Overview
Donor: | European Commission - CREA |
Application procedure: | Full Proposal |
Donor base: | Belgium |
Reference number: | CREA-CROSS-2025-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS |
Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
Deadline: | 27.02.2025 |
Financial details
Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
Minimum grant size: | - |
Total available budget: | 5.266.270€ |
Funding type: | Grants |
Maximum grant size: | - |
Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Arts & Culture
- Capacity Building
- Governance & Democracy
- Media & Journalism
- Research, Technology & Innovation
Project Locations
Africa
Tunisia
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
Expected results of this call are:
- Increased innovation and creativity in business models, journalistic production processes and distribution processes;
- Increased viability of professionally produced journalistic content.
- Increased interest in professionally produced journalistic content, among various social groups, language groups and age groups;
- Increased media collaboration.
Sector-wide networks for the exchange of best practices among news media organisations and professionals;
Knowledge-hubs for sub-sectors around technical formats (written/online press, radio/podcasts, TV, etc.) and/or journalistic genres (data journalism, general topics, specialised journalism, etc.);
Acquisition and improvement of professional skills by journalists as well as media business professionals.
Activities that can be funded
This topic seeks to help the wider European news media sector become more sustainable and resilient, including small media. Support is foreseen for collaborative projects in and between any news media (sub)sector and/or genre that aim to enhance cooperation, help media adapt to new economic and consumption realities and instil systemic change across that (sub)sector.
2) Eligibility
Eligibility is limited to legal entities (public or private bodies).
3) Location
Actions must take place in EU member states plus Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tunisia and Ukraine.
4) Budget
The estimated available call budget is €5,266,270.
5) Application
The application deadline is 27 February 2025. All proposals must be submitted directly online via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System.