Objectives

• To create a secure and trusted online environment for EU citizens
• To set up and/or develop European media platforms that improve citizens’ access to trusted information from across the EU
• To produce and/or share news content and factual programming across borders in as many European languages as possible

Priorities

• Priority 1: Technical and editorial arrangements
• Priority 2: Content offer and engagement

Among financed actions

• Creation, maintenance and enhancement of European media platforms, websites and delivery systems
• Content handling (mainly journalistic content) and factual programming across Europe feeding the said platforms, including production, curation, translation, etc
• Coordination tasks, governance, management, technical and editorial workflows, staff, resources
• Advertising, promotion, awareness and dissemination actions
• Data studies and research directly related to the editorial needs, technical components and audience measurements

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the EU Member States
• Be a News media organisation, a Media technology developer, another organisation active in the media domain
• Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 5 applicants including news media organisations from at least 5 different EU Member States
• Other entities may participate in other consortium roles: International organisations, entities without legal personality, affiliated entitie

• Total budget of the call: 6 million euro
• Amount of the grant : 2,5 million euro
• Co-financing rate: up to rate to 80% of the total eligible costs