NEWS — JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS — COLLABORATIONS
Summary
The Creative Europe call “Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations” supports transnational collaborative projects to improve the sustainability and resilience of the European news media sector, including small media. Applicants must be legal entities, public or private, established in an eligible Creative Europe country: an EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories), an eligible EEA country, or a country associated with Creative Europe. International organisations are eligible and are exempt from the eligible-country rule.
The call has a total budget of €7,000,000 and an 80% funding rate. The expected EU contribution per project is €2,000,000; this is indicative, not a guaranteed award or grant count. Projects must develop collaborative transformation from a business, technological and/or production perspective, support their proposal with a needs analysis and explain its potential for systemic change. They must include concrete deliverables, measurable indicators, an outreach plan and evidence of interest from target groups.
Proposals must respect widely accepted professional media standards and include a signed Declaration on Standards & Independence (annexed to the application form). Partnerships involving editorial work must operate with full editorial independence. Projects should consider their ecological footprint. Financial support to third parties is permitted for the specified activities, provided applicants define its terms and ensure a fair and transparent process.
The proposal submission deadline is 04/02/2027. The call and detailed information are available through Funding & Tenders; the source does not state a closing time or provide detailed submission steps.
How to apply
This Creative Europe call supports collaborative projects that strengthen the sustainability and resilience of the European news media sector, including small media. It is for eligible legal entities governed by public or private law. The call is open and closes on 04/02/2027; no closing time is stated. The total call budget is €7,000,000, the funding rate is 80%, and the expected EU contribution per project is €2,000,000.
- Check that the applicants—that is, the beneficiaries and affiliated entities—are legal entities governed by public or private law and are established in an eligible country. International organisations are eligible and are not subject to the eligible-country rules.
- Design a collaborative transformation project for a news media sector or subsector, from a business, technological and/or production point of view. The proposal may address one or more priorities and activities responding to the needs of the chosen sector; sharing best practices and supporting sectors that lack the means to adapt to the digital environment are encouraged.
- Include a needs analysis in the proposal and explain how the activities address the identified challenges. Specify concrete deliverables and clear, objectively verifiable and quantifiable performance indicators for the mid-term and end of the project. Substantiate the estimated impact with a detailed outreach plan and evidence of interest from the target groups.
- State the professional media standards to be respected and the relevant mechanisms for ensuring them, and attach a signed Declaration on Standards & Independence, which is annexed to the application form. Partnerships involving editorial work must operate with full editorial independence. Consider the ecological footprint of the activities and, where relevant, describe strategies for more sustainable and environmentally respectful media sectors.
- If you plan financial support to third parties, define its terms and ensure a fair and transparent process. Consult the call listing and call document on Funding & Tenders for submission instructions and submit the proposal by 04/02/2027; the source does not state a closing time.
- Signed Declaration on Standards & Independence, annexed to the application form.
- Applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities, public or private bodies, established in an eligible country.
- Eligible countries are EU Member States, including overseas countries and territories (OCTs), the listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme.
- International organisations are eligible; the eligible-country rules do not apply to them.
- Listed beneficiary categories include businesses, training centres, state-owned enterprises, non-profit organisations, NGOs and associations.
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NEWS — JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS — COLLABORATIONS 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-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS Πρόσκληση/Προκήρυξη NEWS – JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS – COLLABORATIONS Συνοπτική Περιγραφή Πρόσκλησης Οι τομείς των ειδησεογραφικών μέσων ενημέρωσης διαδραματίζουν καθοριστικό ρόλο στη διασφάλιση της πολυμορφίας, της ανεξαρτησίας και της αξιοπιστίας του πληροφοριακού περιβάλλοντος. Παρότι είναι απαραίτητοι για τη λειτουργία των δημοκρατιών μας, αντιμετωπίζουν πολλαπλές προκλήσεις. Η οικονομική βιωσιμότητα της επαγγελματικής δημοσιογραφίας βρίσκεται υπό πίεση, εν μέρει λόγω του ψηφιακού μετασχηματισμού, καθώς οι αναγνώστες στρέφονται προς διαδικτυακές πηγές ενημέρωσης και τα παραδοσιακά ειδησεογραφικά μέσα χάνουν διαφημιστικά έσοδα. Πολλά τοπικά μέσα ενημέρωσης, καθώς και μέσα που επικεντρώνονται στην ειδησεογραφία δημοσίου συμφέροντος, δυσκολεύονται να επιβιώσουν, γεγονός που ενδέχεται να αποδυναμώσει την πολυφωνία των μέσων ενημέρωσης, καθώς και τη συμμετοχή και την εμπιστοσύνη στη δημοκρατία. Σε ευθυγράμμιση με την Ευρωπαϊκή Ασπίδα Δημοκρατίας (European Democracy Shield), η παρούσα πρόσκληση αντιμετωπίζει προκλήσεις και ευκαιρίες διακρατικού χαρακτήρα στον τομέα των μέσων ενημέρωσης, στηρίζοντας έργα που εξειδικεύονται στον ακόλουθο τομέα: Θέμα 1: «Συμπράξεις Δημοσιογραφίας – Συνεργασίες» (Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations) Το θέμα αυτό αποσκοπεί στην ενίσχυση της βιωσιμότητας και της ανθεκτικότητας του ευρύτερου ευρωπαϊκού τομέα ειδησεογραφικών μέσων ενημέρωσης , συμπεριλαμβανομένων των μικρών μέσων. Προβλέπεται στήριξη για συνεργατικά έργα εντός και μεταξύ διαφορετικών τομέων, υποτομέων ή ειδών ειδησεογραφικών μέσων ενημέρωσης , τα οποία στοχεύουν στην ενίσχυση της συνεργασίας, στη διευκόλυνση της προσαρμογής των μέσων