# Markets and Networking
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**topic id:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-MARKETNET
**call id:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-MARKETNET
**title:** Markets and Networking
**programme:** Creative Europe
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-01-20T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-09-30T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/CREA-MEDIA-2026-MARKETNET
**description:** Expected Impact:
Expected impact:
• To improve the innovative aspect of existing European industry markets, and to increase their systemic impact;
• To encourage the creation of networks of markets;
• To encourage the development of networks among European professionals with the aim to co-create series;
• To promote sustainability and the greening process of the markets;
• To improve the competitiveness, circulation and promotion of European audiovisual works on international markets;
• To enhance diversity and inclusion in the markets and networks;
• To ensure that Europe's audiovisual industry is taking full advantage of technological and business innovation.
 Objective:
The objective of the Markets & networking support is to enhance the promotion of European content in the global market and to foster cooperation among all parts of the audiovisual value chain for the co-creation and promotion of European audiovisual works.
Cooperation of audiovisual professionals and promotion of European works are pursued by supporting two types of projects and activities:
• Markets focusing on a specific type of films and innovative content, or networking of markets that present similar genre/topics or are located in the same region;
• Networking activities and cooperation among networks across the whole value chain for the promotion of European talents and works.
 Scope:
Markets:
• Industry events, physical, digital or hybrid, focused on business-to-business exchanges among European audiovisual professionals, facilitating co-productions and sales and showing a structuring effect on the European audiovisual eco-system as well as impact on the promotion and sales of European audiovisual works on global markets. Activities and events should adapt to current market trends and include innovative content (videogames, VR, XR, AI, cross-media), animation or genre audiovisual works.
• Networks of markets, organised around a thematic basis or geographically, should increase their impact on the audiovisual industry. They can therefore cover e.g. several film markets of a specific region or e.g. several markets focussing on specific types of works (i.e. kids content, documentaries, animation, videogames, AR, VR) or both.
 Networking:
The networking activities will contribute to the promotion of European works and consolidation of the audiovisual eco-system across the whole value chain. These networks can propose either:
• activities related to different existing markets within and outside the countries participating in the MEDIA strand. Such activities will include business-to-business promotional activities, including financial support to third parties, aimed at facilitating the distribution of European audiovisual works or exchange of best practices, with a particular focus on innovative technologies and business practices or
• activities related to the co-creation of series, leading to marketable and competitive European series.
**conditions:** Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Described in the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: Described in the call document. and in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries
Described in the call document.

3. Other Eligible 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
Publication of the call: 30 September 2025
Deadline for submitting applications: 20 January 2026 17:00 (Brussels time)
Evaluation period: February - May 2026
Information to applicants: June 2026
Signature of grant agreement: October 2026

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
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
**action type:** CREA Project Grants
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2026
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **111966:** 
      -         **action:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-MARKETNET - CREA-PJG CREA Project Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 16500000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-01-20
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-09-30
**keywords:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-MARKETNET, CREA-MEDIA-2026-MARKETNET, Animation, Audiovisual Festivals / Events / Markets / Training - Media, Audiovisual Production, Audiovisual co-production markets, Cross-media, Digital Distribution of Audio-Visual works, Digital distribution, Distributors, Documentary, Fiction, Film Markets, Film Production - Media, Film Sales - Media, Film marketing, Film promotion, International co-production, Marketing, Multimedia, New technologies for Audio-Visual sector - Media, Other Film promotion events, Producers, Production of audiovisual content, Professionalisation and market access, Short films, TV series, Training for audiovisual professionals, Training for cultural and creative professionals, Youth programming
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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