FUNDING%20OPPORTUNITIES%20FOR%20ARTS%20AND%20CULTURE%20FROM%20THE%20EU

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTS AND CULTURE FROM
THE EU
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HOW THE EU SPENDS YOUR MONEY
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So, can I get money from Europe?
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So, can I get money from Europe?

• Maybe, but its a lot of work!

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What kind of funds are available?

• STRUCTURAL FUNDS

TRANSNATIONAL FUNDS
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Structural and Transnational funds
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Structural funds

• Specific geographical focus

• Partners not generally required

• Local decision making

• Large funds to be accessed

• Focus on capital works and people-based activities

• But note that many of these funds have already
  been allocated, and after 2006, are unlikely to
  be available in the older EU countries

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Objectives 1, 2 3
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The Objective 1 and 2 areas in Europe
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Community initiatives
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Transnational funds

• Pan-European focus

• Partners from different countries are essential

• Decisions centralised in EC

• Small to medium-sized grants

• Focus on projects (1-3 years max)

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Partners
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Arts and culture
Culture 2000 (approx 34m per year)

• Performing arts
• visual arts
• literature,
• music,
• Cultural heritage
• Books and translation
• Cultural cooperation
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/culture/

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Audiovisual industries
Media Plus (approx 112.5m per year)

• Development, distribution and promotion of
  audiovisual work (cinema, TV, multimedia)
• Training in computer graphics, multimedia etc
• Script development
• Marketing, intellectual property law
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/avpolicy/

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Technological research
The Sixth Framework (FP6) (approx 17.5 billion
2003 - 2006) Integrating and strengthening the
European research area

• Applied IST research addressing major societal
  and economic challenges
• Communication, computing and software
  technologies
• Components microsystems
• Knowledge and interface technologies
• Future and emerging technologies
• Research networking testbeds
• http//www.cordis.lu

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Digital products and services
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Education training in the arts
Socrates (approx 370m per year) All levels of
education http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/socr
ates.html
Leonardo da Vinci (approx 230m per
year) Vocational training http//europa.eu.int/com
m/education/leonardo/leonardo/nalist2.html
Youth (approx 14m per year) Vouth exchange on
cultural themes http//europa.eu.int/comm/educatio
n/youth/youthprogram.html
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Other programmes

• EuropAid
• Cooperation with non-member countries
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/europaid/

• European Investment Bank
• Support for investment and loans
• http//eib.org

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Still interested?Now ask yourselves some
questions

• How European is your organisation?
• What European projects or activities has your
  organisation undertaken or been involved with?
• How well do you understand the goals of the
  European Union - its successes and failures?
• And then some more.

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Do you.

• Have a good project with a strong European
  dimension?

• Have the organisational capacity to undertake it?

• Have a healthy bank balance?

• Have the time?

• Have the patience of a saint?

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then take the next steps

• Decide what programme is most appropriate for
  your project
• Study the programme on the EU website or contact
  the technical support office in your country
• Attend the free seminars run by the DGs or the
  technical support offices in your country
• Download the application form
• Talk to others who have applied

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Culture 2000

• Funding arts and cultural projects in the EU

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C2K - The basics

• EUs only framework programme for culture
• Replaced Kaleidescope in 2000
• 134 million 2000 - 2004
• Annual and multi-annual projects
• 50 match (1 yr),60 match (3 yr)
• Up to 150K (1 yr), 300K (3 yr)
• Programme extended until 2006

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The strengths of C2K

• The EUs only programme for trans-European arts
  and cultural projects
• Opportunities for cross-border cultural
  cooperation
• Participation of accession (PECO) countries since
  2002
• Declares a focus on innovation and
  experimentation
• Helps to build cultural competences within the
  Commission
• Has created a forum for dialogue and exchange on
  cultural across 30 countries - the CCPs
• Good web portal

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The weaknesses of C2K

• Increased bureaucracy, favours large
  institutional projects over those of smaller
  cultural operators
• Payment schedule does not recognise the realities
  of the sector
• Lack of engagement and dialogue with the sector
• Lack of support for artistic mobility
• Lack of support for networks
• Varying levels of interest from Member States
• Unwillingness of DGEAC to share data
• Perception of lack of transparency
• Underfunded

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C2K The next call

• 2006 call expected May/June 2006
• Expected deadline 30/10/06 and 2 weeks later for
  2/3 year apps

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What happens after 2006?

• The Commission adopted proposals July 04, for the
  next generation of EU programmes in education,
  training, culture, youth and the audiovisual
  sector
• To be approved by the Council of Ministers and
  the European Parliament by end of 2005.
• They will run from 2007 to 2013

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The new programmes

• Integrated Action Programme in Lifelong Learning
• Youth in Action
• Culture 2007
• MEDIA 2007

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An Integrated Action Programme in Lifelong
Learning

• Focusing on school education (Comenius)
• Higher education (Erasmus)
• Vocational training (Leonardo da Vinci)
• Adult education (Grundtvig), completed by
  transversal  measures and a new programme (Jean
  Monnet) focusing on European integration
• The proposed budget is
• 13.62 billion

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IAPLL programme aims

• Comenius To involve at least 5 of EU school
  pupils in joint educational activities.
• Erasmus To provide EU study abroad opportunities
  for a total of 3 million university students by
  2011.
• Leonardo da Vinci To increase training
  placements in enterprises and training centres in
  another EU country to 150,000 in 2013.
• Grundtvig To help 25,000 adult education
  students benefit from studying abroad in 2013.

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The new programmes

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The new programmes

• Integrated Action Programme in Lifelong Learning
• Youth in Action
• Culture 2007
• MEDIA 2007

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Youth in Action

• Aims to develop a sense of personal
  responsibility, initiative, concern for others,
  citizenship and active involvement at local,
  national and European level among young people. 
• The programme will also help to improve support
  systems for youth activities.
• The proposed budget is 915 million.

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Culture 2007

• Three objectives offering strong European added
  value
• Transnational mobility for everyone working in
  the cultural sector in the EU
• The transnational circulation of works of art and
  cultural/artistic products
• Intercultural dialogue
• The proposed budget is 408 million

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MEDIA 2007

• Training programmes for film and audio-visual
  sector
• Preserving and promoting Europes cultural
  diversity and cinematic/audiovisual heritage,
  ensuring public access to this heritage and
  encouraging dialogue between cultures
• Increasing the circulation of European films and
  other audiovisual productions, both inside and
  outside the EU
• Strengthening the commercial performance of the
  European audiovisual sector in an open and
  competitive market context
• The proposed budget is
• 1,055 billion

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