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European co-development

European Commission · Creative Europe Programme (CREA)

Posted 30 Sept 2026 · About 5 months left

Summary

Scope:

The objective of the support to European co-development is to support the cooperation among European production companies that are developing works with a strong international audience potential.

Expected results

Increased collaboration at development stage between European production companies from different countries and from different markets and consequently an increased number of co-productions.

Increased quality, feasibility, cross-border potential and market value of selected projects.

A stronger position on European and international markets for companies selected under European co-development.

Increased international cooperation, including collaborations between European and Korean professionals, in line with the audiovisual entitlement appended to the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation between the EU and Korea.

Description of the activities to be funded

The European co-development action shall provide support to the development of a single project for commercial exploitation intended for cinema release, television broadcasting or commercial exploitation on digital platforms or a multi-platform environment in the following categories: animation, creative documentary…

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Eligibility and conditions

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">Conditions

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: 30 September 2026.

Deadline for submitting applications: 2 March 2027 17:00 (Brussels time).

Evaluation period: March - July 2027.

Information to applicants: August 2027.

Signature of grant agreement: November 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

Detailed budget table (CREA LSII)

Creative dossier (CREA MEDIA CODEV, DEVSLATE and DEVMINISLATE)

Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA)

Information on language of submission documents (CREA MEDIA)

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

CREA MGA

Lump Sum 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

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

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