The EBU has revealed the nominees for the inaugural EBU Academy Learning Awards during its General Assembly. The winners will be announced at the EBU Academy Learning and Development Workshop, hosted by RTP in Lisbon on 22 October 2026, as the organisation has shared on social media.

The finalists are:

Innovation Award

• Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK, Norway) – ‘NRK Trondheim’s “Moving School”’.
• Sveriges Radio (Sweden) – Live Election Interview Simulation Training.
• RTBF (Belgium) – ‘Media Go’.
• France Télévisions – ‘Data Escape Game’.
• Suspilne Ukraine – ‘Unlock the truth’.

Impact Award

• France Télévisions – ‘Accelerating the IP Transition: A training program supporting the transformation of production environments’.
• RTÉ (Ireland) – ‘Early Talent Pipeline’.
• S4C (Wales) – ‘S4C/Campus’.
• Suspilne Ukraine – ‘Building a nationwide hyperlocal correspondent network’.
• Sveriges Radio (Sweden) – ‘Journalism Trasinee Program: Creating new pathways into journalism’.

EBU Academy School of AI Award

• BBC (United Kingdom) – ‘GenAI Training’.
• NRK (Norway) – ‘AI Competence Initiative’.
• ORF (Austria) – ‘AI Trainings at ORF’.
• Sveriges Radio (Sweden) – ‘AI för alla / AI for everyone’.
• Yle (Finland) – ‘Yle Academy: From pioneer to trailblazer’.

This marks the first time the EBU Academy has recognised innovation in the media landscape through its own awards programme. Through this initiative, the organisation seeks to highlight the value and impact of L&D within Public Service Media and showcase best practices in learning and development.

For each category, the jury will assess how the nominated initiatives contribute to meaningful change within EBU Member organisations and identify those that are truly making a difference.

The judges are:

• Shivani Wadhwa, Chief People and Culture Officer at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
• Mark Egan, EBU Academy Faculty Member.
• Hildur Sigurdardottir, Senior People and Culture Manager at atNorth.