Open Call for Grants for Regional Co-Production for WB PSM
We are pleased to announce the launch of the open call for grants for regional co-production for public service media in the Western Balkans. This grant initiative aims to strengthen regional cooperation among public service broadcasters by supporting joint media content production on topics of common interest.
The objective of the grants for regional co-production is to support up to three partnerships among Western Balkan (WB) public service media (PSM) to produce joint media content on regional topics, thereby enhancing collaboration and innovation in public service journalism.
Applications are open to public service media broadcasters legally established in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*[1], Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, which have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Goethe-Institut and DW Akademie.[2]
With the total of €75,000 allocated for this grant scheme, each partnership is eligible to receive up to €25,000.
Projects should be implemented within a maximum of eight (8) months.
Applications must be submitted by 03 April 2025, 23:59 CET.
Applicants are encouraged to participate in the following online informative sessions:
- Online individual consultations will be held from 10 - 14 March 2025, from 10 - 16:00h CET (please register 24h before the chosen date and time),
- Joint online informative session is scheduled for 19 March 2024 at 11:00 CET (please register until 18 March 2025, 23:59h CET).
Please register for the informative sessions and consultations by sending an email to Nadezda Mojsilovic (nadezda.mojsilovic@goethe.de).
For full details and application guidelines, please visit the Goethe Application Portal (GAP) or contact the IMM team (contact person: Dajana Celebic, dajana.celebic@goethe.de).
More information about the call is available in the documents below: This grant scheme is part of the broader Innovation. Media. Minds efforts to promote media freedom, enhance participatory democracies, and support the EU approximation process in the Western Balkans through strengthened public service journalism.
Funded by the European Union, the Innovation. Media. Minds.: Support to Public Service Journalism in the Western Balkans Program, is managed by the Goethe-Institut on behalf of the European Commission and in collaboration with its implementing partner DW Akademie.
[1] * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999.
[2] The following Western Balkan PSMs signed the MoU with Goethe-Institut and DW Akademie: Macedonian Radio Television, Radio and Television of Kosovo*, Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio Television of Montenegro, Radio Television of Serbia, Radio Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio Television of Vojvodina, Radio Television Shqiptar.
The objective of the grants for regional co-production is to support up to three partnerships among Western Balkan (WB) public service media (PSM) to produce joint media content on regional topics, thereby enhancing collaboration and innovation in public service journalism.
Applications are open to public service media broadcasters legally established in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*[1], Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, which have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Goethe-Institut and DW Akademie.[2]
With the total of €75,000 allocated for this grant scheme, each partnership is eligible to receive up to €25,000.
Projects should be implemented within a maximum of eight (8) months.
Applications must be submitted by 03 April 2025, 23:59 CET.
Applicants are encouraged to participate in the following online informative sessions:
- Online individual consultations will be held from 10 - 14 March 2025, from 10 - 16:00h CET (please register 24h before the chosen date and time),
- Joint online informative session is scheduled for 19 March 2024 at 11:00 CET (please register until 18 March 2025, 23:59h CET).
Please register for the informative sessions and consultations by sending an email to Nadezda Mojsilovic (nadezda.mojsilovic@goethe.de).
For full details and application guidelines, please visit the Goethe Application Portal (GAP) or contact the IMM team (contact person: Dajana Celebic, dajana.celebic@goethe.de).
More information about the call is available in the documents below: This grant scheme is part of the broader Innovation. Media. Minds efforts to promote media freedom, enhance participatory democracies, and support the EU approximation process in the Western Balkans through strengthened public service journalism.
Funded by the European Union, the Innovation. Media. Minds.: Support to Public Service Journalism in the Western Balkans Program, is managed by the Goethe-Institut on behalf of the European Commission and in collaboration with its implementing partner DW Akademie.
[1] * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999.
[2] The following Western Balkan PSMs signed the MoU with Goethe-Institut and DW Akademie: Macedonian Radio Television, Radio and Television of Kosovo*, Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio Television of Montenegro, Radio Television of Serbia, Radio Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio Television of Vojvodina, Radio Television Shqiptar.