EMU

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EMU EU

• EU policies EU funding opportunities
• EMU meeting Prato (Italy) - 2 October - Gerrit
  Walstra

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Programme

• Introduction
• EU and EU policy context
• Selecting relevant EU funding opportunities
• Characteristics of the funds
• Further steps towards subsidies (for
  activities/projects and cooperation)

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Gerrit Walstra/ Haute Europe

• Senior consultant
• Advise public and semi public organisations on EU
• Development and execution of European projects
  and programmes
• Anchoring Europe in organisations /implement
  advice
• Before EU-coordinator province Noord-Holland
• Haute Europe, part of Haute Equipe
• Netherlands based firm with regional offices
• Resource-, Information- and Project management in
  the administration of non-profit organisations
• Consultancy, Interim management, Temporary work
  European Affairs
• Haute Europe 15 persons in Netherlands, office in
  Brussels, Nice and in future in Hungary /Romania

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Haute Europe

• Assignments and activities
• Project development, partner search, guiding bids
  and execution of projects
• Administrative financial support, management
• Programme/ strategy documents
• Subsidy advice and implementation
• Studies
• Presentations en trainings

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Aims

• Activating your knowledge of Europe
• Exploration of EU funding possibilities of
  relevance to the EMU / music schools
• Improving knowledge of specific funds
• Assessing importance to EMU / Music schools
• Generation of ideas / project elaboration( first
  steps)

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Europe in a nutshell

• EU history development
• EU institutions and decision making
• EU Policies

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Europe today

• Europe
• 50 years
• 27 member states
• 490 million inhabitants

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Why Europe ?

• Peace
• Safety
• Solidarity
• Economy
• Environment
• Safety-2 (fighting terrorism)
• Social / cultural cohesion

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Founders and enlargements

• 1957 Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg,
  France, West-Germany, Italy
• 1973 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom
• 1981 Greece
• 1986 Portugal, Spain
• (1990 East Germany unification)
• 1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden
• 2004 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech
  Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia,
  Malta, Cyprus
• 2007 Romania, Bulgaria

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Important decisions

• 1951 Treaty of Paris European Coal and Steel
  Community
• 1957 Treaty of Rome European Economic Community
  (EEC), or
  Common Market
• 1967 Merger treaty Fusion of ECSC, EEC,
  Euratom a single Commission and a
  single Council.
• 1986 Single European Act modifying the
  Treaty of Rome

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European Union

• 1991/1992 Treaty of Maastricht European Union
• - Three Pillars
• - EMU ( the other one)
• - Subsidiarity

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Europan Union

• Minor treaties
• 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam
• 2000 Treaty of Lisbon
• 2001 Treaty of Gothenburg
• 2001 Treaty of Nice

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How decisions are madetheory
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How decisions are made practice
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EU policies

• Cohesion policy
• Aim? Reduce differences in prosperity
  (disparities)
• Why? Solidarity and strengthening economies
• Lisbon strategyAim? Knowledge economy,
  innovation, entrepreneurship
• Why? Competitive on world market
• Gothenborg strategy
• Aim? Healthy environment
• Why? Sustainability

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EU policies

• Cultural social policies
• European citizenship
• Youth
• Lifelong learning
• Culture
• Integration
• Health
• etcetera

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EU budget framework 2007 - 2013
864 billion
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EU budget framework 2007 - 2013
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Selecting relevant funding possibilities

• Build on own themes, experiences, partnerships
• Activities
• Implementation of pilot projects
• Studies and research, exchange best practices
• International cooperation
• Exchange of staff and students
• Masterclasses, workshops
• Joint productions,
• Networking, congresses
• Other??

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Most promising options exercise!

• What fits you best?
• International (EMU)
• National national
• Regional/local- regional/local
• 1. Actual activities
• 2. Ambitions
• (complete list of activities?)

