Call for proposals
Creative Europe programme - Culture Sub-programme:
“Support for European cooperation projects related to the European Year of cultural Heritage 2018” - EACEA 35/2017
Objective and description
This
call is based on the adoption of the decision to make 2018 the European
Year of Cultural Heritage (Decision EU 2017/864 of the European
Parliament and of the Council)
The
main objective of the support for European cooperation projects related
to the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 is to reflect the
purpose of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH 2018),
which is to encourage the sharing and appreciation of Europe's cultural
heritage as a shared resource, to raise awareness of common history and
values, and to reinforce a sense of belonging to a common European space
(Art 1.2 of the Decision (EU) 2017/864).
Within this context, the two objectives of the support for European cooperation projects related to EYCH 2018 are:
1. To reinforce a sense of belonging to a common European space;
2. To
promote cultural heritage as a source of inspiration for artistic
contemporary creation and innovation and strengthen the interaction
between the cultural heritage sector and other cultural and creative
sectors.
Eligible activities
The
Culture Sub-programme shall support, in particular, not-for-profit
projects. 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 35/2017 cannot be as well submitted under the Call EACEA 32/2017 -
“Support for European cooperation projects 2018”.
Eligible
activities must relate to Europe's cultural heritage, as defined in the
Decision establishing the Year and to the objectives and targeted
projects laid down in the Guidelines. Activities focusing on
interactions between cultural heritage in all forms and aspects -
tangible, intangible and digital and other sectors, these must relate to
the cultural and creative sectors, as defined in Article 2 of the
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.
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 following activities are not eligible:
· Activities dedicated to research or tourism linked to cultural heritage.
· Surveys
(given that a EU-wide Eurobarometer survey on cultural heritage is
being conducted as part of the activities of the European Year of
Cultural Heritage).
· Conferences,
exhibitions, workshops etc, as core activities of the project (these
type of activities can be ancillary to it, in particular in view of the
communication and dissemination strategies of the project).
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.
Furthermore, the following types of entities are not eligible as project leader:
Higher
education institutions (including but not limited to Universities) and
related research oriented foundations, associations or organisations;
Research institutions and/or organisations, foundations or associations working in the research field;
Tourism organisations and/or associations.
Natural persons may not apply for a grant.
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.
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 5 million.
The EU grant requested cannot be more than EUR 200 000, representing maximum 60% of the total eligible costs.
Eligible projects must have a maximum duration of 24 months (eligibility period). Activities must start between January and September of year 2018.
Deadline for proposals’ submission
Applications must be submitted no later than 22 November 2017 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
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Rosemary
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