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General Purposes

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network

www.birn.eu.com

  • Program Civil Society
  • Program Area Special Initiatives
  • Grant Amount $60,000
  • Grant Period January 1, 2006–December 31, 2007
  • Location Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Geographic Focus Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia

About this grant

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network supports the operation and joint activities of a network of seven independent, non-governmental organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro. This grant will support the network’s mission to build and strengthen an interconnected cadre of investigative journalists across the Balkans that regularly analyzes key transition issues for the public and policymakers. The thematic focus of the network includes European integration, dealing with the past, war crimes, minority rights, corruption, good governance and economic development.