Media and media-related organizations in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the former Republic of Macedonia, or in the European Union, are invited to apply for grants from the 1.5 million-euro ($1.54 million) fund of the European Commission.

Media organizations eligible for grants include trade associations, trade unions, public journalism-training schools and universities, and nongovernmental organizations.

Proposals are due by 24 February 2003. For more information, see http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl.

(RFE/RL 27.xii.02)