Deadline: 22 November 2017
The European Commission is seeking applications for its “Support for European cooperation projects related to the European Year of cultural Heritage 2018” to encourage the sharing and appreciation of Europe’s cultural heritage as a shared resource, to raise awareness of common history and values, and to reinforce a sense of belonging to a common European space. The total budget for this Call for Proposals is estimated at EUR 5 million.
Objectives
- 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants must be European cultural operators active in the cultural and creative sectors, as defined in article 2 of the Regulation, and legally established in one of the countries participating in the Culture Sub-programme;
- The project leader must have had a legal personality for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications and be able to demonstrate its existence as a legal person.
- Furthermore, the following types of entities are not eligible as project leader:
- Higher education institutions (including but not limited to Universities) and related research oriented foundations, associations or organisations;
- Research institutions and/or organisations, foundations or associations working in the research field;
- Tourism organisations and/or associations.
- Natural persons may not apply for a grant.
- Applicants must not be in a situation that will exclude them from participation and/or from award as defined by the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its rules of application3.
- Applications from legal entities established in one of the following country categories are eligible as long as all conditions referred to in Article 8 of Regulation No 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme are met and the Commission has entered into negotiations with the country:
- The 28 EU Member States and overseas countries and territories which are eligible to participate in the Programme pursuant to Article 58 of Council Decision 2001/822/EC4 ;
- Acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in EU programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar agreements;
- EFTA countries which are parties to the Agreement on the EEA, in accordance with the provisions of the EEA Agreement;
- Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy in accordance with the procedures defined with those countries following the framework agreements providing for their participation in EU programmes.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.