Project Assistance – Call – Well-informed youth Stream 2 Production of information content
$50,000
Grant
Description:
This component aims to encourage the production of journalistic information content by young people and/or intended for a young audience.
Comments on Funding:
The total assistance granted under Component 2 cannot exceed 75% of eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $50,000 per project. Please note that no cost overruns for approved activities or projects will be accepted for additional financial assistance.
December 17, 2024
Eligibility:
Section 2 is aimed at organizations established under one of the following legal forms:
non-profit organization;
cooperative incorporated under the Cooperatives Act (RLRQ, chapter C-67.2) or the Canada Cooperatives Act (SC 1998, c. 1);
collective enterprise defined within the meaning of the Social Economy Act (RLRQ, chapter E-1.1.1);
Indigenous organizations or committees with the mission or mandate to contribute to the development of young people in their community. These organizations or committees must correspond to one of the following categories:
indigenous public authority,
Aboriginal organization, society or community group;
college and university educational establishments;
autonomous public libraries and regional public library service centers.
Section 2 also applies to community media as well as general or specialist news media, in print, digital, radio or television, which:
are legally constituted and registered with the Registrar of Companies;
have their headquarters in Quebec and carry out the majority of their activities there OR which operate a media outlet with an establishment in Quebec and whose content is intended specifically for the Quebec population;
In this case, the project must only target media located in Quebec and the human resources necessary for the completion of the project must come from Quebec and be based there.
have been in business for at least one year;
have their own team of journalists consisting of at least one paid journalist whose main task is to produce original news content.
Application Steps:
The applicant may only submit one application for financial assistance per call for projects: either for section 1 or for section 2. In addition, only one application may be submitted by companies operating more than one media.
The request for financial assistance must be produced online using a form accessible in the di@pason service This hyperlink will open in a new window.and is automatically forwarded to the department of the Ministry responsible for processing it.
The application for financial assistance must be submitted on the dates determined each year by the Ministry. To find out these dates, consult the program calendar (PDF 77 KB) .
Before submitting their application, the applicant must register in the di@pason system as a partner client (or update their profile if they are already registered). It is recommended to complete the registration (or update) no later than one week before the project submission deadline, to allow the Ministry time to validate the profile. No extension of the submission date will be granted to an applicant who begins their procedures too late to complete them within the prescribed deadlines.
Documentation Needed:
For the evaluation of his application, the applicant must present, in the form on di@pason, a description of the project specifying the following information:
the context and justification;
objectives and activities;
the targeted persons;
the course;
the expected results and the expected impacts.
In addition to the duly completed form, the applicant must attach the following documents:
the schedule for carrying out activities (PDF 182 KB) (start and end dates, and main stages of carrying out the project);
detailed budget forecasts ( XLSX 356 KB) ;
its most recent financial statements;
its latest annual activity report;
its letters patent;
the resolution adopted by its competent authorities allowing the production of the request for financial assistance and the identification of the agent;
the duly signed document Conditions for granting financial assistance (PDF 1.47 MB) ;
the partner’s commitment letter, if applicable;
any other relevant information to support his application.
To be submitted for evaluation, the file must be complete, comprehensible and based on accurate data. Otherwise, it will be up to the applicant to correct or complete them within the time limit granted by the Ministry.
Other Things to Note:
The accumulation of direct or indirect financial assistance received from ministries, agencies and Crown corporations of the governments of Quebec and Canada, including tax credits, as well as municipal entities that are not direct beneficiaries of the program, must not exceed the thresholds of eligible expenses presented in the preceding table.
For the purposes of calculating the cumulative rate of public financial assistance, the term “municipal entities” refers to municipal bodies included in section 5 of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (RLRQ, c. A-2.1).
The assets referred to in paragraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 89 of the Act establishing the Eeyou Istchee Baie-James Regional Government (RLRQ, c. G-1.04) are not considered in the accumulation rule of this standard.
For the purposes of calculating the accumulation rate, all forms of financial assistance granted by a public body must be calculated at 100% of their value, whether repayable or not.
Furthermore, financial assistance from the Business Development Bank of Canada, Farm Credit Canada and Financière agricole du Québec are to be considered private contributions if they do not offer any conferred advantage, or if they are agreed to under market conditions.
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