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Grants include support to foster cross-border collaboration across news media, through grants under Creative Europe. These grants aim to stimulate the testing of viable business models, developing business and editorial standards and training and mobility of professionals. Support to innovative applications for media is offered through Horizon Europe.
CALL UNDER EVALUATION
Innovation for Media, including eXtended Reality (IA)
A call for proposals was published under Horizon Europe on 22 June 2021. Grants will support projects focusing on innovation for Media, including eXtended Reality.
Budget: €26,000,000
Journalism partnerships
The second yearly call for proposals for Journalism Partnerships was published on 24 February 2022. Grants will start early 2023 and support sector-wide, cross-border collaboration among news media organisations across Europe. Interested consortia can focus on business transformation and/or journalistic projects.
Budget: €7,500,000
European media platforms
Grants under this call for proposals will support projects that aim to improve citizens’ access to trusted information, by enhancing and expanding technical media systems delivering news media content and/or programming.
Budget: €6,000,000
ONGOING PROJECTS
Journalism Partnerships
The first yearly call for proposals for Journalism Partnerships was published on 14 June 2021. Grants will start early 2022 and support sector-wide, cross-border collaboration among news media organisations across Europe. Interested consortia can focus on business transformation and/or journalistic projects. Discover the beneficiaries.
Budget: €7,600,000
European media platforms
Grants will support three projects that aim to improve citizens’ access to trusted information, by developing technical delivery systems and building on multilingual repositories, involving broadcasters and publishers. Discover the beneficiaries.
Budget: €5,980,000
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Big Picture
The Commission aims to support projects that address structural challenges of media sectors and/or that promote a free, diverse and pluralistic environment.
See Also
A free, viable and pluralistic media environment is key to keeping citizens informed, holding power to account, and strengthening open, democratic societies.
The Commission wants to stimulate a lively and diverse public sphere, in which citizens have access to reliable information about the EU.
The Commission has been providing support to the principles of media freedom and media pluralism through a wide range of pilots and preparatory actions.