Information measures for the EU Cohesion policy for 2026

Expected Impact:

For the general public: the objective is to raise public awareness of the results of Cohesion policy and their impact on citizens' lives to Europeans who are unaware of the EU and of the EU action in their region. Information should focus on developing greater understanding of the contribution of Cohesion policy to boosting jobs and growth in Europe and reducing disparities among Member States and regions. For stakeholders: the objective is to engage with stakeholders (including national, regional and local authorities, beneficiaries, businesses, academia) to further communicate the impact of Cohesion policy on their regions and to feed into the discussion on the future of Cohesion policy and, more broadly, the future of Europe.

Expected Outcome:

The expected results and outputs are the following:

• to increase media coverage on Cohesion policy, in particular at regional level
• to enhance people's awareness of the results of Cohesion policy and their impact on their lives
• to achieve concrete outputs and deliverables aimed at wide outreach within the measure's duration – e.g. TV and radio broadcast, online or print coverage, other type of information measures and dissemination - taking multilingualism into account.

Objective

The main aim of the call is to provide support for the production and dissemination of information and content linked to EU Cohesion policy, including inter alia the Just Transition Fund, or relevant support from the Technical Support Instrument. The proposals should provide coherent, objective and comprehensive information, in order to give an accurate overall picture of the EU Cohesion policy. The proposals should illustrate and assess the role of Cohesion policy in delivering the EU’s political priorities, such as the right to stay in the place people call home, transition to a greener economy including challenges related to water or energy, development of strategic technologies, housing, or the demographic transition, and in addressing current and future challenges for the EU, its Member States, its regions and the local level.

Scope:

The information measures should include one or several activities such as:

• production and distribution of print, multimedia or audiovisual material
• web and social media outreach activities
• media events
• conferences, seminars, workshops.

Type of action: IMREG Project Grants

Programme period: 2021 - 2027

"> Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of 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 section 6 of the call document .

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in section 6 of the call document .

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the call document .

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual .

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

described in section 9 of the call document .

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

described in section 4 of the call document .

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call document .

Call document and annexes:

Call document Application form templates Standard application form (IMREG) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Declaration on standards and independence (IMREG) Model Grant Agreements (MGA) IMREG MGA

Additional documents:

Policy website IMREG Work Programme 2026 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 - CPR

ERDF Regulation 2021/1058 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assess