" Creative Europe | Journalism Partnerships - Pluralism (2026) "
Creative Europe | Journalism Partnerships - Pluralism (2026)
Creative Europe supports news media in areas of relevance to democracy with a EUR 6.9 million total grant
PROVIDER
Creative Europe
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With this yearly call, the EU supports organisations/intermediaries that support news media in areas of special relevance to democracy.
Independent media play a crucial and valuable role in societies and contribute to upholding the essential principles of media freedom and pluralism and civic participation.
Through this call for proposals, organisations with experience in media will be able to set up and distribute funds to news media entities in media sectors of particular relevance for democracy, such as local and regional media, community media, investigative journalism or media specialised in public interest news.
What kind of activities can you propose?
Setting up a funding scheme targeting other media organisations is compulsory. The funds can focus on activities that contribute to transforming the work of targeted parties, for instance:
- Innovations in editorial production (for example formats, content), news coverage and revenue models
- Improvement of distribution and dissemination of news
- Development and engagement of audiences and community-building strategies
- Development of technical tools applying to the above topics
- Training on the above topics
Applicants can also propose accompanying activities to the fund (development of standards, indicators, repositories of knowledge, legal advice, trainings, etc).
INFO
AMOUNT
The available budget this year is EUR 6.9 million. Each project cannot request more than EUR 2.5 million. The maximum co-financing rate is 90% of the total eligible costs. This means that applicants need to co-finance their projects (but their grantees should not be required to co-finance).
This opening is one of the two topics launched this year under the Journalism Partnerships call for proposals. The other topic calls for cross-border media collaborations.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
04 February 2026
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
The call relies on intermediary organisations active in the media domain. Financial support will be awarded to these organisations so that they can set up financing schemes for news media sectors in need. The call is thus open to entities such as media associations, NGOs, non-profit organisations, civil society organisations, public authorities, international organisations, universities, research centres, journalistic funds and training organisations focusing on media professionals, profitmaking entities, foundations, etc. Proposals may be submitted either by single applicants or by a consortium.
APPLICATION DETAILS
For more information, please visit the official website. You can find all the call documents and further information under 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