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CREATIVE EUROPE – Skills and Talent Development – 2026

CREA - Creative Europe aims at preserving, developing, and promoting European cultural and linguistic diversity and heritage and to increase the competitiveness and economic potential of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector.

2026-04-16
9.5 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference CREA-MEDIA-2026-TRAINING
Programme CREATIVE EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Culture, Media & Communication Education & Training Employment Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Media & cultural organisation Professional organisation & network Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) Training organisation & school

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Call reference

CREA-MEDIA-2026-TRAINING



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To promote competitiveness, scalability, cooperation, innovation and sustainability, including through mobility in the European audiovisual sector
  • To nurture talents, competence and skills and to stimulate cross-border cooperation, mobility and innovation in the creation and production of European audiovisual works, encouraging collaboration across Member States with different audiovisual capacities

Among financed actions

  • Supporting new creative processes
  • New business models and IP rights exploitation
  • Videogames
  • Green transition of the audiovisual industry

Eligibility

  • Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • Creative Europe Participating Countries :
      • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
      • Non-EU countries :
  • Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
  • Applications by single applicants are allowed, as well as proposals submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities).

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: 12 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

  • Contact: EACEA-MEDIA-TRAINING@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 9.5 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: no limit
  • Funding rate: up to 80% of the total eligible costs