Period – 25.09.2023 – 24.03.2025
Value of Grant (in donor currency) – 150,363.00 USD

Project objectives –

MCSCA’s goal is that journalists, media outlets, and civil society actors in Sri Lanka sustainably counter oppressive laws and other challenges so they can conduct fact-based reporting to better inform citizens and hold government and authorities accountable.

Objective 1: Sri Lankan media and civil society advocate for changes to and raise awareness on current legislation and policies that impede freedom of expression and the right to information.

Objective 2: Independent media work with civil society to inform citizens about economic, accountability and transparency issues that impact their community using the right to information law and other legal mechanisms.

Objective 3: Independent media and civil society collaboratively engage in communities to ensure the sustainability of citizen-led movements pressing for change.

Objective 4: Independent media and civil society actors develop resilient and sustainable coalitions.

Period – January 2023 - 30^th November 2026
Value of Grant (in donor currency) – EUR 110,000

Project Summaries –

• To raise awareness among civil society, private sector, and political stakeholders on international standards and reform options for political finance transparency and gender equality.
• To Increase knowledge on how gender-sensitive civic monitoring and implementation of political finance integrity solutions work.
• To improve skills of civil society groups and oversight agencies to deploy gender-sensitive political finance monitoring and implementation solutions.