στις νέες οικονομικές συνθήκες και στις μεταβαλλόμενες συνήθειες κατανάλωσης ειδήσεων, καθώς και στην προώθηση συστημικών αλλαγών στους αντίστοιχους τομείς ή υποτομείς. Αναλυτική Περιγραφή Πρόσκλησης Αναλυτική περιγραφή στο αγγλικό κείμενο. Συνολικός Προϋπολογισμός Πρόσκλησης €7.000.000 Ποσοστό Χρηματοδότησης από ΕΕ ή άλλους Φορείς / Ύψος Επιχορήγησης ή Δανείου 80% Αναμενόμενη συνεισφορά ΕΕ ανά έργο: €2.000.000 Θεματικές Κατηγορίες Έρευνα, Τεχνολογική Ανάπτυξη και Καινοτομία Οπτικοακουστικός τομέας - ΜΜΕ Δικαιούχοι Επιχειρήσεις Κέντρα Κατάρτισης Κρατικοί Οργανισμοί και Κρατικές Επιχειρήσεις Μη Κερδοσκοπικοί Οργανισμοί Μη Κυβερνητικοί Οργανισμοί Σύνδεσμοι/Σωματεία Σημειώσεις για δικαιούχους Αναλυτική περιγραφή στο αγγλικό κείμενο. Έναρξη Υποβολής Προτάσεων 22/10/2026 Λήξη Υποβολής Προτάσεων 04/02/2027 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-journalism-partnerships-collaborations-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-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS Call NEWS – JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS – COLLABORATIONS Summary The news media sectors play a crucial role in the diversity, independence and trustworthiness of the information space. Despite being essential to our democracies, these sectors are facing multiple challenges. The economic sustainability of professional journalism has come under pressure, partially as a result of the digital transformation, with readers shifting to online sources and traditional news outlets losing advertising revenues. Many media at the local level as well as those focusing on public interest mission news struggle to survive, which may weaken media pluralism as well as engagement and trust in democracy. In line with the European Democracy Shield, this call addresses media challenges and opportunities of a transnational nature by supporting projects specialising in: Topic 1. “Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations” 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. Detailed Call Description Projects must focus on ways to develop collaborative transformation, from a business, technological and/or production point of view. Projects can aim to develop, inter alia, better revenue and monetisation models, strategies to mutualise costs, new approaches to audience development, community-building and marketing, development of common professional/technical standards, new types of newsrooms, syndication networks or other models to exchange content/data between news media across the EU or provide assistance to small media organisations. They can aim to increase efficiency and the quality of reporting through innovative journalistic collaborations . Projects can test innovative production methods and formats or contribute to high-quality media production standards in other collaborative ways. Projects can aim to increase exchanges of best practices among journalists and optimise workflows for those journalism genres requiring more time and resources. Projects can also aim to reskill or upskill media professionals , in particular with a view of enhancing skills related to the use of new technologies such AI systems for journalism. Proposals may address one or more of the priorities outlined above, if relevant and based on the needs analysis of the chosen (sub)sector. The proposal should provide this needs analysis and explain how the proposed activities will work towards addressing the identified challenges. Activities can include events, online trainings and workshops for media professionals, exchange programmes, mentoring schemes, mapping of best practices, sector-wide development of technical standards, development of guidelines and editorial standards, production of practical guidebooks, development and testing of platforms and technical solutions to exchange ideas and best practices, promotional activities, or other activities that aim to uphold the viability of the sector. Sharing of best practices between operators in media markets/countries/regions with different and diverse characteristics (in terms of languages, production volumes, sizes, digitalisation levels etc.) is encouraged, to promote mutual learning. Applicants are encouraged to consider activities supporting media sectors lacking the means of adapting to the digital environment. Financial support to third parties will be accepted in projects which foresee exchange programmes for journalists and other media professionals, support to attend trainings or events, support to journalists and media outlets for collaborative journalistic projects, support for legal advice, support for the acquisition, development or maintenance of technical tools for collaborative journalism, support for events in these fields and/or prizes for collaboration or innovation. In such cases, applicants must define the terms under which this financial support to third parties would take place and ensure a fair and transparent process. In all cases, the choice of activities should be based on their potential to instil systemic change in the chosen subsector. Projects must include concrete deliverables and set clear, objectively verifiable and quantifiable performance indicators for the mid-term and the end of the project. The estimated impact must be more precise than the sum of available distribution channels and should be substantiated by a detailed outreach plan as well as proof of interest from the target groups. All projects need to respect widely accepted professional media standards. The chosen standards and the relevant mechanisms to ensure them should be indicated in the proposal and confirmed with a signed Declaration on Standards & Independence (Annexed to the Application form). Partnerships involving editorial work must operate with full editorial independence. All Partnerships should consider the ecological footprint of the activities they propose, and where relevant, describe the strategies to ensure a more sustainable and environmentally-respectful media sectors. Call Total Budget €7.000.000 Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan 80% Expected EU contribution per project: €2.000.000 Thematic Categories Audiovisual sector and Media Research, Technological Development and Innovation Eligibility for Participation Associations Businesses NGOs Non Profit Organisations State-owned Enterprises Training Centres 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 04/02/2027 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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