Programme Category
Programme Name
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of the call is to promote media literacy in order to enable citizens to use, and develop a critical understanding of the media and support knowledge sharing and exchanges on media literacy policies and practices.
Detailed Call Description
The call will fund 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;
- developing media literacy practices adapted to the changing media environment including manipulative techniques and AI-based media production.
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 (the project can include prototypes, but not focus exclusively on IT development).
- 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.
All proposals should consider citizen inclusiveness, civic engagement and participatory culture as a fundamental aspect of their proposal.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
The project budget (maximum grant amount) is €500 000 per project.
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Culture
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- 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)
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
Consortium composition – 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 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, and technology providers.
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
EU Contact Point
Contact
Name: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11 (Commission switchboard)
Address: Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium