Pluralism and democracy: Creative Europe call for intermediaries supporting news media 

The EU’s Creative Europe programme has launched a call to provide grants to organisations/intermediaries that support news media in areas of special relevance to democracy. The call is open to Georgia and Ukraine.

Through this call for proposals, organisations with experience in media will be able to set up and distribute funds to news media entities in media sectors of particular relevance for democracy, such as local and regional media, community media, investigative journalism or media specialised in public interest news.

The available budget this year is €6.9 million. Each project can request up to €2.5 million. The maximum co-financing rate is 90% of the total eligible costs. This means that applicants need to co-finance their projects (but their grantees should not be required to co-finance).

The call relies on intermediary organisations active in the media domain. Financial support will be awarded to these organisations so that they can set up financing schemes for news media sectors in need. The call is thus open to entities such as media associations, NGOs, non-profit organisations, civil society organisations, public authorities, international organisations, universities, research centres, journalistic funds and training organisations focusing on media professionals, profitmaking entities, foundations, etc. Proposals may be submitted either by single applicants or by a consortium.

The deadline for applications is 4 February 2026.

This opening is one of the two topics launched this year under the Journalism Partnerships call for proposals. The other topic calls for cross-border media collaborations, also open to Georgia and Ukraine.

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