#SustainMedia PROGRAM
Call for Project Proposals
Establishment of Media Resource Centers to Support Small and Local Media Outlets
Deadline for Applications March 15th, 2026
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in collaboration with DW Akademie, is implementing a Regional Media Assistance Program in the Western Balkans; #SustanMedia: Support to Media Freedom and Pluralism in the Western Balkans, funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
This Program aims to enhance economic sustainability and boost competitiveness of independent media organizations in the Western Balkans.
In the framework of this Program, GIZ invites media outlets, media support organizations, service providing and media consultancy companies, from the private sector or non-for profit, national and regional entities, established and operating in the region of Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo1*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia), to apply for the establishment of Media Resource Centers, to support small and local media outlets.