Supported projects

This training programme aims to foster collaboration between investigative journalists and photojournalists to address desertification in Europe through innovative storytelling.

ATHENS / SOFIA / ROME - This project focuses on the real-world dynamics of renewable energy deployment in three key countries in Southern and South-Eastern Europe. Despite their different histories, economies, and regulatory structures, they face surprisingly similar obstacles in their quest of clean, secure, and socially inclusive energy systems.

BRUSSELS – The EU aims to capture 50 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030. However, several major CCS projects backed by EU funds are facing serious challenges, from high operating costs to local opposition.

CÁDIZ / AWRE - This investigation delves into the growing push to monetize blue carbon in Spain and the UK, where scientists, NGOs, and financial consultancies are working to quantify the carbon stored in salt marshes and seagrasses to fund their restoration.

Thisis a four-day hybrid workshop designed to equip 10 emerging documentary photographers or journalist with the skills, tools, and networks needed to produce in-depth, impactful environmental stories.

IJMUIDEN - After pulse fishing was banned by the European Parliament in 2018, many Dutch fishermen switched to flyshooting. However, flyshoot fishing mainly targets species for which there is too little data to manage stocks properly. These are not subject to quotas and fishermen can take them out of the sea without limit. And that is a recipe for overfishing.

TIRANA/MILANO - The destruction of the Balkans' forests continues, especially in the remote areas of Albania where the law doesn't reach and corruption reigns. It's a deep-rooted and local phenomenon, but it's supported by an international dynamic that involves Europe and, above all, the country's best partner in crime: Italy.

BOSASO - After almost a decade of silence on Somalia's northern coast, piracy seems to be making a comeback. Driven by hunger and desperation, old smuggling routes are being reopened and strategic ports are being targeted. 'The sea beckons as never before.'The comeback of Somali pirates

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS - Gay & Grey is a documentary series by director Julia M. Free in a co-production with VRT Canvas and DeMensen. The series follows the daily lives of senior lesbian couples, aged 70 and above, whose relationships have stood the test of time.

GHENT - Poverty is not just a matter of not having enough money. Poverty affects every aspect of your life. By highlighting people's problems from different points of view, Michelle Ginée in Poor in Rich Flanders goes in search of answers.