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The Culture Action of the “Creative Europe” program

2 October 2025

Associations and non-profits, Cultural institutions, Young artists, Young people over 18, New graduate, European opportunities, University students

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The Culture section covers all cultural and creative sectors, except the audiovisual and cinematographic sectors. Specifically, here are the areas supported by the program Creative Europe:

  • architecture
  • Cultural Heritage
  • natural
  • literature and publishing
  • music
  • performing arts

The aim of the initiatives in this section is to support and promote European artistic and cultural collaboration, encouraging exchanges between cultural organizations and artists both within and outside Europe. There list of countries participating in the program it is in fact particularly rich and goes well beyond the size of the European Union alone.

Speaking of macro-objectives, the Culture section:

  • promotes artistic creation and innovation
  • supports the promotion and distribution of European content
  • helps artists find cross-border creation and performance opportunities
  • stimulates the digital and environmental transition of the European cultural and creative sectors

Le actions into which this section is divided are:

  • Horizontal actions covering all cultural and creative sectors: support for cultural cooperation projects, networks of professional organisations, platforms for the promotion of European artists and works, individual mobility programme.
  • Sectoral support to complement horizontal actions in the music, book and publishing, cultural heritage and architecture sectors, as well as other sectors.
  • Special actions to reward and promote excellence and creativity, such as the awards for literature, music, architecture and cultural heritage, the European Capitals of Culture, and the European Heritage Label.

Funding opportunities in the Culture section

there six reference areas within which to develop your project ideas and request financial support from the Creative Europe programme:

  1. Cooperation projects at European level (European cooperation projects)
  2. European platforms
  3. European networks
  4. Circulation of European literary works and literary translations
  5. I-Portunus: mobility for artists and professionals (I-Portunus: mobility for artists and professionals)
  6. Pan-European cultural entities (Pna-European cultural entities)

For more information: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/creative-europe-culture-strand

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