Networks of European Festivals

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 Eligible Conditions

as described in the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

as described in the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

as 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: 04 December, 2025.

Deadline for submitting applications: 14 April, 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).

Evaluation period: April - September, 2026.

Information to applicants: October, 2026.

Signature of grant agreement: January, 2027.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

as 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 programming (CREA MEDIA FESTNET)

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 

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement