Creative Europe is the programme of the European Union that aims to support the culture and audiovisual sector. Following the previous Culture and MEDIA programmes, Creative Europe supports: - Initiatives in the cultural sector, such as promotion of transnational cooperation, platforms, networks and literary translation - Initiatives in the audiovisual sector , such as promotion of development, distribution, or access to audiovisual works, - A cross-sector strand, including a Guarantee Facility and transnational cooperation at policy level.
The program consists of two sub-programs; CULTURE Sub-programme for the promotion of the cultural sector, and MEDIA Sub-programme for the reinforcement of the audiovisual sector.
Which are the programme’s objectives? The objectives set by the Creative Europe Programme are the following; - To aid cultural and creative sectors seize the opportunities of the digital age and globalization - To activate the sectors in order to achieve their economic capacity, contributing to sustainable growth, employment and social cohesion - To offer the European cultural and media sectors accessibility to new international opportunities, markets and audience. This, in particular, includes the provision of financing: a) 250,000 artists and professionals of the cultural sector b) 2000 cinemas c) 800 films d) 500 book translations
Culture Sub-programme
What is it? Creative Europe includes, apart from the intersectional actions, two sub-programmes; Culture and MEDIA. According to the Culture Sub-programme, there are opportunities for; - Cooperation between cultural and creative organisations of different countries - Initiatives for translation and promotion of literary works in the European Union - Networks that help the cultural and creative sectors to operate competitively and transnationally - Forming mechanisms in order to promote emerging artists and stimulating European programming for cultural and artistic projects.
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