Flanders Connects Continents was a project that offered working grants for intercontinental teams of investigative journalists consisting of at least one Flemish and one Sub-Sahara African journalist. The project was run by Journalismfund.eu. (2016)


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Flanders Connects Continents was a project run by Journalismfund.eu in 2016. It provided €120,000 for working grants for Sub-Saharan African journalists collaborating with Flemish colleagues or vice versa.

The money came from the Departement Internationaal Vlaanderen of the Flemish government.

The grant programme allocated a total of €120,000 in grant money to teams of investigative journalists over a period of six months. The project has now ended but journalists interested in similar projects can apply for the Money Trail Grants.

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For who

Flemish-African teams

The project offered grants to teams of investigative journalists consisting of at least one Sub-Saharan African and one Flemish journalist.

How much

€120,000

There was €120,000 to distribute over three application rounds. The project has now ended.

Supported by The Flemish Government, Chancellery and Foreign Office.

Next deadline

Project has ended.

This project no longer exists.