NEWS – Media Literacy

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Creative Europe (CREA)

Programme Description

The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

CREA-CROSS-2023-MEDIALITERACY

Call

NEWS – Media Literacy

Summary

Support will encourage knowledge sharing and exchanges on media literacy policies and practices to enable the development of innovative cross-border media literacy initiatives and communities across Europe, in a continuously changing digital media landscape and taking into account current user behaviour among variousage groups.

Detailed Call Description

Support is foreseen for collaborative projects with clearly defined objective(s) to advance/target specific area(s)/goal(s) within the field of media literacy, addressing at least two of the following areas of activities:

  • Activities building on, sharing and scaling up best practices from innovative media literacy projects that take into account a changing media ecosystem, especially by crossing cultural, country or linguistic borders and strengthening collaboration between different regions of Europe.
  • Developing innovative, interactive online toolkits to provide solutions to existing and future challenges in the online environment, including disinformation.
  • Developing materials and toolkits to enable citizens to develop a critical approach to the media, and to recognise and appropriately react to disinformation.
  • Develop media literacy practices adapted to the changing media environment including manipulative techniques and AI-based media production.

Applicants should cooperate actively with the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) regional hubs with a view to sharing good practice and avoid overlaps in the media literacy initiatives to be covered.

The following types of activities are eligible under this Call for proposals:

  • Creation and/or distribution of multilingual and/or multicultural material, including interactive content to improve the digital capacities of citizens and their understanding of the media landscape and their resilience against
    disinformation
  • Development of materials for citizens and trainers targeting all or any age and societal groups
  • Development of innovative media literacy solutions fit for the future media landscape
  • Training activities for citizens and educators, including sharing of best practices across linguistic, state and cultural borders
  • Organisation of public events and/or workshops to raise awareness and share best practices
  •  Community-led activities to tailor and make accessible the above-mentioned tools and materials

Call Total Budget

€2,000,000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

70%

Project budget (maximum grant amount): €500,000 per project. The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

Thematic Categories

  • Audiovisual sector and Media
  • Education and training
  • Information Technology
  • Other Services
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • Educational Institutions
  • International Organisations
  • Local Authorities
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Private Bodies
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Semi-governmental organisations
  • State-owned Enterprises
  • 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)

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium composed of at least three entities from a minimum of three different countries participating in the Creative Europe programme (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

  • minimum 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries
  • consortia may include profit and non-profit organisations (private or public); public authorities (national, regional, local); international organisations; universities and educational institutions; media organisations; research and technology institutions; technology providers.

Call Opening Date

08/12/2022

Call Closing Date

30/03/2023

National Contact Point(s)

Organization of European Programs & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz, Business Planning Coordinator
Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Contact Phone: +357 7000 1300
Contact Email: info@epcr.org.cynb@epcr.org.cy

(Publish Date: 23/11/2022-for internal use only)

EU Contact Point

For related questions, send to the e-mail address: EACEACREATIVE-EUROPE-MEDIA-LITERACY@ec.europa.eu