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Innovative tools and business models

European Commission · Creative Europe Programme (CREA)

Posted 30 Sept 2026 · About 4 months left

Summary

Objective:

The Innovative tools and business models action is aimed at encouraging the development and/or the spread of innovative tools and business models to improve the visibility, availability, audience and diversity of European works in the digital age and/or the competitiveness and/or the greening process of the European audiovisual industry (including videogames). The support also aims to enable the European audiovisual industry to better adapt to the opportunities offered by the development of Artificial Intelligence and contribute to the implementation of the Apply AI Strategy.

Expected results

Improve the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry (including videogames) and seize the benefits of the innovative developments in technology and business models;

Improve the adaptation of the European audiovisual industry to the opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence;

Improve the greening process of the European audiovisual industry;

Improve the production and circulation of European audiovisual works in the digital era;

increase the number and diversity of European works available online and increase their visibility in order to allow them to reach more…

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Eligibility and conditions

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1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in the call document.

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described in the call document.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in the call document.

Publication of the call: September, 30 2026.

Deadline for submitting applications: January, 14 2027 17:00 (Brussels time).

Evaluation period: January-May 2027.

Information to applicants: July 2027.

Signature of grant agreement: October 2027.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in the call document.

Call document and annexes:

Call document

Application form templates

Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA)

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

CREA MGA

Additional documents:

CREA Annual Work Programmes

CREA Regulation 2021/818

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

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