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Most promising options

• Culture 2007-2013
• Youth in action
• Europe for citizens
• Territorial cooperation Interreg 4
• 2008 European year of intercultural dialogue
• Lifelong learning Comenius

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Information for each fund

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

• General purpose of the programme
• Selection of relevant themes of programme
• Who can participate - type of actors- geography
• Project characteristics - supported activities-
  project budget indications

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Culture Programme (2007-2013)



Objective

• to promote transnational mobility of people
  working in the cultural sector
• to encourage the transnational circulation of
  artistic and cultural works and products
• to encourage intercultural dialogue.
• Who can participate?
• All legal entities
• Culture Contact Point per country
• http//ec.europa.eu/culture/eac/culture2007/cult_e
  n.html

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Culture Programme (2007-2013)

• Multi annual cooperation
• At least 6 partners from different countries
• projects can last 3-5 years
• Subsidy max 50 (between 200,000 and 500,000
  euros), on a per annum basis.
• Cooperation projects
• At least 3 partners from different countries
• Projects can last 1-2 years
• Subsidy max 50 (between 50,000 and 200,000
  euros), on a per project basis
• Support for European Cultural Bodies ?
• Category Network eligible organisations
• Structured dialogue platforms, involving
  associates from at least 15 participating
  countries in the Culture Programme which can
  ensure coverage of cultural interests at EU level
  and organise permanent and structured dialogue
  with EU Institutions on cultural issues

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Examples Culture 2000

• EFMET project European Forum for MUSIC Education
  and Training
• European Association of Conservatories
• IASJ,EMU, ESTA, JME, etc
• Improve cooperation and communication
• Collect information on music teacher programmes
• Formulate recommendations to the EC

• HARMOS project e content project
• DG Information Society
• Data collection of music heritage and teaching
• Accessible via the web www.harmosproject.com

• VEMUS project Virtual European Music School
• 6 countries
• Distant learning self practicing
• Music classroom

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Youth in action
885 000 000
Objective

• Promote young peoples active citizenship
• Develop solidarity and promote tolerance among
  young people
• Foster mutual understanding between young people
  in different countries
• Contribute to developing the quality of support
  systems for youth activities
• Promote European cooperation in the youth field
• http//ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.html

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Youth in action

• Action 1 Youth for Europe
• Youth Exchanges (13 to 25 year)
• An opportunity for groups of young people from
  different countries to meet and learn about each
  others cultures
• The groups plan together their Youth Exchange
  around a theme of mutual interest
• Youth Initiatives (18-30 years)
• Group projects designed at local, regional and
  national level
• It also supports the networking of similar
  projects between different countries, in order to
  strengthen their European aspect and to enhance
  cooperation and exchanges of experiences between
  young people.

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Youth in action

• Implementation of the Youth in Action Programme
  is mainly decentralised
• Contact The National Agencies for Youth in
  Action
• NGOs
• 70-100 subsidy
• 2,000 - 50,000?

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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Europe for citizens
Action 1 "Active citizens for Europe" involves
citizens directly, either through activities
linked to town-twinning or through other kinds of
citizens projects. Action 2 "Active civil
society for Europe" is targeted to Europe-wide
civil society organisations Action 3 "Together
for Europe" supports high visibility events,
studies and information tools. Action 4
"Active European Remembrance" supports the
preservation of the main sites and archives
associated with the deportations and the
commemoration of the victims of nazism and
stalinism. http//ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index
_en.html
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Europe for citizens

• Action 1 "Active citizens for Europe"
• Town-twinning
• involve or promote direct exchanges between
  European citizens through their participation in
  town-twinning activities.
• strengthening mutual knowledge and understanding
  between citizens and between cultures.
• Municipalities
• 2.000 - 20.000?

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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INTERREG IV

• European Territorial Cooperation
• Cooperation between public actors and
  organisations from different countries to tackle
  shared issues of regional development
• 3 typesa) cross-border cooperationb)
  transnational cooperationc) interregional
  cooperation

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INTERREG IV A Cross Border Cooperation
2007 - 2013 There are 55 Cross-border cooperatio
n programmes in the EU
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INTERREG IV A Cross Border Cooperation

• Reduction of the barrier effect of borders and
  socio-economic development of border areas
• All kind of themes, preferably linked to economy,
  environment or social issues.
• Local/regional authorities, institutes, groups
• Private actors (possibly)
• Within border areas
• Networks, plans, small scale physical investments
  
• 10.000s - several million euro
• 50 - 85 EU co-funding (depending on programme)

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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INTERREG IV A Cross Border Cooperation

• Example Estonia Finland
• Musical Bridge
• 4 Finnish music schools
• 5 Estonian music Schools
• Finnish Association of Music Schools
• Estonian Association of Music Schools
• 1. Coperation between music schools
• 2. Promoting the work of music schools
• 3. Educational projects

