The Culture Programme 20072013 MarcHector Vanderhaegen

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The Culture Programme
(2007-2013)Marc-Hector Vanderhaegen
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Outline

• Culture Programme
• Simplifications
• Valorisation day, Brussels 12 December

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• CULTURE PROGRAMME

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EUs Competencies in the field of Culture

• Maastricht Treaty (article 151) 1992
• Legal base Decision n 1855/2006/EC of the
  European Parliament and of the Council of 12
  December 2006 establishing the Culture Programme
  (2007-2013)

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Maastricht Treaty

• Culture becomes an official EU Competency

• Promote the cultural cooperation
• Stimulate the cultural exchanges
• Promote cultural diversity
• Enhance the common cultural heritage
• With a view to encouraging the emergence of
• European citizenship

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Multi-annual Programme

• Encourage and support cultural cooperation
• Bring the European common cultural heritage to
  the fore
• Funding possibilities to all cultural sections
  and categories of cultural operators.

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Main priorities

• Promoting the transnational mobility of cultural
  operators
• Promoting the transnational circulation of works
  of art and cultural and artistic products
• Promoting intercultural dialogue

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Selection 2008 Selected projects per objective
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Links with European Years

• 2008 Intercultural Dialogue
• 2009 Creativity Innovation
• 2010 Combating Poverty Social Exclusion

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Which kind of supports ? (1)

• Three strands of action
• 1st strand Support for cultural actions
• Corresponds to the bulk of the programme budget
• 1.1 Multi-annual co-operation projects
• 6 partners from 6 countries
• Duration 3-5 years
• Max 500 000 Euro/year (50 of eligible costs)
• 1.2.1 Co-operation measures
• 3 partners from 3 countries
• Duration up to 2 years
• From 50 000 to 200 000 Euro (50 of eligible
  costs)

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Which kind of supports ? (2)

• 1.2.2 Literary translation
• Duration 24 months
• From 2.000 to 60.000 for the translation (max
  50 of
• operational costs)
• 1 to 10 books
• Eligible works are works of fiction
• Trans nationality not from one language to
  another of
• the same country.
• Nationality/residence of Author in the EU
• European literature from one European language
  (
• Latin Ancient Greek) into another European
  language.

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Which kind of supports ? (3)

• Strand 1.3 Special actions
• European Prizes
• Cultural heritage
• Contemporary architecture
• Pop music European Border Breakers Award
• Contemporary literature
• European Capitals of Culture
• 2008 Liverpool, Stavanger
• 2009 Linz, Vilnius
• 2010 Essen, Pécs et Istambul
• 2011Turku et Tallinn
• Co-operation with third countries
• 2008 Brazil
• 2009 2010 European Neighbourhood Policy
  countries Armenia, Belarus, Egypt,
• Georgia, Jordan, Moldova, the occupied
  Palestinian Territory and Tunisia.
• 2011 United states of Mexico

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Which kind of supports ? (4)

• 2nd strand Support for European cultural bodies
  (operating grant)
• Support for bodies which pursue an aim of
• general European interest in the field of
  culture
• Co-finance expenditure associated with the
  permanent work of these organisations (Annual
  work programme up to 80 of the eligible
  expenses covered)
• 4 categories
• Ambassadors / Networks / Festivals/Policy
  Support Structures for the Culture Agenda

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Which kind of supports ? (5)

• Budget split strand 2.2
• Ambassadors 40 available budget
• Networks 30
• Festivals 20
• Policy support structures 10

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Which kind of supports ? (6)

• Strand 3 Analysis dissemination
• Studies and analysis
• Dissemination of information
• Efforts to maximise the impact of projects
• Cultural Contact Points
• Promote the programme at local level
• Assist applicants
• Provide information on other relevant sources
  of
• funding

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Budget 400 millions 2007-2013
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Applications selections 2008

• 819 applications In 2008
• 264 proposals are selected in 2008

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Principles of a grant

• Co-funding
• Non-cumulative
• Non-retroactive
• Non-profit

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Who can participate?

