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03 February 2026
An important clarification on how multiple proposals with the same applicant(s) will be evaluated is now published under the Topic Q&As? Coordinators are strongly encouraged to verify potential involvement of all consortium members in other applications to avoid disqualification.

03 December 2025
On 3 December 2025, the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) organised an online info session to present the call under the Creative Europe's Cross sectoral strand. The presentation and recording of the info session are now available on the EACEA's event page.
https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/online-info-sessions-creative-europe-media-and-cross-sectoral-2026-2025-10-14_en 

22 October 2025
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) will organise an online info session on 3 December 2025 at 10:00 CET to explain the funding opportunity and the application process: Online Info Sessions: Creative Europe - MEDIA and Cross sectoral 2026

 NEWS - Media Literacy

TOPIC ID: CREA-CROSS-2026-MEDIALITERACY

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

Programme: Creative Europe Programme (CREA)

Call: NEWS - Media Literacy (CREA-CROSS-2026-MEDIALITERACY)

Type of action: CREA-PJG CREA Project Grants

Type of MGA: CREA Action Grant Budget-Based [CREA-AG]

Status: Forthcoming

Deadline model: single-stage

Planned Opening Date: 23 October 2025

Deadline dates: 11 March 2026 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

Expected Impact:

The call will result in:

• creating or scaling up cross-border collaborations to deliver projects that implement best practices across national, cultural and linguistic borders;
• developing and deploying media literacy tools and initiatives, taking into account the needs of specific target groups, including but not limited to groups with limited media literacy skills or access;
• assisting media literacy professionals in adapting their practices to rapidly evolving media formats and changing media consumption patterns.

Objective:

The call will support innovative cross-border media literacy projects and practices across Europe among various population segments, addressing the challenges of a continuously changing digital media landscape.

Scope:

Support is foreseen for collaborative projects with clearly defined objectives to advance media literacy, addressing the following priorities:

• Provide solutions that enable citizens to develop a critical approach to the media, and to recognise and appropriately react to disinformation, information manipulation techniques, and other challenges in the online media environment.
• Build on and scale up best practices from innovative media literacy projects that take into account a changing media ecosystem, crossing cultural, national or linguistic borders, and strengthening collaboration between different regions of Europe. Innovative approaches may include novel or original ideas, methods, tools, or modes of implementation, whether online or offline.
• Consider the role of media literacy for citizen inclusiveness, civic engagement and societal resilience, including resilience against attempts to interfere with citizens’ free choice and participation in democratic processes.

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