Samir Kassir Foundation Tender

Request for Proposals for Accountability Journalism Focusing on International Aid In the aftermath of the Beirut Port Explosion, the eyes of the international community turned to Beirut. In the time since, several donor countries, international NGOs and the like have committed funding, across various sectors, to help Beirut – and Lebanon – in the recovery and reconstruction process. The international aid, often springing up with an understandable urgency, has sometimes fallen short of the perceived standards regarding transparency and, therefore, accountability. This in part may have been a result of the manner in which the aid was structured, disbursed, and managed, the lack of follow-up, or simply the opportunism of the receiver. In other cases, aid has helped the most vulnerable cope with a collapsing economy and allowed new economic sectors to thrive. SKF invites proposals from Lebanese independent media platforms for the provision of financial and professional support. Four grants of up to US$15,000 are available for projects that would support content production including investigations into the utilization, management, and path of international aid (tracking a single donor or sector) since the Beirut Port Explosion