Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Actions will support the Parliament’s strategic engagement process in view of the European Elections 2024, including the growth of the together.eu community and the activation of other Parliament’s networks both at local and headquarters levels
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The principal objective this call is to award grants co-financing media actions by news agencies, television channels, radio stations, digital media and written press. Digital media includes both digital-only media and digital platforms of other media.
Detailed Call Description
These media actions should have a two-fold objective:
- Provide regular, reliable, pluralistic and non-partisan information on the forthcoming 2024 European Elections, as well as on the political and legislative work of the European Parliament (inter alia: The Recovery and Resilience Facility, Next Generation EU, European Green Deal, European Digital Economy, Europe in the world, Future of Europe, rule of law, etc.), emphasizing its implications in the European citizen’s daily lives.
- Promote participation and engaging citizens and civil society organisations in the debate on the forthcoming 2024 European Elections, by organising online and off-line events, calls to action, online activation, public consultations, surveys, etc.
Supported activities may include, but are not limited to:
- TV shows or parts of them, including integration of slots in shows with established viewing figures or in peak times; audience outside the EU27 is not considered in the evaluation.
- Radio programmes, including integration of slots in programmes with established airing figures or in peak times; audience outside EU27 is not considered an asset.
- Reports, news, opinion articles, blogs, debates, interviews, etc. (both in multimedia and written formats).
- Multimedia actions with high views and engagement rates, including distribution via social media, engagement and other forms of interaction with public.
- Actions with a trans-European dimension (cooperation of different media across Europe).
- Actions that contribute to fact-checking and to counter disinformation, providing a high level of audience, including actions targeting EU-based minorities in non-EU languages.
- Actions that promote participation and engagement of citizens and civil society organisations in the debate on the forthcoming 2024 European Elections, both off and online.
- Events that contribute to the EU effort to raise awareness about the Elections and the importance to vote by organising calls to action, public consultations, surveys, etc.
- Polls, data visualisation, surveys and other forms of visual communication.
The proposals can combine several of these activities in order to amplify their reach.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70% of eligible costs actually incurred
Proposals are expected to request a contribution from the European Parliament between €30,000 and €200,000.
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Information Technology
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
- Trade Unions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Target Group: news agencies, television channels, radio stations, digital media, written press and pan-European associations of media.
The actions supported under this call are mono-beneficiary actions. This means that only proposals submitted by one only legal entity are eligible for a grant. Grant agreements will be signed with a single beneficiary.
applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are a legal person:
- constituted and registered as legal entity for at least two years at the time of application;
- based in one of the Member States of the European Union;
- with nonpartisan political affiliation.
Legal entities having a legal or capital link with applicants, which is neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation (e.g. members of networks, federations, trade unions), may take part in the action as affiliated entities, and may declare eligible costs.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
For related questions should be sent to the following email address:
media-grants@europarl.europa.eu