Following approval by the US Embassy in Budapest, the decision on the applications received for the 3rd call for proposals has been made by Mérték Media Monitor and the Ökotárs Foundation.
A total of 42 applications were received by the deadline. Of these, 36 applications were submitted for "strengthening and improving the sustainability of local and national independent public media" (category A) and 6 for "implementing media literacy and education and journalism training programmes" (category B). Based on the decision of the Embassy of the United States of America, the following 26 applications (22 category A, 4 category B) were awarded grants for a total amount of 173 178 230 HUF:
Category A (support to independent media)
444 |
8 303 000 Ft |
Alinda Edith-ed |
6 942 200 Ft |
Átlátszó |
9 895 600 Ft |
Balzac |
5 000 000 Ft |
Borsod24 / Szol24 / Szabolcs24 |
7 000 000 Ft |
Csaladinet.hu |
3 500 000 Ft |
Debreciner |
10 153 000 Ft |
Fókusz Stúdió |
5 953 200 Ft |
G7 |
7 000 000 Ft |
Greenfo |
6 000 000 Ft |
Hallgató Magazin |
3 627 560 Ft |
Jelen |
7 000 000 Ft |
Kecsup |
7 000 000 Ft |
Klubrádió |
10 485 700 Ft |
Kispolgár |
9 775 900 Ft |
Magyar Hang |
10 461 000 Ft |
NINCS online folyóirat |
2 255 000 Ft |
Nyugat |
7 000 000 Ft |
Qubit |
5 975 400 Ft |
Revizor |
6 000 000 Ft |
Szegeder |
3 653 000 Ft |
Tilos Rádió |
7 574 600 Ft |
Category B (support to media education and journalist training programmes)
Hajdúsági Hallgatókért és Civilekért Egyesület |
4 723 120 Ft |
Nógrádi Grund Klubhálózat |
6 000 000 Ft |
Roma Sajtóközpont |
5 000 000 Ft |
Transparency International Magyarország Alapítvány |
7 099 950 Ft |
In the coming days, the Ökotárs Foundation will send all applicants an individual notification by e-mail.
We are committed to ensuring that the support will:
- contribute to the creation of new content
- enable media professionals to develop professionally
- enable them to implement their ideas at a high technical level
- enable them to sustain their operations from both a legal and administrative perspective
- enable civil society organizations to contribute to strengthening the independent public sphere through media education programs.
The grant is implemented by Mérték Media Monitor and the Ökotárs-Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation, with support of the Embassy of the United States of America in Budapest.