Programme Category
Programme Name
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Helping the wider European news media sector become more sustainable and resilient, thus contributing to trustworthy reporting, to skills development and employment for news media professionals and journalists, in particular by supporting media collaborations. This topic will support cross-cutting actions that address the structural and technological changes faced by the media sector, and support high-quality media production standards and business models by fostering cooperation, digital skills, cross-border and/or collaborative journalism.
Detailed Call Description
Support is foreseen for collaborative projects in and between any news media (sub)sector and/or genre that aim to enhance cooperation and instil systemic change across that sector.
The activities should aim to serve the wider ecosystem across Europe, including small media.
Proposals should cover one or more of the following priorities: Collaborative business transformation, and/or Collaborative journalistic projects. Overlapping activities combining both priorities may be included.
Priority 1: Fostering collaborative business transformation
Projects could aim to develop, inter alia, better revenue models, management models, new approaches to audience development and marketing, development of common professional/technical standards, new types of newsrooms, syndication networks or other models to exchange content between news media across the EU, or provide assistance to small organisations to develop business readiness.
Applicants should propose activities supporting media sectors lacking the means of adapting to the digital environment.
Priority 2: Fostering collaborative journalism projects
Professional collaboration can increase efficiency and the quality of reporting. Projects can therefore test original reporting and innovative production methods and formats. Projects can aim to increase exchanges of best practices among journalists and optimise workflows for those journalism genres requiring more time and resources.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
80%
Project budget (maximum grant amount): € 2 000 000 per project
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- International Organisations
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Trade Unions
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
Consortium composition – For Topic 1 “NEWS – Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations”:
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) , which complies with the following conditions:
- minimum 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries
- Consortia may include non-profit, public and private media outlets (incl. written/online press, radio/podcasts, TV, etc) as well as other organisations focusing on news media (incl. media associations, NGOs, journalistic funds and training organisations focusing on media professionals, etc).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organization of European Programs & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone: +357 7000 1300
Email: info@epcr.org.cy/ nb@epcr.org.cy
(Publish Date: 23/11/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
For related questions send to the email address: EACEACREATIVE-EUROPE-JOURNALISM-PARTNERSHIPS@ec.europa.eu