Several 100.000 euro
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INTERREG IV B Transnational Cooperation
2007-2013 There are 13 Transnational cooperation
programmes in the EU
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INTERREG IV B Transnational Cooperation

• Support the sustainable development and
  competitiveness of European macro regions
• not directly appropriate ? indirectly?
• Public authorities, institutes, groupings, NGOs
• Transnational cooperation areas
• Plans, studies, pilots, small investments
• 100.000s - several million euro
• 50 - 85 EU co-funding (depending on programme)

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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INTERREG IV C Interregional Cooperation
1 program for the whole of Europe

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

• Improve regional policies by exchange of
  experience
• All kind of themes are possible- find the right
  context!
• Regional/local authorities and public equivalent
  bodies
• All EU member states
• Networking, studies, visits, training, new policy
  tools
• 100.000s - several million euro
• up to 75 - 85 EU co-funding (depending on
  country)

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2008 European year of intercultural dialogue

• Get involved!

Young people are the EYID 2008s core target
group. Help us to bring the EYID 2008 into
schools and universities all over Europe! EYID
2008 activities could be linked to project days,
interdisciplinary programmes, job fairs, exchange
programmes and competitions, or initiated in
cooperation with school magazines, student
organisations or school canteens, or anything
else you can think of. The EYID 2008 could be
brought into European museums, art schools, music
schools, dance academies, or ballet schools. It
could also be linked to music and art festivals
or to book fairs all over Europe.
www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu
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2008 European year of intercultural dialogue

• respecting and promoting cultural diversity
  contributing to solidarity, social justice and
  reinforced cohesion.
• Youth important target group, educational
  activities
• Public and private bodies
• All EU member states
• EU scale 2,4 million (NB call closed)
• events and activities which will raise awareness
  of the objectives of the European Year
• up to 80 EU co-funding
• 200,000 - 400,000 subsidy
• National scale 3 million (NB call closed)
• Idem on national and regional level
• up to 50 co-funding
• Community scale, articulated in member states ca
  4 million
• Information and promotion actions
• Not yet clear

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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Lifelong learning
6 970 000 000

• Comenius programme teaching and learning needs
  of all those in pre-school and school education
  up to the level of the end of upper secondary
  education, and the institutions and organisations
  providing such education
• The Erasmus programme teaching and learning
  needs of all those in formal higher education,
  and the institutions and organisations providing
  or facilitating such education and training
• The Leonardo da Vinci programme addresses the
  teaching and learning needs of all those in
  vocational education and training,
• Grundtvig programme addresses the teaching and
  learning needs of those in all forms of adult
  education, as well as the institutions and
  organisations providing or facilitating such
  education.

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COMENIUS
Enhancing the quality and reinforcing the
European dimension of school education by

• promoting transnational cooperation and exchanges
  between schools and teacher training
  establishments
• encouraging innovation in pedagogical methods and
  materials
• promoting the transnational dissemination of good
  practice and innovation in the management of
  schools
• promoting the use of information and
  communication technology in school education and
  in the training of staff working in this sector
• http//ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/comen
  ius/moreabou_en.html

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COMENIUS

• to support the development of knowledge and
  understanding among young people and educational
  staff of the diversity of European cultures and
  languages and its values
• Quality of school education
• intercultural awareness
• All EU member states Music schools sec ??
• 10.000s - ca 200.000 euro
• up to 75 EU co-funding

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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Concretising opportunities exercise

• Elaboration of ideas
• 3 groups
• EMU
• National organisations
• Local/regional organisations
• Idea AND programme (s) you think of

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Golden rules for successful bids /projects

• Define your project idea
• Pick the right fund, be strategic
• Be informed about the specific requirements
  (content, procedures, financial)
• Strong and balanced partnership
• Find the right partners
• Develop the project plan together
• Agree on roles and responsibilities
• Coherent and logical description of the
  activities
• A clear and precisely filled in application form
• Ensure professional management of the project
• Suitable budget for activities assure
  cofinancing
• Good planning avoid last-minute mistakes
• ENJOY!

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What do you need to get started?

• From yourself
• From your colleagues
• From your organisation
• From others (authorities, etc)

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Succes!

• www.haute-europe.eu
• Gerrit Walstra
• gerrit.walstra_at_haute-europe.eu
• 31 (0)6-21125514