Objectives and priorities
The main objectives of the support for cultural cooperation projects are:
- to support the capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors to operate transnationally and internationally and to promote the
transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and transnational mobility of cultural and creative players, in particular artists;
- to contribute to audience development by helping European artists/cultural professionals and their works reach new and enlarged
audiences and improve access to cultural and creative works in the European Union (hereafter 'the EU') and beyond with a particular
focus on children, young people, people with disabilities and underrepresented groups, by engaging in new and innovative ways with
audiences both to retain and enlarge them, and to improve the experience and deepen the relationship with current and future audiences;
- to contribute to innovation and creativity in the field of culture, for instance through artistic innovation, the testing of new business
models, the use of digital technologies and the promotion of innovative spill-overs on other sectors.
Budget
The total available budget for the co-financing of projects under this scheme is estimated at 70 % of the total budget for Creative Europe – Culture Sub-programme (i.e. EUR 454,8 million) which amounts to around EUR 318 million over the period 2014-2020.
Each year throughout the duration of the programme, the European Commission and the Agency will publish an annual work programme indicating the budget devoted to cooperation projects for that particular year.
Financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 60% of the total eligible costs for category 1 - smaller scale cooperation projects and 50% of the total eligible costs for category 2 - larger scale cooperation projects. The remaining amount shall be secured by the applicants.
The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all funds available.
Eligibility
Applications from legal entities established in one of the following country categories are eligible as long as all conditions referred to in Article 8 of Regulation N° XX/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme are met and the Commission has entered into negotiations with the country:
- EU Member States and overseas countries and territories which are eligible to participate in the Programme pursuant to Article 58 of
Council Decision 2001/822/EC4
- Acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general
principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective
Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar agreements
- EFTA countries which are parties to the Agreement on the EEA, in accordance with the provisions of the EEA Agreement
- The Swiss Confederation, on the basis of a bilateral agreement to be concluded with that country
- Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy in accordance with the procedures defined with those countries following the
framework agreements providing for their participation in EU programmes
Deadline: 05 March 2014