SECURITY AND CITIZENSHIP

1. SECURITY AND CITIZENSHIP CREATIVE EUROPE 2014-2020

2. OBJECTIVES Fostering the safeguarding and promotion of European cultural and linguistic diversity Strengthening the competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors with a view to promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth Support the capacity of European Cultural and Creative Sectors -(CCS)to operate transnationally Promote the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and operators and reach new audiences in Europe and beyond Strengthen the financial capacity of CCS, in particular SME Support transnational policy cooperation in order to foster policy development, innovation, audience building and new business models

3. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Commission proposal Creative Europe 2014-2020 € 1.46bn Max. 13% Cross-sectoral Financial Instrument (CCS Guarantee Fund) From 2016 Policy cooperation, Transversal measures(Market Intelligence, innovative approaches, new businessmodels, incl.. „Creative Europe Desks“, etc) – 60M Euro Min.56% MEDIA Min 31% Culture Cinema, TV, video games (audiovisual sector) performing and visual arts, heritage, etc

4. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Creative Europe MEDIA and CULTURE Financial Instrument Capacity Building Risk sharing CCS SMEs and professionals Banks • Training • Finance • Management • Investment readiness • Networking • Access to market • Co-production forums Capacity building Networking Technical support • Guarantee Facility • Fund € 200 million • Raising up to € 1 bn of bank loans • Covering 20-30% of the financing gap Dialogue .

5. FINANCING WILL BE ALSO FOR • European Capitals of Culture, • European Heritage Label, • European Heritage Days And 5 European prizes: • EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards, • EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture, • EU Prize for Literature, • European Border Breakers Awards, • EU Prix MEDIA

6. ACTIVITIESCulture strand priorities Transnational circulation • Support international touring, events and exhibitions • Support literary translation • Support for audience building and building a long-term audience for European cultural works Capacity-building • Support cultural operators to develop skills and knowhow to facilitate adjustment to the digital technologies, including testing new approaches to audience development and new business models • Support artists/cultural professionals to internationalise their careers • Strengthen European and international networks to facilitate access to new professional opportunities

7. ACTIVITIESCulture instruments • Reduction in number of calls managed by EACEA from 9 to 4 • 4 main grant instruments managed by EACEA: • Cooperation projects • European networks • European platforms • Literary translation • Special actions managed by Commission (European Capitals of Culture, EU cultural prizes, European Heritage Label)

8. ACTIVITIESMedia strand priorities Facilitatedevelopement of a comprehensive offer of new skills acquisition, knowledge sharing and networking initiatives; Facilitatedevelopement of European audiovisual works with enhanced cross-border circulation potential; Facilitate European and international co-productions, including television; Facilitate access to professional audiovisual trade events and markets and the use of online business tools inside and outside Europe; Establish systems of support for the distribution of non-national European films on all platforms and for international sales activities; Facilitate circulation of European films worldwide and of international films in Europe on all platforms; Support of a European cinema owners' network screening a significant proportion of non-national European films, including the integration of digital technologies; Support initiatives presenting and promoting a diversity of European audiovisual works; support activities aiming at increasing knowledge and interest of audiences; Support innovative actions testing new business models and tools in areas likely to be influenced by the introduction and the use of digital technologies

9. ACTIVITIESCross-sectoral Strand priorities The Cultural and Creative Sectors Facility • Provide guarantees to appropriate financial intermediaries from any country participating in the Creative Europe Programme; • Provide financial intermediaries with additional expertise and capacity to evaluate risks associated with operators in the cultural and creative sectors Transnational policy cooperation • Transnationalexchange of experiences and knowhow on new business models, peer learning • Activitiesand networking among cultural operators and policy makers • Marketdata, studies • Testingof new and cross-sectoral business approaches • Conferences, seminars, policy dialogue • Supportingthe „Creative Europe Desks“network

10. PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILE COUNTRIES • The Strands shall be open to the participation of the 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 Union programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar agreements. • Requiredin country structures: Creative Europe Desk in the country. The Desk will not redistribute funds. TARGET GROUPS • Bodies operational in the cultural and creative sectors (local and regional authorities, state administrations,corporations, training centers, NGO´s, SMEs.

11. In numbers... • 250 000 artists and cultural professionals and their work, allowing them to reach new audiences beyond their home countries; • More than 800 European films will receive distribution support so that they can be seen by audiences throughout Europe and the world; • At least 2 000 European cinemas will benefit from funding, provided that at least 50% of the films they screen are European; • More than 4 500 books and other literary works will receive translation support, allowing authors to break into new markets and readers to enjoy them in their mother tongue; • Thousands of cultural and audiovisual organisations and professionals will benefit from funding for training to gain new skills and to strengthen their capacity to work internationally.

12. PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PROCEDURE • The majority of grants under the Culture and MEDIA Strands will continue to be managed through the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA) through calls for proposals. • The special actions, including prizes, cooperation with international institutions including international audiovisual co-production funds, and the funding for the European Capitals of Culture and the European Heritage Label will be managed directly by the Commission, notably. • Management of the cultural and creative sector financial Facility will be mandated to a third party financial institution, most likely the European Investment Fund (EIF) due to the nature of the expertise required for the running of such an facility. • The annual work programmes shall set out the objectives pursued the expected results, the method of implementation and the total amount of the financing plan. They shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action and an indicative implementation timetable. For grants they shall include the priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing. • .

13. Where to find information at EU-level • http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/index_en.htm • http://ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.htm • http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/index_en.htm • http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/documents/proposal-regulation_en.pdf