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CREATIVE EUROPE – NEWS – Media Literacy – 2026

CREA - Creative Europe aims at preserving, developing, and promoting European cultural and linguistic diversity and heritage and to increase the competitiveness and economic potential of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector.

2026-03-11
3 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference CREA-CROSS-2026-MEDIALITERACY
Programme CREATIVE EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Cooperation & Development Culture, Media & Communication Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees) Media & cultural organisation Professional organisation & network Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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CREA-CROSS-2026-MEDIALITERACY



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To promote policy cooperation and innovative actions
  • To promote a diverse, independent and pluralistic media environment and media literacy
  • To promote cross-sectoral activities that aim at adjusting to the structural and technological changes faced by the media
  • To encourage innovative cross-border media literacy projects

 

Priorities

  • Priority 1: provide solutions that enable citizens to develop a critical approach to the media
  • Priority 2: build on and scale up best practices from innovative media literacy projects that take into account a changing media ecosystem
  • Priority 3: consider the role of media literacy for citizen inclusiveness, civic engagement and societal resilience

 

Among financed actions

  • Creation and/or distribution of multilingual and/or multicultural materia
  • Development of media literacy tools
  • Training activities
  • Community-led activities

 

Eligibility

  • 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)
  • Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
  • A consortium composed of at least 3 entities, established in at least 3 different EU Member States or associated countries to the programme must be constituted.

 

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: up to 24 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

  • Contact: EACEA-CREATIVE-EUROPE-MEDIA-LITERACY@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 3 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: up to 500.000 euros
  • Funding rate: up to 70% of the total eligible costs