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CREATIVE EUROPE – Journalism Partnerships – 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.

2026-02-04
13.8 million euros
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Call synthesis

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

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Call reference

CREA-CROSS-2026-JOURPART



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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

 

Priorities

  • Priority 1: address the structural and technological changes faced by the media sector by promoting an independent and pluralistic media environment
  • Priority 2: support high-quality media production standard

 

Among financed actions

  • Events, online trainings and workshops for media professionals
  • Exchange programmes
  • Mentoring schemes
  • The development of technical tools
  • The improvement of distribution and dissemination of news

 

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:
  • Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
  • A consortium composed of
    • at least 3 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations)
    • a single applicant or by a consortium of at least two applicants, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted Journalism Partnerships – Pluralism)

 

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-JOURNALISM-PARTNERSHIPS@ec.europa.eu

 

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 13.8 million euros
  • Budget per topic: 6.9 million euros
  • Amount of the grant per topic :
    • Topic 1 : up to 2 million euros
    • Topic 2 : up to 2.5 million euros
  • Funding rate: between 80% for topic 1 and 90% for topic 2 of the total eligible costs