Who is it for?

The Culture Programme (2007-2013) is a European Community measure in the field of culture. It is open to all non-audiovisual cultural sectors and all categories of cultural operators, including cultural enterprises where they act in a non-profit making capacity.

 

Applicants must be public or private bodies having a legal status & whose principal activity is in the culture field.

What are the objectives?

 

The general objective of the Programme is to enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans based on a common

cultural heritage, through the development of cultural cooperation between the cultural players of the countries taking part in the Programme, with a view to encouraging the emergence of European citizenship.

 

The specific objectives of the Programme are:

• to promote the transnational mobility of cultural players;
• to encourage the transnational circulation of works and cultural and artistic products;
• to encourage intercultural dialogue.

What are the fields of action?

The Programme covers the following three strands:

• Support For Cultural Actions – this is divided in these three areas:
  • 1.1  multi-annual cooperation projects
  • 1.2  cooperation measures
  • 1.3  special actions;
• Support for bodies active at European level in the field of culture;
• Support for analyses and the collection and dissemination of information and for activities maximising the impact of projects in the field of European cultural cooperation and European cultural policy development.

 Basic criteria for the ‘Support for Cultural Actions’ Strand:

(Focus on Strand 1.1 and Strand 1.2)

 

Calls generally open once a year for –

• Multi-annual projects (see table)
• Cultural-cooperation projects (see table)
• Translation projects

  

Strand 1	Cultural co-operation projects	Multi-annual projects
No. of selected projects per annum	Approximately 120	Approximately 16
Priorities	Actions aimed at creativity and innovation and that encourage long‑term cooperation	Projects aiming to achieve sustainable and structured cooperation between cultural operators
Minimum no of partners and countries	3 operators from 3 countries	6 operators from 6 countries
Length of project	Up to 24 months	Between 3-5 years
EU contribution (percentage)	Up to 50% of project budget	Up to 50% of project budget
EU contribution (amount)	Between €50,000 to €200,000	Up to €500,000 Euros per year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interdisciplinary approach:

Projects can focus on one cultural sector (e.g. music, photography, performing arts, etc.) or be multi-sectoral, i.e. encompass several sectors.

 

Strand 1.2.2 - Literary translations:

A separate call is issued once a year to grant financial support to literary translation projects presented by publishers from countries participating in the Programme. Eligible are works from and into European languages and by European authors. Examples include novels and stories, theatre, poetry, anthology, etc).

 

Applications must include a minimum of four and a maximum of ten works eligible to be translated.

 

Eligible countries participating in the Programme:

• The member states of the EU
• The 3 EEA countries: Norway, Iceland, Liechtnestein
• EU candidate countries (provided their relevant ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ regulating their participation enters into force).

Succes stories under Culture 2007

 

 

More information on EU funding opportunities for culture may be obtained from:

 

The Cultural Contact Point Malta

Ministry for Tourism and Culture

EU Affairs and Policy Development Directorate

Auberge d’Italie, Merchants Street

Valletta - Malta

 

Tel : +356 22981305  e-mail: ccp@gov.mt Web: www.culture.org.mt