Media Program in Armenia

Period: November 15 2024 – November 15 2025 Donor Organization: USAID, Internews in Armenia Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Project Objective: The project aims to enhance the digital security of Armenian media outlets, support independent journalism, and advocate for fair and open digital landscape and free internet legislation. The goals and objectives of MDI Armenia’s project component are to:

Local Digital Security Standards for CSOs

Period: October 1 2024 – May 31 2025 Donor Organization: The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland acting through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (“FCDO”) Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Partner organization: All for Equal Rights Foundation The strategic objective of this project is to establish comprehensive digital security standards for Armenia’s civil society…

Fact Finding Mission

Period: June 1 2024 – August 31 2024 Donor Organization: Democracy Development Foundation Implementer: Media Diversity Institute This project seeks to aid the collaborative civil society fact-finding mission aimed at documenting human rights and humanitarian law violations in Nagorno Karabakh during the 10-month blockade and the attack of 19-20 September 2023 by Azerbaijan. Media Diversity Institute will collect…

Initiative for Media Quality and Resilience

Period: April 1 2024 – March 31 2027 Donor Organization: European Union; Media Initiatives Center Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Partner organization: Media Initiatives Center, Yerevan Press Club, International Media Support The project empowers media organizations to manage and perform professionally, independently and sustainably; supports them to develop more reader-relevant, analytical, reliable and responsible content; and ensures participation of civil…

Regional Digisec Network

Period: March 1 2024 – February 28 2026 Donor Organization: Open Technology Fund (OTF) Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Partner organization: Association Human Constanta International NGO; VšĮ RESIDENT NGO The goal of this project is to grow and support the local capacity of digital security practitioners in six countries of Eastern Europe/South Caucasus (members of the Regional Digital Security Network)…

Fact Finding Mission

Period: December 1 2023 – March 31 2024 Donor Organization: Democracy Development Foundation Implementer: Media Diversity Institute This project seeks to aid the collaborative civil society fact-finding mission aimed at documenting human rights and humanitarian law violations in Nagorno Karabakh during the 10-month blockade and the attack of 19-20 September 2023 by Azerbaijan. Media Diversity Institute will…

Digital Security Practitioners

Period: October 1 2023 – October 1 2024 Donor Organization: Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Partner organization: Association Human Constanta International NGO The purpose of the project is to advance education of digital security practitioners to enable them to better assist human rights defenders, media, and CSOs at risk in their respective countries