Period: July 1 2025 – June 30 2028 Donor Organization: New Venture Fund Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Over the next three years, Media Diversity Institute aims to focus more on strengthening CyberHUB’s technical and research capacity, as well as build up our legal advocacy to combat commercial spyware, stalker ware, as well as unlawful surveillance. This includes improving,…
Period: May 10 2025 – May 9 2026 Donor Organization: Araminta gUG Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Partner organization: Araminta (Berlin) and Democracy Development Foundation (Armenia) This one-year initiative aims to enhance data protection standards and legal compliance in Armenia through the appointment of a dedicated Data Protection Lawyer. The project is a joint effort between the Media Diversity…
Period: March 3 2025 – December 31 2025 Donor Organization: UK International Development – UK government, UNICEF Armenia Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Partner organization: UNICEF Armenia The proposed programme will provide a comprehensive support helpline services with the following components:
Period: January 1 2025 – December 31 2025 Donor Organization: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Implementer: Media Diversity Institute Partner organization: MDI-London The project’s overarching goal is to provide direct support to digital security providers who protect vulnerable populations, civil society groups, and independent media from digital attacks aimed at preventing these groups from exercising…
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:
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…
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…
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…
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)…
Period: January 1 2024 – July 31 2025 Donor Organization: New Venture Fund Implementer: Media Diversity Institute The goal of this project is to enhance the capacities of the CyberHUB threatlab dedicated to digital security research for the Armenian civil society. The primary objective is to identify and understand the digital security threats and risks faced by individuals,…