FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTS AND CULTURE FROM THE EU

1. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTS AND CULTURE FROM THE EU

2. HOW THE EU SPENDS YOUR MONEY

4. So, can I get money from Europe?

5. So, can I get money from Europe? Maybe, but it’s a lot of work!

6. What kind of funds are available? STRUCTURAL FUNDS TRANSNATIONAL FUNDS

7. Structural and Transnational funds

8. 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

9. Objectives 1, 2 & 3

10. The Objective 1 and 2 areas in Europe

11. Community initiatives

12. 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)

13. Partners

14. 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/

15. 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/

16. 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

17. Digital products and services

18. Education & training in the arts Socrates (approx €370m per year) All levels of education http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates.html Leonardo da Vinci (approx €230m per year) Vocational training http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/leonardo/leonardo/nalist2.html Youth(approx €14m per year) Vouth exchange on cultural themes http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/youth/youthprogram.html

19. 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

20. 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….

21. 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?

22. …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 DG’s or the technical support offices in your country • Download the application form • Talk to others who have applied

23. Culture 2000 Funding arts and cultural projects in the EU

24. C2K - The basics • EU’s 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

25. The strengths of C2K • The EU’s 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 CCP’s • Good web portal

26. 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

27. C2K The next call • 2006 call expected May/June 2006 • Expected deadline 30/10/06 and 2 weeks later for 2/3 year apps

28. 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

29. The new programmes • Integrated Action Programme in Lifelong Learning • Youth in Action • Culture 2007 • MEDIA 2007

30. 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

31. 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 150,000in 2013. • Grundtvig:To help 25,000 adult education students benefit from studying abroad in 2013.

32. The new programmes

33. The new programmes • Integrated Action Programme in Lifelong Learning • Youth in Action • Culture 2007 • MEDIA 2007

34. 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.

35. 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

36. MEDIA 2007 Training programmes for film and audio-visual sector • Preserving and promoting Europe’s 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

37. Mik FloodStrategies for art and spacemik@mikflood.com