Call for proposals
Creative Europe programme - Culture Sub-programme:
“Support for European cooperation projects 2018” - EACEA 32/2017
Objective and description
The main objectives of the support for European cooperation projects are:
· To
strengthen 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.
· To
contribute to audience development by engaging in new and innovative
ways with audiences and improve access to cultural and creative works in
the Union and beyond with a particular focus on children, young people,
people with disabilities and underrepresented groups.
· To
contribute to innovation and creativity in the field of culture, for
instance through testing of new business models and promoting innovative
spillovers on other sectors.
Within the above objectives, the priorities of the support for European cooperation projects are:
· Promote the transnational mobility of artists and professionals with a view to enabling them to cooperate internationally and to internationalize their careers;
· Strengthen audience development
as a means of improving access to European cultural and creative works
and tangible and intangible cultural heritage and extend access to
cultural works to under- represented groups.
· Foster capacity building through innovative approaches to creation,
develop and test new and innovative models of revenue, management and
marketing for the cultural sectors, in particular as regards the digital
shift, and developing new skills for cultural professionals.
· Enhance intercultural dialogue,
promote shared EU values and mutual understanding and respect for other
cultures, thereby contributing to the social integration of migrants
and refugees.
Funding is available for:
· Small scale cooperation projects (Category 1)
· Large scale cooperation projects (Category 2)
Eligible activities
The Culture Sub-programme shall support, in particular, not-for-profit projects. Eligible activities are the activities which intend to achieve the objectives and priorities set in the guidelines.
The activities must relate to the cultural and creative sectors as
defined in Article 2 of Regulation No 1295/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe
Programme.
Activities dedicated exclusively to the audiovisual sectors are not eligible
under the Culture Sub-programme. However, audio-visual activities may
be eligible as long as they are ancillary to activities dedicated to the
non-audio-visual cultural and creative sectors.
The calls supports projects that aim to:
· develop skills, competences and know-how, including how to adapt to digital technologies
· test innovative approaches to audience development
· test new business and management models
· enable international cooperation and career development in the EU and beyond
· facilitate access to professional opportunities
· organise international cultural activities, such as touring events, exhibitions, exchanges and festivals
· support the circulation of European literature
· stimulate interest in, and improve access to, European cultural and creative works.
Projects can cover one or more cultural and creative sectors and can be interdisciplinary.
Eligible applicants
Eligible
applicants must be European cultural operators active in the cultural
and creative sectors, as defined in article 2 of the Regulation, and
legally established in one of the countries participating in the Culture
Sub-programme.
The project leader must have had a legal personality for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications and be able to demonstrate its existence as a legal person.
Natural persons may not apply for a grant.
An organisation can be the project leader of only ONE ongoing supported category 2 project.
This means that, in case of selection, a project leader of an ongoing
category 2 project must ensure that there is no overlap of eligibility
period between the ongoing supported project and the project applied
for.
The project leader can apply only once a year under a sole category, either category 1 or under category 2.
Furthermore,
the project leader cannot apply to both Calls EACEA 32/2017 and
35/2017. In any event, a project applied for under the present Call
EACEA 32/2017 cannot be as well submitted under the Call EACEA 35/2017
-“Support for European cooperation projects related to the European Year
of cultural Heritage 2018”.
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 No 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme
are met and the Commission has entered into negotiations with the
country:
· The 28 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 EU 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;
· 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.
An
updated list of countries eligible to participate in Creative Europe
(those fulfilling the conditions referred to in Article 8 of Regulation
No 1295/2013) and countries that may become eligible in the near future
(those that the Commission has started negotiations with) can be found
at:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/library/eligibility-organisations-non-eu-countries_en
Budget and duration
The total budget for this Call for Proposals is estimated at EUR 40 million.
With a view to establishing an appropriate representation of small
scale cooperation projects (Category 1), an indicative envelope of EUR
15,2 million is foreseen for this purpose (38% of the overall budget).
For small scale cooperation projects (Category 1):
· the EU grant requested is no more than EUR 200 000 representing maximum 60% of the total eligible costs;
· the projects shall involve a project leader and at least two other partners having their legal seat in at least three different countries taking
part in the Creative Europe – Culture Sub programme. Either the project
leader or one of the partners must have its legal seat in one of the
eligible countries referred to herein.
For large scale cooperation projects (Category 2):
· the EU grant requested is no more than EUR 2.000.000 representing maximum 50% of the total eligible costs;
· the projects shall involve a project leader and at least five other partners having their legal seat in at least six different countries
taking part in the Creative Europe – Culture Sub-programme. Either the
project leader or one of the partners must have its legal seat in one of
the eligible countries referred to herein.
For both categories, eligible projects must have a maximum duration of 48 months (eligibility period).
Activities must start:
· For category 1 - smaller scale cooperation projects: between May and December of year 2018.
· For category 2 - larger scale cooperation projects: between June and December of year 2018.
Deadline for proposals’ submission
Applications must be submitted no later than 18 January 2018 at 12.00 CET/CEST (noon/Midday Brussels time) to the Executive Agency (EACEA) using the online application form (eForm).
Further information
Please find attached the call text and guidelines. The eform will be available the last week of September.
The annexes to be attached to the eform are available at: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/funding/support-european-cooperation-projects-2018_en
Contact within the Agency: EACEA-CREATIVE-EUROPE-COOPERATIONPROJECTS@ec.europa.eu
More information: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/funding/support-european-cooperation-projects-2018_en
Kind regards,
Rosemary
Rosemary STREVINIOTI
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