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VENEZUELA AFFAIRS UNIT PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION Notice of Funding Opportunity on Access to Information Funding Opportunity Title: Media Training & Development (MT&D) Small Grants Program Program Deadline for Applications: 06/03/2021 CFDA Number: 19.040 – Public Diplomacy Programs Minimum for Each Award: $10,000 Maximum for Each Award: $100,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Venezuela Affairs Unit (VAU) Public Affairs Section (PAS) is pleased to announce an open competition for applicants to submit proposals to carry out grant projects as part of our Media Training & Development (MT&D) and Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. Please carefully follow all instructions outlined below in this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Purpose of Grant: Every means of access to information for Venezuelans has been in decline since 2018. Current efforts by bad actors that employ intimidation and violence to stifle independent media voices, along with a highly active disinformation machine, has resulted in a “media information desert” of more than five million Venezuelans with limited options to access accurate information. VAU PAS invites proposals to fund projects that will infiltrate that desert with access to accurate information — projects that support the strengthening of the Venezuelan independent press, use accessible technologies to ensure the free flow of non-biased information, and execute on innovative ways to inform, and keep informed, Venezuelan citizens while maintaining their security under an oppressive environment. Grant projects take any number of forms, including leveraging technological innovations, analog information campaigns, workshops, courses, trainings, public debates, guerilla media, virtual camps, conferences, creative public interventions, think tanks, online projects, or other activities. For example, a successful project could implement an encrypted and safe new way to create a network and distribute accurate information to journalists and influencers. A