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The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad is seeking proposals for the Local Transformation Projects in support of Independent Media to support activities that will lead to an improvement in the state of human rights and democracy in Iraq.

LTPs are project-oriented - the implementer proposes specific activities such as workshops for the target group, travel fees for participants, space rental, facilitators' salaries, organization of educational events in public space, etc. The goal of media projects is to support media that adhere to the basic principles of editorial independence and at the same time facing a difficult financial situation. Therefore, media projects can be focused on the direct support of these media (i.e. on their operation, not on new activities), so that they can continue to provide its irreplaceable functions to the public. 

Focus Areas

• Preferred areas of projects are: 

  • support of civil society, including human rights defenders;

  • support of freedom of expression and access to information, including media freedom (independent media support);

  • support for equal and as wide as possible political and public participation;

  • support for building institutions of the rule of law;

  • promotion of equality and non-discrimination;

  • support of human rights in topics related to employment and environment;

Funding Information

• The maximum amount of the budget is 500,000 CZK, the minimum amount is 100,000 CZK.

Duration

• Duration of the project is a maximum of 8 months (assumption of start from 1 March 2025 to 31 October 2025);

Eligibility

• Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad encourages local iraqi NGOs to submit their project proposals for year 2025 supporting independent media and local transformation (or LTP for short). 

• The implementer must be a local non-governmental entity registered in Iraq (including a subsidy of an international NGO registered in Iraq). It can be also a verified person (individual) representing the implementing entity. It cannot be a proposal submitted by a Czech non-governmental organization, local municipality or university. 

• The project must be finished October 31, 2025. 

• The proposal is submitted on the prescribed identification form in English or Czech, it has to be filled in - in all its parts and signed and stamped by an authorized person representing submitter.

Post Date: October 01, 2024