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In July 2023, the Commission launched a call for proposals worth EUR 6 million, following the approval by the European Parliament of a Preparatory Action. Applicants were requested to expand the use of well-established online news offerings and enhance their news content and/or programming in multiple European languages. The action is a follow up of similar calls launched in 2021 and 2022.
Three projects have been selected, starting in June-July 2024, with a duration of 12-15 months. They follow professional journalistic standards and retain full editorial independence, guaranteed by an editorial charter.
In 2024, the European Commission has launched a new EUR 5 million call to support EU digital reporting.
Keep reading to learn about the awarded projects.
European Audio Dataspace
This project supports the creation of a pan-European business-to-business (B2B) platform for the exchange and sales of audio content (e.g. podcasts, etc), which will be plugged into existing platforms operated by members of the consortium. The action offers a possibility of creating audio digital content using multiple trusted sources across the European Union. All audio material will be indexed and tagged, and the platform will provide AI-based tools.
The consortium is coordinated by Agence France Presse (FR), together with Dawex Systems (FR), the European News Exchange (LU), Agencia EFE (ES), Grupa Radiowa Agory Spolka Z Graniczona ODP (PL), Wake Word GMBH (GE) and Bulle Media (BE).
- EU funding: EUR 1.317.029
- Duration: 15 months
Display: one Europe, endless stories
This project is a follow up of one of the media platforms supported in 2022. It proposes to develop the platform displayeurope.eu, grounded in public values and supporting a European public sphere. It aims to associate dozens of media organisations from all EU member states in at least 15 EU languages. A new syndication content tool would bring 2500 articles to community and independent media. The platform relies on existing and new content using multiple formats.
This is a consortium of independent media organisations led by the European Cultural Foundation (NL) and including the Cultural Broadcasting Archive (AT), FairKom (AT), EuroZine (AT), VoxEurop (FR), Hostwriter (DE), Krytyka Poliyczna (PL), The Schuman Show (BE), Display Europe (AT), PublicSpaces (NL), Community Media Forum Europe (BE), and associating HUMAN (NL) eldiario.es (ES), Fanzingo (SE), YEPP Italia (IT) and KEW (PL).
- EU funding: EUR 2.297.264
- Duration: 12 months
- Visit the Display Europe website
DNP Europe
This project intends to create a state-of-the-art aggregator, building on the existing news recommendation service “A European perspective”. Currently this aggregator draws content from 18 media organisations, and on newly developed AI tools. This recommendation service is based on a widget placed in the websites of participating news providers and relies on stories curated by a networked newsroom. The news aggregator will present AI-translated headlines linking to the original stories, which are then translated into the users’ language of choice.
The consortium is coordinated by AISBL EBU-UER (BE), accompanied by Agence France-Presse (FR), Bayerischer Rundfunk (DE), Fonden Constructive Foundation (DK), France Televisions (FR), Latvian Television (LT), RTBF (BE), RTP (PT), RTVE (ES), and associating ARTE (FR), CT (CZ), EBU (CH), ER (EE), GPB (GE), LNR (LT), RTE (IE), RTV SLO (SL), and Sveriges Radio (SE).
- EU funding: EUR 2.366.278
- Duration: 13 months
- Visit the European Perspective website
Further information
You can find out more about how the EU support to the news media sector, and have an overview of funding opportunities for news media.
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