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The culture sub-programme has four main funding schemes.
1. Support for European Cooperation Projects
This strand accounts for the bulk of the culture sub-programme's budget and enables a wide range of cultural organisations coming from various European countries to collaborate on trans-national culture and artistic projects. This strand has two sub-categories:
Category 1 - Smaller scale cooperation projects
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Project duration |
Maximum of 48 months |
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Description |
Trans-national cooperation project |
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Number of partners required |
Minimum of 3 from at least 3 qualifying countries* |
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Funding |
Up to a maximum of 60% of the total eligible costs, up to €200,000 per project |
* At least one partner legally based in the EU, EFTA or (once eligible) Switzerland
Category 2 - Larger scale cooperation projects
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Project duration |
Maximum of 48 months |
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Description |
Trans-national cooperation project |
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Number of partners required |
Minimum of 6 qualifying countries |
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Funding |
Offered up to a maximum of 50% of the total eligible costs, up to €2 million per project |
2. Support to literary translation projects
This strand supports the translation of a 'package' of literary works from one European language to another. Costs for the publication and promotion of the works are also eligible. There are two categories:
Category 1 - Two year projects
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Project duration |
Up to 2 years |
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Description |
Supports the translation of a package of 3 - 10 eligible works of fiction from one European language to another |
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Number of partners required |
A grant can be awarded to a single publishing house or a group of publishers. |
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Funding |
Up to a maximum of 50% of the eligible costs, up to €100,000 per project |
Category 2 - Framework partnership agreements
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Project duration |
In 2016 there will be a call for proposals for 4 year framework partnership agreements |
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Number of partners required |
A grant can be awarded to a single publishing house or a group of publishers. |
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Description |
Supports the translation of a package of 5 - 10 eligible works of fiction from one European language to another, per year. The application for framework partnership agreements must include an action plan covering the entire duration of the agreement. |
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Funding |
Up to a maximum of 50% of the eligible costs, up to €100,000 per year. |
Preparing a Project
Culture Sub-Programme
The most important step in the preparation for a cooperation project is the development of a strong team of partners, or ‘co-organisers' from different European States who want to collaborate together for cultural reasons. It is essential to establish good working relationships, along with clear, written agreements among co-organisers.
Tips when considering a cultural cooperation project:
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Strong relationships with prospective co-organisers are necessary to ensure that each party is equally involved in planning the project and aware of their responsibilities within the project.
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Money and funding for the project should be talked about openly from the beginning. Each party should be confident in each co-organiser's ability to provide the money they have committed to the project.
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Operational plans and descriptions of the project should be in place at an early stage to enable all co-organiser's to be involved in preparations. Co-organisers should work together to identify:
- The concrete aim of your collective project;
- The target participants for the project;
- The target audiences and publics;
- A calendar of all project events and activities;
- The full costs and income of the project.
- Up-to-date drafts of your estimated costs and estimated income should be circulated regularly between co-organisers, enabling collaborators to work on a strand of the budget or to keep informed about the budget as a whole.
- Before committing to partnership, co-organisers should meet face to face to brainstorm. Co-organisers should meet face to face at least once more to finalise the project proposal together.
- Build conditional arrangements with other people or organisations who will be necessary to your project (e.g. particular artists; particular cultural heritage specialists; possible subcontractors, such as a web design company, or a partner that may be providing space of some other resource part of the project).
- Involve organisations other than the co-organisers to monitor and evaluate the project.
- A legal agreement between all co-organisers should be drawn up to clarify in advance all roles and their associated responsibilities as they apply to each co-organiser within the project. Consider agreed methods for accounting for project expenditure and such things as what would happen to artworks or cultural resources made during the course of the project once the project comes to an end.
- Schedule meetings between co-organisers as part of the project calendar to review the progress of the project and to ensure that all parties are working together to deal with any difficulties arising throughout the project.
Associate Partners
If co-funding is not feasible an organization can become an “associated partner”. An Associated Partner is a cultural operator from an eligible country or from a Third Country, who participates in the activities, but not to the extent and level of participation of a co-organiser. Costs incurred by associated partners are not eligible, unless they are directly paid or refunded by the coordinator and/or partners.
Applying
Applications are made directly to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) in Brussels.
Online applications
Applicants must complete and submit an online application form ahead of any stated deadline as they are strictly enforced.
Before submitting an electronic application, applicants (Project leader and partners) must register their organisations in the Participant Portal and receive a Participant Identification Code (PIC). The PICs will be requested in the application form. Information on how to register can be found here.
Online applications forms as well as an e-guide to applying can be found on the EACEA website under the relevant strand of funding.
You will need to have Adobe Reader version 9 or higher installed on your computer in order to able to download and complete the online application form. If you don't have it on your computer go to http://get.adobe.com/reader/ and download the software.
Address for applications
The completed application form must then be printed and sent by post (or delivered in person), together with the additional annexes requested, to the EACEA postal address:
Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency
Creative Europe Programme (2014-2020)
Culture Programme - Strand x
Avenue du Bourget 1 (BOUR 04/02)
B - 1049 Brussels
Belgium
Important note: The online submission times stated on the EACEA are Central European Time (CET). Late applications will not be accepted.
Co-funding
There is no precise minimum contribution requested from the project partners. However, the quality of the partnership is one of the award criteria and implies a financial commitment from each partner.
Co-funding can be raised by:
- Requesting grants from other organisations (local, regional or national authorities, foundations etc.)
- Fund-raising activities
- Sponsorship
- Own resources
There is no double funding from the EU under either the culture programme or any other programme offered.
Legal Responsibility
The project partners must sign a mandate by which the signatory grants power of attorney to the coordinator to act in his name and for his account during the implementation of the project and undertakes to provide a particular financial contribution to the project. The mandates signed by all the partners are attached to the application.