AND TOMORROW? OUTLOOK FOR 2026

2026 is already shaping up to be an exciting year. Here’s an overview.

The signing of an amendment to CFI’s Performance Agreement in the first half of 2026 will enable the Agency to strategically reposition its work, with the fight against disinformation as the guiding principle and priority areas of action, notably innovation, media and information literacy, knowledge production and the strengthening of networks.

The ‘Fonds équipe France’ project in Equatorial Guinea (€354,000, 2026–2028) aims to improve the population’s access to verified and pluralistic information, with a focus on health and environmental issues. The project is aimed at journalists, bloggers, and secondary school and university students – an audience that is particularly vulnerable to foreign digital interference, notably from Russia.

Comunidad Informada (€2 million, 2026–2028) is an Équipe France Fund designed to combat disinformation in five South American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). It will involve Agence France-Presse, which will train around 100 journalists in fact-checking, as well as two civil society organisations in the region (the Gabo Foundation and Chequeado), which will roll out a wide-ranging media and information literacy programme aimed at young people.

Support for photojournalism and the media in Ukraine (€214,500, 2026–2028) is an Équipe France Fund whose overall objective is to support journalistic production as a contribution to the construction of contemporary memory, against the backdrop of the war. It will focus on supporting the photojournalism sector in Ukraine, through the organisation of a photojournalism festival in Ukraine and the establishment of a photojournalism department at the future Ukrainian House of Photography in Kyiv, whilst also facilitating Ukrainian participation in the festivals in Arles, Perpignan and Bayeux. The Équipe France Fund will also provide support to strengthen the resources of public service media, and in particular Suspilne, the Ukrainian public broadcaster.

Investigation in North Africa and the Middle East (ANMO) (€40,000, 2026) is a project that will help to strengthen a sustainable and innovative ecosystem of investigative journalism by supporting and developing the skills of journalists in the North Africa and Middle East region, with a view to promoting free and independent media. The project will begin with the creation of a map of investigative journalism in the region.

Sawara (€3 million, 2026–2028) is a project funded by the European Union and implemented by a consortium led by CFI. Its aim is to help strengthen social cohesion in Benin by encouraging public participation in dialogue and the prevention of violence, particularly during election periods.

Strengthening media engagement to promote the green transition in Sri Lanka (€196,000, 2026) is a service contract implemented by CFI and funded by the Green Policy Dialogue Facility (GPDF) – itself funded by the European Union – and managed by Expertise France. The GPDF supports Sri Lanka’s green, circular and inclusive transition through capacity-building and training. CFI’s objective in this context is to increase the media’s involvement in promoting the green transition in Sri Lanka.