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News - journalism partnerships - collaborations[E8]

UnknownEuropean Commission[E1]

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What they want
Call: JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS. Type of action: CREA Project Grants. Scope: The news media sectors play a crucial role in the diversity, independence and trustworthiness of the information space. Despite being essential to our democracies, these sectors are facing multiple challenges.
Who can bid
No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline
Buyer's deadline: 4 Feb 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1). UTC: 4 Feb 2027, 00:00 UTC.
Published 22 Oct 2026.
Value
Not stated by the buyer.
Buyer
European CommissionSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply
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Deadline[E2]
4 Feb 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1)
Value
Not stated
Published[E6]
22 Oct 2026
Procedure
Not stated
Source
EU Funding & Tenders Portal (grants and calls for proposals) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked
9 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Call: JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS. Type of action: CREA Project Grants. Scope: The news media sectors play a crucial role in the diversity, independence and trustworthiness of the information space. Despite being essential to our democracies, these sectors are facing multiple challenges. The economic sustainability of professional journalism has come under pressure, partially as a result of the digital transformation, with readers shifting to online sources and traditional news outlets losing advertising revenues. Many media at the local level as well as those focusing on public interest mission news struggle to survive, which may weaken media pluralism as well as engagement and trust in democracy. In line with the European Democracy Shield, this call addresses media challenges and opportunities of a transnational nature by supporting projects specialising in: Topic 1. “Journalism Partnerships - Collaborations” This topic seeks to help the wider European news media sector become more sustainable and resilient, including small media. Support is foreseen for collaborative projects in and between any news media (sub)sector and/or genre that aim to enhance cooperation, help media adapt to new economic and consumption realities and instil systemic change across that (sub)sector. Priorities Projects must focus on ways to develop collaborative transformation, from a business, technological and/or production point of view. Projects can aim to develop, inter alia, better revenue and monetisation models, strategies to mutualise costs, new approaches to audience development, community-bui…[E3]

Eligibility and requirements

  • ConditionEU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.[E4]
  • The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

  • RiskThis is a grant, not a contract. Grants usually need a proposal against the funder's criteria, may need partners and often need co-funding.[E5]
  • UnknownThe notice does not state a value.
  • UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

  1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC

    The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.

    Source document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100

Evidence

8 facts

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  1. E1

    The buyer is European Commission.

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/type/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  2. E2

    Proposals must be submitted by 4 Feb 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1).

    “2027-02-04T00:00:00.000+0000”

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/deadlineDate/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  3. E3

    The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

    “Scope: The news media sectors play a crucial role in the diversity, independence and trustworthiness of the information space. Despite being essential to our democracies, these sectors are facing multiple challenges. The economic sustainability of professional journalism has com…”

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/descriptionByte/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  4. E4

    EU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.

    “EU call topic”

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/type/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  5. E5

    This call is open for proposals.

    “31094502”

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/status/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  6. E6

    The notice was published on 22 Oct 2026.

    “2026-10-22T00:00:00.000+0000”

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/startDate/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  7. E7

    The Funding & Tenders Portal gives the status as open for submission.

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/status/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  8. E8

    The notice is titled "NEWS - JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS - COLLABORATIONS".

    Document CREA-CROSS-2027-JOURPART-COLLABORATIONS:31094502:2026-10-27T16:50:14.787+0100, field /metadata/title/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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