News – Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations

• Eligibility Criteria
  To be eligible for the NEWS – Journalism Partnerships programme, applicants 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.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Europe; Armenia; Tunisia
• Application Language: English

The European Commission is seeking applications for its News-Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations, under the Creative Europe Programme.

Objectives

• To safeguard, develop and promote European cultural and linguistic diversity and heritage;
• To increase the competitiveness and the economic potential of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector.

Goals

Cross Sectoral Strand: Promoting policy cooperation and innovative actions supporting all strands of the Programme, promoting a diverse, independent and pluralistic media environment, and media literacy, thereby fostering freedom of artistic expression, intercultural dialogue and social inclusion.

Topic

• “Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations” aims to support the economical sustainability of news media. It supports cross-border media collaborations focusing, among other aspects, on the resilience of news media organisations. This support shall foster media transformation, trustworthy reporting and skills for news media professionals, for instance by developing new business models and media production standards.

Priorities

• Address the structural and technological changes faced by the media sector by promoting an independent and pluralistic media environment, including by supporting independent monitoring for assessing risks and challenges to media pluralism and freedom, and by supporting awareness-raising activities;
• Support high-quality media production standards by fostering cooperation, digital skills, cross-border collaborative journalism, and quality content, thereby contributing to professional ethics in journalism.

Funding Information

• The estimated available call budget is EUR 10,524,336.
• Specific budget for the NEWS – Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations programme: EUR 5,266,270

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