CREATIVE EUROPE
Applications for funding: deadline 18.01.2018

The Culture Agency of the European Community (EACEA) has published the 2018 Call for cooperation projects in the ambit of Creative Europe programme.

Few days ago the awaited 2018 Call for Cooperation Projects in the ambit of CREATIVE EUROPE Programme was published. The deadline for application submission (18th January, 2018) this year allows you to work in a good project with adequate calm. News for 2018: a specific call for the European Year of Cultural Heritage. Open Street aisbl intends to organize a training meeting to help the preparation of good application and to encourage the building of best partnerships. The appointment is on 10th and 11th November in Bruxelles. But let's see the features of the call:

The Creative Europe programme is a 1.46 billion euro programme dedicated to the cultural and creative sector for 2014-2020, it includes two subprogrammes (Culture and MEDIA)

General Aims:
1. To promote and safeguard linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe;
2. Enhancing the competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors to promote sustainable and inclusive smart growth.

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Category 1 - Small-scale cooperation project
Partnership: at least 1 project leader + 2 partners (3 different countries)
EU co-financing: up to 200,000 euros (up to 60% of total costs).
Duration: up to 48 months

Category 2 - Large-scale cooperation Project
Partnership: at least 1 project leader + 5 partners (5 different countries).
EU funding: up to € 2,000,000 (up to 50% of total costs).
Duration: up to 48 months

Call issuing: 18th September 2017
Submission deadline: 18th January 2018
Information to applicants: June 2018


News 2018
- Eligible applicants legally constituted from more than 2 years: this restriction is only applied to the project leader (not to the partners)
- The eForm has been simplified and includes only 3 attachments, compared to 4 of the last year.
- At long last the detailed description of the project has a template, where you will have to present the project, including your work program and the curriculum of project staff (max 30 pages, 3,000 characters per page).
- Tunisia is added to non-EU eligible countries.

A new call is for the European Year of Cultural Heritage (deadline November 22nd)

Projects must aim to
- to reinforce a sense of belonging to a common european space;
- to promote cultural heritage as a source of inspiration for artistic contemporary creation and innovation and strengthen the interaction between the cultural heritage sector and other cultural and creative sectors.

Cooperation project
Partnership: at least 1 project leader + 2 partners (3 different countries)
EU co-financing: up to 200,000 euros (up to 60% of total costs).
Duration: up to 24 months