NEWS – Media Literacy
Summary
The NEWS – Media Literacy call under the Creative Europe programme supports innovative, collaborative cross-border media literacy projects, with particular emphasis on non-educational settings. Projects should strengthen citizens’ critical approach to media and resilience against disinformation and information manipulation, address changes in the media landscape, involve relevant actors, and build on or scale up good practices.
The call’s total budget is €3,500,000 and the funding rate is 70%. The expected EU contribution is up to €500,000 per project; this is an indicative maximum contribution per project, not a guaranteed grant amount.
Beneficiaries and affiliated entities may apply if they are public or private legal entities established in a Creative Europe participating country: an EU Member State, including its overseas countries and territories; an eligible EEA country; or a country associated with the programme. International organisations are eligible and are not subject to the eligible-country rules. The submission deadline is 20 January 2027; the text does not state a closing time or a specific submission method. For detailed information, the notice refers applicants to Funding & Tenders and the call document.
How to apply
The call is open at the evaluation date and time and is for eligible legal entities submitting media literacy projects. EU funding is 70%, with an expected contribution of up to €500.000 per project; the total call budget is €3.500.000. The application deadline is 20/01/2027.
- Check that the applicant is an eligible legal entity and is established in an eligible country; special rules apply to international organisations.
- Design an innovative, collaborative project with clearly defined objectives that advances media literacy, promotes collaboration across cultural, national and/or linguistic borders, and builds on and scales up best practices from recent projects.
- Ensure that the proposal seeks to help citizens develop a critical approach to the media and recognise, prepare for and appropriately react to disinformation, information manipulation and other online challenges, particularly in non-educational settings; address changes in the media ecosystem, including changing news production and consumption patterns, developments in media formats, the growing role of online platforms and artificial intelligence; and involve relevant actors such as media and information integrity professionals, content creators/influencers, gamers, artists and other producers of news media content.
- Consult Funding & Tenders and the call document for the submission procedure, and submit the proposal by 20/01/2027. This notice does not provide a direct application link or specify a submission channel.
- Applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities, public or private, established in an eligible country.
- Eligible countries are Creative Europe participating countries: EU Member States, including overseas countries and territories (OCTs), and non-EU countries listed as eligible EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme.
- International organisations are eligible; the eligible-country rules do not apply to them.
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NEWS — Media Literacy Ανοιχτή Κατηγορία Προγράμματος (EU) Ανταγωνιστικά Προγράμματα ΕΕ Όνομα Προγράμματος Δημιουργική Ευρώπη Περιγραφή Προγράμματος Το πρόγραμμα «Δημιουργική Ευρώπη» υποστηρίζει τους τομείς του πολιτισμού και των οπτικοακουστικών μέσων. Λεπτομέρειες για το Πρόγραμμα Κωδικός Αναγνώρισης CREA-CROSS-2027-MEDIALITERACY Πρόσκληση/Προκήρυξη NEWS – Media Literacy Συνοπτική Περιγραφή Πρόσκλησης Η παρούσα δράση ενθαρρύνει την ανάπτυξη καινοτόμων διασυνοριακών έργων και πρακτικών γραμματισμού στα μέσα ενημέρωσης σε ολόκληρη την Ευρώπη, απευθυνόμενων σε διάφορες πληθυσμιακές ομάδες, με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση σε μη εκπαιδευτικά περιβάλλοντα . Στόχος είναι η αντιμετώπιση των προκλήσεων που προκύπτουν από το συνεχώς μεταβαλλόμενο ψηφιακό τοπίο των μέσων ενημέρωσης, καθώς και η ενίσχυση της κοινωνικής ανθεκτικότητας και ετοιμότητας έναντι κινδύνων που απειλούν την ακεραιότητα της πληροφόρησης. Τα επιλεγμένα έργα θα πρέπει να αποσκοπούν, μεταξύ άλλων, στην ενίσχυση της κατανόησης των πολιτών σχετικά με το εξελισσόμενο οικοσύστημα πληροφόρησης και τους κινδύνους για την ακεραιότητα της πληροφόρησης, καθώς και στην ανάπτυξη πρακτικών γνώσεων και συγκεκριμένων δεξιοτήτων που θα τους επιτρέπουν να πλοηγούνται αποτελεσματικά και με ασφάλεια στο πληροφοριακό