CREATIVE EUROPE – Journalism Partnerships – 2026

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:
      • 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, 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

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• 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