP: Media Innovation Lab – Creative Collective: Digital Security (Deadline: 30 September)

Target group: individuals, freelancers, and professionals who are passionate about media, such as journalists, editors, CSO representatives, IT developers Aim: The Media Innovation Lab is an annual event that provides a creative, collaborative space where media professionals, designers, technologists, and others can come together to develop localized tools and projects that will help tackle challenges

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CfP: Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants (Deadline: 22 October)

Target group: Media outlets, CSOs working in the field of media from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia or Serbia. Aim: The Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants support media outlets that want to engage their audiences in reporting by providing them with training and mentorship in engagement journalism and using the B-engaged tool (BE tool) developed

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CfP: CIVICUS Solidarity Fund (Deadline: N/A)

Target group: CIVICUS members Aim: Enhance solidarity within the alliance, fostering a sense of belonging to a global movement for change; Support civil society diversity and resilience, especially among smaller, non-formal actors; Create opportunities where they do not exist for change-seeking actors to contribute to a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. Amount: up to

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CfP: BCSDN Regional CSDev Hub – Ad-Hoc Grants (Deadline: 1 September)

Target groups: Informal or registered organizations from the Western Balkans Aim: Providing rapid funding (in the form of expert support or direct funding for regional actions) for CSOs’ immediate needs or innovation whenever they need to address some challenging situation and protect civic space. Amount: max EUR 10.000 (total funding available EUR 340.000). Duration: up

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CfP: Creative Europe Programme- Lump Sum Grants (Deadline: 20 September)

Target group: Registered CSOs from EU members states, non-EU counties, and EEA countries Aim: To strengthen the independence of producers concerning broadcasters and digital platforms, to enhance collaboration between operators, including independent producers, broadcasters, digital platforms, and sales agents, from different countries participating in the MEDIA Strand, to produce high-quality programming aimed at wide international

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CfP: BCSDN Regional CSDev Hub – Ad-Hoc Grants (Deadline: 1 September)

Target groups: Informal or registered organizations from the Western Balkans Aim: Providing rapid funding (in the form of expert support or direct funding for regional actions) for CSOs’ immediate needs or innovation whenever they need to address some challenging situation and protect civic space. Amount: max EUR 10.000 (total funding available EUR 340.000). Duration: up

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CfP: SMART Balkans- Call for Applications- Regional Grants (Deadline: 7 August)

Target group: CSOs from N. Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Montenegro. Aim: Overall objective of the Project is to contribute to strengthening participatory democracies and Euro Atlantic integrations in the Western Balkans by empowering civil society organizations and CSO networks for stronger and active role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies for

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CfP: SMART Balkans – Call for Applications – Core Grants (Deadline: 7 August)

Target group: CSOs from North Macedonia and Serbia Aim: To contribute to strengthening participatory democracies and Euro Atlantic integrations in the Western Balkans by empowering CSOs and CSO networks for a stronger and active role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development in Albania, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

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CfP: Creative Europe Programme- Lump Sum Grants (Deadline: 20 September)

Target group: Registered CSOs from EU members states, non-EU counties, and EEA countries Aim: To strengthen the independence of producers concerning broadcasters and digital platforms, to enhance collaboration between operators, including independent producers, broadcasters, digital platforms, and sales agents, from different countries participating in the MEDIA Strand, in order to produce high-quality programming aimed at

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