Programmes

Reporting Democracy

Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean
March 2020 – March 2026
BIRN Hub

Reporting Democracy is a cross-border journalistic platform dedicated to exploring where democracy is headed across large parts of Europe. Besides generating a steady stream of features, interviews and analytical pieces done by our own correspondents, we support local journalists by commissioning stories and providing grants for in-depth features and investigations. We translate many of our articles into local languages and make them available for republication through a growing network of local media partners. We also provide a forum for a broad range of expert commentary from leaders in policy, civil society and academia.

Media Innovation Europe: Energizing the European Media Ecosystem

Media Innovation Europe: Energizing the European Media Ecosystem

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia.
June 2022 – May 2024
BIRN Hub

The aim of this project is to strengthen the capacities and independence of media outlets across the Visegrád and Balkan regions. The project will focus on diversifying skills of journalists to build more competitive and independent media and create opportunities to establish collaborative networks across borders. This will be achieved by using tools and techniques which will connect newsrooms with audiences, developing new business models and encouraging collaboration and innovation.

Contribute to Increasing Transparency and Accountability of Kosovo Govt and Raise Awareness of Disinformation

Kosovo
May 2022 – April 2024
BIRN Kosovo

This project aims to improve inter-community relations by facilitating spaces for Albanians, Serbs and those from other ethnic communities to interact, while also providing a channel through which members of various Kosovo communities can express their grievances and their hopes for the future. Furthermore, the project aims to increase public awareness and understanding of fake news and disinformation among citizens and particularly among young people from different communities in Kosovo.

Mapping Digital Rights Violations and Fighting Disinformation in Central Europe Region

Mapping Digital Rights Violations and Fighting Disinformation in Central Europe Region

BIRN
1 July 2022 - 30 June 2024
BIRN

This project aims to advance public knowledge of and ability to assert the right to information, to discern disinformation and abuse online and to access and contribute to the information and public discussion on which official decision-making is based.

Contribute to Increasing Transparency and Accountability of Kosovo Govt and Raise Awareness of Disinformation

Kosovo
May 2022 – April 2024
BIRN Kosovo

This project aims to improve inter-community relations by facilitating spaces for Albanians, Serbs and those from other ethnic communities to interact, while also providing a channel through which members of various Kosovo communities can express their grievances and their hopes for the future. Furthermore, the project aims to increase public awareness and understanding of fake news and disinformation among citizens and particularly among young people from different communities in Kosovo.

Protecting and Promoting Labour Rights of Vulnerable Groups in the Labour Market

Kosovo
January 2022 – December 2023
BIRN Kosovo

This project aims to improve the working conditions for vulnerable categories of employees, notably within the private sector, including workplace health and safety for women and men, through the promotion of social dialogue between workers and duty bearers. This will be achieved through activities such as the development of a special section platform to report the violations of labour rights, monitoring and reporting the employment cases where the employees were victims of work injuries, capacity building and training of the duty bearers, capacity building training of the CSOs, journalists and human rights activists, raising public awareness on the Labour Law, the establishment of the consortium of CSOs to advocate for changes in the Labour law, sub-granting awards for CSOs, lawyers, and other registered entities to promote labour rights. These activities will ensure the effective implementation, quality of legal services, and creation of sustainable structures for future work in promoting labour rights.

In the front line – protecting journalists digital safety in the time of crisis

Serbia
BIRN Serbia

The project addresses the lack of adequate response to the rising trend of online harassment, threats, pressures and abuses of journalists in the online sphere.

Digital Rights Action: Enabling Free Flow of Information and Media Integrity

Serbia
January 2021 – June 2022
BIRN Serbia The main goal of the project is to contribute to creating an enabling online environment for the free flow of information, in line with the standards of digital rights and media freedoms.

Are the Public Budgets Misused? Monitoring of State Financing Media Projects

Serbia
June 2020 – April 2021
BIRN Serbia Non-transparent, uncontrolled, and arbitrary allocation of state funds is recognised as one of the most efficient mechanisms of ’soft-censorship’ harming media economic sustainability and, consequently, its independence.

Fellowship for Journalistic Exellence

Western Balkans and Visegrad Four (V4) Countries
2020-2026
BIRN Hub Fellows’ stories are published by BIRN’s Balkan Insight and Reporting Democracy platforms and disseminated widely through our network of media partners in all local languages as well as in English and German.

Paper Trail to Better Governance III

Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia)
February 2020 – January 2023
BIRN Kosovo Exposing wrongdoings of public institutions, public or private companies, and individuals, through multimedia investigations, in-depth analysis of institutions’ openness to freedom of information requests, and the establishment of an online database.

COVID-19 in Serbia: Information Resilience

Serbia
April – October 2020
BIRN Serbia In the current situation, there is a great demand for punctual, accurate and objective information among citizens. The crisis disclosed the negative impact of disinformation and its influence on spreading panic among citizens.

Promoting and Advancing Investigative Journalism in the Western Balkans

Kosovo
May 2017 - May-2019
BIRN Kosovo Promoting and Advancing Investigative Journalism in the Western Balkans and Strengthening the Capacity of the Organisation.

Under the Spotlight: Capital Investments Projects in Serbia

Serbia
October 2019 – September 2021
BIRN Serbia Promoting institutional transparency and accountability through investigative reporting.

Where is the Place of Media in New Internet Governance Policies?

Serbia
September 2019 – November 2020
BIRN Serbia Raising involvement of the media industry in a public debate on new development policies and internet governance issues.