Additional information
Additional regional information :
Additionnal countries eligible to the programme :
- EFTA countries which are part of the European Economic Area (EEA)
- Acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates
- European Neighbourhood Policy countries
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Sectors :
Culture, media & communication Justice, security, defence
Beneficiary :
All beneficiaries
Regions :
Candidate countries, European Economic Area, European Union, Mediterranean countries
Category :
Call for proposals
Manager :
European Commission
Priorities and funded actions
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