Call for Project Proposals The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in collaboration with DW Akademie, is implementing a Regional Media Assistance Program in the Western Balkans; # SustanMedia :  Support to Media Freedom and Pluralism in the Western Balkans , funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). This Program aims to enhance economic sustainability and boost competitiveness of independent media