Following the fourth open call for proposals for youth media in 2023, four media projects will produce and distribute innovative, thought-provoking content around current affairs for young Europeans.
The call for proposals sought project proposals offering young Europeans online spaces with curated content, allowing them to compare perspectives from across Europe and discover how their interests link to interests of youngsters in other countries, as well as to relevant EU initiatives.
The four selected projects started recently and will last 14 months. Projects operate with full editorial independence.
SPHERA Community
SPHERA Community builds on previous experience gained in SPHERA, co-funded in previous editions of this call for proposals. It gathers Médianes and 9 other media organisations (Bulle media, Dinamo, Arty Farty, Street Press, El Salto Diario, Krytyka Polityczna, VDNews.tv, 444.hu and Popaganda.gr).
The consortium produces innovative content in at least 7 languages (English, French, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Hungarian and Greek). The project aims to engage youngsters of all sorts, through videos, podcasts, events and engaging social media formats. It mainly targets the age group 16-30 via Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Vimeo, Europod and Spotify.
The project will receive up to €1.75 million.
- More information about the project on Sphera’s website.
- Discover Sphera’s channels
ENTR – what’s next? A European Content Creator Network
ENTR also builds on the experience gained in previous grants. It gathers Deutsche Welle, France Médias Monde, RFI Romania, G4media, RTP Portugal, Ringier Axel Springer Polska, Are We Europe, Dir.BG, Central Médiacsoport and the Bonn Institute to produce content in 10 languages (English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Dutch, Slovakian and Hungarian).
The project mainly aims to target age group 18-34 with videos, articles, events and social media formats. It offers adaptations of existing journalistic content as well as new items on the project’s social media accounts on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. ENTR also publishes content on various platforms and websites of the participating media and organises online and offline events.
The project will receive up to €3.14 million.
More information about the project and access to its channels on ENTR website.
Perspectives 2
Perspectives brings together 7 partners to produce daily cross-border stories for youth in 10 languages (English, German, Polish, Czech, Slovakian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Ukrainian and Russian) in Goethe-Institute’s Jádu Magazine, Kultura Liberalna, Revue Prostor, Kapitál Noviny, Radio Eper 97.0, Nara.LT and Narvamus and other media outlets in Eastern Europe.
Formats of these stories can range from articles to videos and podcasts, targeting the age group 18-30.
The project will receive up to €1.76 million.
More information about the project on Perspectives’ website.
Pulse Z
Pulse Z gathers Junior Achievement Europe, Matrix Internet, Eurorapaiski Dialog, YMCA Europe, Ciao People, EMS Poland, Euractiv Romania and European Youth Press to create a platform, events and training for young people aged 16-25, allowing them to be informed and voice their opinions on European issues. The aim is to empower over 3000 young people from more than 20 EU countries as content contributors.
The project will receive up to €2.26 million.
The consortium will soon publish more information about their project on their websites.
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All grant agreements contain an editorial charter to ensure editorial independence.
A new call for proposals with a budget of €9 million is now open until 24 March 2025, for projects starting in autumn 2025.
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