Programme Category
Programme Name
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The European Democracy Action Plan stresses that physical and online threats and attacks on journalists are on the rise in several Member States and proposes sustainable funding for projects with a focus on legal and practical assistance to journalists in the EU and elsewhere, including safety and cybersecurity training for journalists and diplomatic support. The Commission’s annual Rule of Law Report refers to physical and online threats and attacks on journalists as a persistent issue across Europe. In September 2021 the Commission adopted a Recommendation on ensuring the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists and other media professionals in the European Union.
Detailed Call Description
Activities that can be funded:
- Design and manage a Europe-wide rapid response mechanism to support media freedom and journalists’ safety, covering all EU Member States, countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme and candidate countries.
- Provide legal and practical support to journalists and other media practitioners in need.
- Organise advocacy missions to locations where journalists are under threat.
- Monitor the state of media freedom in the EU Member States, countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme and candidate countries.
- Organise awareness raising campaigns in the field of media freedom and safety of journalists.
- Ensure communication and dissemination activities.
- Monitor and evaluate the action.
This action is expected to provide practical help to protect journalists under threat, including concrete tools such as advice and legal support as well as offering shelter and logistical assistance thereby enabling the targeted journalists to continue ursuing their professional activities.
The project will also organise visits to affected countries. Anti-impunity action shall be supported through advocacy.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
90%
Thematic Categories
- Culture
- Education and training
- Justice - Security
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
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 (list of participating countries)
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
Consortium composition
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least two applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:
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- minimum two independent entities from two different eligible countries
Proposals may be submitted by any of the following applicants or combinations of: non-profit organisation (private or public); international organisations; universities; educational institutions; research centres.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organisation of European Programmes & 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
EU Contact Point
For questions regarding to the current call, interested parties can send email to the following address:
EACEA-CREATIVE-EUROPE-MEDIA-FREEDOM@ec.europa.eu