European Programme Culture

Strand 3.2 Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposal for Strand 3.2 was published in the framework of the Culture Programme. The Culture Programme has been established to enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans, which is based on a common cultural heritage, through the development of cooperation activities among cultural operators from countries taking part in the Culture Programme, with a view to encouraging the emergence of European citizenship.

The general objectives of the Culture Programme are:

• The promotion of the trans-national mobility of people working in the cultural Sector
• The support for the trans-national circulation of cultural and artistic works and products
• The promotion of inter-cultural dialogue.

The strand 3.2 of the Culture Programme seeks to support cooperation projects between private or public organisations (such as cultural departments of national, regional or local authorities, cultural observatories or foundations, university departments specialized in cultural affairs, professional organisations and networks) which have direct and practical experience in the analysis, evaluation, or impact assessment of cultural policies at local, regional, national and/or European levels related to the following priorities:

• Promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue;
• Promotion of culture as a catalyst for creativity in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs;
• Promotion of culture as a vital element in the Union's international relations, implementing the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

The eligible actions which can be supported by the strand 3.2 of the Culture Programme are:

• secretariat and coordination of the grouping
• exchange, analysis, comparison and consolidation of existing quantitative and qualitative data and evaluation methods;
• production of proposals and recommendations for new evaluation methods ornquantitative and qualitative data. The launching of new specific studies or data collections is not covered.
• reporting and dissemination of findings at the level of the European Union.

The Eligible participants within this Culture Programme’s call for proposal must be private or public organisations such as cultural departments of national, regional or local authorities, cultural observatories or foundations, university departments specialized in cultural affairs, professional organisations and networks established in one of the following countries:

• the Member States of the European Union,
• the countries of the EEA22 (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway);
• the applicant countries for accession to the European Union (Croatia, Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro).

A  budget of EUR 50 000 to a maximum of EUR 200 000 is available for this Culture Programme’s call for proposal. The ceiling for support from the European Union is limited to 50% of the total eligible costs.

The deadline for submitting applications under the current Culture Call for Proposals is 07/11/2012.

Further information on the current Call for Proposals of the Culture Programme is available at: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/culture/programme/programme_guide_en.php