Countering Disinformation to promote Social Cohesion deadline 2020
The current listed application deadline is May 29, 2020. Use this page to verify timing fast, then move into the full grant record for planning, comparison, and drafting.
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- April 27, 2020
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In a recent USAID-sponsored study to understand the drivers of violent extremism in four coastal West African countries, including Togo, it clearly appeared that "Fake news" plays a large part in the vulnerability factors that can lead to extremist acts. Young people who use the internet (especially Facebook and WhatsApp) are regularly confronted, at some point, with disinformation, falsified information or scams. To effectively deal with these, media literacy, critical thinking and cy...
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The Public Affairs Section encourages applications from U.S. and Togo as follows: • Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience • Individuals • Non-profit or governmental educational institutions • Governmental institutions For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.