περιβάλλον . Αναλυτική Περιγραφή Πρόσκλησης Αναλυτική περιγραφή στο αγγλικό κείμενο. Συνολικός Προϋπολογισμός Πρόσκλησης €3.500.000 Ποσοστό Χρηματοδότησης από ΕΕ ή άλλους Φορείς / Ύψος Επιχορήγησης ή Δανείου 70% Αναμενόμενη συνεισφορά ΕΕ ανά έργο: έως €500.000 Θεματικές Κατηγορίες Εκπαίδευση και Κατάρτιση Κοινωνικές Υποθέσεις & Ανθρώπινα Δικαιώματα Οπτικοακουστικός τομέας - ΜΜΕ Δικαιούχοι Αρχές Τοπικής Αυτοδιοίκησης Εκπαιδευτικά Ιδρύματα Επιχειρήσεις Ερευνητές/Ερευνητικά Κέντρα/Οργανισμοί Κεντρική Κυβέρνηση Κρατικοί Οργανισμοί και Κρατικές Επιχειρήσεις Μη Κερδοσκοπικοί Οργανισμοί Μη Κυβερνητικοί Οργανισμοί Σημειώσεις για δικαιούχους Αναλυτική περιγραφή στο αγγλικό κείμενο. Έναρξη Υποβολής Προτάσεων 22/10/2026 Λήξη Υποβολής Προτάσεων 20/01/2027 Εθνικό Σημείο Επαφής Οργανισμός Ευρωπαϊκών Προγραμμάτων & Πολιτιστικών Σχέσεων Νέναντ Μπογκντάνοβιτς Συντονιστής Επιχειρησιακού Προγραμματισμού Διεύθυνση: Ιφιγένειας 27, 2007 Ακρόπολη, Λευκωσία Tηλέφωνο : +357 7000 1300 Ηλεκτρονική Διεύθυνση: [email protected] / [email protected] Σημείο Επαφής EE [email protected] Ιστοσελίδα Funding & Tenders Call document Official English call details: https://www.fundingprogrammesportal.gov.cy/en/call/news-media-literacy-en-2026/ Opened Programme Category EU Competitive Programmes Programme Name Creative Europe (CREA) Programme Description The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors. Programme Details Identifier Code CREA-CROSS-2027-MEDIALITERACY Call NEWS – Media Literacy Summary This action encourages innovative cross-border media literacy projects and practices across Europe among various population segments, focusing in particular on non-educational settings , addressing the challenges of a continuously changing digital media landscape, enhancing societal resilience and preparedness against information integrity risks. The selected projects should aim, among others, at developing a better knowledge of the evolving information ecosystem and information integrity risks among citizens, as well as a “know-how” with concrete, practical skills to navigate the information space effectively and safely. Detailed Call Description Support is foreseen for innovative and collaborative projects with clearly defined objectives to advance media literacy, including with a view to strengthen societal resilience against disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). Innovative approaches may include novel or original ideas, methods, tools, or modes of implementation, whether online or offline All proposals should seek to: provide solutions that enable citizens to develop a critical approach to the media, and to recognise, prepare for, and appropriately react to disinformation, information manipulation techniques, and other challenges in the online media environment, focusing in particular on non-educational settings, address the constantly changing media ecosystem including developments such as changing news production and consumption patterns, the evolution in media formats, the growing role of online platforms, artificial intelligence, involve relevant actors such as media and information integrity professionals, content creators/influencers, gamers, artists, and other players that work on producing news media content, cross cultural, national and/or linguistic borders to strengthen collaboration between Member States and other eligible countries, build on and scale up best practices from recent media literacy projects. Call Total Budget €3.500.000 Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan 70% Expected EU contribution per project: up to €500.000 Thematic Categories Audiovisual sector and Media Education and training Social Affairs & Human Rights Eligibility for Participation Businesses Central Government Educational Institutions Local Authorities NGOs Non Profit Organisations Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions State-owned Enterprises Eligibility For Participation Notes In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must: 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 ) International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them. Call Opening Date 22/10/2026 Call Closing Date 20/01/2027 National Contact Point(s) Organisation of European Programmes & Cultural Relations Νenant Μbogntanovitz Business Planning Coordinator Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia Telephone: +357 7000 1300 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] EU Contact Point [email protected] Website Funding & Tenders Call document
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