Grant Amount: 9,592,644 AMD

Purpose: The project aims to contribute to combating disinformation related to domestic developments in Armenia and its relations with other countries through monitoring of the information flow, fact-checking, and publications. The initiative will produce materials that seek to address and debunk fake and manipulative narratives disseminated by various external and local sources, particularly focusing on harmful discourses targeting different communities living in Armenia.

Grant Amount: 10,139,593 AMD

Purpose: The project goal is to provide a media platform for journalists from the migrant communities to cover relevant issues in South Caucasus for Russian-speaking audiences and confront authoritarian propaganda and misinformation through fact-based media content. Within the project objectives, Lava Media, evolving from Aliq․Ru (Aliq Media’s Russian Edition), will produce a diverse array of content that includes analytical and feature articles, videos, talk shows, and infographics. The thematic focus will span the political, economic, and social landscapes of Armenia and its neighboring countries, ensuring comprehensive coverage of the region's most relevant issues.

Grant Amount: 1,940,800 AMD

Purpose: The project aims to improve the effective management of public funds aimed at eliminating damages caused by floods in Tavush Marz in May 2024. In particular the project will help to increase the level of transparency and public accountability of local self-government bodies, to raise public awareness and community engagement in disaster risk management. The project specifically envisages the implementation of the monitoring of the expenditures by the local self-government bodies of Ijevan, Dilijan, Noyemberyan, the holding of community discussions and the organization of a public awareness campaign in the region.

Grant Amount: 1,940,800 AMD

Purpose: The goal of the project is to contribute to the elimination of the consequences of recent natural disaster in the settlements of Lori and Tavush regions, to highlight the invisible problems and ensure their wide publicity at the local and national levels through reports. Within the framework of the project, the "Voice of the Citizen" media platform will highlight and present the socio-economic, agricultural, infrastructural, environmental problems caused by the disaster and the gaps in the administrative processes aimed at eliminating these consequences. The project also aims to mobilize the local civil society organizations, the youth, and the farmers to ensure publicity for above-mentioned issues and for advocacy of rights protection.

Grant Amount: 1,940,800 AMD

Purpose: "Resilient Tavush" project aims to increase the level of awareness and resilience of the population of Tavush region, particularly local NGOs, youth organizations and local self-government bodies, in the disaster risk management, especially after the last natural disaster that hit the region. Seminars on disaster risk management will be organized in the 4 enlarged communities of Tavush region: Ijevan, Dilijan, Berd, Noyemberyan, involving representatives of local self-government bodies, local NGOs, and youth centers. The program envisages preparation and distribution of programs based on the seminars on Tavush Media TV, website and social networks.

Grant Amount: 23,859,600 AMD

Purpose: The project aims to support Factor.am media outlet to provide comprehensive analytical and impartial coverage of policy issues and citizens' needs in Armenia. Factor.am will provide space for inclusive and informed debates and carry out its investigative reporting on the current critical issues with a focus on security, institutional reforms and protection of rights and democratic values. Factor will also voice up civil society’s views, giving reliable insight into the matters of good governance, justice, and human rights, thus, contributing to having a more informed public and securing the integrity of democratic reforms.

Grant Amount: 4,261,180 AMD

Purpose: The project is aimed at enhancing media literacy and resilience against disinformation within the communities of Armenia. The initiative will establish a dedicated Media and Information Literacy (MIL) learning hub in a selected community school in the Ararat region. This hub will serve as a center for training and education, where beneficiary teachers and students will develop and share skills necessary to identify manipulative narratives and combat disinformation sustainably.