These funds were intended to help “develop an advanced study program at the University of Tartu in combating disinformation to improve democratic resilience under the development cooperation partnership.

The Master’s programme in Disinformation and Societal Resilience is for professionals who need to understand information manipulations in the global context, work on strategic communication to build social resilience, and deal with risk management in organisations and communities. The programme combines systematic theoretical knowledge with a practical approach that connects students to their realities and focuses on the disinformation problems in their countries.

Unique experiences from scholars and practitioners brought into the programme help build the international network of professionals to combat disinformation effectively… Up to 10 tuition waivers are provided to candidates from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, (exiled people of) Belarus, and Estonia.”