Objective

To promote policy cooperation and innovative actions supporting all strands of the Programme and to promote a diverse, independent and pluralistic media environment and media literacy, thereby fostering freedom of artistic expression, intercultural dialogue and social inclusion.

Priority

Priority 1 : To propose sustainable funding for projects with a focus on legal and practical assistance to journalists in the EU and elsewhere, including safety and cybersecurity training for journalists and diplomatic support

Among financed actions

• Design and manage a Europe-wide rapid response mechanism to support media freedom and journalists’ safety, covering all EU Member States.
• Provide legal and practical support to journalists and other media practitioners in need.
• Organise advocacy missions to locations where journalists are under threat.
• Monitor the state of media freedom in the EU Member States and Candidate Countries

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the action: 24 months

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries
• Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least two applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which both comply with the following conditions:
  • Minimum 2 independent entities from 2 different eligible countries
  • Proposals may be submitted by any of the following applicants or combinations of: non-profit organisations (private or public); international organisations; universities; educational institutions; research centres

• Total budget of the call: 4.1 million euro
• Total budget of the topic « Rapid response mechanism »: 3.1 million euro
• Co-financing rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs