Project Grant SRB10022GR0038

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Atlantski Savez Crne Gore to counter disinformation and strengthen civil society and media resilience in Montenegro. Funded under the Agency for International Development's Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia Public Diplomacy Programs (AEECA/ESF PD Programs, CFDA #19.900), the award's objectives align with the program's goal of supporting civil society and democracy building initiatives in Europe and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), provides $100,000.00 to empower a cohort of up to 8 "Bold Network" candidates in Serbia. The award aims to help these candidates achieve greater social impact through their community-based initiatives in the fields of civic activism or economic development. The award was made on February 1, 2025 and is...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $100,000 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program to Birn to fight fake news and misinformation. The one-year project grant, awarded September 1, 2021, will provide hands-on training for aspiring journalists and improve public awareness regarding professional journalism. Specifically, Birn will establish a platform utilizing public data and fact-checking resources to deliver these services in...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Atlantski Savez Crne Gore to reduce the ability of malign information influence activities to destabilize democratic processes and institutions in Montenegro. This funding supports the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/Economic Support Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) federal grant program, which provides civil society and democracy building public diplomacy...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to support independent news production and counter propaganda efforts in Moldova. The grant funding will support the project "PRO TV Capacity Development" under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) between May 25, 2022 and June 30, 2023. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs, identified by CFDA #19.900, provide...

The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $145,190 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a foreign for-profit organization, to implement a one-year project that will keep five Kosovo Serbian language media partners engaged in the joint fight against misinformation, as well as create and share accurate, unbiased, and independent news. This grant, awarded on October 16, 2023, supports civil society and democracy building public...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $388,124 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to unite five Kosovo Serbian language media partners for independent news creation and sharing. The grant period runs from September 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The funding will support the partners to develop innovative technology solutions to increase the reach of their independently produced news content and jointly counter misinformation. The...

TEXTY, in cooperation with Internews Ukraine, will implement the Grey Zone Project under this $108,004 Project Grant awarded by the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs on September 27, 2021. The Grey Zone Project is a multi-component intervention aimed at studying and mapping disinformation in social media in Ukraine and developing new creative methods to respond to disinformation. This award is funded through the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $149,410 cooperative agreement to Atlantski Savet to increase local and cross-border collaboration and social cohesion among smaller and larger media organizations in North Macedonia and Serbia. The award aims to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) by informing and expanding relationships between people in the targeted countries. Specifically, Atlantski Savet...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $1,499,939 cooperative agreement to Techsoup Global doing business as TECH Soup to establish several disinformation response networks in Romania from September 2022 through September 2024. The networks will increase the resilience and response capacities of cross-sector frontline workers to address and counter general and specific anti-Ukrainian disinformation threats. This award supports the Department of State's Public...