LandCam Project Micro-Grants in Cameroon for Journalists

LandCam Project Micro-Grants in Cameroon for Journalists

The LandCam project has launched a call for proposals for investigation or reporting projects that cover land governance and natural resource management in Cameroon.

Objectives

The micro-grant for journalists aims to strengthen extensive journalistic research, reporting, and survey dissemination on land governance and natural resource management in Cameroon.

It will also help improve the understanding of the ongoing reform and the documentation of the research work being done.

Additionally, the micro-grant for journalists would like to:

Provide support to journalistic production to strengthen access to information on land issues Raise the media's interest in the land issue Promote journalistic excellence in the field of natural resource governance.

Grant Information

It comes in two phases:

The first phase concerns successful candidates based on their draft article or report. They will receive a micro-grant to carry out their project.

This subsidy is between 150 000 Fcfa and 200 000 Fcfa and can be used to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, nutrition and technical expenses, but cannot be used for the purchase of any equipment.

Categories

Competitive applicants will be grouped into the categories below: