Saturday 1 March 2008

Joint UNDP-EC call for media on development

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the European Commission announces a call for media to organize a study visit to a developing country and prepare a reportage from it covering development cooperation projects and the Millennium Development Goals.

Only nationwide media from the European Union 12 new Member States are eligible, however partnerships with other media and organizations (incl. NGOs) are possible. UNDP and EC will choose at least five best projects to be awarded out of all applications from all 12 EU new Member States.

Within this call UNDP and EC will cover up to 75 % of the media project, the rest could be in-kind contribution of the media company. This is an opportunity to involve national media from these 12 countries in covering development cooperation and to further raise public awareness on reasons and results of development work.

The deadline for applications is 19 March 2008.

All details/call documents are available at: http://europeandcis.undp.org/public/tenders/ (go to: “RFP: organization of media projects on MDGs and development cooperation” or http://europeandcis.undp.org/public/?event=public.tenderShow&height=550&width=800&tid=211).

Information provided by Jan Szczycinski, UNDP in Poland, jan.szczycinski@undp.org.pl, www.undp.org.pl

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