GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Activities that can be funded:

• Design and manage a Europe-wide rapid response mechanism to support media freedom and journalists’ safety, covering all EU Member States, countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme and candidate countries.
• Provide legal and practical support to journalists and other media practitioners in need.
• Organise advocacy missions to locations where journalists are under threat.
• Monitor the state of media freedom in the EU Member States, countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme and candidate countries.
• Organise awareness raising campaigns in the field of media freedom and safety of journalists.
• Ensure communication and dissemination activities.
• Monitor and evaluate the action.

This action is expected to provide practical help to protect journalists under threat, including concrete tools such as advice and legal support as well as offering shelter and logistical assistance thereby enabling the targeted journalists to continue ursuing their professional activities.

The project will also organise visits to affected countries. Anti-impunity action shall be supported through advocacy.