Analysis - Project Co-Financing

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) has published an analysis of the co-financing process for media content production projects in Serbia for the year 2026.

Media associations and journalistic organizations (Association of Independent Electronic Media, Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia, Journalists' Association of Serbia, Local Press, and Media Association) have agreed on a proposal regarding the necessary changes in the process of project co-financing of media content, which has been officially sent to the addresses of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.

A total of 47.23 million dinars was distributed in the competitions held in Novi Pazar, Nova Varoš, Priboj, and Prijepolje. RTV Novi Pazar received 19.8 million dinars, while Slađana Ostojić, a candidate from PROUNS, served on four committees.

The fees for the members of the committees who assessed the applications submitted for the competitions for project co-financing of media content in Serbia were uneven this year, regardless of how much work they had or how many projects they had to read and score. The range this year was between 5,000 and 70,000 dinars, and at least 9.6 million dinars have been spent for this purpose so far.

The situation and conditions under which journalists of local media in Serbia operate have further deteriorated in 2025. The rating given by media representatives is 2.23 for the previous year, compared to a score of 2.53 a year earlier, according to the research "Indicators of the State of Local Media in Serbia for 2025: A Case Study of Eight Cities and Municipalities and One Region," conducted by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

A total of 80 candidates participated in the committees based on 172 completed calls for project co-financing of media content in 2025, although the official list of candidates included a total of 169 names. According to an analysis by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), the independent expert Branimir Grulović participated in the majority of the committees, having evaluated projects in 65 calls from various governing bodies.

Projects that received support in 2025 through competitions for co-financing media content in Serbia were evaluated by various administrative bodies, ranging from 20,000 dinars to more than 30 million, according to an analysis of the competition results conducted by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

The company Zona Plus from Niš, in addition to receiving the highest funds in competitions for co-financing media content, also leads in the number of supported projects from various state and local authorities. According to the database of media competition results established by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), this company has won funding for 25 different projects, totaling 41,160,000 dinars.

The company Zona Plus from Niš, owner of the television of the same name, received the largest amount of funding in this year's competitions for project co-financing of media content in Serbia. According to the database of media competition results compiled by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), this Niš company received funds from various authorities that announced the competitions, amounting to a total of 40,300,000 dinars.