• Any cultural operator with legal status
  established in a country participating in the
  programme
• EU member states
• EFTA/EEA countries Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway
• Candidate countries Croatia, Turkey FYROM
• Serbia
• Western Balkan countries Albania,
  Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro subject to the
  conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding

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Selection of grant beneficiaries

• Programme guide 2007-2013
• Managed primarily by the Education, Audiovisual
  and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
• Roughly 260 projects selected each year

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Overview strands

• Strand 1.1. Multi-annual cooperation projects
  
• Strand1.2.1 Co-operation measures
• Strand 1.2.2 Literary translation
• Strand 1.3 Prizes and Co-operation with
  third countries
• Strand 2 Support for Bodies active at
  European level
• Strand 3 Analysis and Dissemination
  Activities

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How to prepare a good application? (1)

• To carefully read the Decision establishing the
  programme and to fully understand its spirit so
  that your project has the right focus
• To carefully read the Programme guide and to take
  all their elements into account, in particular
  the criteria
• To consult your Cultural Contact Point from the
  very beginning
• To have a realistic timetable, taking due account
  of the length of the selection procedure

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How to prepare a good application? (2)

• To have a budget in compliance with the rules
  indicated in the call
• To send a complete application
• To speak with organisations that have already
  taken part in a EU culture programme to learn
  about their experience
• To be aware of the challenges but also of the
  satisfactions attached to participating in a
  European co-operation project

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How to prepare a good application? (3)

• Some advice on essential elements
• The content of the project
• The co-operation dimension and the choice of
  your partners
• The long-term impact of the project
  (sustainability)
• The visibility of the project and the
  dissemination and exploitation of the results

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Contacts

• Cultural Contact Point Poland Adam Mickiewicz
  Institute Alexandra ZajacKatarzyna
  GrzybowskaIwona MorawiczMokotowska 25
  Str.00-560 WarsawTel. 48 22 44 76 170 / 172 /
  171Fax [phone]E-mail azajac_at_iam.pl
  grzybowska_at_mk.gov.plimorawicz_at_iam.pl
  pkk.kultura_at_mk.gov.plhttp//www.mkidn.gov.pl/pkk
• The Website of the Commission
• http//ec.europa.eu/culture/eac/index_en.htm
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SIMPLIFICATIONS
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Simplifications

• Programme Guide 2007 2013(From 250 pages to 70
  pages reduction of published calls)
• Fixed Calendar (Less stress for applicants !)
• Reduction of pages of Application forms (From 50
  to 18 pages)
• Online Application (future)
• Decisions instead of Agreements (1 month save
  for applicants)
• Lump sums for Structural support and Literary
  Translation projects (No more detailed budget to
  analyse ! )
• Budget and final report are automatised.
• No longer contribution of 5 of own or raised
  funds

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Fixed calendar
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Multi annual cooperation projects cooperation
measures

• Simplifications
• Application form reduced 50 17 pages
• Fixed deadline for submission 1st October each
  year
• Estimated budget automatised, from 18 to 4 pages
• Online Application (future)

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Operating grants

• Programme guide valid until 2013
• Shorter application forms
• 27 pages gt 10 pages
• Decisions instead of Agreements (for EU-27)
• Flat rate financing

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Literary translations (1)

• Simplification
• Decisions instead of grant agreements
• Fixed rates per page...
• established thanks to an evaluation of costs
  for approximately 600 books
• subsidised by the Commission under the earlier
  Culture 2000 programme.

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Literary translations (2)

• How does it work?
• A fixed amount per page of 1500 characters
  without spaces (internationally recognized
  standard)
• Specific rates for each officially recognized
  language of the countries participating in the
  Programme
• Flat-rates based financing system

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Literary translations (3)

• Example
• Grant per book Number of pages of the original
  volume flat-rate for each target language
• EX Polish into English
• Polish book 262 pages (standard)
• 24.61/page (cf table Programme guide)
• 262 24.61 6447.82 (flat-rate EN
  translation)
• Grants for Poetry will continue to be budget-based

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VALORISATION DAY BRUSSELS12-12-2008
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Valorisation day Brussels 12 /12/ 2008 (1)

• To enable exchange of experience and good
  practice between cultural operators
• Show the synergies between the Culture Programme
  and the European Agenda for Culture
• Plenary session with a presentation of 10 funded
  projects
• Complimentary exhibition of 35 projects

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Valorisation day Brussels 12 /12/ 2008 (2)

• Projects focusing on 5 themes were presented
• Mobility of artists / Circulation of works of art
• Access to culture / Culture and education
• Access to cultural heritage
• Intercultural dialogue (European Year 2008)
• Creativity and innovation (European Year 2009)

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Thank you for your attention ! Marc-Hector
Vanderhaegen Directorate Culture and
Communication