Grants for Media Action in the Area of Communication

Objectives

• The objective of the call is to co-finance media actions by news agencies television channels, radio stations, digital media and written press. Digital media includes both digital-only media and digital platforms of other media, including content creators that develop news reports and articles, interviews etc. to be distributed on social media platforms.
• These media actions should have a two-fold objective:
  • Provide regular, reliable, pluralistic and non-partisan information on the political and legislative work of the European Parliament, including information on the
    implementation of EU legislation, emphasizing its implications in the European citizen’s daily lives. Actions can also include monitoring on the implementation of EU legislation.
  • Contribute to resilience in society against disinformation and information manipulation through awareness raising, fact-checking and media literacy.

Funding Information

• The available budget for this call is 5 million euro.
• As an indication, proposals are expected to request a contribution from the European Parliament (maximum grant amount per project) between EUR 30.000 and EUR 150.000.
• The actions proposed shall have a duration of at least 6 months and take place between September 2025 and March 2027.

Eligible Activities

• Supported activities may include, but are not limited to:
  • TV shows or parts of them, including integration of slots in shows with established viewing figures or in peak times; audience outside the EU27 is not considered in the evaluation.
  • Radio programmes, including integration of slots in programmes with established airing figures or in peak times; audience outside EU27 is not considered an asset.
  • Reports, news, opinion articles, blogs, debates, interviews, etc. (both in multimedia and written formats), including actions targeting EU-based citizens in non-EU languages.
  • Multimedia actions with high views and engagement rates, including distribution via social media, engagement and other forms of interaction with public, including actions targeting EU-based citizens in non-EU languages.
  • Actions with a trans-European dimension (cooperation of different media across Europe).
  • Actions that contribute to fact-checking and to counter disinformation, providing a high level of audience, including actions targeting EU-based citizens in non-EU languages.
  • Polls, data visualisation, surveys and other forms of visual and interactive communication.

Eligibility Criteria

• Entities from all EU Member States are eligible.
• To be eligible for a grant, applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are:
  • A private legal person constituted and registered as legal entity for at least two years at the time of application;
  • A legal person established in one of the Member States of the European Union;
  • A legal person with no political affiliation.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following entities are not eligible:
  • Natural persons;
  • International organisations and EU bodies;
  • Public authorities and governmental organisation and bodies.

Application Requirements

• In order to demonstrate their operational capacity applicants must submit the following supporting documents:
  • Curriculum vitae or description of the profile of the people primarily responsible for managing and implementing the action;
  • The organisation’s annual activity report for the last 2 years;
  • A list of previous projects and activities performed in the last 2 years and connected to the actions to be carried out.
  • Evidence to prove past and current levels of reach. This evidence should be backed up by the national monitoring authority or a third party monitoring body (e.g. Eurobarometer, TNS, IPSOS, GFK, Reuters, Nielsen, Médiamétrie, Kantar, Gallup, CIM, AGF, Google analytics, Estudio General de Medios or equivalent);
  • If applicable, declarations of each of the members of the pan European associations and networks of media participating in the action on their commitment to publish or broadcast a part or the totality of the media content produced under the action.

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