CSSF PROGRAMME SUMMARY
PROGRAMME TITLE: Western Balkans Media, Cyber And Defence (MCD) Programme
HMG Partners
Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Foreign Commonwealth and
(LEAD in bold)
Development Office (FCDO) from 2/9/2020, Ministry of Defence (MOD)
COUNTRY AND Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, Montenegro,
REGION:
North Macedonia and Serbia
UNIQUE ID:
CSSF-10-000003
DAC Code:
15153
PROGRAMME DURATION: April 2020 – March 2023 (three year programme with a range of oneyear and multi-year projects)
Start Date: April 2020
End Date: March 2023
IF A NEW PROGRAMME FOR THIS FY, HAVE ANY ELEMENTS DERIVED FROM OLDER
PROGRAMMES? IF YES, WHICH ONES? Most of the Programme – on Media, Cyber and Defence
continues from the FY19/20 MCD Programme
FY 20-21
ODA: £12m
Non-ODA: £7.5m
BUDGET
ALLOCATION:
CONTACT DETAILS JointFundsUnit@fco.gov.uk
PROJECT/
LEAD IMPLEMENTING Implementing CONTRACT FY20-21 BUDGET
COMPONENT
DEPT ORGANISATION Partner Type START/END (ODA/Non-ODA)*
DATES
Media Freedom FCO
Albany
Commercial
Projects
£7.1m ODA / £3.1m
and Strategic
Associates,
Partner,
under this
non-ODA
Communications
European
Public Body,
programme
Endowment for
Academic
include oneDemocracy,
organisation,
year
United States
UN Agency
contracts
Agency for
(April 2020 –
International
March 2021)
Development
and multi(USAID), British
year
Council,
contracts
Government
with differing
Communications
start/end
Service
dates
International,
between
Institute of
April 2018
Communication
and March
Studies (IKS),
2023
The Global
Strategy
Network, Zinc
Network,
Palladium,
Balkans
Investigative
Reporting
Network,
UNICEF
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