" Creative Europe | Journalism Partnerships - Collaborations (2026) "
Creative Europe | Journalism Partnerships - Collaborations (2026)
Creative Europe focuses on the sustainability and resilience of news media by supporting cross-border media collaborations
PROVIDER
Creative Europe
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The 6th yearly call is open for cross-border, collaborative proposals between news media organisations focusing on innovative business models and/or journalistic projects across Europe.
The European news media sectors are facing multiple challenges. Partly as result of the digital shift, the financial sustainability of professional journalism is under pressure. This opening aims to help European news media become more sustainable and resilient specifically by supporting cross-border media collaborations.
Through this call for proposals, transnational consortia of media organisations are called to join efforts to foster media transformation, trustworthy reporting and skills for news media professionals, for instance by developing media production standards, new business models, new types of newsrooms and journalistic formats, sharing of best practices, etc.
INFO
AMOUNT
The available budget this year is EUR 6.9 million. Each project will be granted maximum EUR 2 million. The maximum co-financing rate is 80% of the total eligible costs. This means that applicants need to co-finance their projects.
This opening is one of the two topics launched this year under the Journalism Partnerships call for proposals. The other topic calls for entities setting up journalism funds.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
04 February 2026
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
Consortia may include non-profit, public and private media outlets (including written/online press, radio/podcasts, TV, etc) as well as other organisations focusing on news media (including media associations, NGOs, journalistic funds and training organisations focusing on media professionals, etc).
Natural persons are not eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).
APPLICATION DETAILS
For more information, please visit the official website.
You may find all the official documents about the call published in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. The page includes a section dedicated to partner search.
NOTE
*The calls that are listed on our website are shared for informational purposes and are sometimes subject to change. Please visit the organization's official open call website for up-to-date information.
DEADLINE
2026-02-04
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Public funding
FUNDING COUNTRIES
All EU Countries