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Project partners and at least three CSOs will establish a national alliance of electronic non-profit media publishers with the aim of supporting financial, managerial and advocacy capacity building of its members, fostering exchange of knowledge and experiences among them. The members of the alliance are almost exclusively minority community media in terms of their geographical, thematic and identity scope. The project will strengthen the advocacy role of CSOs in media policy and influence the development of an environment in which minority media can be established and developed to respond to the needs of their users, citizens and general public. Organizational development activities will strengthen the capacity of partners for legal protection of journalistic work, fundraising and public advocacy. Within the mentoring process partner organizations will support and transfer the experience gained by establishing the alliance to an initiative that has the potential to develop into a formal association or network. Members of the alliance will undertake a participatory development of policy briefs and accompanying advocacy plans with the aim of conducting evidence-based advocacy focused on raising awareness of the general public on the importance of a sustainable non-profit media sector and long-term change in the social framework. The project contributes to a strong civil society, supporting the institutional and networking activities of CSOs in the Croatian non-profit media sector. In the long run, the implementation of the project will strengthen the impact of non-profit media government monitoring activities and further increase visibility of CSOs activities.