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Creative Europe · CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-PLURALISM

Regranting schemes supporting local, regional, investigative and public interest news media to strengthen pluralism.

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Worum geht es in dieser Ausschreibung?

The topic funds organisations active in news media to run regranting schemes for local, regional, community, investigative and public interest media. Single applicants or consortia from Creative Europe participating countries can apply.

Was fördert diese Ausschreibung?

Scope

The topic, part of the Creative Europe cross-sectoral strand, covers news media sectors of special relevance to democracy that lack the means to adapt to the digital environment, where shrinking newsrooms and media deserts can weaken pluralism. For this call these are in particular:

local and regional media
independent and investigative journalism
organisations delivering public interest news or public service journalism, such as community, legal and civic journalism

Funding schemes for third parties

Proposals must set up and run a cascading grant scheme (financial support to third parties) for independent media and organisations mainly active in these sectors, and devote at least 60% of the total grant to it. Schemes are to cover as many geographical areas and news media organisations as possible and be accompanied by active communication to potential stakeholders. Supported activities can include innovation in editorial production, coverage and revenue models, better distribution of news, audience development and community-building, technical tools, and training on these topics. Support per third party is capped at €60,000 unless a higher amount is duly justified.

Accompanying activities

The scheme may be complemented, based on a needs analysis, by activities such as deontological and governance standards, budgetary readiness, criteria and indicators for support, knowledge repositories, legal advice or training. Proposals should focus on the European Union, especially areas with low provision of such news or markets where media pluralism is strained; the needs of smaller newsrooms may also be addressed.

Requirements for proposals

Activities must include concrete deliverables and measurable indicators for mid-term and end of project. Projects must respect widely accepted professional media standards, confirmed by a signed Declaration on Standards and Independence, and supported third parties need full editorial independence where editorial work is funded.

Expected outcomes

Expected results include greater resilience, pluralism and editorial independence of local, regional, community, investigative and public interest media, better uptake of new technologies in these sectors, knowledge repositories on the state of local media, and greater viability of professionally produced journalism.

Costs

The grant is budget-based (actual costs with unit cost and flat-rate elements). Indirect costs are covered at a flat rate of 7% of eligible direct costs.

Was sind die Eckdaten?

Budget des Themas: 7.000.000 €
Höchstbetrag pro Projekt: 60.000 €
Ausschreibungscode: CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-PLURALISM
Programm: Creative Europe
Funder: European Union, Creative Europe Programme, managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Eligible applicants: organisations active in the news media sector, applying alone or in a consortium of at least two
Funding rate: 90% of total eligible costs
Duration: normally up to 24 months

Wer kann sich auf diese Ausschreibung bewerben?

Activities must take place in the eligible countries, and in at least 4 EU Member States.
Proposals may be submitted by a single applicant or by a consortium of at least two applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) from eligible countries.
The action is open to organisations active in the news media sector, including media associations, NGOs, non-profit and civil society organisations, public authorities, international organisations, universities, research centres, journalistic funds, training organisations for media professionals, profit-making entities and foundations.
Non-profit and civil society organisations are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities, either public or private bodies.
They must be established in a Creative Europe participating country: an EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories) or a listed EEA country or country associated to the Creative Europe Programme.
Entities from countries negotiating association may take part and can sign grants if negotiations are concluded before grant signature and the association covers the call.
International organisations may take part; the eligible-country rules do not apply to them.
Natural persons cannot apply, except self-employed sole traders whose company has no separate legal personality.
Entities without legal personality may exceptionally take part if their representatives can undertake legal obligations and offer equivalent guarantees.
EU bodies, except the European Commission Joint Research Centre, cannot be part of the consortium.
Entities subject to EU restrictive measures or to EU conditionality measures (currently Hungarian public interest trusts set up under Hungarian Act IX of 2021 and entities they maintain) are excluded.
Applicants in an EU exclusion situation (for example bankruptcy, fraud, grave professional misconduct) cannot take part.

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Wann endet die Einreichungsfrist?

4. Februar 2027 (90 Tage)

4 February 2027, 17:00 Brussels time (CET). Submission and evaluation are single-stage.

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