The Radio Nederland Training Centre (RNTC) is calling for proposals from media professionals in developing countries. RNTC will provide financial support to a limited number of productions for television, radio and the internet. Proposals should be for a television or radio programme or a website focusing on issues to do with development and/or education and should be original. A jury will select two television proposals, two radio proposals and one internet proposal to receive support. Preference will be given to proposals from RNTC alumni (former course participants). Please note that the jury will not accept proposals that were submitted last year.

Successful proposals will be awarded a budget to realise the programme or website. The proposals should include guarantees that the programme will be broadcast and the website published.The awards will be for a maximum of EUR 6.000 for a television programme, EUR 3.000 for a radio programme and EUR 4.500 for a website. Proposals with higher budgets may be submitted but should include guarantees from another financial source for the additional costs involved.

The proposals must be written in English and should contain the following:

• Description of content/synopsis or description of functional webdesign (max 1 A4)
• Production timeline (script/content development and production)
• Detailed budget in Euros
• Description of the organisation in charge of broadcast/publication and the date and time of broadcast/publication

Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to contest@rntc.nl

Different proposal forms for the three media in Word and PDF formats can be downloaded from the RNTC website.


Click here for more information and to download the proposal forms.

Five proposals from five different countries won the 2004 RNTC Production Prize. In the radio category the winners were "Learning from Peace in Mozambique" - Studio Ijambo, Burundi and "Living Positively with HIV/AIDS" - Charles Odongtho, Radio Paidha, Uganda.
In the category television the winners were "The Outsiders" - David Aslanyan/ATV, Armenia and "A Simple Colombian Story" - Andrés Montoya/Canal Universitario de Antioquia, Colombia. In the website category the winner was "Life skills & sexuality education for adolescent girls" - Centre for Women's Development and Research, India