The U. S. Embassy in Addis Ababa announces an open competition for non-governmental and non-profit organizations to submit applications for a project that seeks to support both state- and private media in Ethiopia entitled Roles and Responsibilities of Media in a Democracy.

The selected partner

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is required to design a series of comprehensive weeklong media trainings for journalists from both state and private media throughout the country, up to 20 trainings in total.

There should be at least 15-20 participants at each training with at least 25% female media practitioners in attendance.

Based on feedback from and in close collaboration with the U. S. Embassy, the partner will implement these trainings nation-wide for hundreds of public and private media actors.

The content of media trainings will address the media’s roles and responsibilities in a democracy.The goal of this project is to enhance the professional capacity of both state and private media through needs-based and focused trainings.

Applicants are encouraged to explore interactive, creative approaches to ensure media participants get hands-on practice in writing and producing non-biased content across media platforms.